Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc

1943-04-28 Paris, France 64 Credits

Biography

Jacques Dutronc (born 28 April 1943) is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. Some of Dutronc's best-known hits include "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" (which AllMusic has called "his finest hour"), "Le Responsable", and "Les Cactus". Dutronc played guitar in the rock group El Toro et les Cyclones. He wrote successful songs for singer Françoise Hardy in the 1960s before moving on to pursue a successful solo career. His music incorporated traditional French pop and F...

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Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings, ...

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions wa...

Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses

Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses

2020

as Self

8.0
Acting
Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique

Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique

2019

as Self

8.0
Acting
Kiss & Tell

Kiss & Tell

2018

as Bertrand

5.8
Acting

Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" (Embrassez qui vous voudrez). This French comedy follows various people in two families. Bertrand and his wife, Eliza...

Dutronc, la vie malgré lui

Dutronc, la vie malgré lui

2017

as Self

Acting
Les Vieilles Canailles 2017

Les Vieilles Canailles 2017

2017

as Self

8.0
Acting
The Discreet Françoise Hardy

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

2016

as Self

8.5
Acting

Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

2016

Songs

8.5

Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.

Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

2016

as Self

Acting
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

8.0
Acting
Les Vieilles Canailles

Les Vieilles Canailles

2014

as Self

7.0
Acting

Les Vieilles Canailles is the name of the trio bringing together singers Jacques Dutronc , Eddy Mitchell and Johnny Hallyday . Les Vieilles Canailles ...

Les Francis

Les Francis

2014

as Orso

5.0
Acting

Comical trip to Corse reminiscent of A very bad trip.

Jacques Dutronc - Et vous, et vous, et vous...

Jacques Dutronc - Et vous, et vous, et vous...

2010

as Self

Acting
Joseph et la fille

Joseph et la fille

2010

as Joseph

Acting

Joseph has just spent 20 years in prison. After being released, he has only one obsession: to make one last heist. To perform this masterpiece, he nee...

The Second Wind

The Second Wind

2007

as Orloff

6.0
Acting

Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu ne...

UV

UV

2007

as Dad

6.2
Acting

During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it ar...

My Place in the Sun

My Place in the Sun

2007

as Gérard

5.4
Acting

Three couples and a single guy, from different social and career backgrounds, and of various ages, struggle with finding happiness in their lives.

Pédale dure

Pédale dure

2004

as Charles

3.4
Acting

Loic and Seb are a couple living in Paris's gay district, the Marais. Seb is the owner of the district's most trendy, chic and camp nightclub. It's a ...

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Acting

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

Summer Things

Summer Things

2002

as Bertrand Lannier

5.9
Acting

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it ...

C'est la vie

C'est la vie

2001

as Dimitri

7.0
Acting

Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything anymore. There he meets Suzanne, a volunteer who is d...

Nightcap

Nightcap

2000

as André Polonski

6.3
Acting

Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wr...

Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme

1998

as Battistelli

6.3
Acting

The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions that made her feel alive. The importance of true love i...

Les Victimes

Les Victimes

1996

as Bernard Jaillac

4.5
Acting

Paris, 1996. Parisian editor Pierre Duval has an affair with Claire, wife of wealthy architect Bernard Jaillac. The latter has to supervise a large-sc...

Le Maître des éléphants

Le Maître des éléphants

1995

as Garoubier

5.8
Acting

After the death of his mother, twelve-year-old Martin joins his unknown father in Africa. Newly conceived by this father, who is more worried about th...

Dutronc au Casino

Dutronc au Casino

1993

as Self

6.0
Acting

Singer/songwriter Jacques Dutronc gained popularity in his native France with his provocative songs that matched the rebellious spirit of the '60s so ...

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1993

6.5
Acting

Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

Sweetheart

Sweetheart

1992

as Antoine Gardella

6.3
Acting

A young French police inspector, Christophe Vade, is assigned to investigate some mysterious murders in a village in the Swiss Alps. His superior is a...

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

1991

as Van Gogh

6.8
Acting

After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental hea...

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

1991

Music

6.8

After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental hea...

Separate Bedrooms

Separate Bedrooms

1989

as Francis

5.3
Acting

Martin and Gert lead a very quiet life, until the day when their path crosses that of Marie and Francis. Martin, the shy one, lets himself be seduced ...

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days

1989

as Lucas

6.1
Acting

Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradu...

Cheaters

Cheaters

1984

as Elric

5.1
Acting

Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino. Meeting Suzie could have saved him, but the y...

Une jeunesse

Une jeunesse

1983

as Brossier

Acting

After the birthday party of his wife Odile, Louis accompanies a friend to the station. When the train leaves he starts reminiscing about his youth.

Sarah

Sarah

1983

as Arnold Samson

5.3
Acting

An insurance investigator meets an attractive woman in a hotel on his way to check out the causes of a fire that destroyed a movie set.

Paradise for All

Paradise for All

1982

as Pierre Valois

6.0
Acting

Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain ...

Is There a Frenchman in the House?

Is There a Frenchman in the House?

1982

as Eric Plante

5.3
Acting

An official's earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain an...

The Red Shade

The Red Shade

1981

as Léo

5.1
Acting

The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is t...

Malevil

Malevil

1981

as Colin

6.6
Acting

In southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the phar...

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))

1981

as Self

Acting

A televisual journey guided by Jean-Luc Godard inside his film Sauve qui peut (la vie), incorporating filmed conversations between him and Isabelle Hu...

Every Man for Himself

Every Man for Himself

1980

as Paul Godard

6.2
Acting

A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

L'entourloupe

L'entourloupe

1980

as Olivier

5.3
Acting

Two little criminals without major, dream of adventure and easy life. They agree to go to work in the Poitou as representatives of musical encyclopedi...

Strangulation Blues

Strangulation Blues

1980

Original Music Composer

5.6

A very Parisian night. Paul plays at strangling Colette because she doesn't inspire him a single, damn camera shot. Early in the morning, he takes fli...

The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep

1979

as Vincent Messonier

Acting

François, a young man from a wealthy and conservative family, rejects their rigid values and pursues a freer, more unconventional lifestyle. His rebel...

The Bit Between the Teeth

The Bit Between the Teeth

1979

as Loïc Le Guenn

5.6
Acting

Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math w...

Us Two

Us Two

1979

as Simon Lacassaigne

6.2
Acting

Françoise has gone into business seducing men whose wives want to divorce them, and who need incriminating evidence against them. In addition, she has...

Return to the Beloved

Return to the Beloved

1979

as Julien

6.0
Acting

Julien seeks to reconquer Jeanne, his ex-wife, of whom he is separated and who lives with another man. He is prepared to go far to make it happen.

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'

1979

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Jean-Luc Godard proposes a diary of his creative process. Looking at photos of three actors, Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Miou-Miou, who wer...

Pierrot mon ami

Pierrot mon ami

1979

as Pierrot

4.0
Acting

Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place...

The Savage State

The Savage State

1978

as Avit

6.2
Acting

L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles the mindless racism of bo...

Sale rêveur

1978

as Jérôme

Acting

A young man struggling with reality and dreams finds himself caught between his fantasies and the harshness of everyday life. As he drifts through sur...

Focal Point

Focal Point

1977

as Julien

5.0
Acting

Reporter renowned photographer, Danièle Gaur is conducting an investigation into the alleged accident of her husband Michel. Her research is gradually...

Violette & Francois

Violette & Francois

1977

as François Levene

6.1
Acting

Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal.

Mosaïque

Mosaïque

1976

as Self

9.0
Acting

Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show with a set where music groups from the countries of ori...

Mado

Mado

1976

as Pierre

6.5
Acting

A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the tr...

The Good and the Bad

The Good and the Bad

1976

as Jacques

5.6
Acting

The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well befo...

That Most Important Thing: Love

That Most Important Thing: Love

1975

as Jacques Chevalier

7.0
Acting

Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress...

OK Patron

OK Patron

1974

as Léon Bonnet

5.0
Acting

Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organiza...

Antoine and Sebastian

Antoine and Sebastian

1974

as Sébastien

Acting

Antoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is doing his military service and Antoine would like him ...

Antoine and Sebastian

Antoine and Sebastian

1974

Original Music Composer

Antoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is doing his military service and Antoine would like him ...

Pierre and Paul

Pierre and Paul

1969

Original Music Composer

Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Havi...

Christmas at Vaugirard

Christmas at Vaugirard

1966

as Self

Acting

The Nativity revisited by Chantal Goya and Serge Gainsbourg as biblical lovers! On New Year's Eve, Marie and Joseph wander through the cold Parisian s...

Le trésor de l’orpheline

Le trésor de l’orpheline

1966

Acting

Homage to the novelist Delly, to celebrate her centenary, a mini-soap opera (silent photo-novel style with bubbles) with Françoise Dorléac in the role...