Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

1957-04-17 Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France 117 Credits

Biography

Zinedine Soualem (born 17 April 1957) is a French actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch. Of Algerian origins, he was married to actress Hiam Abbass. They have two daughters, Lina and Mouna. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   

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Colours of Time

Colours of Time

2025

as Abdelkrim

7.7
Acting

Brought together by the unexpected inheritance of an abandoned house in rural Normandy, four cousins discover they share a mysterious family history. ...

September 5

September 5

2024

as Jacques Lesgards

7.1
Acting

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

Sur un fil

Sur un fil

2024

as Zinedine

7.8
Acting

Jo, a young woman and street circus artist, discovers the work of the professional clowns of “Nez pour Rire”. Quickly - perhaps too quickly - entering...

Bye Bye Tiberias

Bye Bye Tiberias

2024

Archival Footage Coordinator

7.9

In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother...

L'enfant du paradis

L'enfant du paradis

2023

as Sami

6.5
Acting

Everything seems to be smiling again at Yazid, an actor with a sulphurous past. He is trying to regain custody of his son and find a stable family lif...

You Promised Me the Sea

You Promised Me the Sea

2023

as Mahmoud

5.6
Acting

Rennes, nowadays. Saïd still lives with his parents. He is having a secret affair with Vincent. Unable to face his family, he agrees to an arranged ma...

La Grande Ourse

La Grande Ourse

2023

as Charles

Acting
Over The Cracks

Over The Cracks

2023

as Docteur Jiveau

6.0
Acting

Odile is getting ready to celebrate her birthday. As her kids and grandkids are on their way to visit her, Jean, her husband, unexpectedly passes awa...

Umami

Umami

2023

as Mohamad

5.6
Acting

Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defea...

Divertimento

Divertimento

2023

as Abdel Ziouali

7.0
Acting

Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical musi...

Thank God We Have Each Other

Thank God We Have Each Other

2022

as Colinet

6.0
Acting

Vincent is 13 years old and has a boundless admiration for his father. His father is unemployed and is mainly involved in football, pretending to beco...

You Resemble Me

You Resemble Me

2022

as Army Officer

6.4
Acting

Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.

Citoyen d'honneur

Citoyen d'honneur

2022

as Hamid Mezouar

6.0
Acting

Samir Amin is a fulfilled writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who lives in Paris, far from his native country, Algeria.He systematically refuses all t...

Je t'aime, filme-moi !

Je t'aime, filme-moi !

2022

as Mime

Acting

This film is a tribute to love, a tribute to cinema. Our two main characters take us with them into the intimacy of "real people". We cross the roads ...

Rise

Rise

2022

as L'administrateur

7.4
Acting

Elise thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet dancer. It all falls apart the day she catches him cheat...

Their Algeria

Their Algeria

2021

as Self

5.3
Acting

After 62 years of marriage, an elderly couple decides to get a divorce.

C'était quand la dernière fois ?

C'était quand la dernière fois ?

2019

8.0
Acting
Someone, Somewhere

Someone, Somewhere

2019

as Pharmacien

6.4
Acting

Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never ...

Marry Me, Dude

Marry Me, Dude

2017

as Père Yacine

6.2
Acting

Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...

Everyone's Life

Everyone's Life

2017

as Zinedine

4.6
Acting

Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secre...

J'ai tué ma femme

J'ai tué ma femme

2017

as Le garagiste

Acting

Max and Minou are having a relationship crisis: she's crying, he's getting annoyed. Their car has been vandalised but this is not why she's crying. Wh...

Heaven Will Wait

Heaven Will Wait

2016

as Samir Bouzaria

7.0
Acting

Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when s...

Two Birds, One Stone

Two Birds, One Stone

2016

as Lyess

4.9
Acting
I'm All Yours

I'm All Yours

2015

as Omar - le patron du Cash'Halal

5.4
Acting

Charming thirty-year-old Hanna Belkacem has inherited the gene from her parents: she is unable to say no. And as she is the Director of Human resource...

The Lies of the Victors

The Lies of the Victors

2014

as Dan

4.4
Acting

Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he lo...

Murder in Pacot

Murder in Pacot

2014

as Leonetti

4.2
Acting

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, a middle-aged Port-au-Prince couple come face to face with the stark contradictions of Haitian society when t...

Patchwork Family

Patchwork Family

2014

as Patrick Fellous

4.1
Acting

Christian is a divorced father who can only see his young daughter Vanessa every other weekend. When he meets the single mother Christine and decide...

Chinese Puzzle

Chinese Puzzle

2013

as M. Boubaker

6.6
Acting

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them gro...

Max

Max

2013

as Mario

5.8
Acting

Max is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For Xmas, Max offers him Rose, a call-girl found on the stree...

Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo

2013

as Le vieil homme de l'usine d'armement

6.1
Acting

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Pirate TV

Pirate TV

2012

as Jimmy

5.4
Acting

It all began when camcorders replaced cameras. Making TV programs then became within everyone's reach. Jean-Lou, Yasmina, Victor, Clara, Adonis, and t...

State Conspiracy

State Conspiracy

2012

as Commissaire Brindier

6.2
Acting

French territory is threatened by a terrorist organization just before the presidential election. If the government doesn't answer its demands, progra...

Operation Casablanca

Operation Casablanca

2011

as Hassan

6.5
Acting

Mistaken for a dangerous Islamist, Saadi - a regular guy who happens to be an illegal Arab immigrant - sets out on the most dangerous day of his life....

The Prey

The Prey

2011

as Lucciani

6.5
Acting

A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him....

My Piece of the Pie

My Piece of the Pie

2011

as Ahmed

5.7
Acting

France, a factory worker, lives with her three daughters in Dunkirk. The factory where she worked has been closed, leaving France and all of her workm...

Nothing to Declare

Nothing to Declare

2010

as Lucas Pozzi

5.9
Acting

During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.

The Names of Love

The Names of Love

2010

as Mohamed Benmahmoud, le père de Bahia

7.3
Acting

Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who do...

What War May Bring

What War May Bring

2010

as L'accordéonniste

6.5
Acting

A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passi...

Pas si simple

Pas si simple

2010

as Mostepha

6.2
Acting

Nadia, an 18-year-old French girl from Moroccan origin, is now of age to get married. Despite her reluctance to marriage during the family summer vaca...

Divorces

Divorces

2009

as Marc

5.4
Acting

Valentine and Alex are married, both lawyers, specializing in family matters. In the exercise of their profession, they defend the divorce of the XXI...

Moloch Tropical

Moloch Tropical

2009

as Jean de Dieu Théogène, the President

5.0
Acting

In a fortress on a hill in Haiti a democratically elected president prepares himself for a state ceremony. On the day of the festivities the president...

So Woman!

So Woman!

2009

as Farid

4.0
Acting

Clemence is a brilliant young lawyer who has just settled herself in a comfortable chair. She does not want to be involved in love.

J'ai pensé à vous tous les jours

J'ai pensé à vous tous les jours

2008

as Joseph Souhad

Acting

Cedric alias "The Quick" was abandoned at birth by his mother and grew up somehow in the homes of the DDASS. One day his teacher Bernard tells him he ...

JCVD

JCVD

2008

as Man wearing Beret

6.7
Acting

Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds ...

Minor Revelations

Minor Revelations

2008

Acting

"The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is ab...

Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

2008

as Momo

6.7
Acting

Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To plea...

Paris

Paris

2008

as Mourad

6.5
Acting

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has...

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as Claude Lelouch's father (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")

6.5
Acting

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Crossed Tracks

Crossed Tracks

2007

as le commissaire

6.6
Acting

The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes fro...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007

as Joubert

7.6
Acting

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his...

That Day

That Day

2007

as Inspecteur Haddid

5.2
Acting

Jacob Berger’s film shows a day in the life of a family. People meet and leave, and wonder, will they find themselves again? At daybreak, Serge believ...

The Nativity Story

The Nativity Story

2006

as Girl's Father

7.0
Acting

Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visua...

A House of Your Dreams

A House of Your Dreams

2006

as Mouloud Mami

5.7
Acting

On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.

Olé !

Olé !

2005

as Le chauffeur CL500

5.0
Acting

Ramon Holgado is the driver of a big boss, as well as his confidant, his golf partner, and the alibi of his escapades. His wife, Carmen, dreams of ret...

Vive la vie

Vive la vie

2005

as Rachid

4.9
Acting

A businessman gets depressed when his wife leaves him and he learns that his IQ is very low. A friend, a clown in hospitals, wants to cheer him up.

Emmenez-moi

Emmenez-moi

2005

as Boris

3.1
Acting

A lifelong fan of Charles Aznavour, a drifting 50-year-old man one day sets out to meet his idol.

The Demon Stirs

The Demon Stirs

2005

as Samir

3.0
Acting

Anne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love with another woman. Annoyed, Anne sets out to find poten...

Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls

2005

as M. Boubaker

6.7
Acting

Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

La vie de chantier

La vie de chantier

2004

as Pedro Pinto

6.0
Acting

Charles Boulin decides to sell his small apartment on Avenue Foch to purchase a little hotel in the western suburbs of Paris. But the hotel happens to...

L'incruste

L'incruste

2004

as Mickey

4.9
Acting

A small crook manages to crash at a musician's apartment and turns his life upside down.

Tar Angel

Tar Angel

2003

as Ahmed Kasmi

5.0
Acting

Newly-arrived Ahmed tries to integrate his family to the canadian society, while attempting to control his son's life orientation.

Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public

Franck Dubosc - Les Pour Toi Public

2003

as Self

6.2
Acting
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

2003

as Mouss

6.0
Acting

"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic l...

The Legend of Princess Parva

The Legend of Princess Parva

2003

as Gangster (voice)

6.5
Acting

The island of Kiam was once a paradise place with a kind Maharaja as a ruler. But one day the villainous Malaw killed the island’s ruler and deprived ...

Concours de circonstance

2003

as Le grand frère

Acting

Short movie

If I Were a Rich Man

If I Were a Rich Man

2002

as Monsieur Benhassine

5.7
Acting

Between Alice, a hospital nurse and Aldo, a shampoo sales representative, things have turned sour of late. Alice blames her husband for lacking ambiti...

Ma caméra et moi

Ma caméra et moi

2002

as Max

3.5
Acting

Max has two obsessions: filming God and the girls. His first camera, he drowns him at the age of six while trying to film a friend's "dick". The secon...

The Spanish Apartment

The Spanish Apartment

2002

as Barman

7.1
Acting

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the ...

Satin Rouge

Satin Rouge

2002

as Cabaret Patron (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbl...

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

as Tiler

7.4
Acting

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Teacher in a Bikini

Teacher in a Bikini

2002

as Alain, l'employé municipal

3.0
Acting

Old buddies Eric, Jean and Karim have never really grown up. Spending their listless days and nights in the same Lyon suburb where they were raised, t...

La vie en gros

La vie en gros

2002

as Le professeur de français

8.0
Acting
Inch'Allah dimanche

Inch'Allah dimanche

2001

as Ahmed

6.5
Acting

The story of an immigrant woman struggling against old world traditions. Zouina leaves her homeland with her three children to join her husband in Fra...

Fortune Tellers and Misfortune

Fortune Tellers and Misfortune

2001

as Roland

3.8
Acting

Chantel is happy: her son's away at school playing soccer, she and her husband get along, her neighbor Agnès is her best friend, and her job at a gove...

J'ai tué Clémence Acéra

J'ai tué Clémence Acéra

2001

as Jimmy, grocer

6.5
Acting

A man's wife has disappeared; her diary gives the police detailed account of their sexual life.

Bread

Bread

2001

Acting

A mother living in the French countryside bicycles into town to buy a baguette for her family, and makes a dramatic discovery.

Mademoiselle

Mademoiselle

2001

as Karim Coutard

6.1
Acting

Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not,...

Ligne 208

2001

Acting

Bruno, a bus driver, lives in a problem estate. One day, a group of young people stab him. Since this moment, Bruno spends his time in a meeting point...

Deuxième quinzaine de juillet

Deuxième quinzaine de juillet

2000

as Félix

Acting

Felix lives with Monique, an authoritarian woman. He decides his wife to exchange their Blois pavilion for what seems to be paradise: a villa in the s...

Banqueroute

Banqueroute

2000

4.0
Acting

Nicolas Lanson, a young stockbroker, lives a fast life of money and luxury until the day his high-risk initiatives cause the fall of the bank. He flee...

The Apple, the Fig and the Almond

2000

as The man

Acting

A man and a woman whose first names will never be known and who should never meet. He is an immigrant, worker of the vine, she is a fleeing bourgeois ...

Génération cutter

2000

Acting

Short movie

Peut-être

Peut-être

1999

as Kader

5.3
Acting

Arthur is invited to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate the year 2000. His girlfriend Lucie would like a baby from him but he refuses. Through the ce...

Sitcom, A Movie

Sitcom, A Movie

1999

as Areski

4.5
Acting

In the morning, two friends, a producer and an actor, discover the corpse of a young woman who accompanied them the previous night. The shooting of th...

Influence Peddling

Influence Peddling

1999

as Gilles

4.2
Acting

Maxime and Gerard are a couple of white-collar criminals condemned to 5 years in prison. Sandrine Athan, an honest and principled young police officer...

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie

1999

as Le coiffeur

6.0
Acting

Professor Choron recounts with his memories as a child of a barrier guard, the 2nd World War with its horrors and the trains he saw during those years...

Lila Lili

Lila Lili

1999

as Alain

Acting

Micheline, who is pregnant, lives in a home for women from which she tries to observe the world with calm and serenity. Among other women of the home ...

Let There Be Light!

Let There Be Light!

1998

as Dieu l'éboueur

5.8
Acting

God comes to Earth in order to make a film.

Le Clone

Le Clone

1998

as Elias

2.6
Acting

Thomas is a computer whiz working on a program aimed at curing timidity. The program's host, Leo, is Thomas' alter ego. One night, he decides to see t...

Serial Lover

Serial Lover

1998

as Prince Hakim

6.5
Acting

Claire Doste is about to reach the age of 35 and has everything one dreams of, such as having four boyfriends and a creative job in a publishing house...

Le Jour de Noël

Le Jour de Noël

1998

Acting

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young musician, Noël Akchoté, in his dealings with improvisation, technique, money, concerts, studios, guitars, his...

La voie est libre

La voie est libre

1998

as Karim

5.0
Acting

This comedy is about a Métro worker, Jules, who penned seventeen unanswered letters to France's Minister of Transportation protesting being fired. Whe...

Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve

Je ne vois pas ce qu'on me trouve

1997

as Farid

3.7
Acting

24 hours in a man's life who became famous. He returns in his childhood's city after 30 years of absence

Gentlemen Children

Gentlemen Children

1997

as Nourdine / Ismaël

4.4
Acting

To punish three troublemakers, Albert Castraing, their French teacher, gives them an essay to do, in which they must imagine what their lives would be...

The Forbidden Woman

The Forbidden Woman

1997

as L'homme à la contravention

6.6
Acting

François is 39, Muriel is 22... He is married, with a child, and lives comfortably. She is single and unattached. They meet by chance... He wants her....

The Silence of Rak

The Silence of Rak

1997

as Customer

6.0
Acting

The adventures of Rak, who after his dismissal begins to reflect on the meaning of the word work and on the act of working.

Mauvais Genre

Mauvais Genre

1997

as Momo

3.7
Acting

The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok ...

Hikers

Hikers

1997

as L'animateur

5.7
Acting

A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives.

Didier

Didier

1997

as Camel Mimouni

6.1
Acting

Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him...

I Am Your Punishment

I Am Your Punishment

1996

as Pursuer #2

Acting

An avid moviegoer sees several films depicting grisly murderers and decides to commit a crime himself, only to discover that there's quite a differenc...

Chameleon

Chameleon

1996

as Gas station attendant

4.9
Acting

After fatally shooting a stalker, Parisian bar-maid Lea must live the life of the title reptile. At the time of the killing she was living with Franci...

Family Resemblances

Family Resemblances

1996

as Consumer

7.3
Acting

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective an...

The Rock of Acapulco

The Rock of Acapulco

1996

as Ahmed

5.0
Acting

Sandrine dreams of becoming a singer in Paris but for the time being she is only a salesgirl at Tati's and lives in a second rate hotel under the care...

When the Cat's Away

When the Cat's Away

1996

as Djamel

6.2
Acting

When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, inc...

L'Échappée belle

L'Échappée belle

1996

as l'avocat

3.0
Acting

An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's...

The Voyage of Penelope

The Voyage of Penelope

1996

as le vendeur de voiture

4.8
Acting

Maxime and Paulo are two young men in their very early twenties. Maxime is spending his summer holidays with his parents in a camping resort, which he...

René Vautier, l'indomptable

1996

as himself

Acting
The Apprentices

The Apprentices

1995

as Serveur Café

6.6
Acting

Antoine is a failed and depressed writer. Fred doesn't do much in his life and seems to be happy about it. The two of them share an apartment and live...

La Haine

La Haine

1995

as Paris Plainclothes Police Officer #1

8.1
Acting

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news ...

Good Old Daze

Good Old Daze

1995

as Un hippie

7.0
Acting

Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited ba...

Daisy and Mona

Daisy and Mona

1994

Acting

The difficult reunion between a tough young mother and her neglected daughter provide impetus this gritty, but upbeat French drama. Daisy, a typical y...

Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional

Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional

1993

as Man in Front of Vidal's Hospital

6.4
Acting

Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she c...

A Soul Split in Two

A Soul Split in Two

1993

as Abid

6.2
Acting

Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights...

Little Nothings

Little Nothings

1992

as Aziz

6.2
Acting

Lepetit, an ambitious and determined man, is named the new CEO of a department store. His mission is to improve the store's financial position. He dec...

Hanna K.

Hanna K.

1983

as Villiage Sergeant

6.1
Acting

Israeli attorney Hanna Kaufman has her beliefs challenged when she is appointed to the defense of Selim Bakri. Kaufman, who was born in the United Sta...

La Bête noire

La Bête noire

1983

as Santiago

Acting

In this creatively organized story of one "delinquent," director Patrick Chaput has put together a well-paced drama/thriller set in part against the d...

Pour le pire et le meilleur

N/A

Acting

Philippe Croizon, a 26-year-old metal worker at Fonderies du Poitou, had no idea that his life would be turned upside down on March 5, 1994. On that d...