Biography
Gustave de Kervern (born 1962) is a French film actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoit Delepine. In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in Aaltra with Benoit Delepine. Also with Delepine, he has directed and starred in Avida, which was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The duos film Louise-Michel won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Their latest film Mammuth starred Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Ad...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Man Who Saw the Bear
2025
as Nanoche
Two men from different generations form an unlikely bond while protecting a runaway circus bear in the French countryside, discovering shared passions...

Honeymoon Crasher
2025
as Maire Mariage
When his fiancée dumps him at the altar for her ex, a young man is left with no alternative but to go on his romantic honeymoon with his mother.

Je ne me laisserai plus faire
2024
Director, Writer
Anticipating eviction from her retirement home after the death of her son and sole provider, rebellious septuagenarian Émilie decides to take revenge ...

Le Gro Secret
2024
Other
As CANAL+ is celebrating its 40th anniversary, Doully reveals their darkest secret: they stole everything from Groland!

The Art of Being Happy
2024
as Bagnoule
Jean-Yves Machond, a globally unknown and generally unhappy painter, decides one day to change his life. He seeks inspiration in a small Norman town, ...

Camille Chamoux - Chamouxland
2024
In the land of Chamoux, there are powerful women from the 2020s who are unable to get a raise, hyper-efficient secret agents who are unaware of their ...

Rosalie
2024
as Paul, le père
France, 1870s. Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other. She hides a secret: she was born with a face and body covered in hair. She’s concealed her p...

All-Time High
2023
A con artist in dire need of cash and a woman with a crypto fortune hit it off. Is she the target of his dreams, or is the scammer about to get scamme...

Sentinelle
2023
as Valéry Rocher
François Sentinelle has two lives. By day, he is the most famous cop of Réunion Island, known for his tough methods and flowery shirts, pursuing crimi...

En Marche vers l'Effondrement !
2023
as Sbire Mr Sweet
Disappointed by leftists politics this last few years, PAP'40 of the Church of the Holy $aint Con$umption decide to run for presidential election of 2...

30ème Comité Central du Groland
2022
30 years ago, Jules-Edouard Moustic and his team imagined Groland, a fictional country, the scene of a series of humorous programs aimed at parodying ...

30ème Comité Central du Groland
2022
Idea, Original Concept
30 years ago, Jules-Edouard Moustic and his team imagined Groland, a fictional country, the scene of a series of humorous programs aimed at parodying ...

The Voiceless
2022
as 'Le Bigleux'
A small clan lives in the underworld of a rubbish dump. They recycle the waste they find or steal, in order to cobble their home together. Life there ...

En même temps
2022
as Le patron du restaurant
On the eve of a vote to greenlight the construction of a leisure centre where a primal forest currently stands, an unashamedly right-wing mayor sets o...

En même temps
2022
Screenplay, Director
On the eve of a vote to greenlight the construction of a leisure centre where a primal forest currently stands, an unashamedly right-wing mayor sets o...

Murder Party
2022
as Armand
Jeanne, a brilliant architect has a new assignment: renovate the sumptuous Daguerre mansion owned by an eccentric family, head of a Board Game empire....

Love Song for Tough Guys
2021
as Jacky
In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, lov...

Plus belle l'eau de vie
2021
as Monsieur le Député
The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.

Plus belle l'eau de vie
2021
Writer
The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.

Mords-les !
2020
as Le larron
Follow Brigitte Fontaine as she wanders in the streets of Morlaix.

Mords-les !
2020
Director, Producer
Follow Brigitte Fontaine as she wanders in the streets of Morlaix.

Fishlove
2020
as Daniel Luxet
Daniel, a biologist studying the disappearance of fish, is haunted by paternity. It is by looking for a woman who could be the mother of his children ...

Delete History
2020
as L'autre Dodo
In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s fami...

Delete History
2020
Director, Producer, Writer
In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of social media. Marie, who lives off her husband’s fami...

Perfumes
2020
as Arsène
Anne Walberg is a celebrity in the world of perfume. She creates fragrances and sells her incredible talent to companies of all kinds. She lives as ...

Sébastien Tellier: Many Lives
2020
as Self
Since his first album, French musician Sébastien Tellier never ceased to surprise, amuse, and even bother; all without getting lost along the way. The...

Relai
2019
as Benoît
As Mélanie tries to restore Benoit's self-confidence, they cross paths with Mehdi and Jeanne, a duo going through a crisis. For a brief moment, their ...

Snowlidays
2019
as Sami
Wanda's life has gone awry since she had phlebitis. This mannequin legs is found unemployed. On a holiday in the mountains, she can not ski. Her husba...

I Feel Good
2018
Screenplay, Producer, Director
He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he know...

All About Mothers
2018
as Grégoire
They are possessive, benevolent, clumsy, absent, omnipresent, overwhelmed, guilty, indulgent, loving, fragile, in full possession of their wits, or lo...

Cornelius, the Howling Miller
2018
as Mayor Cardamone
An isolated village welcomes a new miller with open arms. Problem is, the man howls at the moon every night. His integration is starting well… French ...

Top 25 Groland
2018

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
2017
as Self

Les Belges ça ose tout
2017
as Self
Following in the wake of Benoît Poelvoorde and Philippe Geluck, comedians, actors and other Belgian singers have established themselves in France in r...

Mr. Stein Goes Online
2017
as Bernard
Pierre, widowed and retired, has not been out of his house for two years. He discovers the joys of the internet thanks to Alex, a young man hired by h...

The Poisoning Angel
2017
Writer
In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy. It founders in an economic slump without end in si...

The Fabulous Patars
2016
as Denis Patar
Denis struggles to raise his boisterous daughters Janine and Mercredi on his own while holding down two jobs. Everything goes sour when Denis forgets ...

150 Milligrams
2016
as Charles Kermarec, publisher of Irène
In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She...

L'Invitation
2016
as Philippe
In the middle of the night, Léo wakes up his best friend Raphaël. His car has broken down an hour away from Paris. No way is Raphaël going to pick him...

Odd Job
2016
as Tom
An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.

Saint Amour
2016
as L'oncle
Every year, Bruno makes a tour of all the wine stands, without setting foot outside the Show’s premises and without ever finishing his wine trail. Thi...

Saint Amour
2016
Director, Writer, Producer
Every year, Bruno makes a tour of all the wine stands, without setting foot outside the Show’s premises and without ever finishing his wine trail. Thi...

Groland le gros métrage
2015
as The Inventor
Noël and Guy, two young Frincheux girls, tired of their condition of eternal unemployed interim, decided to become the Steve Jobs and Larry Page of th...

Simon
2015
as Marc
A seventeen-year-old boy is diagnosed with cancer. “Two years ago, Ewing’s sarcoma hit me like an airplane crash. I underwent more treatments and oper...

Macadam Stories
2015
as Sterkowitz
Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

Near Death Experience
2014
as Le collègue Orange 2
Paul, a call center employee, is completely burnt out. One Friday 13, a television news report seems to be a signal that he must take action. Determin...

Near Death Experience
2014
Director
Paul, a call center employee, is completely burnt out. One Friday 13, a television news report seems to be a signal that he must take action. Determin...

Patchwork Family
2014
as Paul Gracineau
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...

Vengeance et terre battue
2014
as Marius
Rita Cerveau ("Brain"), the most intelligent woman in the world, is depressive.

In the Courtyard
2014
as Antoine
Antoine is a musician. The forties, he suddenly decides to end his career. After a few days of wandering, he gets a job as a janitor. Mathilde lives i...

Nuts
2013
as Bertrand, alias Buse Invincible
François has everything he could ever want, until he is kicked out of the house by his wife after his umpteenth slip up; after moving back in with his...

Les 20 ans de Groland
2012

Eat
2012
as Vinnie
A woman recovering from an eating disorder re-encounters someone from her past.

The Big Night
2012
Writer, Director, Producer
An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Ke...

Torpédo
2012
as Le garagiste
Michel Ressac wins a dinner with cyclist legend Eddy Merckx in an advertising campaign to promote the sales of sofas and hopes that he can do his own ...

All Together
2012
as Funeral Seller
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternative to living in a retirement home. Joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on ...

Arrabal et les Garçons
2011
as Self
The cinema of Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern is reminiscent of the one of Fernando Arrabal. This is why the two troublemakers of "Groland" invite...

Holidays by the Sea
2011
as Golfeur Vert
A comedy about funny adventures of the group of French people during the summer vacation.

Bas-fonds
2010
as L’amant
On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both l...

Mammuth
2010
as Le boucher au supermarché
Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60. He has worked since the age of 16, never unemployed, never sick. But the hour of retirement has come, and it is d...

Mammuth
2010
Director, Screenplay
Serge Pilardosse has just turned 60. He has worked since the age of 16, never unemployed, never sick. But the hour of retirement has come, and it is d...

Henry
2010
as Van de Breek
Henry can't control himself : he's got to cheat, con, plot. It's not his fault, it's his nature ! Underhand deals, compromise, lies, and betrayals are...

Ya basta !
2010
Director, Writer
A specialised center is closing its doors. The mentally handicapped inhabitants helped by their educators are taking their destiny in their own hands.

Louise-Michel
2008
as Le passeur du bateau
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man t...

Louise-Michel
2008
Director, Screenplay
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man t...

Groland - 15 ans d'âge... bête
2007
as Gustave de Kervern

Groland - 15 ans d'âge... bête
2007
Writer

Avida
2006
as Le captif sourd muet
The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to ma...

Avida
2006
Director, Writer
The kidnapping of a plump billionaire's dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. The wealthy woman takes advantage of the situation to ma...

Locked Out
2006
as Flic déposition
Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...

Aaltra
2004
as L'ouvrier agricole
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up,...

Aaltra
2004
Screenplay, Director
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up,...

GrolandSat
2003
as Various Characters

Nouvelles neuves du monde de Moustic
2002

20 H 20
2001
as Gustave de Kervern
A compilation of 12 news programs from Groland.

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie
1999
as Un soudard
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...

Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0
1996
as Le serveur
C'est une histoire d'amour banale présentée comme un match de foot ordinaire. Ce sont donc Thierry Roland et Jean-Michel Larqué qui commentent, avec l...
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Writer, Director
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Voilà, c’est fini
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Director, Screenplay
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