Gustave Kervern

Gustave Kervern

1962-12-27 Mauritius 83 Credits

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...

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The Man Who Saw the Bear

The Man Who Saw the Bear

2025

as Nanoche

Acting

Two men from different generations form an unlikely bond while protecting a runaway circus bear in the French countryside, discovering shared passions...

Honeymoon Crasher

Honeymoon Crasher

2025

as Maire Mariage

5.6
Acting

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

Je ne me laisserai plus faire

2024

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

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

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

The Art of Being Happy

2024

as Bagnoule

4.8
Acting

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

Camille Chamoux - Chamouxland

2024

5.8
Acting

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

Rosalie

2024

as Paul, le père

6.5
Acting

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

All-Time High

2023

5.8
Acting

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

Sentinelle

2023

as Valéry Rocher

5.2
Acting

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 !

En Marche vers l'Effondrement !

2023

as Sbire Mr Sweet

Acting

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

30ème Comité Central du Groland

2022

Acting

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

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

The Voiceless

2022

as 'Le Bigleux'

4.6
Acting

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

En même temps

2022

as Le patron du restaurant

5.2
Acting

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

En même temps

2022

Screenplay, Director

5.2
Writing Directing

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

Murder Party

2022

as Armand

5.2
Acting

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

Love Song for Tough Guys

2021

as Jacky

6.0
Acting

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

Plus belle l'eau de vie

2021

as Monsieur le Député

Acting

The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.

Plus belle l'eau de vie

Plus belle l'eau de vie

2021

Writer

Writing

The life and adventures of random people in a shit hole of Groland.

Mords-les !

Mords-les !

2020

as Le larron

Acting

Follow Brigitte Fontaine as she wanders in the streets of Morlaix.

Mords-les !

Mords-les !

2020

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Follow Brigitte Fontaine as she wanders in the streets of Morlaix.

Fishlove

Fishlove

2020

as Daniel Luxet

6.1
Acting

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

Delete History

2020

as L'autre Dodo

4.9
Acting

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

Delete History

2020

Director, Producer, Writer

4.9
Directing Producing Writing

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

Perfumes

2020

as Arsène

6.4
Acting

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

Sébastien Tellier: Many Lives

2020

as Self

5.9
Acting

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

Relai

2019

as Benoît

6.0
Acting

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

Snowlidays

2019

as Sami

4.1
Acting

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

I Feel Good

2018

Screenplay, Producer, Director

5.7
Writing Producing Directing

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

All About Mothers

2018

as Grégoire

5.3
Acting

They are possessive, benevolent, clumsy, absent, omnipresent, overwhelmed, guilty, indulgent, loving, fragile, in full possession of their wits, or lo...

Cornelius, the Howling Miller

Cornelius, the Howling Miller

2018

as Mayor Cardamone

4.8
Acting

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

Top 25 Groland

2018

Acting
Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

2017

as Self

Acting
Les Belges ça ose tout

Les Belges ça ose tout

2017

as Self

5.5
Acting

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

Mr. Stein Goes Online

2017

as Bernard

6.0
Acting

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

The Poisoning Angel

2017

Writer

4.4
Writing

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

The Fabulous Patars

2016

as Denis Patar

6.6
Acting

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

150 Milligrams

2016

as Charles Kermarec, publisher of Irène

6.7
Acting

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

L'Invitation

2016

as Philippe

5.5
Acting

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

Odd Job

2016

as Tom

6.1
Acting

An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.

Saint Amour

Saint Amour

2016

as L'oncle

5.7
Acting

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

Saint Amour

2016

Director, Writer, Producer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

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

Groland le gros métrage

2015

as The Inventor

4.7
Acting

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

Simon

2015

as Marc

Acting

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

Macadam Stories

2015

as Sterkowitz

6.8
Acting

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation.

Near Death Experience

Near Death Experience

2014

as Le collègue Orange 2

6.2
Acting

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

Near Death Experience

2014

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Patchwork Family

2014

as Paul Gracineau

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...

Vengeance et terre battue

Vengeance et terre battue

2014

as Marius

5.3
Acting

Rita Cerveau ("Brain"), the most intelligent woman in the world, is depressive.

In the Courtyard

In the Courtyard

2014

as Antoine

5.8
Acting

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

Nuts

2013

as Bertrand, alias Buse Invincible

5.2
Acting

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

Les 20 ans de Groland

2012

Acting
Eat

Eat

2012

as Vinnie

4.2
Acting

A woman recovering from an eating disorder re-encounters someone from her past.

The Big Night

The Big Night

2012

Writer, Director, Producer

5.8
Writing Directing Producing

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

Torpédo

2012

as Le garagiste

5.9
Acting

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

All Together

2012

as Funeral Seller

6.4
Acting

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

Arrabal et les Garçons

2011

as Self

Acting

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

Holidays by the Sea

2011

as Golfeur Vert

4.4
Acting

A comedy about funny adventures of the group of French people during the summer vacation.

Bas-fonds

Bas-fonds

2010

as L’amant

Acting

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

Mammuth

2010

as Le boucher au supermarché

5.8
Acting

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

Mammuth

2010

Director, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

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

Henry

2010

as Van de Breek

5.0
Acting

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 !

Ya basta !

2010

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

Louise-Michel

2008

as Le passeur du bateau

6.2
Acting

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

Louise-Michel

2008

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

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

Groland - 15 ans d'âge... bête

2007

as Gustave de Kervern

8.2
Acting
Groland - 15 ans d'âge... bête

Groland - 15 ans d'âge... bête

2007

Writer

8.2
Writing
Avida

Avida

2006

as Le captif sourd muet

5.7
Acting

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

Avida

2006

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

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

Locked Out

2006

as Flic déposition

6.2
Acting

Once upon a time, somewhere... a homeless guy finds a policeman's uniform...

Aaltra

Aaltra

2004

as L'ouvrier agricole

6.3
Acting

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

Aaltra

2004

Screenplay, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

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

GrolandSat

2003

as Various Characters

Acting
Nouvelles neuves du monde de Moustic

Nouvelles neuves du monde de Moustic

2002

1.0
Acting
20 H 20

20 H 20

2001

as Gustave de Kervern

8.0
Acting

A compilation of 12 news programs from Groland.

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie

Ivre-Mort pour la Patrie

1999

as Un soudard

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...

Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

1996

as Le serveur

5.6
Acting

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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Acting

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La petite cuisine de Mehdi

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Acting

La Vénus électrique

N/A

Acting

"La Vénus Electrificata" is an upcoming French film directed by Pierre Salvadori, marking his 11th feature project.

Dada

N/A

Writer, Director

7.5
Writing Directing

The owner of a failing circus has to cope with the return of her son after he is released from the psychiatric hospital with complete loss of memory.

Voilà, c’est fini

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

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