Rufus

Rufus

December 19, 1942 · 83 years old

Rufus (born 19 December 1942; Riom, Puy-de-Dôme) is the stage name of French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known by the international film audience for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001). He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including…

Known For

20 titles
1
Amélie

Amélie

2001 · 2h 2m · Movie

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.

8.3
2
Delicatessen

Delicatessen

1991 · 1h 39m · Movie

Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.

7.5
3
A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

2004 · 2h 13m · Movie

Tells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.

7.6
4
The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children

1995 · 1h 52m · Movie

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

7.4
5
The Tenant

The Tenant

1976 · 2h 6m · Movie

A bachelor man rents a Parisian apartment whose previous tenant committed suicide, and slowly finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

7.5
6
The African Doctor

The African Doctor

2016 · 1h 36m · Movie

The story of Seyolo Zantoko, who as a freshly graduated doctor of Congolese descent in France, struggled with his family to integrate in a small rural village, and ended up being considered as one of the most respected doctors in ...

6.8
7
Train of Life

Train of Life

1998 · 1h 43m · Movie

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.

7.6
8
What Every Frenchwoman Wants

What Every Frenchwoman Wants

1986 · 1h 35m · Movie

A teenager returns home during his summer vacation. In a mansion full of women, he decides to expand his education in titillating ways.

5.6
9
March or Die

March or Die

1977 · 1h 47m · Movie

During the 1920s, French Foreign Legion Major William Foster's (Gene Hackman's) unit is protecting an archaeological dig, but the discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry Arab tribes to attack Foster's small garri...

6.3
10
Metroland

Metroland

1997 · 1h 41m · Movie

The sudden reappearance of his best friend Toni, after a ten year absence, causes Chris to remember his past, to question some of his lifestyle decisions and to re-evaluate his life and marriage to Marion.

6.3
11
HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel

HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel

2021 · 52m · TV Show

Morgane's 160 IQ has never really helped her in her everyday life. The police decide to bring her on board to help them track down and catch highly intelligent criminals.

7.6
12
Freedom

Freedom

2009 · 1h 51m · Movie

A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a town where they traditionally stop for a...

7.2
13
Marius

Marius

2013 · 1h 33m · Movie

"Marius" takes place in Marseilles' Old Port, at the La Marine Bar, owned by César and his son Marius. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on one of the boats passing by his dad's bar and to set off to a faraway land. Fanny, a youn...

6.7
14
Everyone's Life

Everyone's Life

2017 · 1h 53m · Movie

The lives of people facing various romantic complications gather for a jazz festival in the Burgundy wine-country town of Beaune.

4.6
15
L'Élégant Criminel

L'Élégant Criminel

1990 · 2h 0m · Movie

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he ...

6.1
16
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

1973 · 1h 45m · Movie

Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancee. The search for her leads him to meet so many young, pretty, sexy girls - that when he finally encounters his fiancee, he is no longer sure he l...

4.5
17
Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie

Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie

2001 · 1h 55m · Movie

Joe, international poker player, is considered an irresponsible family-chief. His two sons drifted into gangsterism. The older dies from it. The younger, Manu, was sentenced to death. Joe takes on to a terrific battle in order to ...

6.8
19
Les irréductibles

Les irréductibles

2006 · 1h 45m · Movie

Two men working in the same factory for 20 years are now unemployed, to make the best of a bad situation they decide to get the diploma they never got.

5.5
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Reprise en main

Reprise en main

2022 · 1h 46m · Movie

Cédric works in a company specialized in precision mechanics. Its management, run by an investment fund, is disastrous. As another fund is about to buy it again, Cédric decides to take the company over, giving it to the employees.

6.7