
Patrick Raynal
Actor · b. 1951 · Paris, France
Patrick Raynal is a French actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre. Active from the 1970s onward, he has appeared in numerous TV dramas, historical productions, and popular series, often portraying strong supporting roles or authoritative figures. His screen career includes collaborations with major French directors and participation in several period films and telefilms. Raynal’s steady presence across decades has made him a familiar face in French television fiction.
Movies22
Movie7.1DramaRomanceTony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
Movie5.2DramaLouis is a family man, with a wife and young daughter, who discovers in mid-life that he is gay.
Movie6.4WarHistoryA look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
Movie4.4ThrillerCrimeIn Bordeaux, a gay man's murder leads Inspector Verta to investigate. He develops feelings for Bernard, a musician suspect, jeopardizing his marriage and impartiality in the case.
Movie5.7DramaMysteryIn Saint Gilles, in the Brionnais, country of churches that invites serenity, the atmosphere becomes gradually agonizing, the past playing with the present. Antoine, a reporter and then a volunteer in the humanitarian field, returned to France after experiencing terrible events in Mali. He is at Saint Gilles to write an article on Romanesque Art. He meets Constance, the very attractive adoptive daughter of the owner of the inn, Mrs. Naudy. Constance also has its secret. She tries to discover the truth about the death of her parents Eva and Louis Lacassan, a truth that has been hidden from her for too long. And then there is Juju who says to see the ghost of Eva, the woman with the red hair. A track in Constance's investigation? Between Antoine and Constance, these two wounded beings, weave little by little a story that may help them to go to the end of their adventure.
Movie5.8ThrillerWesternA young terrorist is trapped by Gavras, a hunter of the Special Intervention Unit who is tracking him. Then starts a long walk through the forest, each one trying to dominate the other.
Movie3.7ComedyRomanceCécile has returned to her childhood village. She is going to marry François. But a meteorological phenomenon will turn everything upside down.
Nuages
2008 · 3 votes
Movie4.6ComedyRémi Gaillard is the real character of the World network, troll, provocateur, one of the biggest-selling comic actor in Europe. One and a half milliards of viewing and millions of fans. A day came, and he decided to steady down: got married, settled down on work on a parking place, promised a pregnant wife, that also «goes away to the decree» and gives up the pranks. But how to deafen talent and disorderly conduct of fantasy?. Fans can not assume his care. Gaillard returns.
Movie5.6Thriller
Movie7.0L'Héritier
2002 · 1 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieThrillerCyril is doing his Taï-Chi in a corner of the Domaine du Manoir. A golf club slams into the back of his neck, killing him with a deadly blow. The investigation is entrusted to Maud Arthuis, who is more than 8 months pregnant but widowed.
Movie10.0ComedySimon is getting better. His job as a publisher is going smoothly. Suddenly, out of the blue, his psychoanalyst, Charles, hits him with the news: his analysis is over. It turns out to be a nightmare. Charles also has his own dilemma: his actress wife is pregnant, but she hesitates to keep the child as she has an upcoming performance, and feels that she no longer loves Charles. Worse things comes as Simon receives a manuscript that portrays his private life and fetishistic desires, and his partner insists on publishing the novel. He blames Charles for writing the novel. On the other hand, Charles simplifies the matter, thinking Simon's misunderstanding is the reason that his wife leaves him. The two angry men have a big fight in Simon's home. Charles is wounded at the end. Now, Simon believes Charles and nurses him. Simon's mother drops by and suspects that Charles is Simon's gay lover.
Movie8.0HistoryTV MovieA historical television film directed by Jean‑Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, Richelieu, or The Day of the Dupes recounts the political tensions that came to a head in November 1630, when Marie de’ Medici attempted to remove Cardinal Richelieu from power. Blending court intrigue, the king’s illness, and decisive reversals, the film portrays the struggle for influence that ultimately cemented Louis XIII’s trust in his minister. Led by Didier Sandre, Patrick Raynal, and Dominique Blanchar, the telefilm offers a meticulous reconstruction of the events that shaped the kingdom’s balance of power.
Richelieu ou La journée des dupes
1983 · 1 votes
Movie7.1ComedyDramaA night of drinking in a local cafe quickly turns to tragedy for two of its patrons.
Movie7.6DramaWarDuring the Nazi regime in France in World War II, Pastor Fontaine and the town of Chambon undertake a mission to protect and shelter the children of many of the Jews sent to concentration camps.
Movie6.6DramaTV MovieLucas, 11 years old, disappears one morning from the family home. His departure plunges Marion and Alexis, his recently separated parents, into unbearable anxiety. Their child is absolutely not equipped to face the outside world alone; Lucas is autistic and particularly vulnerable. For Marion and Alexis, it's a race against time to find their son, forcing them to delve into their past.
Pour te retrouver
2021 · 4 votes
Movie6.1DramaHistoryJeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become accepted even by the Queen, corpulent mother of ten. As a sensibly chosen Royal 'favorite' mistress she is soon ennobled Marquise of Pompadour to facilitate her introduction at court. The immature dauphin (crown prince) proves a bitter and unrelenting enemy, joined by his imposed Saxon bride, and his sister at her deathbed. Although friends at court help Pompadour return, her health gives way.
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
2006 · 9 votes
Movie9.0DramaA child from Senegal is adopted by a French family in the Bretagne soon learns that she is not the only child.
La tresse d'Aminata
2004 · 1 votes
Movie6.7DramaRomanceBased on a popular novel with the English title Devil in the Flesh by Alexandre Jardin, this little drama tells the story of Virgile (Thomas Langmann), a sixteen-year old boy who has grown tired of being a virgin, and decides to seduce Carla (Kristin Scott-Thomas), an older woman. Rather to his surprise, despite his callowness, she proves to be quite willing.
Movie9.0ComedyLe pont japonais
1978 · 2 votes
MovieTV MovieFrom the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Catherine Moreau is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Adeline Margaux. Catherine maneuvers her way into Adeline's role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Adeline's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Catherine, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Pleins feux
1992
Movie6.0CrimeThrillerA police captain specialized in Crime History is investigating on the discovery of a corpse found on the beach of Saint-Malo. She tries to convince her temporary teammate that their case would be linked to piracy.
Series14
TV9.0RealityMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
Midi Première
1975 · 2 votes
TV7.5FamilyRealityA game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.
Fort Boyard
1990 · 31 votes
TV7.3MysteryDramaMurders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
TV5.6DramaComedyAn anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis de Foudras, Daniel Defoe, Anton Tchekov, Jin Ping Mei, and Aristophanes.
TV6.5CrimeMysteryEurocops
1988 · 2 votes
TV4.7CrimeDramaMurderers think they have committed the perfect crime. But the investigators will do everything to find the flaw in the Machiavellian plan devised by each killer.
Crimes parfaits
2017 · 9 votes
TV6.8MysteryDramaA girl has gone missing from a party in the Provence (South of France). Her nephew sees dead people in his surroundings they give him visions. With a teacher and her man a police inspector they try to solve the missing and deaths.
Visions
2022 · 12 votes
TV6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaThanks to science, after five years of coma, Florian has his mind transferred into another's body. Now he has to hide his identity, living as an officer with BATI, the anti-transfers unit.
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La Belle Anglaise
1988 · 1 votes
TV7.0SoapFrench miniseries.
Fleur bleue
1990 · 1 votes
TV10.0DramaSOS 18
2005 · 1 votes
TV9.0ComedyDramaChère Marianne
1999 · 2 votes
TV8.5DramaAnne Le Guen
1995 · 2 votes
TV8.0DramaWar & PoliticsLes Semailles et les Moissons
2001 · 1 votes