Acting
Apr 2, 1966
Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
Valérie Allain
Acting
Biography
Valérie Allain is a French actress. She portrayed "Mireille" in the 1987 instructional television series French in Action, which acquired a cult following largely because of the appeal of the romantic comedic theme of its fifty-two episodes of full-immersion French language lessons.
Feature Films (13)
Adolescents or young adults, Franck, Christine and the others meet, bond, leave each other. But the drama lurks.
Les Nouveaux Tricheurs
An old con-man fakes an illness and takes advantage of the kindness of one of his nurses.
Lark, I'll Pluck You!
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
Aria
Misery money-lender Arpagone is looking to arrange three weddings simultaneously - to cut down on costs. One for himself and the others for his two children. Of course he doesn't approve of the choices his son and daughter have made and conspires to arrange more well to do spouses against their will. However, fate will prove itself to be on the side of true love, not of the greedy.
The Miser
Cesar Cappucino is a French inspector of Italian origin specialized in the fight against drugs in Nice. His best friend have been assassinated by drug injection.
The Cowboy
In 1986, the director and producer Don Boyd approached ten of the world's greatest directors and invited them to make a short film set to an operatic aria of their choice. Together, their contributions formed the movie Aria. Here, the legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, director of Breathless and Pierrot le Fou, brings his own unique interpretation to Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera Armide.
Armide
Bernard is in the middle of a divorce. In the courthouse where he is awaiting the separation settlement, he runs across a childhood friend, Nicolas, who runs a dating service and is passing out flyers to soon-to-be divorcés. Bernard goes with his friend to his club, and gets roped into helping him find his soulmate.
Club de rencontres
Television & Series (3)
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
