Gustave Kervern

French film actor

Gustave Kervern

Gustave Kervern in 2014

Born|  (1962-08-27) 27 August 1962 (age 61)

Mauritius

Occupation(s)| Actor, film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active| 1996–present

Gustave Kervern (born 27 August 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoît Delépine.

## Life and career[edit]

In 1999, he joined his friend Benoît Delépine, in Groland, a burlesque, satirical comedy sketch show, broadcast on Canal+. It became a cult classic and is still broadcast in 2023, more than thirty years after it's creation.

In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in Aaltra with Benoît Delépine. Also with Delépine, 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 2010 film Mammuth starred Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani. It was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.

Their 2012 film Le Grand Soir competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[1][2] where it won the Special Jury Prize.[3]

## Personal Life[edit]

Gustave Kervern is married to actress-director Stéphanie Pillonca. They have two children: a boy born in 2002 and a girl born in 2006.

## Filmography[edit]

### As actor[edit]

Year  | Title  | Role  | Director  | Notes

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1996  | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | The waiter  | Dominique Farrugia |
1998  | Ivre mort pour la patrie |  | Vincent Hachet  | Short
1999  | H | Clément Dufresne  | Édouard Molinaro | TV series (1 episode)
1999-2023  | Groland | Various  | Bruno Le Jean, Sylvain Fusée, ...  | TV series (1 episode)
2001  | Toc toc toc | Gus  | Sylvain Fusée  | TV mini-series
2002  | Patron sur mesure | Pedro  | Stéphane Clavier | TV movie
Caméra café | The plumber  | Karine Giraud  | TV series (2 episodes)
2004  | Aaltra | Farmer  | Kervern & Delépine |
2006  | Avida | Deaf Mute Captive  | Kervern & Delépine |
LocKed Out | The policeman  | Albert Dupontel |
2008  | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Ship's captain  | Kervern & Delépine |
2010  | Henry | Van de Breek  | Kafka & Pascal Rémy  |
Bas-fonds | The lover  | Isild Le Besco |
Mammuth | Delicatessen Employee  | Kervern & Delépine |
2011  | All Together | Funeral Salesman  | Stéphane Robelin  |
Holidays by the Sea | Green Golfer  | Pascal Rabaté  |
2012  | Nuts | Bertrand  | Yann Coridian  |
Torpedo | The mechanic  | Matthieu Donck  |
Bocuse | Eric  | Stéphanie Pillonca & Géraldine Renault  | Short
Déferlente | The handler  | Winifrey Bandera-Guzman & Zoé Delépine  | Short
La rentrée des émissions | Machin  | Nath Dumont  | Short
Mange | Vinnie  | Virgile Bramly & Julia Ducournau | TV movie
2014  | In the Courtyard | Antoine Le Garrec  | Pierre Salvadori |
Near Death Experience | Colleague 2  | Kervern & Delépine |
Du goudron et des plumes | Paul Gracineau  | Pascal Rabaté  |
Vengeance et terre battue | Marius  | Mathieu Sapin  | Short
2015  | Simon | Marc  | Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin  |
Macadam Stories | Sterkowitz  | Samuel Benchetrit |
Groland le gros métrage | The inventor  | Benoît Delépine & Jules-Édouard Moustic  | TV movie
2016  | Odd Job | Tom  | Pascal Chaumeil |
L'invitation | Philippe  | Michaël Cohen |
Saint-Amour | The uncle  | Kervern & Delépine |
150 Milligrams | Kermarec  | Emmanuelle Bercot |
Fleur de tonnerre | Abbé Riallan  | Stéphanie Pillonca  |
Cigarettes et chocolat chaud | Denis Patar  | Sophie Reine  |
2017  | Mr. Stein Goes Online | Bernard  | Stéphane Robelin  |
Cornélius, le meunier hurlant | Mayor Cardamone  | Yann Le Quellec  |
2018  | All About Mothers | Grégoire  | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar |
2019  | Poissonsexe | Daniel Luxet  | Olivier Babinet  |
Les parfums | Arsène Pélissier  | Grégory Magne  |
Les petits flocons | Sami  | Joséphine de Meaux |
Relai | Benoît  | Suzanne Clément | Short
2020  | Delete History | The other dodo  | Kervern & Delépine |
Les sans-dents | The eye-roller  | Pascal Rabaté  |
Inhuman Resources | Charles Bresson  | Ziad Doueiri | TV mini-series
2021  | Cette musique ne joue pour personne | Jacky  | Samuel Benchetrit |
Capitaine Marleau | Christophe Lemaire  | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode)
2022  | Murder Party | Armand  | Nicolas Pleskof  |
En même temps | The restaurant owner  | Kervern & Delépine |
2023  | Rosalie | Paul  | Stéphanie Di Giusto |
Sentinelle | Valéry Rocher  | Hugo Benamozig & David Caviglioli  |
Nouveaux riches |  | Julien Hollande  |
Panda | Messina  | Nicolas Cuche & Jérémy Mainguy  | TV series (6 episodes)
Drops of God | Philippe Chassangre  | Oded Ruskin  | TV series (8 episodes)
TBA  | De l'art ou du Machond? | Bagnoule  | Stefan Liberski  | Post-Production

### As filmmaker[edit]

Year  | Title  | Credited as  | Notes

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Director  | Screenwriter  | Producer
2004  | Aaltra | Yes  | Yes  |  | BFI London Film Festival \- FIPRESCI Prize
Transilvania International Film Festival - Audience Award
Nominated - Chicago International Film Festival for Gold Hugo
Nominated - International Film Festival Rotterdam for Tiger Award
Nominated - Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Film
2006  | Avida | Yes  | Yes  |  |
2008  | Louise Hires a Contract Killer | Yes  | Yes  |  | Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Screenplay
Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize for Originality (World Cinema Dramatic)
Nominated – Lumières Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated - Sydney Film Festival for Best Film
2010  | Mammuth | Yes  | Yes  |  | Cabourg Film Festival - Coup de Foudre
Nominated – Berlin Film Festival \- Golden Bear
Nominated – César Award for Best Film
Nominated – César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated - Gijón International Film Festival for Best Film
Nominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition
Ya basta ! | Yes  | Yes  |  | Short
2011  | Miossec \- Chanson Pour Les Amis | Yes  | Yes  |  | Music video
2012  | Le Grand Soir | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Cannes Film Festival \- Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
Odesa International Film Festival for Best Director
Nominated - Odesa International Film Festival - International Competition
Nominated - Warsaw Film Festival for Free Spirit Award
2014  | Near Death Experience | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Nominated - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and Genre
Nominated – Venice Film Festival - Horizons Award
2016  | Saint-Amour | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival - Best International Feature Film
2016  | Fleur de tonnerre |  | Yes  |  |
2018  | I Feel Good | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Nominated - Festival du nouveau cinéma - People's Choice Award
Nominated - Locarno Film Festival - Variety Piazza Grande Award
2020  | Delete History | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Berlin Film Festival \- Special Jury Prize
Nominated – Berlin Film Festival \- Golden Bear
Nominated – César Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated - Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival - Best Film
Nominated - Seville European Film Festival - Best Film
Mords-les | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Short
2022  | En même temps | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2024  | Je ne me laisserai plus faire | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Post-Production
TV movie

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
2. ^ "2012 Cannes Film Festival line-up announced!". Total Film. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
3. ^ Cannes (2012-05-27). "Awards 2012". festival-cannes.fr. Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2012-05-27.

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Films directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern

* Aaltra (2004)
* Avida (2006)
* Louise Hires a Contract Killer (2008)
* Mammuth (2010)
* Le grand soir (2012)
* Near Death Experience (2014)
* Saint-Amour (2016)
* I Feel good (2018)
* Delete History (2020)

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