François Florent
Biography
Born François Eichholtzer on April 30, 1937 in Mulhouse. After having gone to the School of Theater of the rue Blanche and the conservatories of dramatic art of Mulhouse and Strasbourg, he is received at the Conservatory in the class of René Simon. For ten years, he was an actor. From 1963, he became a professor at the Conservatory of the 17th arrondissement. To meet the demands of his students, François Florent offers courses outside the Conservatory. He is mainly known for founding in 1967 the Cours Florent.
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as De d'Avrigny
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In 1525, on the evening of the Battle of Pavia, François 1er was taken prisoner by the armies of Charles-Quint, with the Constable de Bourbon on their side. His mother, regent of the kingdom, commissioned the king's loyal equerry, Antoine de Montpezat, to raise a ransom of two million ecus and send it to Madrid. Despite the treachery of Vandoeuvre, governor of Languedoc and supporter of the connétable de Bourbon, who has his eye on the French throne, Montpezat accomplishes his mission and is reunited with his fiancée, who had almost married the traitor Vandoeuvre.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Lord Corentin
Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancée. The search leads him to meet so many young, lovely women – that when he finally encounters his fiancée, he's no longer sure he loves her.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Yvan
After a successful experiment on Algernon, a mouse whose level of intelligence thanks to that procedure dramatically increased, the scientists decided to go further - the next "guinea pig" is Charles, a mentally disabled young man. The experiment is again successful. But what happens after it?