Amidou

Amidou

From Wikipedia Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود‎; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television and stage actor. Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents. Amidou is probably best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he has shot eleven films, including the Lelouch's film debut Le propre de l'homme (1960). He made his debut in a Maroccan film in 1969, starring in Soleil de printemps directed by Latif Lahlou. His career includes roles in Spaghetti Westerns like Buddy Goes West and several American productions, including William Friedkin's Sorcerer, John Frankenheimer's Ronin and John Huston's Escape to Victory. In 1969 Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for his role in Life Love Death by Claude Lelouch, later he won best actor awards at the Cairo Film Festival (for Pursuit by Leila Triquie) and at the Tangier Film Festival (for Rachid Boutounes' Here and There). In 2005, he received at the hands of Martin Scorsese a Lifetime Career Award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech. He was also the first Moroccan actor to have won an acting award at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. Amidou died on 19 September 2013 in Paris, France. He was 78.

  • Title: Amidou
  • Popularity: 2.572
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1935-08-02
  • Place of Birth: Rabat, Morocco
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  • Also Known As: Hamidou Benmassoud, Amidou Ben Messaoud
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Amidou Movies

  • 1975
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    Rosebud

    Rosebud

    4.9 1975 HD

    In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film...

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  • 1992
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    Hot Chocolate

    Hot Chocolate

    2 1992 HD

    B.J. Cassidy, a rich businesswoman, has to invest several billion dollars for fiscal reasons. She undertakes to buy back a small French factory,...

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  • 2000
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    Rules of Engagement

    Rules of Engagement

    6.2 2000 HD

    A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

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  • 1997
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    Soleil

    Soleil

    6.6 1997 HD

    During a happy evening, the famous professor Levy, one of the masters of cardiac surgery, collapses, struck by a heart attack. His whole life comes...

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  • 1968
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    The Girl Across the Way

    The Girl Across the Way

    1 1968 HD

    A young student visits the home of a friend who has all the good looks, women and luck. Every day, through binoculars from his friend's window, he...

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  • 1969
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    Life Love Death

    Life Love Death

    5.1 1969 HD

    François Toledo, married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a work colleague. However, he is soon found out:...

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  • 1998
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    Ronin

    Ronin

    6.965 1998 HD

    A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish...

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  • 1965
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    To Be a Crook

    To Be a Crook

    5.8 1965 HD

    Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the...

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  • 2010
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    Comme les 5 doigts de la main

    Comme les 5 doigts de la main

    6.05 2010 HD

    Five brothers similar yet different, raised by a mother widowed too early. One of them had left the family when he returns, pursued by a gang of...

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  • 1992
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    The Beautiful Story

    The Beautiful Story

    7.02 1992 HD

    A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief...

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  • 1968
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    6.5 1968 HD

    The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.

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  • 1977
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    Sorcerer

    Sorcerer

    7.436 1977 HD

    Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives...

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  • 1981
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    Buddy Goes West

    Buddy Goes West

    6.1 1981 HD

    Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a...

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  • 1967
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    Sorrel Flower

    Sorrel Flower

    5.3 1967 HD

    Catherine is left unmarried and pregnant when her mobster sweetheart is killed in this gangster comedy. With the help of another unmarried...

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  • 2002
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    And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

    And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

    5.6 2002 HD

    A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.

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  • 1973
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    Man in the Trunk

    Man in the Trunk

    6.4 1973 HD

    Bloch, an Israeli secret agent, seeks refuge in the French embassy in Libya to escape being killed. Augier, his French opposite number, has to get...

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  • 1963
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    La parole est au témoin

    La parole est au témoin

    10 1963 HD

    Mustapha, a cab driver in Paris, charges a customer in a hurry, without realizing that he is in a hurry to escape his pursuers after robbing a...

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  • 1967
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    Live for Life

    Live for Life

    6.3 1967 HD

    Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.

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  • 1962
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    Thé a la menthe

    Thé a la menthe

    1 1962 HD

    A man sits at a cafe in Paris and watches the world go by.

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  • 1966
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    Les grands moments

    Les grands moments

    1 1966 HD

    Four prisoners are gathered in the same cell. Each tells the others how he got there.

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  • 1981
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    Les Avocats du Diable

    Les Avocats du Diable

    10 1981 HD

    In 1958 in Paris, during the Algerian War, a young trainee lawyer, Maître Chabrier, was assigned to defend an Algerian garbage collector...

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  • 1970
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    The Crook

    The Crook

    7 1970 HD

    A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.

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  • 1985
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    Farewell Fred

    Farewell Fred

    4 1985 HD

    Fred is a gambler and deep in debt. He owes crime boss Victor a lot of money and the time to pay has come. He decides to take a massive risk to...

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  • 1989
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    Brothers in Arms

    Brothers in Arms

    6.8 1989 HD

    Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover...

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  • 1996
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    Lalla Hobby

    Lalla Hobby

    1 1996 HD

    As Haj Moussa is caught by border guards while trying to reach Gibraltar in a small boat, he is sent to prison, and his family tries to help him...

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  • 1982
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    Les p’tites têtes

    Les p’tites têtes

    7 1982 HD

    Henri, Daniel and Xavier have just opened a travel agency in Paris. Henri runs the agency while Daniel and Xavier go on trip to take care of the...

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  • 1994
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    Unveiled

    Unveiled

    3.5 1994 HD

    An American woman uses herself as bait to help a CIA agent trap an alleged serial killer in Morroco.

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  • 1971
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    Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

    4.6 1971 HD

    North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods,...

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  • 1966
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    Brigade Anti Gangs

    Brigade Anti Gangs

    6.6 1966 HD

    The struggle between a ruthless leader of a bank robbers and the cops who are determined to put him in jail for long.

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  • 2009
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    Aïcha

    Aïcha

    6.3 2009 HD

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  • 2011
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    Aïcha : La grande débrouille

    Aïcha : La grande débrouille

    6.2 2011 HD

    Rid of her rival Gloria, Aïcha will do everything to make her boss proud, with Ginette's help. Patrick presents her with a love ultimatum: their...

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  • 2012
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    Aïcha : Vacances infernales

    Aïcha : Vacances infernales

    6.2 2012 HD

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  • 2011
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    Aïcha : Job à tout prix

    Aïcha : Job à tout prix

    5.3 2011 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Punishment

    The Punishment

    5 1973 HD

    Britt, deluxe call-girl, is punished by the brothel owner because she was not accomodating enough to a customer. From now on, she must obey to all...

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  • 1969
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    Soleil de Printemps

    Soleil de Printemps

    1 1969 HD

    The story of a young man of peasant origin, a minor official in Casablanca, which can not adapt to life in the big city.

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  • 1986
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    Bitter Champagne

    Bitter Champagne

    1 1986 HD

    In North Africa, a father and his illegitimate son are in love with the same woman.

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  • 1999
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    Hideous Kinky

    Hideous Kinky

    6.086 1999 HD

    In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and...

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  • 1970
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    Countdown to Vengeance

    Countdown to Vengeance

    5.9 1970 HD

    10 years ago, François Nolan and his brother have been betrayed by one of their accomplices after a break-in. During the fight with the...

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  • 1971
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    Smic, Smac, Smoc

    Smic, Smac, Smoc

    5.083 1971 HD

    Charles, Jean and Amidou are workmen at the La Ciotat shipyards and live in the same construction facility. One day, Amidou leaves them to marry...

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  • 2006
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    Heaven's Doors

    Heaven's Doors

    4 2006 HD

    As co-directed by brothers Swad and Imad Noury (and produced by their mother, Pilar Cazorla), The Moroccan picture Heaven's Doors (2005) employs an...

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  • 2001
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    Spy Game

    Spy Game

    6.912 2001 HD

    On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the...

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  • 2002
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    Une histoire d'amour

    Une histoire d'amour

    1 2002 HD

    Aziz meets Wafaa, a young prostitute and tries to get out of his condition. His task won't be easy.

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  • 1961
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    The Right of Man

    The Right of Man

    1 1961 HD

    At a friend's house, Claude meets Janine. The two young people spend the day wandering around Paris, from the café to the Foire du...

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  • 1981
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    Escape to Victory

    Escape to Victory

    6.9 1981 HD

    A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of...

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  • 2007
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    Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

    Ali Baba and the 40 thieves

    5.5 2007 HD

    The story of Ali Baba, who takes on forty thieves to save the Caliph of Baghdad and prevent a war between the Orient and the Occident.

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  • 1992
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    The Big Pardon 2

    The Big Pardon 2

    6.1 1992 HD

    The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he...

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  • 2007
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    Argana

    Argana

    1 2007 HD

    After the death of her husband Amghar, killed by the settlers, Tamghart resists the maneuvers of the traitor Hammou who quietly negotiates, despite...

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  • 2004
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    Here and There

    Here and There

    1 2004 HD

    “Rahal” immigrated to Europe forty years ago. Scandalized by the behavior of his eldest son who participated in a heist, he decides to...

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  • 1985
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    The Night Wears Suspenders

    The Night Wears Suspenders

    5.1 1985 HD

    Jézabel, a worldly young woman, takes hold of Ariel, a shy and inexperienced young man, and leads him by hook or by crook through the wild...

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  • 1972
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    3000 Million Without an Elevator

    3000 Million Without an Elevator

    5.1 1972 HD

    Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition.

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  • 2007
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    Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

    Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

    5 2007 HD

    Set in and around Bagdad of the old times ALI BABA AND THE 40 THIEVES is the highly entertaining tale of kind but luckless Ali, played by French...

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  • 1998
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    Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

    3.2 1998 HD

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  • 1997
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    Joséphine, Guardian Angel

    Joséphine, Guardian Angel

    5.7 1997 HD

    Josephine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, ability of persuasion and magical powers, she...

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