Laurent Marie Guespin-Malet (born 3 September 1955, in

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) is a French actor, and the twin brother of actor Pierre Malet.

Life

Malet's stage debut came in ''

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'' as Troilus alongside

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in 1975. In 1978 he was made famous by his ''Andrew'' alongside

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and

Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French actress. She was known for her performances in award-winning films such as ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (1972) and ''Babette's Feast'' ...

in '' Les Liens de sang'' by

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. That same year,

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gave him the lead role in '' Haro''. En 1979, he starred alongside

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in '' Les Routes du sud'' by

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and played

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's son in ''

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(L'Homme en colère)''. He also played ''Roger Bataille'' in

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's ''

Querelle ''Querelle'' is a 1982 West German-French English-language arthouse film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel ''Querelle of Brest''. It was Fassbinder's last film, rel ...

'' (after

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), and starred alongside

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actre ...

in 1984's '' Tir à vue'', directed by Marc Angelo. In 1995 he played

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's '' L'Homme aux semelles de vent''. Highly attached to his brother and mother, he feels asked by the latter (in the terminal stages of a

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) to put an end to her sufferings. He writes of this in his 2006 book ''En attendant la suite'', in which he calls on the candidates in the presidential election to bring the state to legislate on euthanasia.

Filmography

* '' Haro'' (1978), by

* '' Les Liens de sang'' (1978), by

* '' Les Routes du Sud'' (1978), by

* ''

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'' (1976), by

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* ''

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'' (1979), by

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* '' Le Cœur à l'envers'' (1980), by Franck Apprédéris * '' La Légion saute sur Kolwezi'' (1980), by

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* ''

'' (1982), by

* ''

Invitation au voyage ''Invitation au voyage'' is a 1982 French drama film directed by Peter Del Monte. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution. Cast * Laurent Malet - Lucien * Aurore Clément - Th ...

'' (1982), by

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* '' A mort l'arbitre !'' (1983), by

Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...

* '' Tir à vue'' (1984), by Marc Angelo * ''

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'' (1984), by

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* ''

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'' (1985), by

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* ''

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'' (1986), by

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* ''

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'' (1987), by

* '' Les Possédés'' (1988), by

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* '' Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent'' (1995), by

* '' Le Plus beau pays du monde'' (1999), by

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* '' Ce jour-là'' (2003), by

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TV

*1976: ''Le siècle des lumières'' by Claude Brulé *1977: ''La foire'' by

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*1981: ''Les avocats du diable'' d'

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*1981: ''Confusion of Feelings'' *1982: ''Pleine lune'' by

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*1984: ''Cuore'' by

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*1985: ''La part de l'autre'' by

Jeanne Labrune Jeanne Labrune (born 21 June 1950) is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film '' Sand and Blood'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival The 41st Cannes Fi ...

*1986: ''Sword of Gideon'' by Michael Anderson *1991: ''The First Circle'' by

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*1993: ''Monsieur Ripois'' by Luc Béraud *1994: ''Le feu follet'' by

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*1995: ''L'homme aux semelles de vent'' by

*1997: ''Marion du Faouët'' by Michel Favart *2001: ''Des croix sur la mer'' by

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*2001: ''Le Prix de la vérité'' by

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Réalisateur/Scénariste

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: '' Au nom d'un chien'' (

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