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François Maistre

François Maistre

Actor · Died May 16, 2016, aged 91 · Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France

François Maistre was born on 14 May 1925 in Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Phantom of Liberty (1974), Belle de Jour (1967) and Les brigades du Tigre (1974). He was married to Aurore Chabrol and Anne-Marie Coffinet. He died on 16 May 2016 in Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

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Born
May 14, 1925
Died
May 16, 2016 (aged 91)
From
Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 29% in 30 days

What are François Maistre's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
22%
Morality
14%
Society
14%
Power
11%
Ideas
11%
Survival
2%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Contemplative
5
Melancholic
3
Absurd
3
Romantic
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch François Maistre's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for François Maistre's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Flower of Evil(2003)

    as Jules Labière

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Madame Bovary(1991)

    as Lieuvain

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Les Jupons de la révolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Marboeuf

  • Rouget le braconnier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as le père Rouget

  • Story of Women(1988)

    as president Lamarre-Coudray

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Dom Juan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as La voix du Commandeur

  • Georges Courteline au travail & Boubouroche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Courteline - André

  • Châteauvallon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · as Minister of the Interior

  • Une glace avec deux boules... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as François Dalbion

  • Fais gaffe à la gaffe!(1981)

    as Monsieur Dumoulin

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Engrenage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Corbert

  • Mamito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Monsieur Laurence

  • Vivre libre ou mourir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as The public prosecutor

  • Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Don Diègue

  • Gaston Phébus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 6 episodes · as Philippe VI

  • Violette(1978)

    as Monsieur Mayeul

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Au plaisir de Dieu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 2 episodes · as Albert Rémy-Michault

  • Les Beaux Messieurs de Bois-Doré (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 5 episodes · as L'abbé Poulain

  • The Groper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Don Pasquale

  • Police Commissioner Moulin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as José Vierne

  • Les conquistadores(1976)

    Actor

  • Jarosław Dąbrowski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Louis Adolphe Thiers

  • Chronicle of the Years of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le contremaître de la carrière

  • Special Section(1975)

    as Marquis de Brinon

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dirty Hands(1975)

    as Commissaire Lamy

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The arrest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le Chef

  • Les Brigades du Tigre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 36 episodes · as Claude Faivre

  • The Phantom of Liberty(1974)

    as Professor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Duchess of Avila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as L'ermite

  • La Duchesse d'Avila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 4 episodes · as L'ermite

  • The Serpent(1973)

    as inspecteur Joss

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Joseph Balsamo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 7 episodes · as Comte Sartines

  • Héloïse and Abélard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Fulbert

  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(1972)

    as Inspector Delecluze

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • La Dame de Monsoreau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 7 episodes · as Comte de Monsoreau

  • Distracted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Monsieur Gastier

  • La cravache d' or (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 25 episodes · as Vamos

  • The Milky Way(1969)

    as French Priest

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Le Comte Vatsi

  • The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Davenport

  • Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as 'Dragon'

  • Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Baron Wagenheim

  • Belle de Jour(1967)

    as The Teacher

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Four Queens for an Ace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Hakim Gregory

  • Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 2 episodes · as Larsan

  • Merveilleuse Angélique(1965)

    as Le prince de Condé

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Carlos

  • The Shameless Old Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Gaston

  • Angélique(1964)

    as Le prince de Condé

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • La terreur et la vertu - Première partie: Danton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Hébert

  • Avatar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Charbonneau

  • Daggers Drawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Doctor

  • L'un d'entre vous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Judge

  • Blague dans le coin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Sammy Bradford

  • Horace 62 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Tulle

  • Martin Luther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • The Star Ship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Gregson

  • À fleur de peau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as le commissaire Michel

  • Font-aux-Cabres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Esteban

  • The Immoral Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Patrice de Laborde

  • Paris Belongs to Us(1961)

    as Pierre Goupil

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Famous Love Affairs(1961)

    as le commissaire Massot

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Napoléon II, l'aiglon(1961)

    as Prince Metternich

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Joker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as André Laroche

  • Thank You, Natercia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Lawyer

  • Danger in the Middle East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Actor

  • The Love Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as L'homme élégant

  • Le 7ème jour de Saint-Malo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles from 1960 to 2003; peak year 1974.

Biggest box office

Madame Bovary (1991)

$1.9M worldwide

Highest rated

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

19602003

Peak 1974 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting68 of 68: 68 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1960s32 · acting1970s23 · acting1980s11 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s1 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
6171

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do François Maistre's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of the 17 of 18 with a score; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 17 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Famous Love Affairs (1961)

61st percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does François Maistre work with?

People who share at least 2 of François Maistre's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Chabrol shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers