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Jonathan Zaccaï

Date of birth: 1970-07-22

Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Jonathan Zaccaï

Biography

Jonathan Zaccaï (born 22 July 1970) is a Belgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He is the nephew of René Kalisky. His acting credits include The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Distant Neighborhood, The True Story of My Life in Rouen, The Role of Her Life, They Came Back. He received the Magritte Award for Best Actor for Private Lessons.

Movie Credits

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
3.4

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005-03-16

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virt

Guilty of Innocence
3

Guilty of Innocence

1992-02-10

This sumptuously photographed period drama is set in 1791 Vienna. Maximilian Bardo, an opportunistic

On the Wandering Paths
3.2

On the Wandering Paths

2023-03-22

Pierre, a famous explorer and writer, travels regularly through the world. Someday, climbing a hotel

Room of Death
3.1

Room of Death

2007-11-14

While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satch

My Life on Ice
2.7

My Life on Ice

2003-02-26

Etienne is crazy about ice skating and videoing his daily life with a digital camera. He records his

White Snow
3

White Snow

2010-03-11

Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning la

Blindfold
2.6

Blindfold

2008-01-09

The Rashevski Tango
2.3

The Rashevski Tango

2003-09-03

Adolphe 'Dolfo' Rashevski travels to Israel with grandson Ric, but his brother, orthodox rabbi Samue

Simon Konianski
2.8

Simon Konianski

2009-07-29

Simon, 35, has returned to live temporarily with his father. They make life unbearable for each othe

In His Hands
3

In His Hands

2005-09-11

In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insura

A Distant Neighborhood
3.5

A Distant Neighborhood

2010-05-20

Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wa

You and I
2.6

You and I

2006-03-08

In Paris, Ariane and Lena are sisters. Ariane writes photo novellas for the magazine "Toi et Moi." S

The Returned
2.8

The Returned

2004-10-27

The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead in

A Hell of a Day
3

A Hell of a Day

2001-10-24

Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test… that

The Best Day of My Life
2.6

The Best Day of My Life

2005-01-05

Not too excited Arthur asks marriage Lola. What should have been a quiet ceremony evolves in somethi

With Love... from the Age of Reason
2.7

With Love... from the Age of Reason

2010-07-28

The day she turns 40, Marguerite Flora, a successful rep for a nuclear power company, begins receivi

Private Lessons
2.5

Private Lessons

2009-01-21

An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls

Vent mauvais
2.4

Vent mauvais

2007-02-10

Sent to repair the computers at a supermarket in a town hit by a storm, a technician discovers some

The Role of Her Life
3

The Role of Her Life

2004-06-16

A humble copy editor becomes a personal assistant to her favorite actress and eventually loses herse

Cornouaille
3

Cornouaille

2012-08-15

A young woman inherits her family's historic home on the coast of Brittany, a house she has not been

Seaside
2.6

Seaside

2002-12-04

Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme. The year-round inhabitants find way

Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
3.1

Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder

2012-04-16

February 25, 1994, Yann Piat is executed at point blank range by two gunmen on a motorcycle. Its fir

Life Lessons
3.2

Life Lessons

2023-05-10

Noémie, an experienced screenwriter, meets up with Vincent, her first childhood love, at the film sc

Play It Like Godard
2

Play It Like Godard

2012-02-08

Jean-Christophe Kern, known as JC, is not a teenager like any other: he won the Palme d’Or at the ag

Un petit miracle
3

Un petit miracle

2023-01-25

Nothing goes well for Juliette! The school where she used to teach has burned down, and her unique c

Downton Abbey: A New Era
3.6

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022-04-27

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowa

A NY Thing
1.1

A NY Thing

2009-09-19

Masquerading as another man, Antoine flies to New York for a three-day stay and promptly falls in lo

Chambre noire
2.4

Chambre noire

2013-05-23

Sous le figuier
3.1

Sous le figuier

2013-03-20

Nathalie, Christophe and Joëlle are in the midst of an existential crisis. Brought together by Selma

Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser
0

Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser

1999-02-26

Anthology film based on three short stories by Knut Hamsun, updated to modern times.

Paper Souls
3.1

Paper Souls

2013-12-25

A funeral-speech writer gets a new lease on life when he meets a widow who commissions him to write

Je te survivrai
2.4

Je te survivrai

2014-05-28

Forty year old Jo is talented a property broker, but a complete catastrophe as a family man, father

Cerise
2.8

Cerise

2015-04-01

Cerise is fourteen years old but she looks twenty. Cerise grew up on the outskirts, but now she's ex

La vie des bêtes
3

La vie des bêtes

2008-01-30

A dozen masked individuals ransack a pharmaceutical laboratory and release the animals used as test

French Dolls
2.3

French Dolls

2014-11-26

Louise, Sam, Lili. Three women who don't know each other but whom will be forced to meet, get togeth

Les Malvenus
2.8

Les Malvenus

2024-04-17

After the trial concerning the inheritance of the family farm, which pits him against his brother, L

Little Darling
1.3

Little Darling

2000-05-31

Thirty year old virgin Sybille meets the man of her dreams. Or is he?

The White Crow
3.3

The White Crow

2018-08-31

The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold Wa

If You Die, I'll Kill You
3

If You Die, I'll Kill You

2011-03-23

In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosse

Robin Hood
3.2

Robin Hood

2010-05-12

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to

Miséricorde
2.8

Miséricorde

2016-12-11

Thomas, a European, has come to Québec for some recreational fishing on his own. He then embarks on

The Poisoning Angel
2.2

The Poisoning Angel

2017-01-18

In 1800, Brittany is on its knees, overwhelmed by the regime in place and by the omnipotent clergy.

Remi, Nobody's Boy
3.9

Remi, Nobody's Boy

2018-12-12

At the age of 10 years, young Rémi is snatched from his adoptive mother and entrusted to the signor

Sink or Swim
3.5

Sink or Swim

2018-10-24

40-year-old Bertrand has been suffering from depression for the last two years and is barely able to

Wildcats
3.6

Wildcats

2017-09-27

Orphan, Oskar lives with Elvis and Fanny Egger, his guardians. Oskar is waiting for one thing, the m

Les parallèles
2.3

Les parallèles

2004-05-24

Paris, today. A corrupt businessman, Duchey, returns to France to confront the justice of his countr

The Morning After
2.8

The Morning After

2020-08-19

Fed up with her cheating husband, Louise, 45, takes off for a weekend in Corsica. But after a wild n

The Children's Rebellion
2.5

The Children's Rebellion

1992-04-22

In the 19th century, children -- particularly the children of the poor -- were considered to be an e

The Man in the Basement
2.8

The Man in the Basement

2021-10-13

A Parisian couple decides to sell an unsanitary basement in their building. A very ordinary, nondesc

Résistantes
3.3

Résistantes

2025-05-07

1944. In France, devastated by the German occupation, part of the population resists the yoke of the