Aïssa Maïga
Know for: Acting
Born: 1975-05-25
Place of birth: Dakar, Sénégal
Also know as:
Caché (2005)
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings...
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18...
Russian Dolls (2005)
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.
Diamond 13 (2009)
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.
Crossfire (2008)
A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The...
The Age of Man (2007)
Samuel is 30. Formerly a confirmed bachelor, he has been living with Tina – a photographer – for the past year but he gets scared when...
L'Aide Au Retour (2009)
Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant...
My Children Are Different (2003)
A classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his footsteps despite their personal wishes.
Don't Worry, Be Happy (2003)
With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a...
Together Is Too Much (2010)
Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is...
Black and White (2008)
Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over...
The Counsel (2010)
A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.
One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with...
The Man Who Saved Paris (1970)
The most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940s is asked by the government to restore the city's image (City of Love, Romance, Light)...
Today (2013)
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life.
I Do (2006)
Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and...
Big Kids (2023)
Yannick is a caregiver in a retirement home. Between permanent pressure and budget restrictions, he faces the lack of means with a contagious good...
Mood Indigo (2013)
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow (1999)
It’s December 1999, and 25-year-old Jonah has just graduated from film school. As the new millennium begins, Jonah marries his longtime...
Aya of Yop City (2013)
While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking...
Anything for Alice (2014)
Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture...
Maria Schneider, 1983 (2022)
In 1983, French actress Maria Schneider gives an interview for the TV show Cinéma Cinémas. The conversation takes an unexpected turn...
Toussaint Louverture (2012)
Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the...
Deadly Summer (2013)
A woman's plans to leave her husband and follow her lover abroad are thrown into turmoil when murder strikes.
Le Marchand de sable (2023)
Marked by years of prison, Djo, a parcel delivery man in the Paris suburbs, lives modestly with his mother and daughter. One day, an aunt who has...
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022)
Three tales, three ages, three worlds. At the time of Ancient Egypt, a young king becomes the first black pharaoh to deserve the hand of his loved...
Neneh Superstar (2023)
Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she will have to...
Pas de toit sans moi (2011)
She is a black illegal immigrant, he's white and unemployed - Both of them are racists and they hate each other, but a fake wedding could solve both...
Marie-Line (2000)
A woman learns to care for others when she's forced to help people on the wrong side of the law in this drama. Marie-Line (Muriel Robin) is a single...
One Man's Show (2012)
On the eve of his fiftieth birthday, an actor discovers that he's got stomach cancer. He must now face his shattered life.
Lise and Andre (2000)
Lise is a Parisian prostitute who has a young son, Sebastien. Lise dotes on her boy, who has a gift for music and sings in a children's choir...
Sex, Okra & Salted Butter (2008)
An extramarital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her very traditional African husband, who is in for a ride as he learns about her...
Bamako (2006)
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of...
Journey to Ouaga (2001)
Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city.
The African Doctor (2016)
1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in...
He Even Has Your Eyes (2017)
Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting...
Code Unknown (2000)
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris,...
Lucy's Revenge (1998)
After Polish-born writer-director Janusz Mrozowski, a French resident for the past 30 years, made a series of 30-minute films based on African...
Corniche Kennedy (2017)
Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young kids of Marseille defy the laws of gravity. Marco,...
The Eiffel Tower Mystery (2016)
The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that has taken place there, so she and her girlfriend...
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami (2012)
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible...
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Brother (2019)
Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed...
Une famille parfaite (2006)
Martha is 30 years old in 2031. She spent a happy childhood in a family not quite like the others since she was adopted by two men. Now, one of them...
The Bathers (2003)
Sexy, gritty and as provocative as a lap dance, The Bathers takes an insider's look at the lives of six women working as dancers at a seedy Parisian...
Où sont les noirs ? (2020)
French actors Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Aïssa Maïga, Sonia Rolland, Deborah Lukumuena, Marie-France Malonga, Gary Dourdan and others speak up...
The Tower (2018)
Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi...
Above the Sky (2020)
After losing the use of her legs in an plane crash at 18, Dorine earns her pilot's license and dedicates herself to advocating for disability rights.
Pop féminisme : des militantes aux icônes pop (2020)
An overview of 21st-century feminism through the lens of pop culture.
Par accident (2004)
Isabelle Blanc, a 30 years old biologist who works at the university, awakes in an hospital and doesn't remember why she is in the hospital.Little by...
The Listening Tapes (2024)
In three reenactments of a controversial 1983 television interview, actors Manal Issa, Aïssa Maïga, and Isabel...
Marie & Jolie (1970)
In Tunisia, Marie, a 40-year-old Ivorian journalist and pastor, helps vulnerable women like Nané, a worker without her passport, and Jolie, an...
Killing of a Nation (1970)
Anderson Toussaint, an American lobbyist in Haiti, gains access to President Moïse's inner circle and uncovers corruption. Amid political...
Above Water (2021)
12-years-old Houlaye lives in Niger, and travels several kilometers each day to fetch water. The village got together to construct a well. This is...
Above Water (2021)
12-years-old Houlaye lives in Niger, and travels several kilometers each day to fetch water. The village got together to construct a well. This is...
Nô Feminist (2022)
Gloria, Lili and Amir rehearse a Noh play under the strict direction of Master Hiro. The premiere is in a few hours, Amir has trouble concentrating...
Nô Feminist (2022)
Gloria, Lili and Amir rehearse a Noh play under the strict direction of Master Hiro. The premiere is in a few hours, Amir has trouble concentrating...