Giani Esposito


Giani Esposito was a French film actor and singer-songwriter.
Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek, and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973.
As a singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns, several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers.
He was married to the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito, today a singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television.

Partial filmography

  • Skipper Next to God – Un passager juif
  • My Wife Is Formidable – Le barman de l'hôtel
  • Leathernose – Un jeune invité
  • Agence matrimoniale –
  • My Husband Is Marvelous – Un journaliste
  • A Hundred Francs a Second – Un cheminot en grève
  • La môme vert-de-gris – Le capitaine du bateau
  • Quay of Blondes – Un tueur
  • The Women Couldn't Care Less – Man at the Poker Game
  • Cadet Rousselle – Monseigneur
  • Huis clos – Diego – le disciple de Garcin
  • French Cancan – Prince Alexandre
  • Black Dossier – Jean de Montesson
  • Les mauvaises rencontres – Pierre Jaeger
  • Les Hussards – Pietro
  • Cela s'appelle l'aurore – Sandro Galli
  • Forgive Us Our Trespasses – Vani
  • The Schemer – Claude Watroff
  • Les Misérables – Marius Pontmercy
  • Le bel âge – Claude
  • Normandie – Niémen – Lemaître
  • – Jérôme
  • Paris Belongs to Us – Gerard Lenz
  • Cross of the Living – Yan
  • Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc – Ettore
  • Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise – Ettore
  • The Sea Pirate – Napoléon
  • Il grande colpo di Surcouf – Napoléon
  • ''The Decameron''

    Discography

  • Les Clowns
  • Jardiniers qui doutez de l'arbre de vie
  • Un noble rossignol à l'époque Ming
  • Les ombres sont chinoises
  • ''Paris, le désert''