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Hugo Gélin

Hugo Gélin

Writing

Biography

Hugo Gélin was born on May 4, 1980 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for 2+1 (2016), La jaula de oro (2013) and Just Like Brothers (2012).

Known For

Lupin
7.7

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

Lupin

2021
Privileges
4.4

Hoping for a last chance at redemption, a young inmate takes a job inside a luxury Parisian hotel rife with ruthless ambition and betrayal.

Privileges

2026
Two Is a Family
7.7

A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.

Two Is a Family

2016
French Lover
6.1

When a jaded actor meets a down-on-her-luck waitress in Paris, their unexpected love story begins — but will it survive the glare of the spotlight?

French Lover

2025
Casting(s)
6.4

Casting(s) was a French television shortcom created by Pierre Niney and Ali Marhyar, written by Ali Marhyar, Igor Gotesman and Pierre Niney, produced by Hugo Gélin for Zazi Films and broadcast on Canal+ from 2013 to 2015. The episodes revolved around actors rehearsing for different film projects for a casting director. The show also had famous guests such as Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and rappers Orelsan and Nekfeu.

Casting(s)

2013
Love at Second Sight
7.0

A man tries to make his wife fall in love with him again, after waking up in an alternate reality where she never knew him.

Love at Second Sight

2019
My Beloved Stranger
6.7

College sweethearts Riku and Minami marry. He becomes a novelist while her singing dreams fade. After a fight, she vanishes. Suddenly, he's just an editor, and a singer named Minami Maezono exists-but he's never met her.

My Beloved Stranger

2025
The Gilded Cage
6.7

In the beautiful area of ​​Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge.

The Gilded Cage

2013
An Ordinary Case
6.5

Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence.

An Ordinary Case

2024
Just Like Brothers
6.6

Since Charlie is no longer there, the lives of Boris, Elie, and Maxime have been torn apart. These three men, who have nothing in common, all shared one thing: their love for Charlie. One loved her like a sister, one loved her like the woman of his dreams, one loved her like a friend. Except that Charlie is dead and none of them - not Boris, an accomplished businessman, not Elie, a night owl scriptwriter, and not Maxime, still living at home with his mother - know how to deal with it. But because she asked them to do so, they abruptly decide to undertake a journey together, heading for Corsica and the house that Charlie loved so much. Except that here they are stuck in a car together for over 500 miles. It's going to be a long journey. Boris, Elie and Maxime, three men, three generations, no affinity. But by the time they arrive at their destination, they will have realized one majorly important thing: Charlie has changed their lives forever.

Just Like Brothers

2012
Miss
7.2

A young man seeking his sexual identity decides to take part in the Miss France beauty pageant.

Miss

2020
On the Road to SNL
N/A

No description available.

On the Road to SNL

2025
Les Baumettes
N/A

Chronicles the true story of Jean-Louis Raphel’s attempted escape from Les Baumettes prison in Marseille, France in June 1999.

Les Baumettes

2014
En route pour le SNL
10.0

French artists talk about the American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels.

En route pour le SNL

2025
À l'abri des regards indiscrets
7.0

January 1st 2002. 1st day of Euro currency. The window of a cash dispenser is lifting up on a square, in Paris. 23 amazing characters will be meeting each other there, all along this very particular day...

À l'abri des regards indiscrets

2002
En attendant que mes larmes viennent
N/A

After the death of her best friend, Suzanne goes to the funeral vigil. She feels a deep loneliness and despite her grief, she misses the tears.

En attendant que mes larmes viennent

2023