Michel Piccoli

Born: 1925-12-27

Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli is the son of Henri Piccoli, violinist and Marcelle Expert-Bezançon (1892-1990), pianist and daughter of the French industrialist and politician Charles Expert-Bezançon. In 1954, Michel Piccoli married actress Éléonore Hirt with whom he had a daughter, Anne-Cordélia Piccoli. In 1966, he married the singer Juliette Gréco, then in 1978 the screenwriter Ludivine Clerc, with whom he adopted two children of Polish origin, Inord and Missia. Placed in an establishment for problem children, the commitments of the young Piccoli, are made in opposition to his maternal grandfather, senator of the Third Republic, financier of the Radical Party, and important industrial painter, accused by the trade union left and by Georges Clemenceau, of having intoxicated his workmen through lead white which causes lead poisoning. Michel Piccoli then trained as an actor first with Andrée Bauer-Théraud and then during Simon. After an appearance as an extra in "Sortilèges" by Christian-Jaque in 1945, Michel Piccoli made his film debut in "Le Point Du Jour" by Louis Daquin. In the theater he distinguished himself with the Renaud-Barrault and Grenier-Hussot companies as well as at the Théâtre de Babylone. Noticed in the film "French Cancan" in 1954, he continued on stage and worked with directors Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau and André Engel, and became also know in popular TV movies. Having become an atheist after a family bereavement, he met Luis Buñuel in 1956, and ironically took on the role of a priest in "La Mort En Ce Jardin". In 1959, he shot "Le Rendez-Vous De Noël", a short film by André Michel based on the short story by Malek Ouary "Le Noël Du Petit Cireur", in Algiers. The 1960s sounded his consecration, noticed in "Le Doulos" by Jean-Pierre Melville, he was revealed internationally with "Le Mépris" by Jean-Luc Godard alongside Brigitte Bardot. From then on, he toured with the greatest French and international filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Youssef Chahine, Manoel de Oliveira... He began the 1980s with the interpretation prize at the Cannes festival in 1980, with "Le Saut Dans Le Vide" by Marco Bellocchio, and that of the Berlin festival in 1982, with "Une Étrange Affaire" by Pierre Granier-Deferre. . He worked with Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, before trying his hand at directing. In 2001 he received the IX Europe Prize for Theatre. He was part of the jury of the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007, chaired by Stephen Frears. In 2011, he played in "Habemus Papam" by Nanni Moretti. The last film in which Michel Piccoli appears is the film "Le Goût Des Myrtilles", by Thomas de Thiers in 2013. Politically committed to the left, member of the Peace Movement (communist), Michel Piccoli distinguished himself by his positions against the National Front, and mobilized for Amnesty International. Michel Piccoli died on May 12, 2020 following a stroke in his mansion in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle in Eure. His funeral takes place in Évreux on May 19, 2020, where he is cremated, his ashes are scattered within the family property.


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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

as Le Ministre
Released: 1972-09-15

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but...

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Is Paris Burning?

as Edgar Pisani
Released: 1966-10-26

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The Young Girls of Rochefort

as Simon Dame
Released: 1967-03-08

Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and...

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French Cancan

as Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Released: 1955-04-27

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening...

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Belle de Jour

as Henri Husson
Released: 1967-05-24

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Contempt

as Paul Javal
Released: 1963-10-29

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of...

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Danger: Diabolik

as Ginko
Released: 1968-01-24

International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after...

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La Belle Noiseuse

as Edouard Frenhofer
Released: 1991-09-04

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in...

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Cesar and Rosalie

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1972-10-11

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We Have a Pope

as Melville
Released: 2011-04-15

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Diary of a Chambermaid

as Monsieur Monteil
Released: 1964-03-04

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To Each His Own Cinema

as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Released: 2007-10-31

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Holy Motors

as Man with the Wine Stain
Released: 2012-07-02

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as Joseph
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La Grande Bouffe

as Michel
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Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.

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Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit...

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Max and the Junkmen

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Released: 1971-02-17

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Topaz

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Released: 1969-12-17

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as Nuttheccio
Released: 1962-12-13

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The Diary of an Innocent Boy

as Count Philippe
Released: 1968-01-12

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as Michel Boulard
Released: 1982-05-26

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May Fools

as Milou
Released: 1990-01-24

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One Hundred and One Nights

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Released: 1995-01-25

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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

as François, médecin
Released: 1974-10-23

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals...

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The Audience

as Padre Amerin
Released: 1972-03-31

Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve...

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as Giorgio's friend
Released: 1972-08-11

Liza meets the artist Giorgio and falls in love with him. She dreams of becoming the wife of...

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as Ferdinand (voice)
Released: 2003-12-03

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that...

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The Things of Life

as Pierre Bérard
Released: 1970-03-13

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable...

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The Phantom of Liberty

as Le deuxième préfet de police
Released: 1974-09-10

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short...

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The Sleeping Car Murder

as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Released: 1965-11-17

Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its...

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Death in a French Garden

as Graham Tombsthay
Released: 1985-02-13

The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife,...

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The Passerby

as Max Baumstein
Released: 1982-04-14

Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting...

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The Witches of Salem

as James Putnam
Released: 1957-04-26

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of...

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The Assassination

as Colonel Kassar
Released: 1972-10-04

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris,...

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The Night of Varennes

as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Released: 1982-05-15

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something...

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Actors

as Self
Released: 2000-04-05

Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot...

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Little Lili

as acteur qui joue Simon
Released: 2003-08-27

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The Dust of Time

as Spyros
Released: 2008-11-22

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the...

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The Day and the Hour

as Antoine
Released: 1963-04-05

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't...

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Marx Can Wait

as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2021-07-15

"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met...

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Leonor

as Richard
Released: 1975-09-01

Richard is a medieval nobleman. After his first wife dies in an accident and is buried in the...

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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-07

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about...

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The Milky Way

as Marquis de Sade
Released: 1969-02-28

Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their...

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Lady L

as Lecoeur
Released: 1965-12-17

Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves...

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The Emigrant

as Adam - Ram's father
Released: 1994-09-26

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character...

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I’m Going Home

as Gilbert Valence
Released: 2001-05-13

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken...

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Shock Troops

as L'homme de trop
Released: 1967-04-05

A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but...

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One Way or Another

as Lui
Released: 1976-04-30

Set during a retreat of Christian Democrat politicians who practice spiritual exercises...

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The Game Is Over

as Alexandre Saccard
Released: 1966-06-22

Renee Saccard is a pampered, selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman who falls...

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The War Is Over

as Inspector #1
Released: 1966-05-11

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he...

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Strange Affair

as Bertrand Malair
Released: 1981-12-23

A young Parisian advertising executive becomes so captivated by the unsettling charm of his...

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The Infernal Trio

as Georges Sarret
Released: 1974-05-22

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for...

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The Accuser

as Saint-Rame
Released: 1977-09-07

In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the...

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Against Oblivion

as Self
Released: 1991-12-11

Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and...

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Death in the Garden

as Father Lizzardi
Released: 1956-09-21

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local...

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Mado

as Simon Léotard
Released: 1976-10-27

Middle-aged businessman, Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien...

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Atrocious Tales of Love and Death

as Victor Navarro
Released: 1979-04-12

Raphael, a restaurant mandolin player with a limp, a father to support, and a lot of debt,...

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Woman in Chains

as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Released: 1968-11-20

Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of...

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Lines of Wellington

as Leópold Scheitzer
Released: 2012-10-04

Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of...

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A Room in Town

as Edmond Leroyer
Released: 1982-10-27

Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the...

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The Young Girls Turn 25

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1993-05-19

Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband...

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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

as Le père
Released: 2012-09-01

From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends...

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F as in Fairbanks

as Etienne
Released: 1976-05-05

André Fragman, nicknamed "Fairbanks" after his childhood idol by his film projectionist father,...

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The Grand Manoeuvre

as Un officier
Released: 1955-10-25

Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses...

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Heartbeat

as Charles
Released: 1968-10-30

The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.

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Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Conrad Brukner
Released: 1978-08-23

An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl.

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The Bellman

as Un villageois
Released: 1945-12-04

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a...

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On War

as Le grand Hou
Released: 2008-10-01

After a freak accident changes his perspective on life, a Parisian filmmaker meets a stranger...

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Without Leaving an Address

as Un journaliste aux archives
Released: 1951-01-17

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who...

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Without Leaving an Address

as Un journaliste aux archives (non crédité)
Released: 1951-01-17

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who...

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Spoiled Children

as Bernard Rougerie
Released: 1977-09-06

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate...

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Dillinger Is Dead

as Glauco
Released: 1969-01-24

A man decides to cook for himself and finds a revolver (which may have belonged to John...

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The Prize of Peril

as Frédéric Mallaire
Released: 1983-01-25

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to...

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Espion, lève-toi

as Jean-Paul Chance
Released: 1982-01-27

Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However,...

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Sinners of Paris

as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Released: 1958-01-15

Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss...

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Sugar

as Grezillo
Released: 1978-10-15

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.

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The Black Angel

as Georges Feuvrier
Released: 1994-11-11

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he...

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Dangerous Moves

as Akiva Liebskind
Released: 1984-04-15

World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm...

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Tykho Moon

as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Released: 1996-11-28

The McBee family has erected a government over a future 'colony', that looks like a run-down...

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Salut les Cubains

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1963-11-26

A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years...

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Le bal des Casse-pieds

as Désiré, l'homosexuel
Released: 1992-02-12

A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls...

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Don't Touch the White Woman!

as Buffalo Bill
Released: 1974-01-23

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand...

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Genealogies of a Crime

as Georges Didier
Released: 1997-05-04

An attorney defends a young man on trial for killing his aunt — a psychiatrist who took him in...

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La Voleuse

as Werner Kreuz
Released: 1966-08-26

Drama of an unmarried mother who regrets having had her child fostered and fights its foster...

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Amazons of Rome

as Console Publicola
Released: 1961-03-24

Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers...

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François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-05-16

In the summer of 1963, François Mitterrand was going through a deep existential crisis. His...

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Wedding in Blood

as Pierre Maury
Released: 1973-04-12

Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne's husband Paul is the mayor,...

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Nothing About Robert

as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Released: 1999-02-24

Didier never knew that a wrong film review of a film which he did not bother to watch would land...

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Le Bel Âge

as Maurice Reverdy
Released: 2009-12-30

At 18, Claire is torn between swim practice and the pangs of first love. The elderly and...

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Masquerade

as Georges Sarrassin
Released: 1965-04-13

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

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The Prodigal Daughter

as Le père
Released: 1981-03-25

A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers...

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The Last Woman

as Michel
Released: 1976-04-20

Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl...

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Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

as José Viss
Released: 1982-11-03

The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end...

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Daughters of Destiny

as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
Released: 1954-01-21

Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne...

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The Supper

as Chateaubriand (voice)
Released: 1992-12-23

France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and...

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Boxes

as Papa
Released: 2007-06-06

Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of...

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Themroc

as Themroc
Released: 1973-02-22

Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, "Themroc" is an absurdist comedy about...

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Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

as Prince de Conti
Released: 1996-03-20

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright,...

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Beyond the Door

as Mr. Mutti
Released: 1982-09-05

Nina lives a morbid relationship with her stepfather, who is serving time in prison for the...

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Godard by Godard

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-05-17

Godard by Godard is an archival self-portrait of Jean-Luc Godard. It retraces the unique and...

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Nathalie

as Franck Marchal
Released: 1957-12-04

Haute Couture model in Paris becomes involved in the activities of two rival jewel thief gangs.

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Walking a Tightrope

as Marcel Spadice
Released: 1991-09-01

A famous, ruthless writer takes a handsome young worker, with aspirations of becoming a...

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Adieu Bonaparte

as Caffarelli
Released: 1985-05-17

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a...

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The Nonentity

as der Tölpel
Released: 1986-08-13

Each evening, four men – a doctor, a journalist, a professor and a merchant – meet up in a...

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The Uninvited

as François Desailly
Released: 1969-10-31

When her husband returns from his work abroad with a guest, a young girl, his wife suspects a...

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Belle Toujours

as Henri Husson
Released: 2006-09-08

38 years after the events in the Luis Buñuel classic Belle du jour, Henri Husson thinks he sees...

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The World of Jacques Demy

as Self
Released: 1995-09-22

Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her...

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That Day

as Harald
Released: 2003-06-04

A father is scheming to have his slightly mental daughter from an earlier marriage killed by...

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Leap Into the Void

as Mauro Ponticelli
Released: 1980-02-14

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a...

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The Prude

as Pierre
Released: 1986-12-03

Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she...

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Paparazzi

as Texte dit par (voice)
Released: 1964-09-22

Paparazzi explores the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and groups of invasive photographers...

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Life Size

as Michel
Released: 1974-08-21

When Michel gets the life-sized sex doll he ordered, shipped directly from Japan, he is only...

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The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Lebel
Released: 1949-10-05

Mathilde Stangerson just married her fiance, when she heard that Larsan, her cruel former...

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The Children Thief

as Mr. Armand
Released: 1991-09-25

Although he was once a colonel in Argentina, the principal character in this film is now a...

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Going and Coming Back

as Simon Lerner
Released: 1985-03-27

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called...

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Malady of Love

as Raoul Bergeron
Released: 1987-09-30

Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic...

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The Creatures

as Edgar Piccoli
Released: 1966-09-03

After a road accident, a writer, Edgar, and his wife, Mylène, take up residence on an island off...

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Bad Liaisons

as un inspecteur
Released: 1955-10-25

Catherine Racan, a young journalist who always puts her career over her love life, is brought in...

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Seven Deaths by Prescription

as Dr Losseray
Released: 1975-12-03

Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their...

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The Duchess of Langeais

as Vidame de Pamiers
Released: 2007-03-28

General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes...

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The Dinosaur and the Baby

as Paul Javal (archive footage)
Released: 1967-03-15

An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety...

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Ten Days' Wonder

as Paul Regis
Released: 1971-12-01

Charles Van Horn, son of rich and powerful Théo Van Horn, calls upon his former teacher Paul...

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Touch and Go

as Valentin
Released: 1971-09-01

North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940,...

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The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun

as uncredited
Released: 1974-01-01

A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg

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Chicago Digest

as Slim Spring
Released: 1951-07-24

This comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood genre which the French had given the name to...

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Weak Spot

as L'enquêteur
Released: 1975-01-01

Greece 1974 - during the brutal era of the military government, and innocent tourist manager...

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The Mark Of The Day

as Georges Gohelle
Released: 1949-04-06

In a settlement in the northern mining country. The Marles, Bréhard and Gohelle families wake...

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La Rumba

as Damien Malleville
Released: 1987-02-18

Paris, 1938. In a lavishly decorated nightclub, couples dance the syncopated rhythms of Latin...

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Price of Love

as Georges
Released: 1955-01-05

Because he loved a trainer named Suzy too much, honest Pierre Menard wasted his life and died....

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Dom Juan

as Dom Juan
Released: 1965-11-06

This telefilm in black and white is diffused on the first French chain the November 6th 1965. It...

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The Devil's Tricks

as L'antiquaire
Released: 1966-06-15

Ginette Chaluzac, who has left Central France for Paris, now works as a seamstress in a modest...

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The Eyes, the Mouth

as Tío Agostino
Released: 1982-09-10

A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and...

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Un amour de pluie

as Mr. Dellerue (voice)
Released: 1974-01-10

Elizabeth and her daughter Cecile spend their holidays at a lakeside resort in the French...

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Passion in the Desert

as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Released: 1997-08-31

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt...

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All About Loving

as Raoul
Released: 1964-12-28

Serge follows Hélène in the crowded streets of Paris and manages to seduce her. Werther takes...

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How Good the Whites Are

as Père Jean-Marie
Released: 1988-01-20

The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and...

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Party

as Michel
Released: 1996-06-27

The battle of the sexes? The forces of despair and seduction? On S. Miguel in the Azores,...

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Elsa the Rose

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1966-10-23

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as...

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Portrait Of My Father

as Self
Released: 2010-10-27

A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks...

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Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: 2019-01-25

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite...

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The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: 2017-05-28

A captivating portrait of French actor Michel Piccoli, who has worked with the greatest...

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My Love, My Love

as Marrades
Released: 1967-06-08

An architect has an affair with a young woman who aspires to be a pop singer. She ends up...

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Chance at Love

as Philippe Decharme
Released: 1964-12-30

Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

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Rupture(s)

as Paul
Released: 1993-10-26

When a woman fed-up with life in general commits suicide, what's left ? In the same vein, a...

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A Man, a Real One

as Michel Piccoli
Released: 2003-05-28

A shy computer expert falls in love with a beautiful colleague while trying to become a film...

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Long Live Life

as Michel Perrin
Released: 1984-04-18

The movie starts with an interview with director Claude Lelouch. He pleads viewers not to...

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My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister

as Étienne Sembadel
Released: 1986-03-05

Two members of the French Academy agree to help the attractive young veterinarian Esther...

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Tabarin

as Jacques Forestier
Released: 1958-05-21

Jacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very...

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Climates of Love

as François
Released: 1962-04-11

The Marcenat couple seem to have everything they need to be happy. However, Odile's frivolity...

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Speaking of Buñuel

as Himself
Released: 2000-06-09

Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing...

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Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

as Self
Released: 2002-09-18

Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love...

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Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-05-09

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary is a trip through the auteur's singular cosmos - at once...

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Close to Kiarostami

as as Self
Released: 2000-01-01

A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and...

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The Savage State

as Orlaville
Released: 1978-04-18

L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de...

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The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg

as Le baron de Leisenbohg
Released: 1991-03-30

The 35-year-old ministry official Baron Leisenbohg had the stage career ten years ago as the...

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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

as Maurice Rouger
Released: 1955-10-06

This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist...

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Hauteclaire

as Serlon de Savigny
Released: 1961-06-13

The action takes place under the Restoration, at the Château de Savigny, near Nerville, a devout...

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Our Lady of Hormones

as Narrator
Released: 2015-01-31

Two actresses rehearse a play during a week-end in a country house. But one of them digs up a...

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The Bit Between the Teeth

as Pierre Chazerand
Released: 1979-09-01

Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of...

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Gardens in Autumn

as Marie, la mère de Vincent
Released: 2006-09-06

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty...

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La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento

as Edouard Frenhofer
Released: 1992-01-01

More than just an abbreviated form of "La Belle Noiseuse", Rivette re-cut his footage with some...

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Blanc de Chine

as Batz
Released: 1988-04-20

Mathieu is called on by the French government to investigate murders in the Asian community of...

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The Veiled Man

as Kassar
Released: 1987-09-16

Claire (Laure Marsac) is a 16-year-old young woman who discovers her father Pierre (Bernard...

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Un coupable

as L'avocat
Released: 1988-12-18

The young Ali, a second year law student, gets caught up in a student demonstration. The...

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Success Is the Best Revenge

as French Official
Released: 1984-05-26

Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England,...

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Sunday Buddies

as Le directeur de l'aéro-club
Released: 1957-07-01

Casti and Trébois, two friends who are workers at the same factory, have developed a common...

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Fire's Share

as Robert Hansen
Released: 1978-01-04

Real estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his...

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La Nuit de Tom Brown

as Tom Brown, jeune
Released: 1959-03-24

How did Master Brown turn from a man of faith into a cantankerous, distrustful and cynical man?...

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Danger in the Middle East

as Brian Cannon
Released: 1960-09-02

A criminal making plans to pull off one big score before he retires, comes into possession of...

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Magic Mirror

as Prof. Heschel
Released: 2006-03-09

Luciano, fresh out of jail, was taken by his brother, Flórido, to serve in the home of wealthy...

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Invasion

as Marcello
Released: 1970-10-02

A professor and his wife suffer humiliation at the hands of an invading college dissidents protest.

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The Woman in Blue

as Pierre
Released: 1973-01-14

Leading man Michel Piccoli plays Pierre, a young musician who briefly catches sight of a...

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París-Tombuctú

as Michel des Assantes
Released: 1999-09-10

The frustration and vital weariness of Michel des Assantes, a prestigious plastic surgeon in...

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Traveling Companion

as Cosimo
Released: 1996-05-26

In Rome, Cora is a waitress at a club, walks people's dogs, sleeps with various men, kips with...

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Beast at Bay

as Commissaire Jacques Guimard
Released: 1959-06-17

Melun, on 1959. On the return to an auction, a young and attractive widow, Elisabeth Vernon,...

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Everything's Fine, We're Leaving

as Louis
Released: 2000-06-27

Three French sisters have their lives interrupted and their relationship called into question...

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Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

as Gérard
Released: 1954-04-15

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Marie Soleil

as Kafka
Released: 1964-12-19

He's twenty-five. She's thirty-five. He is a young agricultural engineer. She runs a nightclub...

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Rene the Cane

as Ispettore Marchand
Released: 1977-02-16

"René la Canne" was the second collaboration between Francis Girod and Ennio Morricone, coming...

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Rendezvous

as Paul
Released: 1961-11-10

A soap-opera/murder mystery that builds to a deliriously melodramatic finale.

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Libero Burro

as Uncle Tony
Released: 1999-09-10

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Le Matelot 512

as Récitant (voice)
Released: 1984-12-19

Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He...

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La Cerisaie

as Léonid
Released: 1982-01-31

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Far West

as uncredited
Released: 1973-05-31

This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West...

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Terreur en Oklahoma

as Tommy Goudchote
Released: 1951-05-18

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Le divorcement

as Philippe
Released: 1979-08-22

In this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to...

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Confused Feelings

as Professor
Released: 1981-06-10

It is the story of a middle age professor who falls deaply in love with a young student in his...

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Bardot et Godard

as Himself
Released: 1964-04-30

A documentary short following director Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Contempt.

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The Distant Land

as Friedrich Hofreiter
Released: 1987-01-01

The Distant Land (German: Das weite Land) is a 1987 Austrian-German drama film directed by Luc...

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Agnès Varda: From Here to There

as Self
Released: 2011-10-01

Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive...

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Train de nuit

as uncredited
Released: 1994-08-01

The man is seated in the compartment. Alone, he speaks to Lise through his memory. He goes...

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Loonies at Large

as Henri Toussaint
Released: 1993-08-11

This comedy brings Pierre Richard and Michel Piccoli together onscreen once again. In the story,...

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Romy: Anatomy of a Face

as Self
Released: 1967-01-21

Documentary about young actress Romy Schneider, capturing just the right moment between her...

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Scénario du film Passion

as Self
Released: 1982-01-28

Godard constructs a lyrical study of the cinematic and creative process by deconstructing the...

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Once Upon a Time… Contempt

as Self
Released: 2009-05-21

Fourty-six years since the release of Le mépris, Jean-Luc Godard watches the film again to...

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The General of the Dead Army

as Benetandi
Released: 1983-10-19

In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general,...

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L'Été en hiver

as Jean, the reporter
Released: 1964-01-04

Movie for French TV - Jean, a highly sought-after reporter, and Diane, an actress, have been...

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The Price of Survival

as René Winterhalter
Released: 1980-02-18

German director Hans Noever shot this crime drama in the U.S. in English, an unusual achievement...

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The Monkey Folk

as uncredited
Released: 1989-05-26

This comprehensive documentary explores the lives and behavior in the wild of over a hundred...

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Tout chante autour de moi

as Reverdier
Released: 1954-11-01

Georges works in a small-town drugstore. Passionate about music, he writes songs. When...

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Everything's Connected

as Narrator
Released: 2005-07-07

An analysis of French director Jacques Tati's 1957 film "Mon oncle" which discusses the...

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Sole Meeting

as Nikita Khrushchev
Released: 2007-05-17

A silent film depicting a meeting between Nikita Khrushchev (Michel Piccoli) and Pope John XXIII...

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Parisienne... Parisiennes

as Récitant (voice)
Released: 1962-01-01

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Les joueurs

as Chvokhniev
Released: 1960-01-01

Ikhariev is a professional gambler who made his fortune by cheating. Having just won eighty...

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La dragée haute

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-27

Taking the place of the police, whom he finds neither fast nor efficient enough, a journalist...

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La Chevelure

as L'homme
Released: 1961-01-01

A man developes an obsession with a wig.

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Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-11-12

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Le plus heureux des trois

as Pianist
Released: 1957-08-17

The incredible story of three promiscuous friends who share more things than they think. Ernest,...

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Coming Apart

as (archive footage)
Released: 2017-12-28

"Our analysis of such a rich film should not be a rigid, either/or proposition. It remains for...

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Le coup de grâce

as Capri / Bruno
Released: 1966-05-08

During WWII, Bruno gave away many people to the Gestapo. Now, 25 years after, with a new face...

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Croissance de Paris

as Récitant (voice)
Released: 1955-08-11

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2 x 50 Years of French Cinema

as Himself
Released: 1995-05-26

At a lakeside hotel, Michel Piccoli discusses the centennial of cinema with Jean-Luc Godard....

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La Lune

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-01

Michel Piccoli reads the first pages of Victor Hugo's 'Promontoire du songe'. In this text, Hugo...

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Délire à deux

as uncredited
Released: 1968-12-22

The absurd argument of an old couple in their apartment which is being destroyed by the...

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Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur

as Himself
Released: 2006-01-01

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Nulle part ailleurs

as Self
First aired: 1987-08-31

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-12-21

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Vivement dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-20

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Wetten, dass..?

as Self
First aired: 1981-02-14

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British...

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Midi Première

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-06

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...

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Apostrophes

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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Spécial cinéma

as Self
First aired: 1974-09-25

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Agnès Varda: From Here to There

as Self
First aired: 2011-12-19

Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels the globe—from Stockholm to St....

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Agnès Varda: From Here to There

as Himself
First aired: 2011-12-19

Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels the globe—from Stockholm to St....

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Docteur Teyran

as Jean Teyran
First aired: 1980-12-30

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