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Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

British actor
May 24, 1931 (September 21, 2020)
Fr. 2016. Drama by Bouli Lanners with Bouli Lanners, Albert Dupontel, David Murgia. In search of a rich client
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 2015. Comedy by Léa Fazer with Pio Marmaï, Michael Lonsdale, Déborah François. A young actor, who aspires to act in Hollywood films, instead lands a role in an adaptation of a pastoral novel by a master of French auteur cinema.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2012. Drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Leonor Silveira. At the beginning of the twentieth century, a poor accountant waits with his wife and daughter-in-law for the return of his son, whose crimes only he knows.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 2011. Animation by Zep.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2011. Drama by Ismaël Ferroukhi with Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmoud Shalabi. During the Occupation, an Algerian trafficker agrees to become an informant for the police, who are interested in the frequent visits of the head of the Paris Mosque.
Runtime: 100 min.

Le Village de carton

V.O.: Il Villaggio di Cartone
It. 2011. Drama by Ermanno Olmi with Michael Lonsdale, Rutger Hauer.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2011. Fantasy comedy by Guy Faucon, Sylvie Habault with Rachel Paux, Michael Lonsdale, Denis Lavant.

Of Gods and Men

V.O.: Des hommes et des dieux
Fr. 2010. History by Xavier Beauvois with Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin. The story of the seven French monks of Tibhirine, killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria in 1996.
Runtime: 122 min.
Esp. 2009. History by Alejandro Amenabar with Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac. In 4th century Alexandria, a philosopher and astronomer became witness to the pressures to establish the supremacy of the Christian Church.
Runtime: 126 min.

The Last Mistress

V.O.: Une Vieille Maîtresse
Fr. 2007. Mores drama by Catherine Breillat with Asia Argento, Fu'ad Aït Aattou, Claude Sarraute. A womanizer about to get married recalls his passionate affair with a former Spanish call girl.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2007. Social drama by Nicolas Klotz with Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. An industrial psychologist is asked to discreetly assess the mental health of the managing director of a German multinational corporation.
Runtime: 140 min.
Esp. 2006. History by Milos Forman with Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgard, Natalie Portman. In 1792, in Madrid, a member of the Inquisition unjustly imprisons a wealthy young woman who has posed for the painter Goya.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 2005. Spy drama by Steven Spielberg with Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds. Agents recruited by the Mossad hunt down those responsible for the assassination of eleven Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Runtime: 163 min.
Fr. 2005. Sentimental comedy by Sophie Fillières with Emmanuelle Devos, Lambert Wilson, Bruno Todeschini. An anesthesiologist who has developed an attraction to a patient is unsure if she wants to marry her boyfriend.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 2004. Mores drama by François Ozon with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Géraldine Pailhas. Five distinct and determining stages in the life of a couple, from the divorce to the first meeting.
Runtime: 90 min.

Le Prix du désir

V.O.: Sotto falso nome
It. 2004. Mores drama by Roberto Ando with Daniel Auteuil, Anna Mouglalis, Greta Scacchi. A famous author writing under a pseudonym sees his secret threatened after having an affair with his son-in-law's future wife.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 2003. Police comedy by Bruno Podalydès with Denis Podalydès, Jean-Noël Brouté, Pierre Arditi. In the 1920s, a reporter and a photographer try to solve the mystery surrounding the attempted murder of a scientist's daughter.
Runtime: 121 min.
Fr. 1999. Satire by Bertrand Blier with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier. Various aging actors struggle together against oblivion, while committing small treasons against each other.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 80 min.

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

V.O.: Nelly et monsieur Arnaud
Fr. 1995. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1991. Fantasy comedy by Josiane Balasko with Josiane Balasko, Daniel Auteuil, Michael Lonsdale. A plump spinster makes a deal with a messenger of the devil to be transformed into an irresistible seductress.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1991. Crime drama by Claude Goretta with Bruno Cremer, Renée Faure, Michael Lonsdale. Following a revelation made by a prostitute, Inspector Maigret suspects a dentist in Neuilly of having murdered his wife and made the body disappear.
Runtime: 95 min.

Les Tribulations de Balthasar Kober

V.O.: Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1988. Mores drama by Régis Milcent with Michael Lonsdale, Bruno Burtin, Martine Sarcey. A beautiful friendship develops between a child and the president of the French republic.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1987. Drama by Geoffrey Reeve with Christopher Plummer, Catherine Hicks, Michael Lonsdale. A former German soldier returns to France to visit the town where he had a romance with a French woman during the occupation.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1986. Psychological drama by Patrick Meunier with Bernadette Le Saché, Michael Lonsdale, Geneviève Omini. To relieve her boredom, a lonely woman engages in affairs that prove to be disappointing.

The Name of the Rose

V.O.: Der Name der Rose
All. 1986. Crime drama by Jean-Jacques Annaud with Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham. In 1327, during an important ecclesiastical meeting in a monastery, a monk investigates various strange deaths.
Runtime: 129 min.

The Insomniac on the Bridge

V.O.: L'Éveillé du Pont de l'Alma
Fr. 1985. Fantasy by Raúl Ruiz with Michael Lonsdale, Jean Badin, Olimpia Carlisi. The tribulations of two insomniacs in Paris, the rapists of a pregnant doctor's wife who committed suicide after giving birth to a boy.
Runtime: 76 min.
Fr. 1984. Fantasy by Lazare Iglesis with Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Françoise Dorner, Michael Lonsdale. A man discovers that his new wife has a strange relationship with the plant world.
Fr. 1984. Crime drama by Philippe Lefebvre with Jacques Perrin, Richard Bohringer, Daniel Duval. In Marseilles, with the help of an honest police commissioner, an examining magistrate tackles the drug trade.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Michel Boisrond with Florent Pagny, Michael Lonsdale, Anne Caudry. The coming of age and emotional troubles of a novice barista.
Runtime: 52 min.
Fr. 1982. Mores drama by Moshé Mizrahi with Patrick Norbert, Ariane Lartéguy, Jacques Dutronc. In the 1960s, two young people go through various difficult experiences together or separately.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Alain Dhouailly with Michael Lonsdale, Simone Renant, Abbes Brahim. A frustrated writer resents that his mother is harboring a young Arab immigrant.
Fr. 1982. Police comedy by Liliane de Kermadec with Valérie Schoeller, Jacques Zanetti, Michael Lonsdale. For different reasons, several people set out to find the killer of a famous feminist writer.
G.-B. 1982. Spy drama by Jeannot Szwarc with Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey. The CIA sends a man to East Berlin to get hold of a decoder that will prevent the assassination of Russian dissidents who have taken refuge abroad.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1981. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Condroyer with Catherine Frot, Michael Lonsdale, Juliette Mills.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1981. Sports drama by Hugh Hudson with Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm.
Runtime: 123 min.
Fr. 1981. Spy drama by Marcel Camus with Michael Lonsdale, Marina Vlady, Lucas Belvaux.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1979. Spy drama by Lewis Gilbert with Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale.
Runtime: 126 min.
Fr. 1977. Satire by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli with Jean Yanne, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Pierre Marielle. In the Parisian offices of an international company, strange incidents occur following the accidental death of one of the executives.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1976. Satire by Pierre Lary with Jean Rochefort, Michael Lonsdale, Dominique Labourier. A fired manager occupies his office and goes on a hunger strike.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Maurice Ronet with Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort, Maurice Biraud. A bailiff is disturbed by the attitude of a taciturn and melancholic new clerk.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1976. Social drama by Joseph Losey with Alain Delon, Michael Lonsdale, Juliet Berto. A man who takes advantage of the German Occupation to get rich tries to prove that he is not a Jew.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1976. Satire by Joël Santoni with Jean Carmet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michael Lonsdale. Finding himself side-by-side the French President, a regular man uses his congeniality to improve the latter
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1975. Drama by Serge Leroy with Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Léotard. Hunters with common interests join forces to track down a young woman who has been raped by two of their own.
Runtime: 95 min.

Special Section

V.O.: Section spéciale
Fr. 1975. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Michael Lonsdale, Louis Seigner, Claude Piéplu. Following the assassination of a German officer in Paris during the Occupation, a special court is given the task of sentencing the supposed terrorists to death.
Runtime: 114 min.

The Pink Telephone

V.O.: Le Téléphone rose
Fr. 1975. Mores comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Pierre Mondy, Mireille Darc, Michael Lonsdale. A provincial industrialist comes to Paris to negotiate the sale of his factory and falls in love with a call girl.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Yves Boisset with Marlène Jobert, Tomas Milian, Michael Lonsdale. A woman released from a psychiatric clinic is accused of kidnapping the child in her care.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1975. Poetic drama by Marguerite Duras with Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière. In Calcutta, in the 1930s, the wife of the French ambassador to India is the object of attention of several men.
Runtime: 119 min.
G.-B. 1974. Crime drama by Geoffrey Reeve with David Birney, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale. An American agrees to facilitate the escape to the United States of a Hungarian scientist who has taken refuge among the gypsies in Camargue.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1974. Drama by Claude Santelli with Sami Frey, Marie-Christine Barrault, Michael Lonsdale. A debauchee marked by a romantic disappointment believes he can redeem himself with a young widow.

Serious About Pleasure

V.O.: Sérieux comme le plaisir
Fr. 1974. Comedy by Robert Benayoun with Jane Birkin, Richard Leduc, Georges Mansart. A merry trio causes a disturbance in the hotels they pass through.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1974. Social drama by Alain Resnais with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Claude Rich. Portrayal of a famous swindler’s life in the 1930s.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Suspects

V.O.: Les Suspects
Fr. 1974. Crime drama by Michel Wyn with Mimsy Farmer, Paul Meurisse, Michel Bouquet. The investigation following the murder of an American student in Provence.
Runtime: 82 min.

The Phantom of Liberty

V.O.: Le Fantôme de la liberté
Fr. 1974. Satire by Luis Bunuel with Jean-Claude Brialy, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Rochefort. A whimsical series of unusual episodes that satirize various aspects of the established order.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1973. Drama by Marcel Hanoun with Michel Moret, Anne Wiazemsky, Isabelle Weingarten. A young girl discovers a dead man, crucified at the entrance of a village.
Runtime: 85 min.
Suis. 1973. Mores comedy by Yvan Butler with Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Luc Bideau, Angela McDonald. A lonely bachelor
Runtime: 95 min.

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

V.O.: Glissements progressifs du plaisir
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by Alain Robbe-Grillet with Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale. Strange circumstances surround the interrogation of a young woman suspected of the murder of a companion.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1973. Satire by Gérald Calderon with Michael Lonsdale, Catherine Samie, Didier Kaminka. Childless spouses buy a blow-up doll and treat it like a living person.
Runtime: 75 min.
G.-B. 1973. Crime drama by Fred Zinnemann with Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Delphine Seyrig. The French security services are looking for a professional killer to assassinate General de Gaulle.
Runtime: 141 min.
Fr. 1973. Satire by Michel Berny with Michel Bouquet, Jean Carmet, Anouk Ferjac. In Paris, two families living on the same floor of a rental house organize a wedding and a funeral on the same day.
Runtime: 104 min.

Cops is Cops

V.O.: Il était une fois un flic...
Fr. 1972. Police comedy by Georges Lautner with Michel Constantin, Mireille Darc, Michael Lonsdale. A police officer poses as the brother of a gangster who has just been murdered.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1972. Essay film by Marcel Hanoun with Michael Lonsdale, Tamia. While watching the sequences of a film, a director and an editor exchange thoughts on art and cinema.
Runtime: 75 min.
Fr. 1971. Satire by Jean-Pierre Blanc with Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Marthe Keller. While on vacation, a middle-aged man forces himself on a lonely young woman.
Runtime: 85 min.

Murmur of the Heart

V.O.: Le Souffle au coeur
Fr. 1971. Psychological drama by Louis Malle with Benoît Ferreux, Lea Massari, Daniel Gélin. A teenager with a heart murmur must go on a trip to a spa resort with his mother.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1971. Drama by Marcel Hanoun with Michael Lonsdale, Véronique Andries, Raymonde Godeau. A hunted man flees while his little girl lives peacefully with her grandmother.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Lumiere Years

V.O.: Les Années Lumière
Fr. 1971. Montage by Jean Chapot. Portrayal of the last years of the nineteenth century through the first motion picture films.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Marcel Carné with Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Catherine Rouvel. An investigating judge indicts police officers whose brutality caused the death of a defendant.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1969. Fantasy comedy by Édouard Molinaro with Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane. The tribulations of an industrialist who is forced to take in a man found in a state of hibernation.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1969. Comedy by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Michael Lonsdale. A veterinarian wants to create a centre where men would come to the aid of women who are deprived of love.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1968. Satire by Jean-Pierre Mocky with Bourvil, Jean Tissier, Francis Blanche. A teacher goes to war against television.
Runtime: 95 min.

Stolen Kisses

V.O.: Baisers volés
Fr. 1968. Dramatic comedy by François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig. After his military service, a young man reunites with his girlfriend and must look for a job.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Bride Whore Black

V.O.: La Mariée était en noir
Fr. 1967. Thriller by François Truffaut with Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner. A young woman sets out to kill, one by one, those responsible for her husband's death.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1966. Drama by Marcel Hanoun with Maurice Poullenot, Jane Legal, Élisabeth Braconnier. A German civil servant is tried as a war criminal after the 1939-45 conflict.
Runtime: 66 min.
Fr. 1961. Fantasy comedy by Michel Deville with Marina Vlady, Michel Vitold, Macha Méril. A young girl pretends to love a man and soon gets caught up in her own game.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze with Maurice Ronet, Françoise Brion, Sacha Pitoëff. Tormented by an old fear, a man refuses to denounce the perpetrator of a crime.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1960. Comedy by Jacques Poitrenaud, Michel Fermaud with Noël Roquevert, Dany Saval, Michael Lonsdale. Various adventures within a family of wacky people.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1960. Drama by Gérard Oury with Jacques Charrier, Macha Méril, Alfred Adam. A tangle of betrayal where each deceiver is deceived in turn.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1958. Crime drama by Charles Gérard, Michel Deville with Pierre Vaneck, Roger Hanin, Paul Frankeur. Two young people invest the money entrusted to them in a nightclub.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1956. Comedy by Michel Boisrond with Dany Robin, Jacques Dacqmine, Robert Manuel. During a stopover in Aden, a charming actress is kidnapped by an Arab prince.
Runtime: 82 min.

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