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Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc

French actor, film director and screenwriter
April 16, 1952 (72 years old)

Take A Chance On Me

V.O.: Marie-Line et son juge
Fr. 2023. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Pierre Améris with Louane Emera, Michel Blanc, Victor Belmondo. A waitress in Le Havre agrees to become the chauffeur of the judge who fined her for assaulting her former lover.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 2021. Comedy by Olivier Baroux with Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Michel Blanc. The head of a rough-hewn family and his brother-in-law have an argument about Christmas that will have serious repercussions for the business of an online retail giant.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 2019. Comedy by Tristan Séguéla with Michel Blanc, Hakim Jemili, Solène Rigot. Temporarily paralyzed in one leg, a house doctor is replaced on Christmas Eve by a take-out delivery man, to whom he dictates his instructions from a distance.
Runtime: 90 min.

Odd Job

V.O.: Un Petit boulot
Fr. 2016. Police comedy by Pascal Chaumeil with Romain Duris, Michel Blanc, Alice Belaïdi. An unemployed worker accepts the directive given to him by the local godfather to eliminate his unfaithful wife.
Runtime: 100 min.

RAID Special Unit

V.O.: RAID dingue
Fr. 2016. Police comedy by Dany Boon with Dany Boon, Alice Pol, Michel Blanc. Pushed by her politician father, a blundering police officer becomes a member of an elite unit, much to the chagrin of her misogynistic and unlucky superior.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2015. Fantasy comedy by Arthur Benzaquen with Kev Adams, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vanessa Guide. A department-store Santa posing as a broker to his fianc
Runtime: 106 min.
U.S. 2014. Dramatic comedy by Lasse Hallstrom with Manish Dayal, Helen Mirren, Om Puri. In the South of France, a widowed exile from Mumbai opens an Indian restaurant with his children, right across the street from a cold and manipulative rival.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 2014. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Rouve with Mathieu Spinosi, Annie Cordy, Michel Blanc. A literature student, whose father is having a hard time with his retirement, goes in search of his grandmother who has fled the residence where her sons put her against her will.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Jennifer Devoldère with Mélanie Laurent, Michel Blanc, Florence Loiret-Caille. The tense relationship between a sixty-year-old tailor and his two daughters, one an unstable X-ray technician, and the other a more mature schoolteacher who desperately wants to have a baby.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Minister

V.O.: L'Exercice de l'État
Fr. 2011. Political drama by Pierre Schoeller with Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman. The French Minister of Transport sees his rise held back by a controversial project aimed at privatizing the rail sector.
Runtime: 112 min.

3/4 Life Crisis

V.O.: Une Petite Zone de turbulences
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Alfred Lot with Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou, Mélanie Doutey. A retired hypochondriac, convinced that he has cancer, receives a series of bad news that plunges him into a neurotic crisis.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 2008. Sentimental comedy by Frédéric Berthe with Théo Frilet, Valentine Catzéflis, Michel Blanc. A high school student tries to find a beautiful stranger he met at a party, while ignoring the fact that she is the daughter of a teacher he just insulted.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Girl on the train

V.O.: La Fille du RER
Fr. 2008. Social drama by André Téchiné with Émilie Dequenne, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc. Following a sentimental mishap, a young unemployed woman constructs a lie with terrible consequences, which shakes the whole of France.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 2008. Satire by Jean-Michel Ribes with Michel Blanc, Yolande Moreau, André Dussollier. The curator of a Parisian museum frequented by a motley crew sees his establishment threatened with destruction by the raging forces of nature.
Runtime: 93 min.

The Second Wind

V.O.: Le Deuxième Souffle
Fr. 2007. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Michel Blanc. Before fleeing to Italy, a mobster on the run participates in a final robbery to bail himself out.
Runtime: 155 min.

The Witnesses

V.O.: Les Témoins
Fr. 2006. Mores drama by André Téchiné with Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Michel Blanc. In 1984, the life of a policeman married to a writer is turned upside down by a young woman from the country.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2005. Comedy by Patrice Leconte with Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel. The catastrophic reunion of an old group of friends in a luxury hotel in Sardinia run by one of them.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2005. Sentimental comedy by Isabelle Mergault with Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff. A grumpy farmer who has become a widower travels to Romania in search of a wife to help him with his farm work.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2004. Police comedy by Nadine Monfils with Michel Blanc, Didier Bourdon, Josiane Balasko. A jaded police detective's investigation leads him to a seedy coffee shop where he believes the serial killer he's after is hiding.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2004. History by Denys Granier-Deferre with Michel Blanc, Samuel Le Bihan, Gérald Laroche. During the Occupation in Paris, criminals are offered to work for the Gestapo in order to carry out its worst tasks.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2003. Crime drama by Pierre Boutron with Michel Serrault, Michel Blanc, Thomas Jouannet. Following the murder of an English couple and their daughter in August 1952, a police commissioner sets out to prove the guilt of an old peasant.
Runtime: 201 min.

See how They Run

V.O.: Embrassez qui vous voudrez
Fr. 2002. Mores comedy by Michel Blanc with Michel Blanc, Charlotte Rampling, Carole Bouquet. The love affairs of three families and their friends in a wealthy seaside resort.
Runtime: 89 min.

The Escort

V.O.: Mauvaise Passe
Fr. 1999. Mores drama by Michel Blanc with Daniel Auteuil, Stuart Townsend, Liza Walker. A French writer who has gone into exile in London to finish a novel befriends a cafe owner who works as an escort for ladies in the evening.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 85 min.

Dead Tired

V.O.: Grosse Fatigue
Fr. 1994. Comedy by Michel Blanc with Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Josiane Balasko. A popular movie actor discovers that he has a look-alike who exploits his resemblance for criminal purposes.
Runtime: 84 min.

The Monster

V.O.: Il Mostro
It. 1994. Police comedy by Roberto Benigni with Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Michel Blanc.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1993. Dramatic comedy by Philomène Esposito with Isabelle Adjani, Clémentine Célarié, Sergio Castellitto. Completely alone since her lover left her, a young woman struggles to get her life back on track.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1991. Dramatic comedy by Bertrand Blier with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Depardieu. A young student is dragged into a wild ride by a strange and particularly wild girl.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1990. Mores drama by Claude Berri with Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc. In a small town in France shortly after the war, a cabaret owner is unjustly accused of hiding a collaborator.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1989. Crime drama by Patrice Leconte with Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier. A reserved and unsociable man who is suspected of murder secretly watches his neighbour across the street with whom he is in love.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 1989. Mores comedy by Jacky Cukier with Michel Blanc, Lio, Jacques Dutronc. Two marginal people, specialized in m
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1987. Social drama by Alain Corneau with Michel Blanc, Marie Trintignant, Malek Kateb. A French doctor who treats Afghan resistance fighters clandestinely is put in prison by government troops.
Runtime: 90 min.

I Hate Actors

V.O.: Je hais les acteurs
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Jean Poiret, Bernard Blier, Patrick Floersheim. In Hollywood in 1942, several murders occur during the shooting of a film.
Runtime: 90 min.

Ménage

V.O.: Tenue de soirée
Fr. 1986. Mores comedy by Bertrand Blier with Gérard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou. A couple of losers fall under the influence of a dubious character who lives of burglaries.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Patrice Leconte with Bernard Giraudeau, Gérard Lanvin, Christiane Jean. Two escaped convicts team up to pull off a daring robbery of an underworld casino.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1984. Mores comedy by Michel Blanc with Michel Blanc, Gérard Lanvin, Sophie Duez. The misadventures of two friends from Marseilles who arrive in Paris without a penny in their pockets.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Defective Detective

V.O.: Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur!
Fr. 1983. Comedy by Michel Gérard with Jerry Lewis, Michel Blanc, Charlotte de Turckheim. A Las Vegas police officer passing through Alsace is unknowingly caught up in the dalliances of his ex-wife's husband, also a police officer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1982. Police comedy by Patrice Leconte with Michel Blanc, Jane Birkin, Jacques Villeret. Fascinated by a young woman he meets during a routine investigation, a police inspector creates more opportunities to see her.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1982. Mores drama by Jacques Fansten with Marie-Christine Barrault, Michel Blanc, Jean-Luc Azra. Divorced parents worry about their teenage son's behavior and his rebellion against society.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1980. Crime drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Richard, Xavier Gélin, Michel Blanc.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Horse of Pride

V.O.: Le Cheval d'orgueil
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Jeanne Moreau with Laetitia Chauveau, Simone Signoret, Francis Huster.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1979. Crime drama by Yves Allégret with Jean Richard, Michel Blanc, Caroline Cartier.
Runtime: 91 min.
Runtime: 102 min.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by Philippe Condroyer with Simone Signoret, Maurice Garrel, Jean-Claude Dauphin. A female judge investigates the arson of a large estate whose owner, an old friend, is behaving rather inexplicably.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1978. Psychological drama by Luc Béraud with Jean-François Stévenin, Bernadette Lafont, Virginie Thévenet. A writer in need of inspiration goes through various misadventures.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 83 min.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1977. Social drama by Bertrand Tavernier with Michel Piccoli, Christine Pascal, Michel Aumont. Having rented an apartment in a multi-unit building, a film director becomes interested in the problems of the other tenants.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Coluche, Marc Monnet with Coluche, Gérard Lanvin, Anémone. A king enters into a struggle against his entourage who want to get rid of him.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Tenant

V.O.: Le Locataire
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Roman Polanski with Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas. A man moves into an apartment left vacant after his tenant's suicide and is overcome by anxiety.
Runtime: 125 min.

Bottom Line

V.O.: On aura tout vu
Fr. 1976. Satire by Georges Lautner with Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle. A young actress engaged to a photographer opposes his plan to make a porn film.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1976. Police comedy by Gérard Pirès with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernadette Lafont, Mireille Darc. An insurance company executive discovers he can use a computer to get rid of those who harm him.
Runtime: 89 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.

The Best Way to Walk

V.O.: La Meilleure Façon de marcher
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by Claude Miller with Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal. A personal conflict develops between two counselors at a summer camp.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1973. Fantasy by Daniel Daert with Pierre Forget, Marie-Hélène Régne, Christian Duroc. An officer and a servant fight over the treasure of a libidinous aristocrat.
Runtime: 90 min.

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