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Michel Deville

Michel Deville

French film director, screenwriter
April 13, 1931 (February 16, 2023)

The Art of Breaking Up

V.O.: Un Fil à la patte
Fr. 2004. Comedy by Michel Deville with Charles Berling, Emmanuelle Béart, Patrick Timsit. Before making a rich marriage, a penniless nobleman must first break up with his mistress, a beautiful music-hall singer.
Runtime: 79 min.
Fr. 2002. Mores drama by Michel Deville with Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal, Zabou Breitman. In 1946, the employees of a small garment factory in the Jewish quarter of Paris are struggling to resume a normal life after the war.
Runtime: 94 min.

Les Confessions du docteur Sachs

V.O.: La Maladie de Sachs
Fr. 1999. Psychological drama by Michel Deville with Albert Dupontel, Valérie Dréville, Dominique Reymond. A young country doctor full of compassion for his patients vents his pain and frustrations through writing.
Runtime: 107 min.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1993. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Anémone, André Dussollier, Nicole Garcia. At a summer residence, a woman in search of her first love is welcomed by couples with capricious temperaments.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1992. Crime drama by Michel Deville with Patrick Bruel, Jacques Dutronc, Mathilda May. A police detective finds his integrity challenged when he is called in to investigate the inner circle of a drug dealer.
Runtime: 107 min.

One Summer Night in Town

V.O.: Nuit d'été en ville
Fr. 1990. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Jean-Hugues Anglade, Marie Trintignant. Two young people who have just met make love and spend a sleepless night chatting.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Reader

V.O.: La Lectrice
Fr. 1988. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Miou-Miou, Patrick Chesnais, Maria Casarès. A young woman who offers her services as an at-home reader meets clients with diverse tastes.
Runtime: 98 min.

Paltoquet

V.O.: Le Paltoquet
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Michel Piccoli, Jean Yanne, Fanny Ardant. While investigating the murder of a stranger, a commissioner focuses his search on the regulars of a seedy caf
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1984. Thriller by Michel Deville with Christophe Malavoy, Nicole Garcia, Anémone. When a musician agrees to give guitar lessons to the daughter of a wealthy couple, he is drawn into a dark intrigue.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1984. Sentimental comedy by Michel Deville with Nicole Garcia, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Richard Fontana. A Norman lord and his neighbor come to the aid of a Polish revolutionary hunted by Napoleon's police.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1982. Tale by Michel Deville with François Marthouret, Andrew Chandler, Hélène Dassule. Seven adventurous English children take a trip to France where they experience various tribulations.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by Michel Deville with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Kljajic.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 1980. Dramatic comedy by Michel Deville with Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor.
Runtime: 98 min.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1977. Comedy by Michel Deville with Robert Lamoureux, Christine Dejoux, Claude Piéplu. A forty-year-old employee in a hardware store starts to swindle real estate.
Runtime: 97 min.

Love at the Top

V.O.: Le Mouton enragé
Fr. 1973. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider. On the advice of a novelist friend, a shy bank employee gains the confidence of a wealthy financier and makes female conquests.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Woman in Blue

V.O.: La Femme en bleu
Fr. 1973. Dramatic comedy by Michel Deville with Michel Piccoli, Lea Massari, Michel Aumont. A musicologist tries to find a stranger dressed in blue whose image obsesses him.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1971. Sentimental drama by Michel Deville with Maurice Ronet, Françoise Fabian, Jean Vilar. A notorious debauchee falls in love with a virtuous and wise young widow.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Bear and the Doll

V.O.: L'Ours et la poupée
Fr. 1969. Sentimental comedy by Michel Deville with Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Daniel Ceccaldi. A capricious divorcee falls in love with a gruff cellist who resists her advances.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 1969. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Philippe Avron, Ewa Swann, Bruno Cremer. A sports journalist tries to rescue the adopted daughter of a theatre director from his evil grip.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1967. Dramatic comedy by Michel Deville with Pierre Clémenti, Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli. In the eighteenth century, an orphan raised far from the world arrives at his aunt's house where he will receive his emotional education.
Runtime: 105 min.

Tendres Requins

V.O.: Zärtliche Haie
All. 1966. Comedy by Michel Deville with Anna Karina, Gérard Barray, Mario Adorf. A young girl takes on her brother's sailor's uniform, held prisoner by spies.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Michel Deville with Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla. An actor who has a habit of wearing uniforms finds himself in the middle of many misadventures.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1966. Comedy by Michel Deville with George Chakiris, Marina Vlady, Jean Lefebvre. The misadventures of a painting lover who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1964. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Françoise Arnoul. An unlucky gangster brings bad luck to those around him.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1963. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Sami Frey, Mylène Demongeot, Sylva Koscina. A young man must seduce a stewardess to smuggle gold to India.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1962. Police comedy by Michel Deville with Jacques Charrier, Mylène Demongeot, Marie Laforêt. A young womanizer wanted by the police is hidden by his admirers.
Runtime: 90 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. 1960. Comedy by Michel Deville with Anna Karina, Claude Rich, Jacqueline Danno. An air of refinement during the launch of a show by a group of young people.
Runtime: 90 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.

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