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Michel Duchaussoy

Michel Duchaussoy

French actor (1938-2012)
November 29, 1938 (March 13, 2012)

Astérix & Obélix - God Save Britannia

V.O.: Astérix et Obélix - Au service de sa majesté
Fr. 2012. Fantasy comedy by Laurent Tirard with Édouard Baer, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Gallienne. While delivering a barrel of magic potion to a Breton village threatened by Caesar, Asterix and Obelix take it upon themselves to make a man out of their leader's cowardly nephew.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2012. Crime drama by José Pinheiro with Karl E. Landler, Anne Suarez, Feodor Atkine.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2011. Crime drama by Frédéric Tellier with Nicolas Giraud, Aurélien Wiik, Hippolyte Girardot. Two farmers
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2010. Comedy by Claude D'Anna with Bruno Salomone, Julie Gayet, Christophe Guybet. An ex-convict makes life difficult for the family of a former cellmate who was wrongly convicted of insider trading.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2010. Police comedy by Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier with Catherine Frot, Lambert Wilson, Danièle Lebrun. Sent on a secret mission to her native Scotland, a secretary of the Royal Navy confronts Communist spies who want to steal the plans she is carrying.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 2010. Dramatic comedy by Yann Samuell with Sophie Marceau, Marton Csokas, Michel Duchaussoy. An ambitious businesswoman receives letters from a notary that she wrote to herself when she was seven years old, in which she talked about her dreams for the future.
Runtime: 97 min.

Sarah's Key

V.O.: Elle s'appelait Sarah
Fr. 2010. Drama by Gilles Paquet-Brenner with Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup. A journalist discovers that her husband's grandfather took possession of the family apartment in the wake of the Vel d'Hiv Roundup.
Runtime: 106 min.

Persecution

V.O.: Persécution
Fr. 2009. Psychological drama by Patrice Chéreau with Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade. A young construction worker is chased by a man madly in love with him who refuses to give up the possibility of a requited love.
Runtime: 100 min.

Hidden Diary

V.O.: Mères et filles
Fr. 2009. Psychological drama by Julie Lopes-Curval with Marina Hands, Catherine Deneuve, Marie-Josée Croze. Visiting her parents in her native coastal village, a pregnant engineer seeks to understand why her grandmother abandoned her husband and children in the 1950s.
Runtime: 105 min.

Dumas

V.O.: L'Autre Dumas
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Safy Nebbou with Benoît Poelvoorde, Gérard Depardieu, Mélanie Thierry. In 1848, Auguste Maquet, Alexandre Dumas' ghostwriter, steals the latter's identity to help a young woman he is in love with free her revolutionary father.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2008. Dramatic comedy by Virginie Sauveur with Martine Chevallier, Roland Giraud, Michel Duchaussoy. A wife and mother undergoes a radical change in her life after she inherits the plush apartment of an eccentric aunt.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2007. Comedy by Daniel Cohen with Benoît Poelvoorde, Natacha Lindinger, Michel Duchaussoy. A humble Parisian art restorer who has become the king of a primitive tribe in a parallel universe must save his people from slavery.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2005. Drama by Philippe Laïk with Renaud Cestre, Anne Coesens, Danièle Lebrun. After inheriting a fortune from his old uncle, a young man discovers that his uncle had compromising information about the town's citizens.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2003. Thriller by Philippe Harel with Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Jacques Vanier, Jean-Louis Loca. A young police commissioner believes she is on the trail of a serial killer who seduces his victims and then drives them to suicide.
Fr. 2003. Satire by Francis Palluau with Carole Bouquet, Jean Dujardin, Lorant Deutsch. Two escaped prisoners take refuge in the house of a wealthy family whose members turn out to be more twisty and greedy than them.
Fr. 2003. Thriller by René Manzor with Lambert Wilson, Sylvie Testud, Frédéric Diefenthal. A police officer and a psychiatrist struggle to solve the mystery surrounding the identity and motives of a schizophrenic serial killer.
Runtime: 100 min.

Intimate Strangers

V.O.: Confidences trop intimes
Fr. 2003. Sentimental drama by Patrice Leconte with Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy. An unstable woman confides her marital problems to a lonely tax attorney whom she mistakenly takes for her new psychologist.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2003. Crime drama by Luc Béraud with Julie Debazac, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Natacha Lindinger. A young woman uncovers a scandal involving a biological research laboratory.
Runtime: 190 min.
Fr. 2002. Dramatic comedy by Bernard Rapp with Géraldine Pailhas, Christophe Reymond, Michel Duchaussoy. A wealthy entrepreneur leaves all his money to his young illegitimate daughter, much to the displeasure of her half-brother.

The Code

V.O.: La Mentale
Fr. 2002. Thriller by Manuel Boursinhac with Samuel Le Bihan, Samy Naceri, Clotilde Courau. After serving a four-year sentence, a small-time crook who has decided to settle down agrees to participate in one final robbery with his old friends.
Runtime: 116 min.
Fr. 2001. Police comedy by Christian Faure with Jean Rochefort, Philippe Caroit, Michel Duchaussoy. A commissioner of the IGS tries to identify the malicious person who wants to sabotage the wedding of a police officer, brother-in-law to his loyal deputy.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2001. Crime drama by Philippe Monnier with Julien Boisselier, Michel Duchaussoy, Marie-Christine Barrault. In a small town in northern France, a police officer tracks down the murderer of a young girl from a good family.
Fr. 2000. Drama by Denis Dercourt with Isabelle Candelier, Michel Duchaussoy, Hélène Surgère. To save her comatose son, a call girl forces a disillusioned priest to accompany her to a small town where the Virgin is said to have performed a miracle.
Fr. 2000. Crime drama by Denys Granier-Deferre with Bruno Cremer, Alexandre Brasseur, Michel Duchaussoy. In Paris, Inspector Maigret leads a delicate investigation in the town house of a rich lawyer, who has received an anonymous letter announcing a murder.
Runtime: 92 min.

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

V.O.: La Veuve de Saint-Pierre
Fr. 1999. Drama by Patrice Leconte with Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica. In 1850, in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a man condemned to death became the prot
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1999. Drama by Patrick Sébastien with Patrick Sébastien, Samuel Dupuy, Marie Denarnaud. To heal a young woman who was raped by a simpleton, a psychologist wants to reunite her with her attacker.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1998. Drama by Robert Enrico with Charles Berling, Jean-François Stévenin, Béatrice Palme. A divorced father barricades himself in his country house with his children, refusing to give them back to their mother who has custody.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1998. Drama by Alain Nahum with Line Renaud, Michel Duchaussoy, Delphine Rich. After returning from a long African exile, a sixty-year-old woman leaves her unfaithful husband and starts over with her five-year-old granddaughter.
Fr. 1996. Psychological drama by Emmanuel Finkiel with Marion Ducamp, Marie Matheron, Michel Duchaussoy.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1995. Psychological drama by Claude Goretta with Michel Duchaussoy, Frédérique Meininger, Nathalie Quenard.

The King's Way

V.O.: L'Allée du roi
Fr. 1995. Historic chronicle by Nina Companeez with Dominique Blanc, Didier Sandre, Michel Duchaussoy.
Runtime: 241 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1992. Comedy by Charlotte Brändström with Peter Weller, Carey Lowell, Michel Duchaussoy. To test the love of his fianc
Fr. 1991. Crime drama by Bernard Giraudeau with Michel Duchaussoy, Roger Dumas, Niels Dubost. In a small port town, a police commissioner and a forensic scientist try to unravel the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of several old ladies.

A Lesson of Hope

V.O.: Les Cahiers bleus
Fr. 1991. Mores drama by Serge Leroy with Évelyne Bouix, Jean Carmet, Michel Duchaussoy. Newly posted to a small provincial school, a somewhat secretive teacher arouses the suspicion of her colleagues.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1990. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Michel Duchaussoy, Pascale Petit. At the request of the government, a retired police inspector returns to duty to rid the country of a dictator who has taken refuge in France after a failed coup.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1989. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, André Pousse, Pascale Petit. After their friend becomes the victim of an assassination attempt, a retired police inspector and an ex-mobster go down to Grenoble to settle their accounts with the killers.
Runtime: 76 min.
Fr. 1989. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Michel Duchaussoy, André Pousse. A senior police officer is aware that someone has it in for him, so he forces a retired detective to return to duty to solve the case.
Runtime: 87 min.

French Revolution: Years of Hope

V.O.: La Révolution française - Les Années lumière
Fr. 1989. History by Robert Enrico with Jean-François Balmer, Klaus Maria Brandauer, François Cluzet. A portrayal of the facts surrounding the French Revolution, from 1789 to the summer of 1792.
Runtime: 170 min.

May Fools

V.O.: Milou en mai
Fr. 1989. Mores comedy by Louis Malle with Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Michel Duchaussoy. Following the death of their grandfather in May 1968, the members of a family reunite in the family estate and organize the succession as best they can.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1989. Drama by Jacques Deray with Béatrice Dalle, Philippe Volter, Geneviève Page. A young actress, unable to bear the austere life of the country lord she has just married, soon announces her intention to leave him.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1988. Police comedy by Denys de La Patellière with Michel Constantin, Pascale Petit, André Pousse. A retired police detective returns to duty to find out who is behind the kidnapping of his ex-boss's daughter.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1987. Religious drama by Jean Delannoy with Sydney Penny, Jean-Marc Bory, Roland Lesaffre. The story of the Virgin's apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes in 1858.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1987. Crime drama by Jean Delannoy with Michel Duchaussoy, Roger Dumas, Fiona Gelin.
Fr. 1986. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Richard Anconina, Ambre, Michel Duchaussoy.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1984. Biography by Claude de Givray with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Duchaussoy, Pascale Petit. A famous actor with a passion for gambling is hassled by a tax collector.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1983. Adventures by Alain Corneau with Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Sophie Marceau. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the heroic and romantic adventures of a lieutenant assigned to the Sahara to train a battalion of spahis.
Runtime: 185 min.
Fr. 1982. Dramatic comedy by Roger Vadim with Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Christian Vadim, Caroline Cellier. The amorous adventures of some teenagers in Amboise in the early 1950s.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1982. Drama by Jean-Jacques Aublanc with Claude Rich, Michel Duchaussoy, Maurice Ronet. Thirty-eight years after the event, the mayor of a small town reunites five childhood friends to reveal who turned in their former teacher who resisted to the Nazis.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1978. Satire by Jean Yanne with Jean Yanne, Mimi Coutelier, Jacques François. A police commissioner is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a star TV host.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1977. Psychological drama by Édouard Molinaro with Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Michel Duchaussoy. The setbacks of an antique dealer at a loss for time and money.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by Alain Jessua with Jean Yanne, Alain Delon, Michel Duchaussoy. A mediocre man who made his fortune by chanceuses threats to try and impose his conception of the world by threat.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1974. Dramatic comedy by Paul Vecchiali with Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Michel Delahaye. Two aging actresses share an apartment and common memories.
Runtime: 115 min.

Charlotte

V.O.: La Jeune Fille assassinée
Fr. 1974. Mores drama by Roger Vadim with Roger Vadim, Sirpa Lane, Mathieu Carrière. With the goal of writing a book, a writer investigates the life of a former mistress whose recent murder remains shrouded in mystery.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1974. Thriller by Claude Chabrol with Fabio Testi, Michel Aumont, Michel Duchaussoy. Anarchists kidnap the American ambassador in Paris and hold him in an abandoned farmhouse.
Runtime: 132 min.

The Conspiracy

V.O.: Le Complot
Fr. 1973. Crime drama by René Gainville with Michel Bouquet, Jean Rochefort, Raymond Pellegrin. In 1962, activists try to free a general who has been imprisoned for opposing Algerian independence.
Runtime: 115 min.

Shock Treatment

V.O.: Traitement de choc
Fr. 1972. Drama by Alain Jessua with Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Robert Hirsch. The director of a clothing store in Paris travels to Brittany to undergo a rejuvenation treatment in a clinic.
Runtime: 90 min.

Man with the Transplanted Brain

V.O.: L'Homme au cerveau greffé
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze with Mathieu Carrière, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Michel Duchaussoy. A surgeon threatened with imminent death has his brain transplanted into the body of a young man.
Runtime: 90 min.

Them

V.O.: Ils...
Fr. 1970. Fantasy by Jean-Daniel Simon with Michel Duchaussoy, Charles Vanel, Alexandra Stewart. A painter is disoriented by the death of a colleague whom he thought of as his spiritual father.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1970. Sentimental drama by Frédéric Rossif with Michel Duchaussoy, Francine Racette, Suzanne Flon. On vacation in Brittany, a young beautician falls in love with a history teacher but discovers that he is married.
Runtime: 87 min.

Sophie's Ways

V.O.: Les Stances à Sophie
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Moshé Mizrahi with Bernadette Lafont, Michel Duchaussoy, Bulle Ogier. Married to a business person, a young woman with a bohemian spirit finds it difficult to adapt to her new bourgeois environment.
Runtime: 90 min.

This Man Must Die

V.O.: Que la bête meure
Fr. 1969. Thriller by Claude Chabrol with Michel Duchaussoy, Jean Yanne, Caroline Cellier. A novelist seeks revenge on the driver who killed his young son.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Henri Glaeser with Nathalie Delon, Michel Duchaussoy, Henri Serre. A professor imagines a gruesome movie premise in which a woman seeks to get rid of the hand of a man she has killed.
Runtime: 85 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. Crime drama by Édouard Logereau with Danielle Gaubert, Michel Duchaussoy, Julien Guiomar. A young girl uses her trapeze skills to carry out daring robberies.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Killing Game

V.O.: Jeu de massacre
Fr. 1966. Satire by Alain Jessua with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claudine Auger, Michel Duchaussoy. A young couple, a comic book author, is nearly broken up by the encounter of a rich and idle mythomaniac. A young cartoonist couple is nearly broken up by a rich and idle mythomaniac.
Runtime: 95 min.

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