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Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

French actor (1925-2020)
December 27, 1925 (May 12, 2020)
Fr. 2012. Drama by Léos Carax with Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue. From dawn to dusk, a mysterious ""actor"" is escorted through Paris in a white limousine equipped like a theatre box has a series of encounters.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 2012. Drama by Alain Resnais with Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azéma, Anne Consigny. Called upon to judge the quality of a new version of a deceased playwright's play that was captured on video, the original performers come to re-enact their characters.
Runtime: 115 min.

Lines of Wellington

V.O.: Linhas de Wellington
Port. 2012. History by Valeria Sarmiento with Nuno Lopes, Melvil Poupaud, John Malkovich. In the fall of 1810, the Napoleonic army led by Marshal Mass
Runtime: 151 min.
It. 2011. Dramatic comedy by Nanni Moretti with Nanni Moretti, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr. A newly elected Pope suffers a terrible crisis of faith that forces the extension of the conclave and the call for help from a Roman psychoanalyst.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 2009. Psychological drama by Laurent Perreau with Michel Piccoli, Pauline Étienne, Éric Caravaca. The difficult life of an awkward and hesitant teenager facing her future with her misanthropic grandfather, paralyzed by the ghosts of his past.

The Dust of Time

V.O.: Trilogia II: I Skoni Tou Hronou
Runtime: 125 min.

To Each His Own Cinema

V.O.: Chacun son cinéma
Fr. 2007. Sketches by collectif with Émilie Dequenne, Jérémie Segard, David Cronenberg. Thirty-four short stories about the state of international cinema.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Manoel de Oliveira with Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trepa. A seventy-year-old man seeks to reconnect with a woman he knew some forty years earlier.
Runtime: 68 min.

Gardens in Autumn

V.O.: Jardins en automne
Fr. 2006. Comedy by Otar Iosseliani with Séverin Blanchet, Michel Piccoli, Muriel Motte. After leaving his job as a minister, a man returns to his old life.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Duchess of Langeais

V.O.: Ne touchez pas la hache
Fr. 2006. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Guillaume Depardieu, Jeanne Balibar, Bulle Ogier. In the 19th century in Paris, a general in Napoleon's army falls madly in love with a duchess who continually adds to his torment by rejecting his advances.
Runtime: 137 min.
Fr. 2003. Mores drama by Claude Miller with Ludivine Sagnier, Robinson Stévenin, Nicole Garcia. Professional and romantic crossroads between a famous actress, an established director, an apprentice filmmaker and an aspiring actress.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2001. Dramatic comedy by Manoel de Oliveira with Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey, John Malkovich. Faced with a personal tragedy, a prestigious but aging actor clings to his love of the craft.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2000. Psychological drama by Claude Mouriéras with Miou-Miou, Natacha Régnier, Sandrine Kiberlain. In Lyon, the lives of three sisters are disrupted by the return of their father, who has been absent for the past fifteen years.
Runtime: 96 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.
U.S. 1997. Adventures by Lavinia Currier with Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston. In 1798, a French officer lost in the Egyptian desert befriends a leopard.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1997. Psychological drama by Raúl Ruiz with Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1996. Science-fiction by Enki Bilal with Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli.
Runtime: 102 min.
Port. 1996. Psychological drama by Manoel de Oliveira with Michel Piccoli, Irène Papas, Leonor Silveira.

The World of Jacques Demy

V.O.: L'Univers de Jacques Demy
Fr. 1995. Documentary by Agnès Varda with Jacques Demy, Anouk Aimée, Richard Berry.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1994. Psychological drama by Jean-Claude Brisseau with Sylvie Vartan, Michel Piccoli, Tcheky Karyo.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1994. Fantasy comedy by Agnès Varda with Michel Piccoli, Julie Gayet, Marcello Mastroianni. A student becomes a maid to an old man who entertains movie stars in his home while recalling movie memories.
Runtime: 125 min.

The Emigrant

V.O.: Al-Mohager
Égy. 1994. Biblical drama by Youssef Chahine with Khaled El Nabaoui, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli.
Fr. 1993. Comedy by Marco Pico with Pierre Richard, Michel Piccoli, Dominique Pinon. Interned in an asylum for attempting to strangle his wife, a professor is taken by his psychiatrist to the bedside of his dying wife.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Christine Citti with Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Béart, Nada Strancar. Friends are having a hard time surpassing a friend
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Michel Piccoli, Claire Nebout, Melvil Poupaud.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 110 min.

Divertimento

V.O.: La Belle Noiseuse
Fr. 1991. Psychological drama by Jacques Rivette with Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart. A young woman who poses for a painter sees her life transformed by the experience.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1990. Fantasy by Édouard Molinaro with Anouk Aimée, Michel Piccoli, Christine Citti. Before his death, a duke with a passion for the occult takes an oath of eternal fidelity from his wife, who is feverishly courted by an old baron.

Martha and I

V.O.: Martha und ich
All. 1989. Drama by Jiri Weiss with Michel Piccoli, Marianne Sagebrecht, Vaclav Chalupa. On the eve of the Second World War, a Jewish doctor triggers his entourage
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1989. Documentary by Gérard Vienne.
Runtime: 75 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.

Les Grandes familles

V.O.: Les Grandes Familles
Fr. 1989. Chronicle by Édouard Molinaro with Michel Piccoli, Pierre Arditi, Roger Hanin. The depravity of two great families of the pre-war Parisian aristocracy.
Runtime: 360 min.
Fr. 1988. Social drama by Roger Hanin with Hammou Graïa, Michel Piccoli, Nadia Samir. A French-Arab student is wrongly convicted for the assault of a police officer during a demonstration.
Fr. 1988. Crime drama by Denys Granier-Deferre with Robin Renucci, Marguerite Tran, Michel Piccoli. A specialist in Indochinese writing is required by the police to solve a conflict between two Asian clans.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Marco Ferreri with Maruschka Detmers, Michele Placido, Juan Diego.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1987. Sentimental drama by Jacques Deray with Nastassja Kinski, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Piccoli. A young doctor falls in love with his director's mistress, compromising his career.
Runtime: 118 min.
Fr. 1987. Drama by Maroun Bagdadi with Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Piccoli, Laure Marsac. A hitman returns to France and finds his daughter who never stopped idealizing him.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1986. Mores drama by Roger Hanin with Roger Hanin, Niels Arestrup, Corinne Touzet. In 1938, an anti-fascist cabaret owner gets into a fight with a police officer who is a member of a far-right group.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1986. Psychological drama by Jacques Doillon with Michel Piccoli, Sandrine Bonnaire, Sabine Azéma. While waiting for the return of his daughter, a director has his young actresses perform various variations on the theme of their reunion.
Runtime: 86 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.

Bad Blood

V.O.: Mauvais Sang
Fr. 1986. Poetic drama by Léos Carax with Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli. Hired to rob a laboratory's safe, a young thief is fascinated by his boss's mistress.
Runtime: 128 min.
Fr. 1985. Police comedy by Jacques Rouffio with Michel Piccoli, Michel Serrault, Juliette Binoche. Two worthy academics investigate the claims of a young veterinarian who claims that her brother-in-law killed her sister.
Runtime: 100 min.

Adieu Bonaparte

V.O.: Al Wida ya Bounabart
Égy. 1985. History by Youssef Chahine with Michel Piccoli, Mohsen Mohieddine, Patrice Chéreau. During the Egyptian campaign of 1798, a general ethnologist is helped by local young people.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1984. Melodrama by René Allio with Jacques Penot, Dominique Sanda, Laure Duthilleul. Following a liaison with his commander's wife, a young sailor is drawn into a sordid affair.
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. 1983. Drama by Claude Lelouch with Michel Piccoli, Évelyne Bouix, Charlotte Rampling. A missing industrialist and an actress seem to have been abducted by aliens.
Runtime: 110 min.

Dangerous Moves

V.O.: La Diagonale du fou
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by Richard Dembo with Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron. Two Russian chess players with different ideologies compete for the world championship.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Prize of Peril

V.O.: Le Prix du danger
Fr. 1983. Science-fiction by Yves Boisset with Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier. Participating in a game show based on the principle of a manhunt, a young unemployed man discovers that the competition is rigged.
Runtime: 99 min.

Beyond the Door

V.O.: Oltre la Porta
It. 1982. Drama by Liliana Cavani with Marcello Mastroianni, Eleonora Giorgi, Tom Berenger. In Morocco, an American engineer takes an interest in a young woman who is caring for her stepfather, who is accused of murdering her mother.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1982. Spy drama by Yves Boisset with Lino Ventura, Michel Piccoli, Krystyna Janda. A French secret agent seeks to confirm the allegations that his German life partner is linked to terrorists.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1982. Mores drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Isabelle Huppert, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz. While shooting a film in Switzerland about famous works of art, a Polish filmmaker befriends a young female worker.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Denys Granier-Deferre with Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Michel Piccoli. The director of a company invites the employees to his country villa for the secret purpose of firing four executives.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1982. Musical drama by Jacques Demy with Dominique Sanda, Richard Berry, Danielle Darrieux. During a strike, the story of a dramatic romance between a worker and the young wife of a shopkeeper.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by Jacques Doillon with Jane Birkin, Michel Piccoli, Natasha Parry.
Fr. 1981. Drama by Jacques Rouffio with Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Klein. After killing the Paraguayan ambassador to France, a man turns himself in to the police and explains the reasons for his actions to his wife.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1980. Crime drama by Jean Chapot with Michel Piccoli, Nadine Alari, Pascale Bardet.
Runtime: 270 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Étienne Périer with Michel Piccoli, Pierre Malet, Gila Von Weitershausen.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1980. Mores drama by Louis Malle with Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid.
Runtime: 104 min.

Le Saut dans le vide

V.O.: Salto nel vuoto
It. 1979. Psychological drama by Marco Bellocchio with Michel Piccoli, Anouk Aimée, Michele Placido.
Runtime: 119 min.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1979. Mores drama by Pierre Barouh with Michel Piccoli, Lea Massari, Christophe Rambault.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Savage State

V.O.: L'État sauvage
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1978. Satire by Jacques Rouffio with Gérard Depardieu, Jean Carmet, Nelly Borgeaud. A pensioner starts playing the stock market following the advice of a swindler.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1978. Mores drama by Alan Bridges with Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Lara Wendel.
Runtime: 110 min.

Neapolitan Mystery

V.O.: Giallo Napoletano
It. 1978. Police comedy by Sergio Corbucci with Marcello Mastroianni, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli. An penniless mandolinist is drawn into a shady affair after agreeing to serenade a building.
Runtime: 95 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. Mores drama by Étienne Périer with Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin. A real estate developer does not care that his main collaborator has become his wife's lover.
Runtime: 104 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.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1976. Mores drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Ottavia Piccolo, Jacques Dutronc. A real estate developer finds himself in a difficult situation following the suicide of a partner.
Runtime: 132 min.
Fr. 1976. Police comedy by Francis Girod with Gérard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Sylvia Kristel. A notorious bandit and a police inspector share wacky adventures.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Maurice Dugowson with Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli. After returning from his military service, a young man has difficulty finding a job.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1975. Social drama by Peter Fleischmann with Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, Mario Adorf. A political prisoner tries to convince the agent who is watching him that he is being put on trial by his leaders.
Runtime: 111 min.

La Dernière Femme

V.O.: L'Ultima Donna
It. 1975. Psychological drama by Marco Ferreri with Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli. A man abandoned by his wife brings home an employee of the daycare center where he leaves his baby.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1975. Fantasy by Juan Luis Bunuel with Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann, Ornella Muti. A widowed lord remarries but remains obsessed by the memory of his first wife whom he revives with magical formulas.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by Jacques Rouffio with Michel Piccoli, Charles Vanel, Gérard Depardieu. Ten years apart, disputes between doctors have tragic consequences in a provincial town.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1974. Crime drama by Francis Girod with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gomska. In the 1920s, a lawyer engages in a series of villainous crimes with the help of two German sisters.
Runtime: 105 min.

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

V.O.: Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Fr. 1974. Chronicle by Claude Sautet with Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani. The life and the troubles of a small group of good friends who often get together as a family.
Runtime: 112 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. Satire by Marco Ferreri with Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli. General Custer launches an expedition against the Sioux and is massacred with his men.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1973. Thriller by Claude Chabrol with Michel Piccoli, Stéphane Audran, Claude Piéplu. The wife of a provincial mayor and her lover agree to eliminate her troublesome husband.
Runtime: 96 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. 1973. Satire by Marco Ferreri with Philippe Noiret, Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi. In the company of three prostitutes and a schoolteacher, four friends meet in a villa to gorge themselves to death.
Runtime: 130 min.
Fr. 1972. Satire by Claude Faraldo with Michel Piccoli, Béatrice Romand, Marilu Tolo. The adoption of a primitive, anarchic way of life by a worker alerts a whole neighbourhood.
Runtime: 105 min.

The French Conspiracy

V.O.: L'Attentat
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Yves Boisset with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Gian Maria Volonté. A journalist, involved in a plot against a political leader against his will, threatens to reveal everything to the police.
Runtime: 105 min.

Cesar & Rosalie

V.O.: César et Rosalie
Fr. 1972. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey. The reactions of a middle-aged man when his young girlfriend reconnects with a former lover.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

V.O.: Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie
Fr. 1972. Satire by Luis Bunuel with Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stéphane Audran. Two bourgeois couples and a diplomat suffer various setbacks every time they get together for a meal.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1971. Adventures by Philippe de Broca with Marlène Jobert, Michel Piccoli, Michael York. In the desert of Libya, during the last war, two men and a woman are being chased by the Germans who think they are spies.
Runtime: 116 min.
Fr. 1971. Crime drama by Claude Chabrol with Orson Welles, Michel Piccoli, Anthony Perkins. A rich Alsatian
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson. A police inspector, disappointed by his successive failures, pushes small thugs to commit a robbery in order to catch them in the act.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Things of Life

V.O.: Les Choses de la vie
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Claude Sautet with Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Lea Massari. An architect, who is injured in a car accident, relives the moments of a life divided between his family and his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1969. Spy drama by Alfred Hitchcock with Frederick Stafford, John Forsythe, John Vernon. A French agent obtains intelligence in Cuba on behalf of the Americans, with the help of his mistress who is the widow of a revolutionary.
Runtime: 125 min.

The Uninvited

V.O.: L'Invitata
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Vittorio De Seta with Joanna Shimkus, Michel Piccoli, Clotilde Joano. A young woman, distraught over her husband's affair, goes on a trip with her boss.
Runtime: 116 min.

Heartbeat

V.O.: La Chamade
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Alain Cavalier with Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Roger Van Hool. A young woman briefly leaves the life of luxury that her lover provides for the love of a boy of modest means.
Runtime: 105 min.

Dillinger Is Dead

V.O.: Dillinger è morto
It. 1968. Psychological drama by Marco Ferreri with Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg, Annie Girardot. The sleepless night of an Italian engineer who ends up killing his wife.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Milky Way

V.O.: La Voie lactée
Fr. 1968. Satire by Luis Bunuel with Laurent Terzieff, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig. An account of the religious problems encountered by two men who go to St-Jacques de Compostelle.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1968. Psychological drama by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Laurent Terzieff, Elisabeth Wiener, Bernard Fresson. The young wife of a painter falls under the influence of a pervert.
Runtime: 105 min.

Shock Troops

V.O.: Un Homme de trop
Fr. 1967. War drama by Costa-Gavras with Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy. In 1943, resistance fighters attack a prison to free twelve men and notice that there is one too many.
Runtime: 110 min.
It. 1967. Crime drama by Mario Bava with John Philip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli. A detective and a gang leader each try to get their hands on a mysterious criminal.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Young Girls of Rochefort

V.O.: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
Fr. 1967. Musical by Jacques Demy with Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Danielle Darrieux. Two twin sisters make conquests of a young sailor and an American musician.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1967. Mores drama by Luis Bunuel with Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli. The young wife of a Parisian surgeon is blackmailed by a friend of the couple, who discover that during the day she is a prostitute in a brothel.
Runtime: 100 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.

Is Paris Burning?

V.O.: Paris brûle-t-il?
Fr. 1966. War drama by René Clément with Gert Fröbe, Orson Welles, Bruno Cremer. At the beginning of August 1944, the new commander of Paris receives orders from Hitler to destroy the City of Light.
Runtime: 165 min.
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Jean Chapot with Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Hans Christian Blech. A woman seeks to take back, from her adoptive parents, the child she abandoned six years earlier.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Agnès Varda with Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Eva Dahlbeck. A novelist, whose wife is mute because of a car accident, is inspired by the people who live around him.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Game Is Over

V.O.: La Curée
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Roger Vadim with Jane Fonda, Michel Piccoli, Peter McEnery. An industrialist's young wife falls in love with his son-in-law.
Runtime: 100 min.

All About Loving

V.O.: De l'amour
Fr. 1965. Mores comedy by Jean Aurel with Michel Piccoli, Elsa Martinelli, Anna Karina. Barely separated from his mistress, a Don Juan dentist embarks on new conquests.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1965. Psychological drama by Paul Vecchiali with Geneviève Thénier, Danièle Ajoret, Jean-Claude Drouot. A sewing machine is the object of gifts from a mysterious benefactor.
Runtime: 103 min.
G.-B. 1965. Comedy by Peter Ustinov with Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven. The wife of a British aristocrat recounts her youthful love affair with an anarchist.
Runtime: 124 min.

The Sleeping Car Murder

V.O.: Compartiment tueurs
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Claude Mann, Jacques Perrin. A police inspector investigates the murder of a young girl killed on a train in Marseille.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1965. Psychological drama by Jean Cayrol, Claude Durand with Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, Emmanuelle Riva. A man returns to Bordeaux, twenty years after turning in comrades to the Gestapo.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Diary of a Chambermaid

V.O.: Le Journal d'une femme de chambre
Fr. 1964. Mores drama by Luis Bunuel with Jeanne Moreau, George Géret, Michel Piccoli. A woman hires herself out as a maid in the home of people with strange behavior.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1964. Sketches by Claude Berri, Bertrand Tavernier, Charles L. Bitsch, Eric Schlumberger, Claude Chabrol with Francis Blanche, Michel Auclair, Michel Piccoli. Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.
Runtime: 107 min.

Contempt

V.O.: Le Mépris
It. 1963. Psychological drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance. A screenwriter bends to the demands of a producer and loses the love of his wife.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Day and the Hour

V.O.: Le Jour et l'heure
Fr. 1963. War drama by René Clément with Simone Signoret, Stuart Whitman, Pierre Dux. A woman whose husband is a prisoner takes in an American pilot who has fallen in France.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1962. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly. A police informant tries to help a friend involved in a crime.
Runtime: 110 min.

Climates of Love

V.O.: Climats
Fr. 1961. Drama by Stellio Lorenzi with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marina Vlady, Emmanuelle Riva. Separated from a frivolous wife, a man remarries but cannot forget his first wife.
Runtime: 143 min.
Fr. 1961. Drama by Jean Delannoy with Annie Girardot, Jean-Claude Pascal, Odile Versois. Divorced from his wife, a man nevertheless tries to clear her of a murder.
Runtime: 129 min.
Fr. 1961. Drama by Jean Prat with Mireille Darc, Michel Piccoli, Paul Frankeur. The daughter of a master of arms becomes the second wife of an aristocrat whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1960. Spy drama by Michel Clément with Françoise Arnoul, Michel Piccoli, Claude Cerval. The wife of a murdered spy is looking for secret documents.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Jean Kerchner with Michel Piccoli, Odile Versois, Yves Vincent. A journalist takes over from the police to find a murderer.
Runtime: 85 min.

The Creeping Beast

V.O.: La Bête à l'affût
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Pierre Chenal with Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal, Michel Piccoli. A wealthy widow comes to the aid of a prison escapee.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1958. Musical by Richard Pottier with Sylvia Lopez, Sonja Ziemann, Michel Piccoli. A music hall artistic director has a run-in with an old flame whom he hired for his next show.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1957. Dramatic comedy by Henri Aisner with Marc Cassot, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Workers of an aviation factory who want to found a flying club encounter difficulties.
Runtime: 82 min.

Sinners of Paris

V.O.: Rafles sur la ville
Fr. 1957. Crime drama by Pierre Chenal with Charles Vanel, Michel Piccoli, Mouloudji. A police officer searches for the murderer of a colleague.
Runtime: 69 min.
Fr. 1957. Police comedy by Christian-Jaque with Martine Carol, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Clay. Wrongly suspected of having stolen a valuable jewel, a young model at a fashion house sets out to find the thieves herself.
Runtime: 88 min.

Death in the Garden

V.O.: La Mort en ce jardin
Fr. 1956. Drama by Luis Bunuel with Simone Signoret, Georges Marchal, Michel Piccoli. In the middle of the Amazon jungle, a group of disparate people flee after a miners' revolt.
Fr. 1956. History by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Jacques Morel, Richard Todd. The life of the queen of France, Marie-Antoinette.
Runtime: 117 min.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 1955. Musical by Jean Renoir with Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Maria Felix. In Paris, a young laundress becomes a star dancer at the Moulin Rouge.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1955. Dramatic comedy by René Clair with Gérard Philipe, Michèle Morgan, Jean Desailly. A dragoons lieutenant bets that he can seduce, in fifteen days, the woman that fate would designate.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1954. Crime drama by Maurice de Canonge with Claude Laydu, Joëlle Bernard, Daniel Cauchy. A young man, the lover of a prostitute whose brother is a gangster, finds himself an unwilling accomplice in a robbery in the jewelry store where he works.
Runtime: 75 min.

Without Leaving an Address

V.O.: ...Sans laisser d'adresse
Fr. 1951. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Le Chanois with Bernard Blier, Danièle Delorme, Pierre Trabaud. In Paris, a brave cab driver takes charge of a young provincial who came to join her lover who is nowhere to be found.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1949. Crime drama by Louis Daquin with Serge Reggiani, Hélène Perdrière, Marcel Herrand. A young journalist comes to the rescue of a terrorized woman and is himself accused of murder.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1948. Social drama by Louis Daquin with Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Loleh Bellon. A young engineer discovers the hard life of miners.
Runtime: 101 min.

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