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Michele Placido

Michele Placido

Italian film director and actor
May 19, 1946 (77 years old)

Caravaggio's Shadow

V.O.: L'Ombra di Caravaggio
Fr. 2022. Historic chronicle by Michele Placido with Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert. In 1609, the pope appointed an inquisitor to investigate the painter Caravaggio who, accused of murder, had left Rome for Naples.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Lookout

V.O.: Le Guetteur
Fr. 2012. Crime drama by Michele Placido with Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Kassovitz, Olivier Gourmet. In Paris, a police commissioner is trying to catch a sniper, a former soldier deployed in Afghanistan, who is teaming up with bank robbers.
Runtime: 89 min.

Itaker - Italians Not Allowed

V.O.: Itaker - Vietato agli Italiani
It. 2012. Drama by Toni Trupia with Francesco Scianna, Tiziano Talarico, Michele Placido. In 1962, after the death of his mother, a reserved young boy is entrusted to a worker who goes to Germany to work in the same factory as the boy's father.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Ages of Love

V.O.: Manuale d'Am3re
It. 2011. Sketches by Giovanni Veronesi with Robert De Niro, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio. A young man cheats on his fianc
Runtime: 125 min.

L'Ange du mal

V.O.: Vallanzasca - Gli Angeli del male
It. 2009. by Michele Placido.

The Unknown Woman

V.O.: La Sconosciuta
It. 2006. Thriller by Giuseppe Tornatore with Ksenia Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini. In Italy, a Ukrainian immigrant is hired as a maid by a wealthy family that happens to be mysteriously connected to her past.
Runtime: 118 min.

The Caiman

V.O.: Il Caimano
It. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Nanni Moretti with Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca. An debt-ridden producer in the midst of a divorce struggles to edit a a satirical film by a young director strongly inspired by the life of Silvio Berlusconi.
Runtime: 112 min.

Crime Novel

V.O.: Romanzo Criminale
It. 2005. Historic chronicle by Michele Placido with Kim Rossi Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino, Anna Mouglalis. Twenty years in the life of the members of a criminal gang that conquered the underworld of Rome.
Runtime: 152 min.

The Goodbye Kiss

V.O.: Arrivederci Amore, Ciao
It. 2004. Thriller by Michele Soavi with Alessio Boni, Michele Placido, Isabella Ferrari. In order to obtain pardon, a former left-wing terrorist agrees to become the informer of a corrupt police commissioner.
Runtime: 107 min.

L'Odeur du sang

V.O.: L'odore del sangue
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 115 min.

Policier

V.O.: Poliziotti
It. 1994. Crime drama by Giulio Base with Kim Rossi Stuart, Claudio Amendola, Michele Placido. A young police officer is assigned to guard a gangster who is hospitalized after a suicide attempt.

Forever Mary

V.O.: Mery per sempre
It. 1989. Social drama by Marco Risi with Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro Di Sanzo. A literature teacher working temporarily at a juvenile reformatory tries to appease the young delinquents in his class.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1988. Dramatic comedy by Marco Ferreri with Maruschka Detmers, Michele Placido, Juan Diego.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1988. Comedy by Jim Abrahams with Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Michele Placido. The company where they work being threatened, two sisters go to protest in front of the shareholders' meeting led by two sisters with whom they bear a striking resemblance.
Runtime: 98 min.

Summer Night ...with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

V.O.: Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico
It. 1986. Comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido, Roberto Herlitzka. A wealthy Milanese woman kidnaps a Sardinian bandit in order to force his associates to return the ransom money obtained from their abductions.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.

Trois Frères

V.O.: Tre Fratelli
Runtime: 112 min.
Runtime: 141 min.

Le Pré

V.O.: Il Prato
Runtime: 115 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.

Tigers in Lipstick

V.O.: Letti Selvaggi
It. 1979. Sketches by Luigi Zampa with Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Monica Vitti.
Runtime: 101 min.
It. 1978. Mores drama by Salvatore Samperi with Martin Halm, Virna Lisi, Michele Placido.
Runtime: 95 min.

La Marche triomphale

V.O.: Marcia Trionfale
It. 1976. Mores drama by Marco Bellocchio with Michele Placido, Franco Nero, Miou-Miou. A student who was drafter against his will becomes the lover of an officer's wife.
Runtime: 118 min.

Péchés en famille

V.O.: Peccati in Famiglia
It. 1975. Mores comedy by Bruno Gaburro with Michele Placido, Juliette Mayniel, Renzo Montagnani. Invited to stay with a wealthy uncle, an upstart seduces the daughter, wife and maid of his host.
Runtime: 97 min.

Mon Dieu, comment suis-je tombée si bas?

V.O.: Mio Dio, Come sono caduta in basso!
It. 1974. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido. The misadventures of an aristocrat who has made a misbegotten marriage.
Runtime: 103 min.

Come Home and Meet My Wife

V.O.: Romanzo popolare
It. 1974. Mores comedy by Mario Monicelli with Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido.
Runtime: 95 min.

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