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Michel Piccoli

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French Can CanFrench Can Can (French Cancan, Only the French Can) (1955) Recommended
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Michel Piccoli, Dora Doll
Jean Renoir returned to France after 15 years absence to make this vibrant tribute to the Parisian world of his father, the Impressionist painter…
Diary of a ChambermaidDiary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Georges Geret, Michel Piccoli
Maid Jeanne Moreau manipulates two blue–blooded households to ascend her status in pre–war France. Another shrewd political jape from the…
Belle De JourBelle De Jour (Beauty of the Day) (1967) Recommended
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli
Cool and elegant comedy of manners about a virginal newlywed who works the day shift in a high class brothel. Bunuel's surrealist…
Milky Way, TheMilky Way, The (1968)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny
Bunuel experiments with narrative in relating theories of traditional Catholicism to the encounters of two wandering vagrants.
Danger DiabolikDanger Diabolik (1968) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli
Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
La ChamadeLa Chamade (Heartbeat) (1968)
Dir. Alain Cavalier
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Catherine Deneuve flitters between youthful passion and the comfort of an older, wealthy lover in this elegant menage a trios, lessened only by an…
TopazTopaz (1969)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. John Forsythe, Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin
Intelligence spooks John Forsythe and Frederick Stafford run through the gamut of spy moves in the 60s Cold War world. Needless to say, Hitch ain't…
Dillinger is DeadDillinger is Dead (1969) Recommended
Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg, Annie Girardot
Indefinable late–sixties curio finds gas mask designer Michel Piccoli at a loose end in his gaudy suburban home. A gun that may have belonged…
Things of Life, The Things of Life, The (Les Choses De La Vie) (1970)
Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Jean Bouise
Golden Palm nominated French comedy focusing on the life of a fatally injured man who upon seeing his life flash before his eyes realizes he must…
Grande Bouffe, LaGrande Bouffe, La (1973) Recommended
Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli
A wonderful bare–faced satire that indulges its social metaphor through a dinner party of four rich, bored middle–aged men who decide to…
ThemrocThemroc (1973) Recommended
Dir. Claude Faraldo
Feat. Michel Piccoli
Satirical in a most primitive, bestial way, this astonishing fable sees frustrated factory–worker Michel Piccoli cease to speak one morning,…
Vincent, François, Paul et les autresVincent, François, Paul et les autres (1974)
Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani
French drama following three friends facing mid–life crises, based on the novel La grande Marrade by Claude Néron.
PassionPassion (1982)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
'Film within a film' from France's thorniest director, sowing narrative confusion in his story of director Michel Piccoli trying to make a arthouse…
Une Chambre en VilleUne Chambre en Ville (1982)
Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli
Another entirely sung–through French musical from the director of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, this time set against the backdrop of a workers'…
Mauvais SangMauvais Sang (The Night Is Young) (1986)
Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche
A street–punk joins a gang of hoods intent on stealing a top–secret serum, but complications prevail. Romantic thriller contains…
Milou En MaiMilou En Mai (May Fools) (1989) Recommended
Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou
In May of '68, a rural family gather for the reading of their matriarch's will, an event that will strangely affect their idyllic existence. Stephane…
Martha and IMartha and I (1990)
Dir. Jiri Weiss
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Marianne Sagebrecht
A touching, humourous yarn from the director's childhood memoirs. He witnesses his eccentric uncle (Michel Piccoli) marry his under–educated…
La Belle NoiseuseLa Belle Noiseuse (1991) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Emmanuelle Beart
Rivette's four–hour portrait of an artist as an old man explores the process and politics of a retired artist painting a nude model. Subtle,…
Tykho MoonTykho Moon (1997)
Dir. Enki Bilal
Feat. Julie Delpy, Michel Piccoli
Mixed sci–fi odyssey features stunning art direction, but a rather shapeless plot involving an aging dictator’s search for life saving brain…
Passion in the Desert, APassion in the Desert, A (1998)
Dir. Lavinia Currier
Feat. Ben Daniels, Michel Piccoli, Paul Meston
An intense, almost supernatural relationship develops between a leopard and its prey, a French soldier from Napoleon's Army lost in the Egyptian…
I'm Going HomeI'm Going Home (2001) Recommended
Dir. Manoel de Oliveira
Feat. Michel Piccoli, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Calmly balanced between drama and sly comedy, this excursion into the trials and experiences of old age, is a late tour–de–force by the…
Don't Touch the AxeDon't Touch the Axe (Duchess of Langeais, The) (2007)
Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier
A duchess and a general play out an unusual courtship in this engrossing period chamber piece, elevated by the superb interplay between the two…
We Have a PopeWe Have a Pope (Habemus Papam) (2011) Recommended
Dir. Nanni Moretti
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Margherita Buy
Michel Piccoli plays a reluctant successor to the recently deceased pope in this comic look inside the Vatican Church.
Holy MotorsHoly Motors (2012) Recommended
Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes
Leos Carax's first feature in over a decade is an unclassifiable romp through the streets of Paris, led by a world–weary actor (Denis Lavant)…

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