France, 1940s. The French Riviera has not yet fallen into the hands Read More »
Tag Archives: Michel Piccoli
Lifesize AKA Grandeur nature (1974) Luis García Berlanga, Michel Piccoli, Valentine Tessier, Rada Rassimov
Michel is a middle aged man with a troubled marriage. He feels lonely, has been unfaithful to his wife Read More »
Themroc (1973) Claude Faraldo, Michel Piccoli, Béatrice Romand, Marilù Tolo
This extraordinary romp uses no language whatever, except gestures and grunts. Read More »
Neapolitan Mystery AKA Giallo napoletano (1979) Sergio Corbucci, Marcello Mastroianni, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli
A mandolin professor, reduced to playing the itinerant player Read More »
The Big Feast AKA La Grande Bouffe (1973) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi
Four successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive Read More »
The Woman in Blue AKA La femme en bleu (1973) Michel Deville, Michel Piccoli, Lea Massari, Michel Aumont
Pierre, musician, lives in Paris. He is happy and has everything to be: an apartment, a nice job Read More »
The Beautiful Troublemaker AKA La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Jacques Rivette, Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Béart
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife in his countryside Read More »
The Diary of an Innocent Boy AKA Benjamin ou Les mémoires d’un puceau (1968) Michel Deville, Michèle Morgan, Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti
France, 1750s; Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Read More »
Heartbeat AKA La chamade (1968) Alain Cavalier, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Roger Van Hool
Lucile, 25, is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a rich, good-hearted businessman. Read More »
Weak Spot AKA La faille (1975) Peter Fleischmann, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, Mario Adorf
Based on a novel by Antonis Samarakis, Peter Fleischmann’s La faille also known as Weak Spot stars Ugo Tognazzi as Georgis Read More »
Malady of Love AKA Maladie d’amour (1987) Jacques Deray, Nastassja Kinski, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Piccoli
Mad love. Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. Read More »
Tykho Moon (1996) Enki Bilal, Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli
The McBee family has erected a government over a future ‘colony’, that looks like a run-down Paris Read More »
Don’t Touch the White Woman! AKA Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Director Mario Fererri reenacts the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in this wild Read More »
The Assassination AKA L’attentat (1972) Yves Boisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg
Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Read More »
Wedding in Blood (1973) Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran, Michel Piccoli, Claude Piéplu
Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Read More »