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Tag Archives: Michel Simon
The Bitch AKA La chienne (1931) Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. Read More »
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life AKA La più bella serata della mia vita (1972) Ettore Scola, Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Charles Vanel

A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. Read More »
Boudu saved from drowning (1932) Jean Renoir, Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska

Boudu, a tramp, jumps into the Seine. He is rescued by Mr Lestingois, a gentle and good bookseller, who gives shelter to him. Read More »
The Two of Us (1967) Claude Berri, Michel Simon, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist

Claude is a Jew. Because of the risks of an arrest (France is occupied by the Nazis), his parents send him away to an elderly couple in the country. Read More »
La poison (1951) Sacha Guitry, Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes

Fed up with his wife Blandine, an alcoholic shrew, Paul Braconnier decides to get rid of her. Read More »
Baby’s Laxative (1931) Jean Renoir, Marguerite Pierry, Jacques Louvigny, Michel Simon

Porcelain maker invites a guest to sell him chamber pots, however family problems cause interruptions. Read More »
Bizarre, Bizarre (1937) Marcel Carné, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Comedy

In Victorian London, the botanist Irwin Molyneux and his wife Margaret Molyneux are bankrupted Read More »
Le quai des brumes / Port of Shadows (1938) Marcel Carné, Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Life’s a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. Read More »
Non coupable / Not Guilty (1947) Henri Decoin, Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Georges Bréhat, Crime, Drama

Michel Ancelin is an alcoholic doctor: the more the people look down on him as a miserable failure the more he hates his own guts… Read More »