Michel Piccoli

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Holy Motors
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Holy Motors

Jul. 02, 2012

Holy Motors

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these ...
The Black Angel
5.8

The Black Angel

Nov. 11, 1994

The Black Angel

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, ...
La Belle Noiseuse
7.5

La Belle Noiseuse

Sep. 04, 1991

La Belle Noiseuse

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas ...
Mauvais Sang
7.2

Mauvais Sang

Nov. 26, 1986

Mauvais Sang

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner’s son to ...
Death in a French Garden
6.8

Death in a French Garden

A wealthy wife’s affair with her daughter’s guitar tutor is threatened when the tutor is attacked and rescued by a hired killer, ...
Success Is the Best Revenge
5.8

Success Is the Best Revenge

Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize ...
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
7.8

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted ...
On War
5.9

On War

Oct. 01, 2008

On War

After a freak accident changes his perspective on life, a Parisian filmmaker meets a stranger who brings him to a commune that’s populated ...
Elsa the Rose
6.8

Elsa the Rose

Oct. 23, 1966

Elsa the Rose

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.
The Dust of Time
6.5

The Dust of Time

Nov. 22, 2008

The Dust of Time

A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in ...
Raining Cats and Frogs
6.6

Raining Cats and Frogs

It’s a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, ...
Passion in the Desert
6.3

Passion in the Desert

Aug. 31, 1997

Passion in the Desert

Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign. Napoleon ...
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
6.7

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his ...
One Hundred and One Nights
6.5

One Hundred and One Nights

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about ...
Le bal des Casse-pieds
5.4

Le bal des Casse-pieds

A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.
Walking a Tightrope
6.9

Walking a Tightrope

Sep. 01, 1991

Walking a Tightrope

A famous, ruthless writer takes a handsome young worker, with aspirations of becoming a tightrope artist, as his lover and protege, but suffers ...
Going and Coming Back
6.3

Going and Coming Back

Mar. 27, 1985

Going and Coming Back

Salomé Lerner just finished writing an autobiography. She goes to a TV show called “Apostrophes”, hosted by French TV showman Bernard ...
Dangerous Moves
6.6

Dangerous Moves

Apr. 15, 1984

Dangerous Moves

World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who defected to the West from the ...
A Room in Town
6.8

A Room in Town

Oct. 27, 1982

A Room in Town

Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
5.5

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, ...
The Prize of Peril
6.8

The Prize of Peril

Jan. 25, 1983

The Prize of Peril

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is ...
The Eyes, the Mouth
6.1

The Eyes, the Mouth

Sep. 10, 1982

The Eyes, the Mouth

A rich Italian’s shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover.
The War Is Over
7.3

The War Is Over

May. 11, 1966

The War Is Over

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but ...
Atlantic City
7.3

Atlantic City

Sep. 03, 1980

Atlantic City

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, ...
Fire’s Share
5.7

Fire’s Share

Jan. 04, 1978

Fire’s Share

Real estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his partner. He reacts calmly and even encourages ...
Spoiled Children
6.4

Spoiled Children

Sep. 06, 1977

Spoiled Children

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the ...
The Last Woman
6.4

The Last Woman

Apr. 20, 1976

The Last Woman

Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left ...
Weak Spot
6.5

Weak Spot

Jan. 01, 1975

Weak Spot

Greece 1974 – during the brutal era of the military government, and innocent tourist manager (Ugo Tognazzi) is accused of being a member of ...
The Infernal Trio
6.2

The Infernal Trio

May. 22, 1974

The Infernal Trio

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as ...