Michel Piccoli

  • Claude Faraldo – Themroc (1973) (HD)

    Claude Faraldo1971-1980ComedyFranceThe Films of May '68
    Themroc (1973) (HD)
    Themroc (1973) (HD)

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    Themroc is a very unusual 1973 French film by director Claude Faraldo. Made on a very low budget with no intelligible dialog, Themroc tells the story of a French blue collar worker who rebels against modern society, reverting into an urban caveman.

    The Themroc history is about a typical middle-aged French worker who rebels against the absurdity of everyday life. He shares an apartment with his ​​mother and sister, every day goes to boring and non-profit work. But one day, all of a sudden, in complete frustration, he destroys all his property, demolishes the walls of his apartment, it literally turns into a cave and starts to act like a Neanderthal. His rebellion, his anti-social activities are amazingly attractive to the neighbors, and they soon begin to do the same. Police trying to find a way to contain his behavior.Read More »

  • Jirí Weiss – Martha et moi (1990)

    Jirí Weiss1981-1990DramaFrance
    Martha et moi (1990)
    Martha et moi (1990)

    Quote:
    A child meets his uncle, a Czech Jew living in the south of Germany in the days before the 2nd world war. Without taking care of social prejudices, the uncle marries Martha, his servant. When the Nazis come to the power the young and the couple move to Prague. Then is Martha who defends her marriage to a Jew against the society…Read More »

  • Jean-Luc Godard – Le mépris aka Contempt (1963)

    Jean-Luc Godard1961-1970DramaFrance
    Le mépris (1963)
    Le mépris (1963)

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    “C’est un film simple sur des choses compliquées”, this is how J.L. Godard once described Le mépris : “It’s a simple film about complicated things.”

    I. “Totalement, tendrement, tragiquement”
    II Cinecittà, “All kinds of real human beings.”
    III. Prokosch’s villa in Rome – “About the money and your wife”
    IV. In the appartment – “I’m not going, I’m not going”
    V. In the theater (where one sells lies)
    VI. Capri – “I have to know why you despise me”
    VII. “Adieu”
    VIII. Ithaque – “Silenzio!”Read More »

  • Manoel de Oliveira – Je rentre à la maison AKA I’m Going Home (2001)

    Manoel de Oliveira2001-2010DramaFrance
    Je rentre à la maison (2001)
    Je rentre à la maison (2001)

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    I’m Going Home (French: Je rentre à la maison, Portuguese: Vou Para Casa) is a 2001 French-Portuguese film written and directed by Manoel de Oliveira.

    Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli) is a grand old theatre actor who receives the shocking news that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car accident. As time passes, Valence busies himself with his daily life in Paris, turning down unsuitable roles in low-brow television productions and looking after his 9-year-old grandson. When an American filmmaker (John Malkovich) miscasts him in an ill-conceived adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses, Valence finds himself compelled to make a decision about his life.Read More »

  • Claude Sautet – Max et les ferrailleurs AKA Max and the Junkmen (1971) (HD)

    1971-1980Claude SautetCrimeFranceThriller
    Max et les ferrailleurs (1971) (HD)
    Max et les ferrailleurs (1971) (HD)

    A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.Read More »

  • Jacques Rouffio – Le Sucre AKA The Sugar (1978)

    1971-1980FranceJacques RouffioPoliticsThriller

    One influent person make the curves of the sugar price rocket up artificially on the stock market whereas on the other side of the power another person losses all his money when the market crash down after somebody advised him to invest on sugar.Read More »

  • Jean-Luc Godard – Le mépris aka Contempt (1963) (HD)

    1961-1970DramaFranceJean-Luc Godard

    Quote:
    “C’est un film simple sur des choses compliquées”, this is how J.L. Godard once described Le mépris : “It’s a simple film about complicated things.”Read More »

  • Yves Boisset – L’attentat AKA The French Conspiracy AKA The Assassination (1972)

    1971-1980FrancePoliticsThrillerYves Boisset

    Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services to help in capturing the political activist. A police informer, Darien, is forced to lure Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to make a television coverage about the Third World. Arriving in Paris, Sadiel is captured and delivered to his opponents. Disgusted by the way he has been manipulated, Darien tries to turn back the clock, unknowing who’s dealing with.Read More »

  • Luciano Tovoli – Il generale dell’armata morta AKA The General of the Dead Army (1983)

    ArthouseDramaItalyLuciano Tovoli

    Twenty years after WWII an Italian general (Marcello Mastroianni) and a military chaplain (Michel Piccoli) embark on a mission through the heart of Albania searching for the remains of Italian soldiers who once fought on the side of the Fascists. Based on Albanian author Ismail Kadare’s famous 1963 novel of the same name. Also starring Anouk Aimée.Read More »

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