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  • La Belle Noiseuse
  • La Belle Noiseuse review by A customer from The Isle of Man
    Rated - 4 stars Beautiful 22 September 2004
    ...k with it, it is mesmeric. The relationships between the artist Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli)and the girlfriend Liz (Jane Birkin) provides the main source of tension with t...  
  • Les Noces Rouges
  • Les Noces Rouges review by Bribaba from London
    Rated - 2 stars Low Fidelity 18 August 2005
    ...a flavour this could easily have passed for a TV drama. Stephane Audran and Michel Piccoli have little to do except hug each other somewhat more frantically than necessar...  

Michel Piccoli - filmography


  • The Dust of Time (2008)
    Starring: Willem Dafoe,  Bruno Ganz,  Michel Piccoli
    Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in the former Soviet Union, "The Dust of Time" follows the lives of a small group of people over a 50 year period. Willem Dafoe plays A., a stressed-out Greek-American helmer who's behind on his shoot of a movie based on his mother's longtime love for two men.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 5 members
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  • Don't Touch The Axe on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jeanne Balibar,  Guillaume Depardieu,  Michel Piccoli
    Director: Jacques Rivette
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Set during the Restoration, when society was dominated by hypocrisy, the importance of appearances and money, the film follows the ups and downs of a doomed love story, with a blend of passion and revenge between General Montriveau and the Duchesse de Langeais.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 44% from 477 members
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  • Gardens In Autumn on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Severin Blanchet,  Otar Iosseliani,  Denis Lambert
    Director: Otar Iosseliani
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A French cabinet minister is forced to resign after a scandal and wide-spread protest ousts him from power. Returning to his apartment in the working class neighbourhood of his youth he soon finds refuge with old friends and that money doesn't necessarily equal happiness.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 212 members
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  • Rien Sur Robert on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Fabrice Luchini,  Sandrine Kiberlain,  Valentina Cervi
    Director: Pascal Bonitzer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Rien Sur Robert is a smart comedy about a man haunted by his experiences. Didier Temple is a journalist who writes an article about a Bosnian film he had never seen, calling it "pure fascist propaganda." But he slowly becomes convinced that he is being followed, and it isn't long before his ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 92 members
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  • Dangerous Moves (1984)
    Starring: Michel Piccoli,  Alexandre Arbatt,  Liv Ullmann
    Director: Richard Dembo
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Two very different men compete in the World Chess Championship Games. One is a 52-year-old Soviet Jew and chess master for the past 12-years, and the other is a 35-year-old genius who defected to the West several years earlier.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 6 members
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  • Atlantic City (1981)
    Starring: Burt Lancaster,  Susan Sarandon,  Kate Reid
    Director: Louis Malle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The legalization of gambling in Atlantic City brings about big changes in the life of an aging small time numbers runner when he becomes involved with big money and the mob. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Burt Lancaster, Best Actress--Susan Sarandon,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 542 members
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  • That Obscure Object of Desire on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Carole Bouquet,  Fernando Rey,  Angela Molina
    Director: Luis Bunuel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Luis Buñuel's last film is as just audacious as any of his classics. Wealthy sadomasochist Fernando Rey falls hard for a young maid and she's only too happy to make him suffer. Buñuel's bizarre stroke is having Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina alternate playing the maid!
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 690 members
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  • Le Mepris on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Brigitte Bardot,  Jack Palance,  Michel Piccoli
    Director: Jean-Luc Godard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Widely acknowledged as a classic, LE MEPRIS is the story of Paul, a writer, and Camille, a couple in a tempestuous marriage. When Paul accepts a job to review a big screen version of Homer's Odyssey, the arguments over how the script should turn out mirror the arguments in Paul's relationship.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,636 member
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  • Le Doulos on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo,  Serge Reggiani,  Jean Desailly
    Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This complex down-beat thriller follows the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice Faugel, a crook just out of prison and Silien (Belmondo), who may or may not be a doulos or finger man (a kind of high-class informer). Maurice, wasting no time, immediately begins to put himself on the ..read more »
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Michel Piccoli - watch online


  • Gardens in Autumn to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Severin Blanchet,  Severin Blanchet,  Michel Piccoli
    Director: Otar Iosseliani
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 117 minutes
    Odile -a very, very attractive woman- became Vincent's mistress because he was a minister, a man in power, not too ugly, good drinker, eater, a bon vivant. Odile had but one flaw: she sang nineteenth century romances and Vincent, back from work, had to suffer the torture of listening as she sang ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 60% from 2 members
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  • Don't Touch The Axe to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: Jeanne Balibar,  Guillaume Depardieu,  Bulle Ogier
    Director: Jacques Rivette
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 100 minutes
    In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. She is Antoinette, for five years he has searched for her. Flash back to their meeting in Paris, he recently returned from Africa, she married and part of the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7 members
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Michel Piccoli facts

5 most recent films

The Dust of Time - 1.5 stars
Belle Toujours - 2.0 stars
Don't Touch The Axe - 2.0 stars
Gardens In Autumn - 2.5 stars
The Empire In Africa - 3 stars

5 highest-rated films

Le Doulos - 3.5 stars
That Obscure Object of Desire - 3.5 stars
The Phantom of Liberty - 3.5 stars
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - 3.5 stars
Luis Bunuel collection - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Empire In Africa - 3 stars
The Dust of Time - 1.5 stars
Dangerous Moves - 2.0 stars
Le Mepris - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Mauvais Sang - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Catherine Deneuve - 18 times - show films
Jean Sorel - 11 times - show films
Jeanne Moreau - 10 times - show films
Monica Vitti - 9 times - show films
Angela Molina - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Luis Bunuel - 12 times - show films
Leos Carax - 5 times - show films
Jean-Luc Godard - 3 times - show films
Jacques Rivette - 3 times - show films
Luis Buñuel - 2 times - show films