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Michel Blanc - what members say

Monsieur Hire review by from Stourbridge

Overlooked gem 10 July 2006
...Essentially a love story, Michel Blanc's affecting yet unsympathetic portrayal of the creepy eponymous loner is aided by Michael Nyman's excellent score resulting in a movi... Read customer review

The Witnesses review by A customer from Birmingham

Tough love 5 October 2008
...t's powerful drama made from great performances by its stars (Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Blanc, and Sami Bouijala), and highly watchable. ... Read customer review

Michel Blanc - filmography

L'exercice de l'État (2011)
Starring: Arly Jover, Zabou Breitman, Michel Blanc
Director: Pierre Schöller
Certificate:

26% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

The Girl on the Train on DVD (2010)
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Émilie Dequenne, Emilie Dequenne
Director: André Téchiné, Andre Techine
Certificate:
A drama centered on a young woman who claims she was the target of an anti-Semetic attack and the subsequent media sensation it creates.

57% from 940 members

The Second Wind on DVD (2007)
Starring: Daniel, Philippe Chaine, Daniel Auteuil
Director: Alain Corneau
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
1958. Gu, a famous and dangerous gangster who has received a life sentence, escapes from prison. On the run, he decides to flee the country to settle abroad with Manouche, the woman he loves. Gu decides to pull off one last heist but the police’s scheming makes him appear as a traitor to his own ..read more »

58% from 366 members

The Witnesses on DVD (2007)
Starring: Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Beart, Sami Bouajila
Director: Andre Techine
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This moving and powerful drama from the acclaimed director of "Alice and Martin" and "Strayed" follows the lives of a group of friends and lovers in 1980s France. Handsome young Manu (Johan Liberau) arrives in Paris where he shares a cheap hotel room with his sister (Julie Depardieu). He soon ..read more »

57% from 1,616 member

Summer Things on DVD (2002)
Starring: Carole Bouquet, Charlotte Rampling, Lou Doillon
Director: Michel Blanc
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When Elizabeth's husband comes up with every excuse to stay in Paris with his mistress, Elizabeth invites friend Julie, with her screaming baby in tow, on holiday instead. Based on the Joseph Connolly novel.

60% from 1,568 member

The Monster (1995)
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi
Director: Roberto Benigni, Michel Filippi
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A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising situations (for which there is always a totally innocent explanation that the police fail to spot). Undercover ..read more »

67% from 67 members
Currently unavailable

Prospero's Books (1991)
Starring: John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc
Director: Peter Greenaway
Certificate:
A magician's spell, the innocence of young love and a dream of revenge unite to create a tempest.

71% from 73 members
Currently unavailable

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Jeff Goldblum, Natasha Richardson
Director: Ben Lewin
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A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favour for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle ..read more »

75% from 2 members
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Merci La Vie (1991)
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg, Gerard Depardieu
Director: Bertrand Blier
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In Betrand Blier's MERCI LA VIE, two young women at the end of their ropes--Camille (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Joelle (Anounk Grinberg)--cause mayhem in a small town. A dark, surreal comedy, Blier's film is perplexing, shocking, and fascinating.

47% from 754 members
Currently unavailable

Monsieur Hire on DVD (1989)
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire
Director: Patrice Leconte
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Lonely and shy bachelor Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc), suspected in the murder of a girl, secretly watches his young, attractive neighbor Alice (Sandrine Bonnaire) through the window. Once, when lightning flashes during a thunderstorm, she notices his face in the window and comes to him to find out ..read more »

67% from 1,453 member

Evening Dress (1986)
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Michel Blanc, Miou-Miou
Director: Bertrand Blier
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A bisexual petty criminal named Bob encounters a married couple arguing in a bar. Bob breaks up the fight and proceeds to seduce first the wife and then the husband. Then Bob teaches the couple how to be burglars and they join him in his criminal exploits.

71% from 8 members
Currently unavailable

Les Bronzes on DVD (1978)
Starring: Josiane Balasko, Luis Rego, Marie-Anne Chazel
Director: Patrice Leconte
Certificate:
Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, competitions, outings, bathing and sunburn accompany a continual succession of casual affairs.

60% from 446 members

Michel Blanc facts

5 most recent films

L'exercice de l'État - 1.5 stars
The Girl on the Train - 3.0 stars
The Second Wind - 3.0 stars
The Witnesses - 3.0 stars
Summer Things - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Prospero's Books - 3.5 stars
Monsieur Hire - 3.5 stars
The Monster - 3.5 stars
Summer Things - 3.0 stars
Les Bronzes - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

L'exercice de l'État - 1.5 stars
Evening Dress - 3.5 stars
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish - 4.0 stars
Merci La Vie - 2.5 stars
The Girl on the Train - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jacques Dutronc - 4 times - show films
Gerard Depardieu - 2 times - show films
Karin Viard - 2 times - show films
Michel Creton - 2 times - show films
Carole Bouquet - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andre Techine - 3 times - show films
Bertrand Blier - 2 times - show films
Alain Corneau - 2 times - show films
Patrice Leconte - 2 times - show films
André Téchiné - 2 times - show films