Michel Piccoli

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On War
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
The Black Angel
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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, ...
Walking a Tightrope
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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 ...
La Belle Noiseuse
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
Going and Coming Back
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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 ...
A Room in Town
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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.
The Eyes, the Mouth
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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.
Atlantic City
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Weak Spot

Jan. 01, 1975

Weak Spot

During the brutal era of the military government, an innocent tourist manager is accused of being a member of the illegal resistance movement.
The Infernal Trio
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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 ...
The Phantom of Liberty
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The Phantom of Liberty

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis ...
La Grande Bouffe
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La Grande Bouffe

May. 16, 1973

La Grande Bouffe

Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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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 ...
Max and the Junkmen
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Max and the Junkmen

Feb. 17, 1971

Max and the Junkmen

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.
Topaz
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Topaz

Dec. 17, 1969

Topaz

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, ...