Forget them Hollywood actors and give some props to MICHEL PICCOLI!

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This guy's filmography is incredible, he's worked with almost all the great French directors of his time, plus many others: Buñuel, Renoir, Demy, Sautet, Ferreri, Bava, Rivette, de Oliveira, Ruiz, Malle... even Hitchcock. And the list below includes less than half of his films, because I left out the stuff no one outside France or Italy has probably ever seen.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Belle de jour 1967 3
La Belle noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker) 1991 3
Milou en mai (May Fools) 1990 1
Le Fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) 1974 1
Les Acteurs (Actors) 2000 1
Des enfants gâtés (Spoiled Children) 1977 1
La Grande bouffe (Blow-Out) 1973 1
Maladie d'amour (Malady of Love) 1987 1
Liza (Love to Eternity) 1972 0
La Décade prodigieuse (Ten Days Wonder) 1971 0
La Femme en bleu (The Woman in Blue) 1973 0
L'Attentat (The Assassination) 1972 0
La Poudre d'escampette (Touch and Go) 1971 0
Themroc 1973 0
Les Noces rouges (Wedding in Blood) 1973 0
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) 1972 0
Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don't Touch the White Woman!) 1974 0
Le Sucre (The Sugar) 1978 0
Petite fille en velours bleu (Little Girl in Blue Velvet) 1978 0
L'État sauvage (The Savage State) 1978 0
Giallo napoletano (Neapolitan Mystery) 1978 0
Mado 1976 0
La Dernière femme (The Last Woman) 1976 0
Todo modo 1976 0
Leonor 1975 0
Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (Vincent, François, Paul and the Others) 1974 0
Grandeur nature (Life Size) 1974 0
Le Trio infernal (The Infernal Trio) 1974 0
Salto nel vuoto (A Leap in the Dark) 1980 0
La Chamade (Heartbeat) 1968 0
Masquerade 1965 0
De l'amour (All About Loving) 1964 0
Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (The Diary of a Chambermaid) 1964 0
Le Mépris (Contempt) 1963 0
Le Jour et l'heure (The Day and the Hour) 1963 0
Rafles sur la ville (Sinners of Paris) 1958 0
Nathalie (The Foxiest Girl in Paris) 1957 0
Les Sorcières de Salem (The Crucible) 1957 0
La Mort en ce jardin (Death in the Garden) 1956 0
French Cancan 1954 0
Compartiment tueurs (The Sleeping Car Murder) 1965 0
Lady L 1965 0
La Curée (The Game Is Over) 1966 0
Max et les ferrailleurs (Max and the Junkmen) 1971 0
Las Choses de la vie (The Things of Life) 1970 0
Topaz 1969 0
La Voie lactée (The Milky Way) 1969 0
Diabolik (Danger: Diabolik) 1968 0
Benjamin (The Diary of an Innocent Boy) 1968 0
Un homme de trop (Shock Troops) 1967 0
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort) 1967 0
Paris brûle-t-il? (Is Paris Burning?) 1966 0
Les Créatures (The Creatures) 1966 0
Destinées (Daughters of Destiny) 19540
Der Preis fürs Überleben (The Price of Survival) 1980 0
Boxes 2007 0
Compagna di viaggio (Traveling Companion) 1996 0
Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema) 1995 0
L'Ange noir (The Black Angel) 1994 0
al-Mohager (The Emigrant) 1994 0
Rupture(s) 1993 0
La Cavale des fous (Loonies at Large) 1993 0
Archipel 1993 0
From Time to Time 1992 0
Le Bal des casse-pieds 1992 0
Les Équilibristes (Walking a Tightrope) 1992 0
Party 1996 0
Tykho Moon 1996 0
Généalogies d'un crime (Genealogies of a Crime) 1997 0
Ne touchez pas la hache (Don't Touch the Axe) 2007 0
Belle toujours 2006 0
Jardins en automne (Gardens in Autumn) 2006 0
Espelho Mágico (Magic Mirror) 2005 0
La Petite Lili (Little Lili) 2003 0
Je rentre à la maison (I'm Going Home) 2001 0
Tout va bien, on s'en va (Everything's Fine, We're Leaving) 2000 0
París Tombuctú (Paris-Timbuktu) 1999 0
Rien sur Robert 1999 0
Passion in the Desert 1997 0
Le Voleur d'enfants (The Children Thief) 1991 0
Martha et moi (Martha and I) 1991 0
Il Generale dell'armata morte (The General of the Dead Army) 1983 0
Le Prix du danger (The Prize of Peril) 1983 0
Une chambre en ville (A Room in Town) 1982 0
Oltre la porta (Beyond the Door) 1982 0
Passion 1982 0
La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) 1982 0
La Passante du Sans-Souci (The Passerby) 1982 0
Espion, lève-toi (Rise Up Spy) 1982 0
Une étrange affaire (Strange Affair) 1981 0
La Fille prodigue (The Prodigal Daughter) 1981 0
La Diagonale du fou (Dangerous Moves) 1984 0
Viva la vie! (Long Live Life) 1984 0
Success Is the Best Revenge 1984 0
Blanc de Chine 1988 0
L'Homme voilé (The Veiled Man) 1987 0
La Rumba 1987 0
La Puritaine (The Prude) 1986 0
Mauvais sang (Bad Blood) 1986 0
Le Paltoquet 1986 0
Mon beau-frère a tué ma soeur (They've Killed Her!) 1986 0
Adieu Bonaparte 1985 0
Partir, revenir (Going and Coming Back) 1985 0
Péril en la demeure (Death in a French Garden) 1985 0
Atlantic City 1980 0


Tuomas, Friday, 15 June 2007 12:01 (eighteen years ago)

La Belle Noiseuse, of course. I re-watched Atlantic City last weekend; he's so good at playing slimeballs.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 15 June 2007 12:45 (eighteen years ago)

For me it's a tough choice between La Belle noiseuse and La Grande bouffe.

Tuomas, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:24 (eighteen years ago)

Has anyone seen Themroc? It sounds pretty interesting.

Tuomas, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:25 (eighteen years ago)

Impossible, but I went for Belle de Jour.

Dr Morbius, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

He has the most sympathetic role in The Young Girls of Rochefort, though it's kinda weird to see him sing and dance in a musical.

Tuomas, Friday, 15 June 2007 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

Bump.

Tuomas, Saturday, 16 June 2007 12:11 (eighteen years ago)

I went with "La Grande bouffe".

Jeb, Saturday, 16 June 2007 17:42 (eighteen years ago)

I remember seeing that almost ten years ago at the local movie archive, and being totally blown away by it. It's a so much better adaptation of "120 Days of Sodom" than Pasolini's. I wish they'd show it again some day, because I don't know where else I could see it.

Tuomas, Sunday, 17 June 2007 15:23 (eighteen years ago)

awesome filmography, i went with Phantom Of Liberty

gershy, Sunday, 17 June 2007 15:33 (eighteen years ago)

I'd almost fogotten he was in that. He was the police chief, right?

Tuomas, Monday, 18 June 2007 06:26 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, one of two. I think he plays the same character--or at least practically the same character--in Discreet Charm.

This thread got me to finally watch my DVD of Atlantic City, which I really enjoyed. Piccoli doesn't have alot of screentime in it, but he made every second count.

One notable snub on the ballot: Le Doulos, a dynamite early 60s noir directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Piccoli plays a connected night club owner who's feuding with Jean-Paul Belmondo. Well worth tracking down. Rialto Pictures is planning a re-release in the States.

C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 18 June 2007 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

speak of the devil

C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 01:59 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for "Spoiled Children" 'cause I watched him in it the other day and he was, as usual, GRATE.

Capitaine Jay Vee, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 05:08 (eighteen years ago)

"Le Doulos" rocks, btw.

Capitaine Jay Vee, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 05:08 (eighteen years ago)

Maybe I should include an picture of his in case someone doesn't remember who he is:

http://cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr/images/fiche_bio/b004/img0070.jpg

Tuomas, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 10:17 (eighteen years ago)

Owner of of one of the best sets of eye brows in film history (now there's a poll)

C. Grisso/McCain, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 17:10 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

RIP

brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 May 2020 12:52 (five years ago)

RIP. Isn't there one of those History of Cinema things where it's basically him and Godard sitting in a café the whole time, Godard being his ornery self and Piccoli saying over and over again "mais Jean-Luc, Jean-Luc" whilst tilting his head a bit and giving the sad-eye?

Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 May 2020 13:20 (five years ago)

:-(

xyzzzz__, Monday, 18 May 2020 13:21 (five years ago)

Reposting this great thing I posted on the obituary thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzyZKBQDDLg

Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 May 2020 13:22 (five years ago)

No votes for "Themroc"?

Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 18 May 2020 13:25 (five years ago)

Is that one about the French Revolution?

Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 May 2020 13:28 (five years ago)

Not quite.

Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 18 May 2020 13:29 (five years ago)

:(
adieu et merci, legend.

SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 18 May 2020 14:29 (five years ago)

Excellent in La Belle Noiseuse and in de Oliveira's unofficial sequel to Belle de Jour.

TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 May 2020 14:30 (five years ago)


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