Michael Lonsdale — Actor (20)
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Adorable Liar (1962)
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Michel Deville actor: Marina Vlady / Macha Méril …
other title: Le bugie nel mio letto / Das Spiel der Lüge …
Juliette is a young woman who just can't help lying. She lies to her sister, Sophie, to Sophie's fiancé Martin, and to all the men she attracts with her womanly charms. But when she falls for an older man, a 40-year old lawyer, her reputation as a liar precedes her and she cannot convince him that she really does love him…
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There Once Was a Cop (1972)
Il était une fois un flic... WikiData IMDb TMDB
Georges Lautner actor: Michael Lonsdale / Michel Constantin …
other title: C'era una volta un commissario... / Ein toller Bluff …
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.
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Mad Enough to Kill (1975)
Folle à tuer IMDb TMDB
Yves Boisset actor: Marlène Jobert / Tomas Milian …
other title: Teufelskreis der Gewalt / Folle à tuer
Julie Ballenger has spent five years in a psychiatric clinic. Leaving the clinic apparently cured, she is hired by a wealthy industrialist, Mostri, to work as a governess to his young nephew, Thomas. The boy is heir to a huge fortune after the recent death of his wealthy parents who died in mysterious circumstances. During a visit to a park, Julie and Thomas are kidnapped at gun-point and driven away to deserted quarry. The two hostages manage to escape, but are closely pursued by an armed killer...
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Jefferson in Paris (1995)
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James Ivory actor: Nick Nolte / Greta Scacchi …
other title: Jefferson à Paris / Jefferson en París (Los amores de un presidente) …
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
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Enigma (1982)
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Jeannot Szwarc actor: Martin Sheen / Brigitte Fossey …
other title: Enigma - Il codice dell'assassino / El Enigma …
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
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The Itchy Palm (1960)
La main chaude WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gérard Oury actor: Jacques Charrier / Macha Méril …
other title: La main chaude / La Main chaude …
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.
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Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
Le crime ne paie pas WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gérard Oury actor: Annie Girardot / Louis de Funès …
other title: Il delitto non paga / Verbrechen aus Liebe …
A man walks into a movie theater in Paris and starts watching a film—the same one we're watching, consisting of four stories of best criminal intentions gone awry from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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Goya's Ghosts (2006)
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Miloš Forman actor: Javier Bardem / Natalie Portman …
other title: L'ultimo inquisitore / Os Fantasmas de Goya …
Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.
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Papa, the Lil' Boats (1971)
Papa les petits bateaux… WikiData IMDb TMDB
Nelly Kaplan actor: Sheila White / Michel Bouquet …
other title: Papa les petits bateaux… / Papa the Little Boats …
In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (aka Venus de Palma) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and charming enough to outwit her kidnappers by setting one against the other until they have all killed each other or died trying to prove thier worth to her.
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Galileo (1975)
Galileo
Joseph Losey actor: Chaim Topol / Edward Fox …
other title: La vida de Galileo
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.
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Special Section (1975)
Section spéciale
Costa-Gavras actor: Louis Seigner / Michael Lonsdale …
other title: L'affare della sezione speciale / Seção Especial de Justiça …
In Nazi-occupied France, a German officer is assassinated. The Germans demand justice, and the Vichy government is quick to capitulate. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, Minister of Justice Joseph Barthélémy decides the execution of token Frenchmen will suffice, but the problem is finding judges and jurors eager to participate in a sham trial of innocent men. The solution is a Special Section, a court comprised of individuals handpicked for this exact purpose.
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Out 1: Spectre (1973)
Out 1: Spectre WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Jacques Rivette actor: Juliet Berto / Jean-Pierre Léaud …
other title: Out 1 : Spectre / Out 1: Espectro
Out 1: Spectre begins as nothing more than scenes from Parisian life; only as time goes by do we realize that there is a plot—perhaps playful, perhaps sinister—that implicates not just the thirteen characters, but maybe everyone, everywhere. Real life may be nothing but an enormous yarn someone somewhere is spinning...
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Erendira (1983)
Eréndira
Ruy Guerra actor: Irene Papas / Claudia Ohana …
other title: Eréndira
While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the girl, forces her into prostitution. Erendira's surreal mystical experiences continue while her grandmother grows rich from exploiting her.