The Old Maid

1972

French

6.8

♡ 1

Action

Comedy

Jean-Pierre Blanc Director

Edith Scob as Edith, Monod's wife

Philippe Noiret as Gabriel Marcassus

Michael Lonsdale as Monod

Annie Girardot as Muriel Bouchon

Muriel is a shy woman who bluffs and blusters around in order to hide her shyness and to protect her loneliness, even though she longs wistfully for a companion of some sort. She has been lonely so long that now she is an old maid and has never been wooed. In this gentle French film, Muriel gets a glimpse of romance when Gabriel walks into the seaside hotel she is vacationing in. His car has broken down, and he has to stay there for a few days while it is repaired. Hers is the only dinner table with room at it, and Gabriel cannot prevent himself from charming women. She is stiff with him at first, but soon they develop a friendship.

Le juge

6.3

Philippe Lefebvre Director

Richard Bohringer as Le commissaire Lucien Innocenti

Michael Lonsdale as Le Docteur

Jacques Perrin as Le juge François Muller

Simon Michael as Le tueur du bar Lucien

A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.

Adorable Liar

1962

French

6.4

♡ 1

Action

Comedy

Romance

Michel Deville Director

Françoise Dorléac as

Michael Lonsdale as Albert

Jean-Marc Bory as Martin

Macha Méril as Sophie

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…

Five Times Two

2004

French

6.6

♡ 5

neglect of one's spouse

François Ozon Director

Michael Lonsdale as Bernard

Jean Neisser as Le Maire

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marion

Françoise Fabian as Monique

As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.

L'homme à la Buick

5.6

Gilles Grangier Director

Albert Dinan as Le plombier

Michael Lonsdale as L'inspecteur / The inspector

Henri Czarniak as Tonnerre

Jacques Marin as Un déménageur

Mr Jo, nicknamed "the man with the Buick", is the darling of the small town of Honfleur. But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad reputation who would like to forget about his past, now limiting himself to smuggling rubies under the cover of a charitable organization which offers underprivileged children holidays in Switzerland. However, Mr. Jo is in love with a pretty widow and, in order to marry her, he is willing to get involved in a hold-up again. And "the man with the Buick", who seemed so honorable, will surprise the inhabitants of Honfleur when Inspector Menard reveals his secret activities.

Mr. Klein

1976

French

7.5

♡ 14

100%

Joseph Losey Director

Massimo Girotti as Charles

Alain Delon as Mr. Robert Klein

Tina Aumont as Nightclub customer

Michael Lonsdale as Pierre

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

Gebo and the Shadow

2012

French

6.4

♡ 2

100%

51%

based on play or musical

Drama

honor

poverty

Manoel de Oliveira Director

Jeanne Moreau as Candidinha

Luís Miguel Cintra as Chamiço

Claudia Cardinale as Doroteia

Michael Lonsdale as Gebo

Despite his age and general weariness, Gebo keeps on working as an accountant to provide for his family. He lives with his wife, Doroteia, and his daughter-in-law, Sofia, but it is the absence of João, son and husband, that worries them.Gebo seems to be hiding something, especially to Doroteia, who is anxiously waiting to see her son again. Sofia is also waiting for her husband to come home, and yet she fears him. All of a sudden, João arrives and everything changes.

Of Gods and Men

2010

French

7.2

♡ 3

93%

75%

based on a true story

Xavier Beauvois Director

Lambert Wilson as Christian

Goran Kostic as Le chef de chantier croate

Michael Lonsdale as Luc

Abdelhafid Metalsi as Nouredine

A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.

Free Men

2011

French

6.6

♡ 2

76%

Ismaël Ferroukhi Director

Youssef Hajdi as Le deuxième résistant

Lubna Azabal as Leila

Michael Lonsdale as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit

Tahar Rahim as Younes Ben Daoud

In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known facts about the Muslim community in Paris during WWII, when the Paris Mosque and its dynamic leader played a pivotal role in supporting the resistance and rescuing Jews.

India Song

1975

French

6.1

♡ 14

Marguerite Duras Director

Delphine Seyrig as Anne-Marie Stretter

Vernon Dobtcheff as Georges Crawn

Mathieu Carrière as L'attaché d'ambassade allemand

Michael Lonsdale as Le vice-consul de Lahore

Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the boredom in her life.

The Trial

1962

English

7.6

♡ 21

84%

87%

Action

based on novel or book

Orson Welles Director

Anthony Perkins as Josef K.

Carl Studer as Man in Leather

Michael Lonsdale as Priest

Max Haufler as Uncle Max

The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.

Titeuf, le film

2011

French

5.8

♡ 3

Zep Director

Michael Lonsdale as Le psy

Maria Pacôme as Mémé

Jean Rochefort as Pépé

Elias Zayek as Titeuf

Titeuf is a comic series created by Swiss draughtsman Zep (real name Philippe Chapuis) depicting the life of a young boy (the title's namesake Titeuf, "Tootuff" in the English translation) and his vision of the adult world & themes such as love, sex, seduction and mysteries about the girls. In this film, Titeuf (Donald Reignoux) is off on a new comedic adventure! Things get complicated when Nadia (Melanie Bernier) doesn’t invite Titeuf to her birthday party, which is surely the most horrible moment of his life. Before long, Titeuf’s whole life is turned upside down when his parents are nearly deported. Everything continues to spiral out of control even in the midst of Titeuf’s exhaustive attempts to make matters right.

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

1974

French

6.1

♡ 9

Alain Robbe-Grillet Director

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Le commissaire de police

Michael Lonsdale as Le magistrat instructeur

Isabelle Huppert as L'étudiante

Olga Georges-Picot as Nora / L'avocate

A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.

Hibernatus

1969

French

6.6

♡ 9

59%

husband wife relationship

marriage proposal

Sci-Fi

Édouard Molinaro Director

Louis de Funès as Hubert de Tartas

Paul Bisciglia as Le prêtre moderne

Michael Lonsdale as Le professeur Édouard Loriebat

Carlo Nell as Un reporter

Hubert de Tartas' life becomes a complete muddle when his wife's grandfather is unearthed after having spent 65 years in frozen hibernation in the polar circle. After being de-frosted, the Hibernating Man believes it is still the beginning of the century. Nothing is spared to keep that illusion alive. At the end of his rope, Hubert blurts out the truth and takes the man from Edwardian times on a crazy spree through an ultramodern Twentieth Century.

Stavisky

1974

French

6.5

♡ 1

79%

Alain Resnais Director

Michael Lonsdale as Docteur Mézy

Gérard Depardieu as Le jeune inventeur

Jacques Spiesser as Michel Grandville

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Serge Alexandre Stavisky

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions gets exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

La traque

1975

French

7.2

♡ 5

Serge Leroy Director

Michael Lonsdale as David Sutter

Mimsy Farmer as Helen Wells

Michel Constantin as Le capitaine Nimier

Michel Fortin as Le chauffeur de taxi

Somewhere in rural France, a young English female tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the countryside. After she manages to escape, a party of local hunters agree to track her in order to cover up the scandal.

Murmur of the Heart

1971

French

7.5

♡ 20

94%

Louis Malle Director

Lea Massari as Clara Chevalier

Michael Lonsdale as Father Henri

Jacques Gheusi as Hotel receptionist

Henri Poirier as Uncle Leonce

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.

Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud

1995

French

7.2

♡ 6

Claude Sautet Director

Michael Lonsdale as Dolabella

Michèle Laroque as Isabelle

Emmanuelle Béart as Nelly

Jean-Hugues Anglade as Vincent Granec

Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.

The Bride Wore Black

1968

French

♡ 18

85%

François Truffaut Director

Michel Bouquet as Coral

Charles Denner as Fergus

Alexandra Stewart as Mlle Becker

Michael Lonsdale as Rene Morane

Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?

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