Michael Lonsdale — Actor (71)
N: The Madness Of Reason (2014) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
N: The Madness Of Reason
director: Peter Krüger actor: Michael Lonsdale
other title: N - Der Wahn der Vernunft / N - La folie de la raison
N recounts the story of the Frenchman Raymond Borremans, who left Europe for Africa in the mid-20th-century. He devoted his life to the creation of the first encyclopaedia of this other world, dreaming of eternal recognition. He died, however, having only reached the letter N. With his encyclopaedia incomplete, his restless spirit drifts around West Africa, caught between life and death, past and present. This is the story of how he tries to complete his unfinished task from beyond death. N is both visually and musically a truly striking film. It is a multi-layered audio-visual symphony of great narrative richness. Hovering between dream and reality, this magical film plays on the confrontation between the Western mind and African spirituality.
The Accuser (1977) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Imprécateur
other title: L'Imprécateur / Der Ankläger
In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought to company offices for an official wake -- only no one at the company has ordered that such a thing be done. A mysterious prankster, who is able to imitate the voice of the company's president, has arranged these things. When Americans from the head office get wind of these developments, they institute a search for the perpetrator which leads to mysterious subterranean passages under the company's skyscraper.
Papa, the Lil' Boats (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Papa les petits bateaux…
director: Nelly Kaplan actor: Sheila White / Michel Bouquet
other title: Papa les petits bateaux… / 爸爸,小船
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.
Mad Enough to Kill (1975) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Folle à tuer
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...
Enigma (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Enigma
other title: El Enigma / 他來自東德
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.
There Once Was a Cop (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Il était une fois un flic...
other title: Ein toller Bluff / Il était une fois un flic...
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.
Adieu (2003) [Movie] Douban IMDb
Adieu
director: 阿诺·德帕利埃 actor: 迈克尔·朗斯代尔 / 奥利维埃·古尔梅
other title: 再会 / 永别
法国悲剧剧情片。伊斯迈尔因其知识分子的自由思想,在阿尔及利亚故乡遭到威胁,他逃到法国避难。他以寓言童话的方式写信给其妻子和女儿,叙述他偷渡的过程。在距此数百公里的奥维涅地区,一个法国农民家庭接到小儿子西蒙因车祸突然死亡的噩耗。葬礼当天,死者的父亲陷入令人担忧的悲痛之中,他其他的儿子拒绝接受上帝的帮助。导演透过两个独立的故事,探讨非法移民和生离死别的问题。
Out 1 (1971) [TV] TMDB
Out 1 : Noli me tangere
other title: Out 1 : Noli me tangere / 出局:禁止接触
Following the May 1968 civil unrest in France, two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus while two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.
Sweet Inquest on Violence (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Douce enquête sur la violence
director: Gérard Guérin actor: 迈克尔·朗斯代尔 / Élise Caron
other title: Douce enquête sur la violence / 关于暴力的甜蜜审讯
After a businessman is captured by kidnappers, his rescue seems incumbent on a group of filmmakers, rather than a lackluster police force -- a premise that is matched by the rest of this movie. The kidnapping victim rambles on philosophically with his captors, who end up leaving him alone -- thereby providing him with a chance to escape. As he makes a break for it, he is literally hounded by some guard dogs. Then there are also some interviews with people who know one of the kidnappers, though it is not clear why. Neither the victim, nor the kidnappers, nor the filmmakers can compete with the canines, the only protagonists who add some bite to the action.
Of Gods and Men (2010) [Movie] Min reol
Des hommes et des dieux
other title: Des hommes et des dieux / Von Menschen und Göttern
French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. 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.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (2003) [Movie] Min reol
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune
other title: Le Mystère de la chambre jaune / Das Geheimnis des gelben Zimmers
Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of Mathilde Stangerson, who uses the yellow room of the title as her bedroom. At the time of the revolver shots her room was locked and the windows were barred, but when her father enters after having forced the door, there is no-one there except for Mathilde. So who did it and how did he get away?