Micheline Presle — Actor (31)
Charming Fellow (2001) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Charmant garçon
other title: Charmant garçon
Octave and his friends, Achille and Hector, wander around at night in the grocery stores, the regulars' restaurants and the creepy bars. Octave meets Esther by chance. These two people have diametrically opposed characters. She is beautiful, cultured, free, creative, while he is rude, violent and whiny. The latter falls in love with her. The game is going to be difficult.
Good Weather, But Stormy Late This Afternoon (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée
other title: Beau temps mais orageux en fin de journée / Beau temps, mais orageux, en fin de journee
This slice-of-life drama about an elderly couple and their estranged son covers twenty-four fateful hours that begin with the usual daily routine for the retired pair of former teachers (Micheline Presle and Claude Pieplu). Then their son telephones to say he will be coming over with his girlfriend and the normal pattern is changed, as he visits them rarely. While the mother is obsequious to her son when he arrives, past hurts and resentments bubble up during lunch, making it difficult for the son to tell them he is getting married. This is news enough, but the effect that announcement has on the son and his fiancée is unexpected and events later on in the day take a turn for the worse.
Lust (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
La Luxure
other title: Die Wollust / La Luxure
This short film by Jacques Demy was based on his memories of growing up in Nantes, France. While it was initially made for the omnibus film THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (as the segment on "Lust"), it has also been distributed and exhibited separately.
Comedy of Happiness (1940) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
La Comédie du bonheur
other title: La Comédie du bonheur / Das Glück
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But Jourdain manages to escape and decides to make everybody happy except... his heirs!
Twilight (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Félicie Nanteuil
other title: Félicie Nanteuil / Historia de cómicos
At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.
Devil in the Brain (1972) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Il diavolo nel cervello
other title: El cerebro del mal / 心魔
Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her husband Fabrizio shot dead and her young son Ricky standing beside him with a gun, Sandra suffered a complete breakdown and now lives in isolation with her protective mother. The latter saved the young boy from recrimination by placing the gun in his father's hand, making it seem like he committed suicide. However, things are not what they seem...
Epiphany Sunday (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Jour des rois
other title: Le Jour des rois / Le jour des rois
Three old sisters get together every Sunday. For Epiphany Sunday, the program is busy: eating at the Chinese restaurant, drawing the kings and finally going to see, reluctantly, the show of the fourth sister, the extravagant one, the scandalous one, who is part of a comic troupe of the third age...
Mignon Has Left (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mignon è partita
other title: Die französische Cousine / Mignon est partie
With her father on trial, 15-year-old Mignon leaves Paris to stay with her Italian relatives. The rather prim, snooty teen at first struggles to fit in with the more earthy Forbicioni family, each with their own problems. Eventually she bonds with her lovestruck little cousin Giorgio—who'll learn important life lessons over the course of his summer with Mignon.
Something Fishy (1994) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pas très catholique
director: Tonie Marshall actor: Anémone / Christine Boisson
other title: Pas très catholique / 我行我素
A private eye finds that her professional and personal lives are beginning to intertwine in this French drama. Maxime Chabrier (Anémone) is a woman in her mid-40s who works as a private detective. Despite her chain smoking and sloppy appearance, Maxime is regarded as a skilled investigator by her colleagues and considered the best PI at her agency by her boss. While Maxime has romantic dalliances with both men and women, she hasn't been involved in a long-term relationship since she left her husband 15 years ago. However, Maxime is hired to look into a case that suggests that her former husband has become involved with insurance fraud, which brings her into contact with her 17-year-old son Baptiste (Gregoire Colin) for the first time since the divorce. Just as Maxime is trying to mend fences with her son and find out what her ex has gotten himself into, she finds herself falling in love with Jacques (Michel Didym), an economist.
The Baron of the Locks (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Baron de l'écluse
other title: Ein Herr ohne Kleingeld / Le Baron de l'écluse
The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. Meanwhile, there is a certain charming cafe owner that the Baron finds irresistible -- at least for awhile.