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Michel Bouquet has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Night and Fog.
Absence of Malice
1981
Drama · Romance
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Voice
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
Dir. Alain Resnais · With Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Pierre Richard, Michel Bouquet, Fabrice Greco
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves home, with the intent to track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Dir. José Giovanni · With Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Mimsy Farmer
Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. However, his life changes when a young man approaches him to learn music.
Dir. Alain Corneau · With Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet
80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken away from a better life at birth; following a hospital fire, he vividly recalls being swapped with another new-born, and subsequently grows up in a poorer neighbouring household.
Dir. Jaco Van Dormael · With Michel Bouquet, Thomas Godet, Gisela Uhlen
A man begins to believe his wife is cheating on him.
Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Maurice Ronet
A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau
In the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
Dir. Gilles Bourdos · With Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet
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