Micha Bayard

Micha Bayard

Born: November 20, 1930
Died: July 1, 2021
in Paris, France

Movies for Micha Bayard...

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Title: The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Character: Maman Tonnerre
Released: April 24, 1991
Type: Movie
This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.
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Les Sièges de l'Alcazar
Title: Les Sièges de l'Alcazar
Character: The cinema usher
Released: March 29, 1989
Type: Movie
Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma and terminal cinephile, plans to write about the Vittorio Cottafavi retrospective at the Alcazar, his local cinema. One day he notices that Jeanne, film critic of Postif, the rival magazine, seems to be following him. He is intrigued-- is she interested in him, or planning to poach his praise for Cottafavi in her own article?
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L'Énigme des sables
Title: L'Énigme des sables
Released: July 7, 1988
Type: Movie
A team of amateur filmmakers sets off, camera in hand, to the south of Morocco. During their stay, one of the members of the group, Fanette, a vulgar vampire, is murdered. The Moroccan police do not find the culprit, and Paris takes over the case. The inspector in charge of the investigation decides to view all the "works" made on site, in the presence of their author.
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The Comedy of Work
Title: The Comedy of Work
Character: Le concierge
Released: March 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Sylvain Berg, a "professional" unemployed who spends his time hiking and mountain climbing, and "model" bank employee Benoît Constant, who has just been fired and does not want his wife to find out, both find themselves in Françoise Duru's office at an employment agency. Françoise is secretly in love with Sylvain, so in order to keep him close she convinces her employer to give Sylvain a job he doesn't want, instead of Benoit who not only wants it but also has the right qualifications.
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Le Beauf
Title: Le Beauf
Character: L'épicière
Released: January 7, 1987
Type: Movie
Gilbert, assigned to incinerate old banknotes at the Bank of France, lives with his wife, Gisèle, and his young son, Thomas. A few years earlier, he had formed a rock band with Serge and Gisèle's brother, Marc. The latter, abusing his naivety, make him believe that he has been robbed of a briefcase containing a million dollars and that, because of his fault, Marc is in danger of dying. The objective is to force Gilbert to put his incinerator out of order to facilitate the bank robbery. Gilbert refuses at first, then gives in. But he discovers that he has been cheated. To get revenge, he tells the police the date and time of the robbery.
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Title: La Poupée de Sucre
Character: la sorcière Pirana / l'infirmière
Released: December 15, 1983
Type: TV
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Car Cemetery
Title: Car Cemetery
Character: Lasca
Released: April 30, 1983
Type: Movie
The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without being stopped by the police. These people are led by Emanou who is a sort of Messiah, who promises music rather than salvation.
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San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Title: San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça
Character: La femme de Pinuche
Released: May 20, 1981
Type: Movie
Walter Klozett is a spy arrested and imprisoned by the French Police who know him in possession of stolen booty which the French secret services would like to recover at all costs.
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Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
Title: Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
Character: Elvire
Released: December 19, 1979
Type: Movie
The Saracens invade Spain again, but they seem content to compose music and watch the dancers.
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Pierrot mon ami
Title: Pierrot mon ami
Character: The landlady of the hotel
Released: February 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place the women in an ascending current of air which makes their skirts fly. A fight in this Palace makes him lose his job. Then he meets Yvonne, the daughter of Pradonet, the owner of the funfair. He falls in love with Yvonne who hardly seems to share his feelings.
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Surprise Sock
Title: Surprise Sock
Character: L'infirmière
Released: June 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Following a car accident, four men find themselves in the hospital, where they sow discord. Meanwhile, their wives take full advantage of their newfound freedom.
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The Groper
Title: The Groper
Released: September 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Because he dishonored the daughter of a mafia boss, Ernesto must leave Rome and take shelter with his uncle in Paris. There, he thinks of only one thing: to seduce girls.
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Monsieur Balboss
Title: Monsieur Balboss
Released: December 3, 1975
Type: Movie
Inspector Balboss, a corrupt police officer with a criminal streak, takes under his wing a young vagrant he meets by chance and sets about teaching him the tricks of the trade.
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Title: Ces grappes de ma vigne
Character: La Crona
Released: November 21, 1975
Type: TV
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Cher Victor
Title: Cher Victor
Released: June 6, 1975
Type: Movie
A pair of elderly men, friends for 40 years, find their relationship stressed when they set up housekeeping together in order to save money. Exploring similar ground to that covered in Neil Simon's play The Odd Couple, which spawned a movie and a television series, Ce Cher Victor explores the tragic and dramatic aspects of the story. The two friends, meek, sensitive Anselme (Bernard Blier) and blustering Victor (Jacques Dufilho) are swiftly driven apart by circumstances.
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En grandes pompes
Title: En grandes pompes
Released: June 5, 1975
Type: Movie
The Robinards form a family divided into two irreconcilable clans: the Léonce branch and the Sébastien branch. That day, the village of Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon was abuzz with activity: at the cemetery, the grandfather, Sébastien Robinard, was buried. At the same time, Marcel Robinard, a descendant of Léonce, was getting married in church. Not to mention a bicycle race and a parade. All these events collide.
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A Whale That Had a Toothache
Title: A Whale That Had a Toothache
Character: La serveuse
Released: April 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Bernardette is feeling bored in a country house. She decides to send weekend invitations to a lot of people.
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Title: Numéro un
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1975
Type: TV
A French variety show.
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The Magnificent One
Title: The Magnificent One
Character: La secrétaire de Charron
Released: November 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A writer of pulp fiction imagines himself as the dashing hero and his English neighbor as his love interest.
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The Angels
Title: The Angels
Released: August 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Larry, who is awaiting a large inheritance, lives with his uncle who hopes to receive part of the hefty sum. He meets another specimen of its kind, weak, lazy and eager to show off, who lives on the hooks of an elderly woman. The two thugs sympathize and cause, by game, a fatal accident. From perverse games to silly games, they enter a deadly spiral.
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Title: Les Misérables
Character: La Thénardier
Released: September 21, 1972
Type: TV
An ex-convict who wants to make an honest life for himself is pursued by the implacable hatred of a policeman.
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Five Leaf Clover
Title: Five Leaf Clover
Released: August 22, 1972
Type: Movie
A middle-aged couple moves into an old villa populated by eccentric characters.
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La Lucarne magique
Title: La Lucarne magique
Character: Une concierge
Released: October 4, 1971
Type: Movie
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La Grande Maffia
Title: La Grande Maffia
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: Movie
After receiving a mobster's heart as a transplant, a modest bank teller embarks on a life of criminal exploits.
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Title: The House in the Woods
Character: Mme Latour
Released: September 12, 1971
Type: TV
During World War One, in a small rural French village far away from the front, a gamekeeper and his wife take in children displaced by the war.
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The Boat on the Grass
Title: The Boat on the Grass
Character: Germaine
Released: April 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Despite their social differences, poor David and the rich Olivier are the best friends. David took the young Eleanor in Olivier's Paris apartment. When Olivier meets her there, he takes her to the country, where the three build a boat on the meadow. Eleanore divided the friends.
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Le Cinema de Papa
Title: Le Cinema de Papa
Character: une actrice
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Claude Berri plays himself as he relates his own experiences through youth and adolescence. His father owns a profitable fur shop. Initially, Claude's father hopes his son will take over the fur shop, but he later gives in to Claude's desire to become involved in filmmaking.
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Sophie's Ways
Title: Sophie's Ways
Character: Juana
Released: February 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Céline is a free-spirited woman is married to a dull, middle manager Philippe. Her husband's co-worker pegged her as a household ornament because of the union. She befriends a woman who shows her how to juggle the couple's living expenses to get what she wants. As she asserts her independence and gradually frees herself from her husband's claustrophobic world, she turns to painting and writing about the inequity between genders.
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L'amour
Title: L'amour
Character: La voisine en colère
Released: July 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A young couple has just got married. He is an advertising artist in an agency on the Champs-Elysees. She is a window dresser in a department store on Boulevard Haussmann.
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A Very Curious Girl
Title: A Very Curious Girl
Character: La Goulette (Mélanie Lechat)
Released: December 3, 1969
Type: Movie
Treated as an outcast and exploited by the villagers of a small town, a young woman liberates herself through sex, which she uses as a tool of economic gain and an instrument of revenge against those who have wronged her.
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La Honte de la famille
Title: La Honte de la famille
Character: Mémé
Released: November 7, 1969
Type: Movie
On the day of his marriage, the son of a Marseille king declares to his family that he wishes to engage in the police.
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The Brain
Title: The Brain
Character: L'épouse d'André (non créditée)
Released: March 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
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La Fête des mères
Title: La Fête des mères
Character: Germaine
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Big Wash
Title: The Big Wash
Released: November 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Sickened to see his students always sleeping in class, a teacher with a colleague and an anarchist start a war against the television. They climbed on Paris roofs to coat the T.V. antennas with a special product cutting the signal reception.
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Les Compagnons de la marguerite
Title: Les Compagnons de la marguerite
Character: Paulette Papin
Released: January 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Jean-Louis Matouzec works for French National Library as an expert looking after the restoration of old manuscripts.He falsifies marriage certificates as his wife refuses divorce.
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Ubu Roi
Title: Ubu Roi
Character: Queen Rosemonde
Released: September 20, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on Alfredy Jarrry's 1896 play about a greedy, overweight, selfish dude named Pere Ubu. The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and eventually slaughters everyone. Along his side, is the equally crude but somehow more likable Mere Ubu, who's like a foul mouthed Lady Macbeth.
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The Fire Within
Title: The Fire Within
Released: October 15, 1963
Type: Movie
Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for all. His wife, living in New York, continues to pay for his treatment, but no longer contacts him directly. He intends to commit suicide, but first takes a ride to Paris to catch up with old friends.
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Le cercle vicieux
Title: Le cercle vicieux
Character: Greta - la cuisinière allemande
Released: April 27, 1960
Type: Movie
A young artist, an occasional gigolo, marries an older woman for her dough; however, he has not broken with his younger lover.