Michel Francini

Michel Francini

Born: March 14, 1921
Died: March 10, 2014
in Paris, France

Movies for Michel Francini...

Tati…par le geste
Title: Tati…par le geste
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2013
Type: Movie
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Colère
Title: Colère
Character: Le préfet
Released: July 16, 2010
Type: Movie
The town of Carzac Shakespeare suffered a violent attack that caused a fire in the local factory. Many dead and wounded. Two citizens investigate the drama and discover that its origin could be criminal.
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Rush Hour 3
Title: Rush Hour 3
Character: Old Man on Balcony
Released: August 8, 2007
Type: Movie
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?
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Un pique-nique chez Osiris
Title: Un pique-nique chez Osiris
Character: Eugène Pasquier
Released: May 21, 2001
Type: Movie
The year is 1898. Héloïse, 9 years old, comes from a family belonging to the anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic Parisian high bourgeoisie. In a spirit of revolt, she begins a love affair with Maxime, a young Jewish journalist. During a terrible quarrel with her father, the latter suffers a stroke and dies. To get her away from Maxime, her mother Mathilde and her cousin Olympe take Héloïse on a trip to the Orient. After Cairo and the Pyramids, they go up the Nile and cross the desert in a caravan.
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Robin des mers
Title: Robin des mers
Character: Commandant Salobin
Released: April 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In La Roche-sur-Mer, the factory where the father of Mathieu's boyfriend, a 12-year-old boy, works will close. Desperate, the man tries to commit suicide and is saved by his son.
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For Ever Mozart
Title: For Ever Mozart
Character: Le Baron Félix
Released: November 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Episodic film that follows a theater troupe from France attempting to put on a play in Sarajevo. Along their journey they are captured and held in a POW camp, and they call for help from their friends and relations in France.
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Dose mortelle
Title: Dose mortelle
Released: September 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Sylvie Drapier is an attractive 40-year old surgeon, specializing in liver transplants, who heads a department in the foremost clinic of a small country town. Divorced, she lives alone with her eight-year-old son, David. One night, returning home from a major operation, Sylvie is violently assaulted and raped in the garage of her building. In the furious struggle with the rapist, she manages to scratch him with a brooch. Several weeks later, the rapist attacks a pharmacist, but this time, the victim escapes by severely injuring him. The assaulter is hospitalized and must undergo a liver transplant, an operation which only Sylvie Drapier can perform...
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The Return of Casanova
Title: The Return of Casanova
Character: Lucien Ricardi
Released: May 12, 1992
Type: Movie
After many years of rambling across Europe the aging Giacomo Casanova is impoverished. He wants to return to the Republic of Venice but he doesn't dare going there directly because he was a fugitive when he left. While he tries to find a way to get a pardon he meets a young lady named Marcelina. The more he shows his affection, the more ostentatiously she rejects him. Even so he doesn't give up on her because her lover Lorenzo has grave gaming debts. In return for the required money Lorenzo tells Casanova about a looming secret rendezvous with Marcelina. Moreover he lets Casanova take his place. Undercover of the night Casanova finally seduces her. Lorenzo later feels his honor was besmirched and demands satisfaction. Casanova kills him in a duel and then goes home to Venice.
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Vanille fraise
Title: Vanille fraise
Character: Invité
Released: November 29, 1989
Type: Movie
Husband finds out that his wife is a secret agent and that she has a handsome partner.
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Once Around the Park
Title: Once Around the Park
Character: Emilio Giliotti
Released: March 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Al and Elsa have been a couple for some time, but the chances that their relationship will be long-lived are few. For one thing, Al is appallingly dependent on Elsa for his every emotional need. For another, Elsa is an incredibly elusive person, extremely difficult to pin down about anything - especially whatever is bothering her. How they have managed to survive this long is a cause for wonder. When Al gets an opportunity to be cast in a movie role, complete with no-cost occupancy in the casting agent's ugly but fashionable apartment, he jumps at the chance to provide a little material satisfaction for his beloved Elsa. But what exactly does she want?
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Title: Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Character: Colonel Raoul Dugommier
Released: June 8, 1988
Type: Movie
The leader of a nudist colony enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.
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Le piège à cons
Title: Le piège à cons
Character: Romirec
Released: October 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Ten years after the French political upheavals of 1968, a maturing "soixante-huitard" falls in with some young radicals who are influenced by a book he had written. But does he still have the guts to translate his ideas into acts against the state? And is he still attractive to younger chicks?
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Le Roi des bricoleurs
Title: Le Roi des bricoleurs
Character: Duchatel, le ministre
Released: February 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Goumic, an industrialist and his wife Anne lose their big house when their town's mayor coerces them to sell it for a low price.
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Title: Minichronique
Character: Le clapman
Released: December 20, 1976
Type: TV
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Sex Shock
Title: Sex Shock
Character: M. Berthier
Released: April 14, 1976
Type: Movie
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Incorrigible
Title: Incorrigible
Character: Robert, the boater (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
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The Red Ibis
Title: The Red Ibis
Character: Ratin
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
A mentally disturbed man named Jérémie is scouring the area in search of women he can strangle with his scarf, which is embroidered with an ibis.
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Title: Système 2
Character: Self
Released: January 19, 1975
Type: TV
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The Man Who Quit Smoking
Title: The Man Who Quit Smoking
Character: Head Waiter
Released: December 16, 1972
Type: Movie
The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.
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PlayTime
Title: PlayTime
Character: 1st Maitre D'
Released: December 16, 1967
Type: Movie
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist, and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.