His distinguished career extended to both stage and screen and his versatility was such that he could take on just about any persona in his own words. Michel piccoli and philippe noiret, should be famous there as well. There, they engage in group sex and resolve to eat themselves to death. Starring marcello mastroianni, phillipe noiret, ugo tognazzi, michel piccoli and andrea ferreol. Photo andrea ferreol, marco ferreri, michel piccoli. Four friends, played by international superstars marcello mastroianni fellinis 8. He won the best actor award at the cannes film festival. This suave, elegant character star was a ubiquitous presence in french cinema for nearly seven decades. It satirises consumerism and the decadence of the bourgeoisie and was. The grande bouffe and blowout is a 1973 frenchitalian film directed by marco ferreri. Michel piccoli is a television producer, ugo tognazzi is a successful chef and. The film centres on a group of friends who plan to eat themselves to death. His breakthrough came after jeanluc godards contempt 1963 and about 100 films, ranging from arthouse movies to commercial mainstream, followed. Michel piccoli, ugo tognazzi, marcello mastroianni, p.
It stars marcello mastroianni, ugo tognazzi, michel piccoli, philippe noiret. It stars marcello mastroianni, ugo tognazzi, michel piccoli, philippe noiret and andrea ferreol. A mordant, chilling, hillarious dirty movie a group of men hire some prostitutes and go to a villa in the countryside. He has one of the longest careers in french cinema, and is regarded worldwide as a symbol of frances film history, more specifically of the 1960s and 70s.
A group of men go to a villa in the french countryside where they. A group of men go to a villa in the french countryside where they resolve to eat themselves to death. Born in a musicians family, he spent the first fifteen years of his career appearing both on stage and on screen, mostly in supporting roles. Because, as michel piccoli muses midway through the film, besides food, all is epiphenomenal. Marcello mastroianni, michel piccoli, philippe noiret, ugo tognazzi, andrea ferreol, solange blondeau, florence giorgetti. Avec philippe noiret, marcello mastroianni, michel piccoli, andrea ferreol, ugo tognazzi, cordelia piccoli, bernard menez, louis navarre, henri.
Marcello mastroianni, ugo tognazzi, michel piccoli realisateur. A group of men go to a villa in the french countryside where. Extracts from the television series couleurs autour dun festival featuring interviews with the cast and crew recorded during the cannes film festival. I still have the image in my mind of the guy eating the two blancmanges at the end of the picture. The big feast, blow out, the grande bouffe, the great feed, blowout. Marcello mastroianni, ugo tognazzi, michel piccoli, philippe noiret, andrea ferreol genre. With marcello mastroianni, michel piccoli, philippe noiret, ugo tognazzi. Its the story of four friends who gather for a weekend of eating and wenching that gradually reveals itself as a suicide pact.