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Pierre Clémenti

28 Sep, 1942 in Paris, France

Pierre Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor. Born in Paris, Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégret's Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine. Arguably, his most famous role... was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel, in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil. He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period, working with many of Europe's best known directors, including Luchino Visconti (The Leopard), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Pigsty) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist and Partner). Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani, Glauber Rocha, Miklós Jancsó and Philippe Garrel. In 1972, his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs. Due to insufficient evidence, Clémenti was released after 17 months; later he penned a book about his time in prison. After his release he played the role of ever-optimistic sailor of the Potemkin in Dusan Makavejev's scandalous movie Sweet movie, and the role of the seductive saxophone player Pablo in Fred Haines's film adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel Steppenwolf. Throughout his career, he continued to be active on-stage. He was also involved with the French underground film movement, directing several of his own films, which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors. Visa de censure no X was an experimental work made up of two of films. New Old was a feature length work released in 1978 in which Viva appeared. La Revolution ce ne'est qu'un debut, continuons le combat, followed by In the shadow of the blue rascal and Sun. He died of liver cancer in 1999 Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Clémenti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Sweet Movie
53% (1974)
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Little Lips
54% (1978)
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Partner
60% (1968)
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Quartet
58% (1981)
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Pigsty
71% (1969)
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Steppenwolf
60% (1974)
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Un film porno
48% (1968)
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The Idols
57% (1968)
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The Pacifist
48% (1970)
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Pop' game
80% (1968)
Massacres
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Exposed
48% (1983)
Les Bargasses
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Lamiel
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Clash
36% (1984)
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Quartet
58% (1981)
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The Leopard
77% (1963)
Homeo
54% (1967)
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New Old
62% (1979)
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The Sun
60% (1988)
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Paris s'en va
55% (1981)
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Edith's Diary
50% (1983)
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Dog Day
52% (1984)
Renaissance
80% (1970)
La famille
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Les frangines
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Crush Proof
48% (1972)
Jupiter
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Heads and Tales
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Positano
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Jack of Spades
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