Pierre Clémenti

Known for ActingBorn 1942-09-28Died 1999-12-27Paris, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Attendre le navire

Massacres

A Christmas Carol

Madame Sourdis

La famille

Jupiter

Antenna

Les Frangines

The Silent Woman

Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories

Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge'

Wheel of Ashes

Pop' game

The Infernal Machine

The Conformist

The Leopard

The Red Poster

Deuil en 24 heures

The Sorceror's Apprentice

Renaissance

Patrik Pacard

Belle de Jour

In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal

The Austrian

Manon Roland

Rapt ou la Séparation des races

The Fall of the House of Usher

Stridura

Enchanted Isles

The Milky Way

Pigsty

Le Pont du Nord

Jack of Spades

The Revolution Is Only a Beginning. Let's Continue Fighting.

Shock Troops

The Son of Amir Is Dead

The Inner Scar

Nightmare

Visa de censure n° X

Brigade Anti Gangs

La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur

La deuxième femme

L'amour des femmes

Hideous Kinky

New Old

Hard to Be a God

The Idols

Edith's Diary