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Michel Piccoli A pope ravaged by doubt in Nanni Moretti's Habemus papam (2011), a manipulative brothel customer in Buñuel's Belle de jour (1967), an obsessive cop in Max et les ferrailleurs (1971) or a cracked character in Claude Sautet's Les Choses de la vie (1970) and Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974)... With over 150 films to his credit, from the most popular to the most experimental, Michel Piccoli (1925-2020) was an immense film and stage actor. It was at the age of 18 that this son of musicians decided to become an actor. He trained at the Cours Simon and made his film debut two years later. At the same time, this theater enthusiast joined renowned companies, performing the classics of the repertory. Throughout his life, he worked with some of the greatest directors, including Jean Vilar, Peter Brook, Patrice Chéreau, André Engel and Luc Bondy. His film career took off with Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris (1963), starring Brigitte Bardot. By turns seducer, loudmouth and rogue, this singular actor explored all the registers of cinema, not hesitating to break away from a classic image, often tinged with irony, with provocative roles such as in Marco Ferreri's La Grande Bouffe (1973). This satire of consumerism and bourgeois decadence caused a scandal at the Cannes Film Festival. Piccoli has always taken risks in the name of a cinema that he believed should denounce the excesses of the times. For six decades, audiences fell under the spell of his intense, bushy-browed gaze, his deep, steady voice and, above all, his unique approach to acting, combining strength and fragility. We remember him as a man of conviction, a demanding actor with inexhaustible curiosity, who always knew how to reinvent himself. Fabienne Azire
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Timbre (héliogravure) : création Caroline Andrieu d'après photo (c) Jean-Pierre BONNOTTE/GAMMA-RAPHO Document philatélique : mise en page Caroline Andrieu d'après photo (c) Jean-Pierre BONNOTTE/GAMMA-RAPHO Cachet d’oblitération : création et mise en page Caroline Andrieu Texte : Fabienne Azire
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Commercialisation start date
November 17, 2025
Commercialisation end date
November 30, 2026
Adherence type
None
Printing technique
Offset
Number per sheet
1
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Philatelic program stamp
Official release date
November 17, 2025
Stamp format
210 x 297 mm
author
Caroline ANDRIEU
Product number
2125526
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