A popular actor since the success of “Bronzés”, Michel Blanc has alternated laughter and emotion by exploring the human soul in front of and behind the camera.
After the enormous public success of “Marche à l’ombre” (1984), his first film as a director, he broadened his range by disappearing as the first of the Splendid gang, notably with the transgressive “Tenue de evening” (1986) by Bertrand Blier. He plays the moving Antoine, who becomes infatuated with Gérard Depardieu and cross-dresses. The role, crowned with the Best Actor Prize at Cannes, marks a turning point in his career.
In the dramatic register, Michel Blanc also portrayed the disturbing “Monsieur Hire” (1989), according to Simenon, or a homosexual doctor at the beginning of AIDS in “Les Témoins” (2007) by André Téchiné.
After the missed appointment of the third opus of “Bronzés” in 2006, the actor, nominated four times for the César for best actor, won the precious statuette in 2012 for his unexpected second role as chief of staff in the political thriller “L ‘Exercise of the State’.
