Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Producer,
Artistic director
Born 1945, USSR
 
 
Nikita MIKHALKOV
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Никита Сергеевич МИХАЛКОВ
Nikita MIKHALKOV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2020 - The Film that Went Wrong (История неполучившегося фильма) [documentary, 91 mn]
2014 - Sunstroke (Солнечный удар) [fiction, 175 mn]
2011 - Burnt by the Sun 2 : Citadel (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Цитадель) [fiction, 157 mn]
2010 - Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Предстояние) [fiction, 180 mn]
2007 - 12 (12) [fiction, 153 mn]
2003 - Mum (Мама) [documentary, 60 mn]
2003 - Father (Отец) [documentary, 57 mn]
1998 - The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник) [fiction, 179 mn]
1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Утомленные солнцем) [fiction, 154 mn]
1993 - Anna from six till eighteen (Анна от 6 до 18) [documentary, 100 mn]
1993 - Vspominaya Chekhova (Вспоминая Чехова)
1991 - Territory of Love / Close to Eden (Урга) [fiction, 120 mn]
1990 - Hitch-hiking (Автостоп) [fiction, 56 mn]
1987 - Dark Eyes (Очи черные) [fiction, 121 mn]
1983 - In Private / Without Witness (Без свидетелей) [fiction, 95 mn]
1981 - Kinfolk (Родня) [fiction, 98 mn]
1979 - Several Days of Oblomov’s Life (Несколько дней из жизни И.И.Обломова) [fiction, 143 mn]
1978 - Five evenings (Пять вечеров) [fiction, 103 mn]
1977 - Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино) [fiction, 103 mn]
1975 - Slave of Love (Раба любви) [fiction, 94 mn]
1974 - Friend Among Strangers, Stranger Among Friends (Свой среди чужих чужой среди своих) [fiction, 97 mn]
1970 - Quiet Day at War's End (Спокойный день в конце войны) [fiction, 38 mn]
1969 - Dear Words (Дорогие слова) [fiction, 29 mn]
1968 - And I Go Home (А я уезжаю домой...) [fiction, 29 mn]
1967 - Devochka i veshchi (Девочка и вещи) [documentary, 10 mn]
 
Writer
2020 - The Film that Went Wrong (История неполучившегося фильма) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 91 mn]
2014 - Sunstroke (Солнечный удар) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 175 mn]
2011 - Burnt by the Sun 2 : Citadel (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Цитадель) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 157 mn]
2010 - Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Предстояние) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 180 mn]
2007 - 12 (12) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 153 mn]
1998 - The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 179 mn]
1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Утомленные солнцем) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 154 mn]
1993 - Anna from six till eighteen (Анна от 6 до 18) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 100 mn]
1991 - Territory of Love / Close to Eden (Урга) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 120 mn]
1990 - Hitch-hiking (Автостоп) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 56 mn]
1987 - Dark Eyes (Очи черные) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 121 mn]
1986 - My Favorite Clown (Мой любимый клоун) from Yuri KUSHNEREV [fiction, 86 mn]
1983 - In Private / Without Witness (Без свидетелей) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 95 mn]
1979 - Several Days of Oblomov’s Life (Несколько дней из жизни И.И.Обломова) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 143 mn]
1978 - Five evenings (Пять вечеров) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 103 mn]
1977 - Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 103 mn]
1977 - Trans-Siberian Express (Транссибирский экспресс) from Eldor URAZBAEV [fiction, 93 mn]
1974 - Friend Among Strangers, Stranger Among Friends (Свой среди чужих чужой среди своих) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 97 mn]
1971 - Risk (Риск) from Vasili PASKARU [fiction, 91 mn]
1970 - Quiet Day at War's End (Спокойный день в конце войны) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 38 mn]
1968 - And I Go Home (А я уезжаю домой...) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 29 mn]
 
Actor
2021 - Bondarchuk. Battle (Бондарчук. Battle) from Ilya BELOV [documentary, 93 mn]
2020 - Stanislavsky. Zhazhda zhizni (Станиславский. Жажда жизни) from Yulia BOBKOVA [documentary, 100 mn]
2011 - Burnt by the Sun 2 : Citadel (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Цитадель) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 157 mn]
2010 - Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Предстояние) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 180 mn]
2009 - Far Eastern Exodus. Island of Russians (Дальневосточный исход. Остров Русских) from Irina BAKHTINA [documentary, 52 mn]
2009 - Far Eastern Exodus. The Yankovskis (Дальневосточный исход. Янковские) from Irina BAKHTINA [documentary, 52 mn]
2008 - Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker' (Рерберг и Тарковский. Обратная сторона 'Сталкера') from Igor MAYBORODA [documentary, 140 mn]
2007 - 12 (12) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 153 mn]
2006 - It Does'nt Hurt (Мне не больно) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 104 mn]
2006 - Fat Stupid Rabbit (Тупой жирный заяц) from Slava ROSS [fiction, 90 mn]
2005 - Blind Man's Bluff (Жмурки) from Aleksey BALABANOV [fiction, 105 mn]
2005 - The State Counsellor (Статский советник) from Philip YANKOVSKY [fiction, 127 mn]
2003 - Mum (Мама) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 60 mn]
2003 - Father (Отец) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 57 mn]
1998 - The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 179 mn]
1996 - Revizor (Ревизор) from Sergey GAZAROV [fiction, full length film]
1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Утомленные солнцем) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 154 mn]
1993 - Anna from six till eighteen (Анна от 6 до 18) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 100 mn]
1990 - Unizhenye i oskorblennye (Униженные и оскорбленные) from Andrey ESHPAJ jr. [fiction, 106 mn]
1984 - A Cruel Romance (Жестокий романс) from Eldar RIAZANOV [fiction, 145 mn]
1982 - Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) from Eldar RIAZANOV [fiction, 140 mn]
1982 - Flights in Dreams and in Reality (Полеты во сне и наяву) from Roman BALAIAN [fiction, 92 mn]
1981 - Kinfolk (Родня) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 98 mn]
1981 - Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa. Sobaka Baskerviley (Приключения Шерлока Холмса. Собака Баскервилей) from Igor MASLENNIKOV [TV fiction, 154 mn]
1978 - Siberiada (Сибириада) from Andrey KONCHALOVSKY [fiction, 275 mn]
1977 - Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (Неоконченная пьеса для механического пианино) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 103 mn]
1975 - Slave of Love (Раба любви) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 94 mn]
1974 - Friend Among Strangers, Stranger Among Friends (Свой среди чужих чужой среди своих) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 97 mn]
1972 - Happy Go Lucky (Печки-лавочки) from Vasili SHUKSHIN [fiction, 101 mn]
1972 - Station-Master (Станционный смотритель) from Sergey SOLOVYOV [fiction, 68 mn]
1970 - Sport, sport, sport (Спорт , спорт , спорт) from Elem KLIMOV [fiction, 85 mn]
1969 - Nest of Gentlefolk (Дворянское гнездо) from Andrey KONCHALOVSKY [fiction, 111 mn]
1969 - Red Tent (Красная палатка) from Mikhail KALATOZOV [fiction, 158 mn]
1969 - Song of Manshuk (Песнь о Маншук) from Mazhit BEGALIN [fiction, 78 mn]
1966 - Shutochka (Шуточка) from Andrey SMIRNOV , Boris YASHIN [TV fiction, 16 mn]
1965 - Roll-Call (Перекличка) from Daniil KHRABROVITSKY [fiction, 116 mn]
1963 - I Walk Around Moscow (Я шагаю по Москве) from Georgi DANELIYA [fiction, 78 mn]
1961 - Priklyucheniya Krosha (Приключения Кроша) from Genrikh OGANISYAN [fiction, 85 mn]
1960 - Clouded Skies Over Borsk (Тучи над Борском) from Vasili ORDYNSKY [fiction, 86 mn]
1959 - The Sun Shines For All (Солнце светит всем) from Konstantin VOYNOV [fiction, 93 mn]
1948 - Stantsionnyy smotritel (Станционный смотритель)
 
Producer
2021 - World Champion (Чемпион мира) from Aleksey SIDOROV [fiction, 145 mn]
2021 - The White Whale (Белый кит) from Tatyana FEDOROVSKAYA [fiction, 120 mn]
2020 - Silver Skates (Серебряные коньки) from Michael LOCKSHIN [fiction, 136 mn]
2020 - Streltsov (Стрельцов) from Ilya UCHITEL [fiction, 101 mn]
2020 - The Film that Went Wrong (История неполучившегося фильма) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 91 mn]
2017 - Three Seconds (Движение вверх) from Anton MEGERDICHEV [fiction, 133 mn]
2016 - The Crew (Экипаж) from Nikolay LEBEDEV [fiction, 138 mn]
2013 - Legenda N°17 (Легенда №17) from Nikolay LEBEDEV [fiction, 134 mn]
2011 - Burnt by the Sun 2 : Citadel (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Цитадель) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 157 mn]
2011 - The Road Side House (Дом на обочине) from Anton SIVERS [fiction, full length film]
2010 - Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus (Утомленные солнцем 2 : Предстояние) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 180 mn]
2007 - 1612. A Chronicle of the Time of Troubles (1612: Хроники Смутного времени) from Vladimir KHOTINENKO [fiction, 150 mn]
2005 - The State Counsellor (Статский советник) from Philip YANKOVSKY [fiction, 127 mn]
2003 - Mum (Мама) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 60 mn]
2003 - Father (Отец) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 57 mn]
2000 - The gentle age (Нежный возраст) from Sergey SOLOVYOV [fiction, 115 mn]
1998 - The Barber of Siberia (Сибирский цирюльник) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 179 mn]
1994 - Burnt by the Sun (Утомленные солнцем) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 154 mn]
1993 - Anna from six till eighteen (Анна от 6 до 18) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [documentary, 100 mn]
1990 - Hitch-hiking (Автостоп) from Nikita MIKHALKOV [fiction, 56 mn]
 
Artistic director
2009 - Russkie bez Rossii. Anna Marly (Русские без России. Анна Марли) from Tatyana KARPOVA [documentary, 40 mn]
 
Sites : www.trite.ru, IMDb, Chapaev.media

Author :

Awards :
Ordre du Chevalier de la Grande Croix d'Italie
Prize for the contribution to International Cinema, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2010
Prize Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo International Film Festival : TIFF, Japan, 2008
12 :
Best actor, Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2008
Best film, Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2008
Best directing, Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2008
Best music, Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2008
Best music, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2007
Turkish Gambit :
Best actor, Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2006
The State Counsellor :
Best actor, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005
Best actor, Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2005
Unizhenye i oskorblennye :
Best actor, Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 1999
Burnt by the Sun :
Jury's Special Grand Prix, Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1994
Territory of Love / Close to Eden :
Best directing, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1992
Audience Award, Cinema for all, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1992
Golden Lion for Best Film, Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1991
Pasinetti Award, Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1991
OCIC Award, Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1991
In Private / Without Witness :
FIPRESCI Prize, Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 1983
In Private / Without Witness :
Prix national de la meilleure réalisation, 1984
Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano :
Conque d'or au Festival de San Sebastian, 1977
Premier prix au Festival de Chicago, 1978
A Sentimental Trip Home :
Prix du meilleur télé-film au Festival du Monde slave, 1995
Friend Among Strangers, Stranger Among Friends :
Prix du jury au Festival de Dehli, 1975
The Barber of Siberia :
Grand prix au festival "Vive le cinéma de Russie!" (Виват кино России!), 1999
Prix du public au Festival Kinotavr, Sotchi, 1999
Territory of Love / Close to Eden :
Prix FELIX du meilleur film, 1993
Prix NIKA du meilleur réalisateur, 1992
Prix du meilleur film au Festival "Kinotavr", 1992
Burnt by the Sun :
Oscar du meilleur film étranger aux USA, 1995

Biography
Nikita Mikhalkov-Konchalovski was born in Moscow on October 28, 1945. He first wanted to become an actor and eventually chose directing, while continuing to act in a number of films. After studying at VGIK (class of M. Romm), Mikhalkov directed A quiet day at the end of the war , medium length film. His films, from Friend among enemies, enemy among his own , evoking the struggle between "Reds" and "Whites" at the dawn of the Bolshevik revolution, as well as L 'Slave of love , evoke the intimate history of beings against the background of the violence of History, during the Soviet period. Mikhalkov prefers intrigue from the past, which allows him to avoid censorship.
Nikita Mikhailkov never left the U.S.S.R., but has always kept his distance from the regime. From the end of the 1980s, with the liberalization of the regime, he toured with the help of France, The Black Eyes and Urga, his greatest international successes. Then he turns, co-produced with France, Anna and Soleil trompeur , of which he plays the main role himself: Mikhalkov denounces the cruelty of Stalinism and Gulag : his nostalgia for eternal Russia, that of the time of the tsars, appears in these films, and in his fresco, (presented at the opening of the 52nd Cannes Festival) The Barber of Siberia where he plays himself- even the role of sovereign Alexander III.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- 5 Soviet action movies to watch ONLINE for FREE! Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2024, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Dix films soviétiques sous-estimés à regarder en ligne gratuitement Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2024, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Dix musiques de films soviétiques prodigieuses Anna POPOVA, 2024, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Dix grands films russes et soviétiques des années 1990 Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Le réalisateur russe oscarisé [Nikita Mikhalkov] dénonce le “tsunami d’hypocrisie” de l'Ouest Kanselo PORTI, 2023, news-24.fr
- Les dix plus grands films soviétiques des années 1970 Alexandra GOUZEVA, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Les récompenses internationales les plus prestigieuses obtenues par des films soviétiques et russes Nikolaï KORNATSKI, 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Les trois meilleurs «easterns» soviétiques 2023, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Никита МИХАЛКОВ: «Кино — живая вещь, оно мстит за легкомыслие» [Nikita MIKHALKOV présente son film documentaire : Histoire d'un film raté (История неполучившегося фильма), 2020] , Nikita MIKHALKOV, 2022, smotrim.ru
- Разбираем 12 фильмов о войне, снятых в РФ и Украине после 2014 года [Films tournés en Russie et Ukraine après 2014] , Anton DOLIN, 2022, Radio Dolin
- Les dix cinéastes russes les plus primés Valeria PAÏKOVA, 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Les sept films soviétiques et russes les plus primés 2022, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Esclave de l’amour (1976) [Nikita Mikhalkov] Julien MORVAN, 2021, Perestroikino
- Soleil Trompeur, de Nikita Mikhalkov [1994] : l’amour au temps des Purges Hervé AUBERT, 2021, lemagducine.fr
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Sept films russes qui vont vous faire pleurer 2021, RUSSIA BEYOND
- 4 Nikita Mikhalkov films that have become world cinema classics Valery Kuznetsov, 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Le nôtre parmi les autres (1974), de Nikita Mikhalkov Julien MORVAN, 2020, Perestroikino
- ОПРИЧНИК АУТОЭРОТИЗМА: ЧУВСТВЕННОСТЬ И КВИР В ФИЛЬМАХ НИКИТЫ МИХАЛКОВА Anna Filippova, 2020, kinoart.ru
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Cinq réalisateurs ayant dessiné le visage du cinéma russe 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Le Clan Mikhalkov. Culture et pouvoirs en Russie (1917-2017) Cécile Vaissié, 2019, Presses Universitaires de Rennes
- Coup de Soleil, film de Nikita Mikhalkov Kate et Mapero, 2017, wodka.over-blog.com
- Soleil trompeur – La Trilogie [Nikita MIKHALKOV] Guillaume GAS, 2017, courte-focale.fr
- Cinema in the mirror of the Soviet and Russian film criticism , Aleksandr FEDOROV, 2017, academia.edu
- Никита Михалков: битва на небесах Василий КОРЕЦКИЙ, 2015, seance.ru
- Эволюция образа Белого движения в отечественном и зарубежном игровом кинематографе звукового периода. , Aleksandr FEDOROV, 2015, МОО «Информация для всех»
- Un film de Nikita Mikhalkov une fois de plus nominé aux Oscars [Coup de soleil, oscars 2016] Raoul OLIVIER, 2015, blogs.mediapart.fr
- Who has a right to speak? The word and silence in Nikita Mikhalkov’s Twelve (2007) Anna KRIVORUCHKO, 2015, tandfonline
- Quelques jours de la vie d'Oblomov, critique de film Jean-Gavril SLUKA, 2014, dvdclassik.com
- Как это всё случилось? Евреи, мадьяры и Дарвин [Critique du film Coup de soleil, 2014, de Nikita Mikhalkov] , Mikhail LEMKHIN, 2014, chayka.org
- Киносъезд пройдет у домика Депардье? Никита Михалков обратился к каждому члену Союза кинематографистов , Svetlana KHOKHRYAKOVA, 2013, mk.ru
- L’Académie du cinéma d’été de Nikita Mikhalkov Rita BOLOTSKAYA, 2013, french.ruvr.ru
- C'était quoi les Rouges au cinéma ? , Corentin PALANCHINI, 2011, allocine.fr
- Comment sont regardés les films sur la Grande Guerre patriotique dans la Russie actuelle ? Myriam DÉSERT, 2011, The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
- La perestroïka de Nikita Mikhalkov (1986-1991) : construire une Russie pour l'Occident, entre Tchékhov, Tziganes et Mongols Cécile VAISSIÉ, 2011, Persée, La Revue russe
- Nikita Mikhalkov : Burnt by the Sun 2 : Citadel (Utomlennye solntsem 2: Tsitadel’, 2011) , Yelena RAZLOGOVA, 2011, kinokultura.com
- 12 hommes entre les murs 2010, Martin Gignac, lecinema.ca
- Soleil trompeur (Утомлённые солнцем) de Nikita Mikhalkov 2010, Benoît Thevenin, laternamagika.wordpress.com
- Cinq soirées, critique de film Elias FARES, 2010, dvdclassik.com
- Esclave de l'amour de Nikita Mikhalkov Elias FARES, 2010, dvdclassik.com
- Le Nôtre parmi les autres, critique de film Elias FARES, 2010, dvdclassik.com
- Partition inachevée pour piano mécanique, critique de film Elias FARES, 2010, dvdclassik.com
- Soleil trompeur de Nikita Mikhalkov : liquider le mythe de la grandeur stalinienne Benoît THEVENIN, 2010, voyages.ideoz.fr
- CineClassic. Les Yeux noirs, de Nikita Mikhalkov. 2010, courrierinternational.com
- L' affaire Mikhalkov , Eugénie ZVONKINE, 2010, Cahiers du cinéma n° 656, mai 2010
- Les milieux russes du cinéma et Nikita Mikhalkov : ce qui ne leur plaît pas, par Cécile Vaissié Cécile VAISSIÉ, 2010, Le Monde
- Nikita Mikhalkov : Burnt by the Sun 2 : Exodus (Utomlennye solntsem 2: Predstoianie) , Stephen NORRIS, 2010, kinokultura.com
- Speaking in Tongues : Poetic Language in Nikita Mikhalkov’s Burnt by the Sun , Mariya BOSTON, 2010, kinokultura.com
- The imperial trace : recent Russian cinema , Nancy CONDEE, 2009, Oxford University Press
- Виктор Мережко. Полеты во сне и наяву , Viktor MEREZHKO, 2008, Сеанс
- Nikita Mikhalkov : 12 (2007) , Seth GRAHAM, 2008, kinokultura.com
- Two Decades of Post-Soviet Cinema : Taking Stock of Our Stocktaking , Seth GRAHAM, 2008, kinokultura.com
- 90-е. Кино, которое мы потеряли , Larisa MALUKOVA, 2007, Зебра Е ; 2007 г.
- Михалков: я снял фильм 12, чтобы заставить зрителей задуматься , Group of authors, 2007, ria.ru
- Close to Eden. [Урга. Территория любви] , Olga KLIMOVA, 2006, rusfilm.pitt.edu
- Le cinéma des années 1990-2000. Images dispersées , Françoise NAVAILH, 2005, Russie, peuples et civilisations, La découverte
- Nikita Mikhalkov : between nostalgia and nationalism , Birgit BEUMERS, 2005, I.B.Tauris
- Burnt by the sun , Birgit BEUMERS, 2000, I.B.Tauris
- Le Barbier de Sibérie, de Nikita Mikhalkov Claude-Marie TRÉMOIS, 1999, esprit.presse.fr
- Россия, которую мы придумали , Oleg KOVALOV, 1999, seance.ru
- Le Festival de Moscou, instrument politique de Nikita Mikhalkov , Joël CHAPRON, 1999, Le Monde
- Mikhalkov, la barbe ! Samuel BLUMENFELD, 1999, Le Monde, 14 mai 1999
- Михалков против Михалкова , Andrey PLAKHOV, 1994, seance.ru
- Недобитая русская карта , Andrey PLAKHOV, 1994, seance.ru
- Comment dit-on "fou" en russe ? La Parentèle, de Nikita Mikhalkov, passe au Marbeuf 1985, Michel Cournot, nouvelobs.com