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The Ax (2005) Costa-Gavras, José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils
Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. Read More »
Verdict (1974) André Cayatte, Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin, Julien Bertheau
A French judge try to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover. Read More »
Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) Henri Verneuil, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret
Set during World War II, and stuck on the beaches near Dunkirk, Julien Maillat tries to join England by boat with the English Army, but cannot succeed. Read More »
An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive (1976) Yves Robert, Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos
Etienne falls in love with a sexy woman he meets in his bureau. This woman is then chosen for an advertisement… Read More »
La croisière jaune (1933) Léon Poirier, André Sauvage
The film tells the expedition, led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil and sponsored by André Citoën Read More »
Counter Investigation (2007) Franck Mancuso, Jean Dujardin, Laurent Lucas, Agnès Blanchot
Richard is a typical cop who spends too much time on the job and isn’t always there for his family. Read More »
Le cas du Docteur Laurent (1957) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort
A not-so-young doctor tries to explain to women of the fifties(in a small village in the mountain) that painless childbirth is possible Read More »
The Bellman (1945) Christian-Jaque, Fernand Ledoux, Renée Faure, Madeleine Robinson
The story begins with the murder of a horse trader, which sets free a black stallion that roams through the snow and the village terrifying the people as it gallops. Read More »
Maléfique (2002) Eric Valette, Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac
In a penitentiary, four prisoners occupy a cell: Carrère, who used his company to commit a fraud and was betrayed by his wife Read More »
Where the Truth Lies (1962) Henri Decoin, Juliette Gréco, Jean-Marc Bory, Liselotte Pulver
François is a vet surgeon on the Noirmoutier island. He is married to Catherine. Read More »
The Hands of Orlac (1960) Edmond T. Gréville, Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Christopher Lee
A pianist has a transplant operation that gives him a new pair of hands. Read More »
Ballerina (1937) Jean Benoît-Lévy, Yvette Chauviré, Mia Slavenska, Janine Charrat
As its title indicates, La Mort du Cygne (The Dying Swan) is set in the special world of the ballet. Read More »
À propos de Nice, la suite (1995) Catherine Breillat, Costa-Gavras, Bernard Benassayag, Thierry Saïd Bouibil, Jérôme Chabreyrie
Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. Read More »
Lacombe Lucien (1974) Louis Malle, Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler
A small town in the south-west of France, summer of 1944. Having failed to join the resistance, the 18 year old Lucien Lacombe Read More »