The matchless French farceur Fernandel essays six different roles in The Sheep Has Five Legs. Read More »
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Her Bridal Night AKA La mariée est trop belle (1956) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model. Read More »
Night of Love AKA Tradita (1954) Mario Bonnard, Brigitte Bardot, Lucia Bosè, Pierre Cressoy
In 1915 Italy, in the Alberti family’s castle live the count’s widow and her slightly-crippled elder son Enrico Read More »
Le gagnant (1979) Christian Gion, Philippe Ruggieri, Michel Galabru, Stéphane Audran
A plumber finally meets the woman of his dreams. Read More »
Sacrifice d’honneur AKA Veille d’armes (1935) Marcel L’Herbier, Annabella, Victor Francen, Gabriel Signoret
In a time of national emergency, the wife of the Captain of a French battleship finds Read More »
To Be a Crook AKA Une Fille et des Fusils (1965) Claude Lelouch, Janine Magnan, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jacques Portet
His people are four Parisian workmen who have seen so many gangster and Western films that Read More »
Damien’s journey AKA Le voyage de Damien (2003) Gérard Janichon, Jérôme Poncet
May 25, 1969, La Rochelle, Just 20 years old, Gerard and Jerome Poncet Janichon begin a world tour that will last 5 years. Read More »
Obsession (1954) Jean Delannoy, Michèle Morgan, Raf Vallone, Marthe Mercadier
Based on story “Silent as the Grave” by Cornell Woolrich. It tells the story of a couple forming Read More »
Heavy Duty AKA Convoi exceptionnel (2019) Bertrand Blier, Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Farida Rahouadj
This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Read More »
The Loner AKA Le solitaire (1973) Alain Brunet, Hardy Krüger, Raymond Pellegrin, Georges Géret
After an unsuccessful robbery, Eric Lambrecht is arrested and sent to prison for twenty years. Read More »
Le million (1931) René Clair, Annabella, René Lefèvre, Jean-Louis Allibert
Michel, a Parisian artist, is being hounded by numerous impatient creditors. Read More »
Five and the Skin AKA Cinq et la peau (1982) Pierre Rissient, Féodor Atkine, Eiko Matsuda, Gloria Diaz
Ivan is a writer who can not tear himself away from the city of Manila. Read More »
Night Patrol AKA Ronde de nuit (1984) Jean-Claude Missiaen, Gérard Lanvin, Eddy Mitchell, Françoise Arnoul
With the help of journalist Diane Castelain, Parisian police inspectors Read More »
Shot Pattern AKA Tir groupé (1982) Jean-Claude Missiaen, Gérard Lanvin, Véronique Jannot, Michel Constantin
One evening, after dinner in a restaurant with his girlfriend Carine, who works in a luxurious parfumerie Read More »
Lover AKA Amoureuse (1992) Jacques Doillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Thomas Langmann
Marie and Antoine live together. They are in love. She wants to have a baby, but he does not agree. Read More »