Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa Read More »
Tag Archives: Paul Meurisse
Square Fortune AKA Fortune carrée (1955) Bernard Borderie, Pedro Armendáriz, Paul Meurisse, Fernand Ledoux
Literary adaptation of an adventure from the 30s: An escaped convict from Read More »
Cry of the Cormoran AKA Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971) Michel Audiard, Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife’s income Read More »
Picnic on the Grass AKA Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe (1959) Jean Renoir, Paul Meurisse, Charles Blavette, André Brunot
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial Read More »
Not Delivered AKA Échec au porteur (1958) Gilles Grangier, Paul Meurisse, Jeanne Moreau, Serge Reggiani
After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides Read More »
The Black Monocle AKA Le monocle noir (1961) Georges Lautner, Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Bernard Blier
The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. Read More »
The Big Swag AKA La grosse caisse (1965) Alex Joffé, Bourvil, Paul Meurisse, Françoise Deldick
Louis Bourdin, a modest ticket puncher on the Paris metro, is so enamoured of crime fiction that he decides to write his own novel Read More »
The Suspects AKA Les suspects (1974) Michel Wyn, Mimsy Farmer, Paul Meurisse, Michel Bouquet
When an American tourist is murdered in the south of France, the police must investigate. Read More »
The Game of Truth AKA Le jeu de la vérité (1961) Robert Hossein, Françoise Prévost, Paul Meurisse
A dozen of elegant people are gathered in a writer’s desirable mansion. Read More »
L’oeil du Monocle AKA The Monocle (1962) Georges Lautner, Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen, Gaia Germani
In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Read More »
The Gypsy (1975) José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot
Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. Read More »
Second Breath (1966) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin
Gustave Minda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. Read More »
La tête contre les murs / Head Against the Wall (1959) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Drama
Army of Shadows / L’armée des ombres (1969) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Drama, War
France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance’s chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a camp. He manages to escape, and joins his network at Marseilles, where he makes the traitor be executed…
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La vérité / The Truth (1960) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Drama
Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the talented and ambitious conductor freshly graduated from the conservatory. Was it passion, vengeance, desperation, an accident? The acquaintances of Gilbert testify, as well as Dominique’s former lovers, and her sister, Annie, the studious violin player engaged to Gilbert. The evidence they give progressively paints a more finely-shaded picture of the personalities of Dominique and Gilbert, and of their relationship, than the eloquent and convincing justifications of the counsels.
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