Tag Archives: France

A missionary and his wife are killed by natives when they accidentally discover their golden temple, but his daughter is spared and is raised by the tribe. Read More »

Reciprocal consolation. The background of two middle-aged people (Michel and Lydia) is gradually unfolded. Michel’s wife is incurably ill. Read More »

Life’s a rotten business, says Jean, a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. Read More »

Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers. Read More »

Francois is a young carpenter married with Therese. They have two little children. All goes well, life is beautiful, the sun shines and the birds sing. Read More »

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. Read More »

Fred Peloux nicknamed Chéri, the handsome son of Charlotte Peloux, a former demimondaine, lives in the small circle of his mother’s friends, all high class prostitutes past their best. Read More »

Rene is a “ripou”, a rotten cop who makes ends meet by accepting bribes, presents and free drinks from the people he should be putting in jail. Read More »

In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress. Read More »

A young biologist (Sylvie) is thrown into confusion when her brother (Paul) tries to persuade her that their father, who fell off a train five years ago Read More »