
Charles Dasvellees (Michel Bouguet), an upper middle class businessman who suspects his wife Helene (Audran) of having an affair and hires a detective to prove himself right. Read More »
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Le tonnerre de Dieu / The Thunder of God (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Comedy, Drama

Brassac (Jean Gabin) is a drunken veterinarian who can’t resist bringing home stray animals and humans. Read More »
Jane B. par Agnès V. / Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988) Agnès Varda, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Biography, Fantasy

Actress and recording star Jane Birkin and filmmaker Agnes Varda shared an interest in feminism.
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Vidocq / Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (2001) Pitof, Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Paris, 1830. Former criminal, inventor, master of disguise, scientist, detective, and all around genius Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu) appears to have become a victim of his latest case. Read More »
Le crâneur / The Hotshot (1955) Dimitri Kirsanoff, Marina Vlady, Raymond Pellegrin, Dora Doll, Crime, Drama
When Betty Bell, a dancer at a swanky nightclub Le Toboggan, is found dead in a telephone booth suspicion falls immediately on her lover, Philippe, a former stuntman. Read More »
Pouic-Pouic / Squeak-Squeak (1963) Jean Girault, Louis de Funès, Mireille Darc, Roger Dumas, Comedy

Léonard Monestier has made his fortune trading on the stock exchange. His eccentric wife Cynthia almost bankrupts him by selling some of his shares to buy an oil concession in South America. Read More »
Le farceur / The Joker (1960) Philippe de Broca, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Palau, Comedy

Edouard Berlon (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is a happy-go-lucky rogue who takes nothing seriously and flits irresponisbly from one affair to another. Read More »
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) Jesus Franco, Jean Rollin, Christina von Blanc, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomar, Horror, Erotic

A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father’s will. Read More »
Peur de rien / Parisienne (2015) Danielle Arbid, Manal Issa, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Drama

Lina is a Lebanese Student that just arrived to Paris to continue her studies in a French University in 1993, only to find that the Chaos Read More »
La Blonde aux seins nus / The Blonde with Bare Breasts (2010) Manuel Pradal, Vahina Giocante, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Steve Le Roi, Adventure, Drama, Romance

The two brothers Julien (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and Louis (Steve Le Roi) work on their father’s steel barge, which he won’t let them inherit. Read More »
