
Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the ‘Miss Europe’ pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for. Read More »
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Charles, Dead or Alive (1969) Alain Tanner

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of a watchmaking company in Geneva Read More »
Cousin cousine (1975) Jean-Charles Tacchella, Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier

Two distant cousins meet for the first time at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Read More »
L’aventurier / The Adventurer (1934) Marcel L’Herbier, Victor Francen, Blanche Montel, Henri Rollan

Étienne Ranson is the black sheep of his family. Having made his fortune in Tunisia, he returns to France and receives Read More »
Nuits de feu (1937) Marcel L’Herbier, Gaby Morlay, Victor Francen, George Rigaud

Le procureur Andreiv requiert sévèrement contre un criminel qui a tué l’amant qui le trompait. Read More »
The Royalists / Les chouans (1947) Henri Calef, Jean Marais, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux

The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed. Read More »
Rue de la paix (1927) Henri Diamant-Berger, Andrée Lafayette, Suzy Pierson, Malcolm Tod

A millionaire, a false friend and jealousy come between Thérèse and Laurent who both work for a fashion designer. Read More »
Tchao pantin / So Long, Stooge (1983) Claude Berri, Coluche, Richard Anconina, Agnès Soral

Lambert, a burned-out case, works the night shift at a gas station, rarely speaking, living alone, drinking. Read More »
Triple agent (2004) Eric Rohmer, Katerina Didaskalou, Serge Renko, Cyrielle Clair

France, 1936-37. The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. Read More »
Erotissimo (1969) Gérard Pirès, Annie Girardot, Jean Yanne, Francis Blanche

Annie is a middle-age wife, still sexy and pampered by her husband, Phillippe, who is the owner and general manager of a dynamic company. Read More »