Playing with Fire (1975)
Playing with Fire (1975) When Carolina, the daughter of wealthy banker Georges de Saxe, is reported kidnapped, it is upsetting to him even though he knows it isn't true. The kidnappers have taken the wrong person. ...
Il frullo del passero (1988)
Il frullo del passero (1988) A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died, thinks about leaving the little Italian village where they lived and moving to another place. An old and rich man offers her a place in his house, however, she will have to listen to him telling his past love
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Cinema Paradiso (1988) A boy who grew up in a native Sicilian Village returns home as a famous director after receiving news about the death of an old friend. Told in a flashback, Salvatore reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso. Under
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975) France, 1719. Four years after Louix XIV's death, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent for the nine-year-old Louis XIV. Philippe is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a li
Zazie dans le Metro (1960)
Zazie dans le Metro 1960 This merry farce depicts a satirical view of the French society Ten year old Zazie has to stay two days with her relatives in Paris, so that her mother can spend some time with her lover However Zazie escapes her uncles custody and sets out to explore Paris on her own
Murphys War (1971)
Murphys War (1971) Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He lands on the shore somewhere on the river Orinoco delta and begins to plot his vengeance. He wishes to sink the U-Boat that has floated up by means of any me
The Old Gun (1975)
The Old Gun 1975 In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter to the back country village where Julien has an old castle One week later, Julien decided to meet
Une femme à sa fenêtre (1976)
Une femme à sa fenêtre (1976) On August 4, 1936, General Metaxas declared martial law in Greece. A union leader using the name Boutros is sought in Athens by Primoukis, a ruthless police leader. Boutros narrowly escapes and, early the next morning, jumps through the window of Marchese Margot Santo
Fort Saganne (1984)
Fort Saganne (1984) French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh. He catches the eye of Madeline, the daughter of the regional administrator. In the desert
Coup de torchon (1981)
Coup de torchon 1981 1938, in a French african colony Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites usually racialist and lustful He is a washout, everyone including his wife Huguette humiliates him He never arrests anyone and looks at elsewhere when a dirty trick
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
La Grande Bouffe (1973) Four successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive; Ugo, a chef; and, Philippe, a judge go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes make it through a d
The Secret (1974)
The Secret 1974 A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence the title Is he lying, or insane or is he telling the truth Who, if anyone, is after him And wha
Uranus (1990)
Uranus (1990) After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist
Amici miei (1975)
Amici miei (1975) Necchi (a bar owner), Perozzi (a journalist), Melandri (an architect) and Mascetti (a broken nobleman) live in Florence. They have been friends since their youngest years and spend every free moment together organizing complex and terrible jokes to all the people they meet, or just
Lami de Vincent (1983)
Lami de Vincent 1983 The friendship between two men is put to the test when one of them is accused by a woman of having killed her sister
Twist Again in Moscow (1986)
Twist Again in Moscow (1986) Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of the hotel, he must misdirect and obstruct the inquiries of a Party auditor who suspects that all is not above board, and he
Dead Tired (1994)
Dead Tired (1994) What is going on here?!? French director, Michel Blanc (as Himself), just doesn't understand why his life is suddenly falling apart. This nightmarish comedy-thriller is all about identity. What defines a famous person? Is it their public self or their private self? What is the publ
Ripoux 3 (2003)
Ripoux 3 2003 It has been ten years since the paths of Rene and Francois separated From the glorious days when as cops they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories
Lete prochain (1985)
Lete prochain 1985 Edouard is patriarch of a large family his second wife, Jeanne, has just had a baby and finally had enough of his philandering His eldest daughter, Dino, lives with Paul, a playwright theirs is a passionate relationship dogged by the dissatisfactions of daily life Another daughter
Le juge et lassassin (1976)
Le juge et lassassin (1976) France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier, a former Sergeant in the French military, shoots his beloved and attempts to kill himself. Having survived with two bullets in his brain, he is released from the Dole medical facility, a place of mental and physical filthiness. Then begins a
Tout lor du monde (1961)
Tout lor du monde 1961 Businessman Victor Hardy Noiret wants to buy the entire area around the small village of Cabosse He claims that he wants to return to nature, but he also intends to profit by selling the water from the village fountain, which is reputed to enhance longevity However old farmer
Max Jeremie (1992)
Max Jeremie 1992 A socially awkward TV addicted ambitious small time thug is ordered to take out a retiring professional hitman, a legend among his peers However, the two grow to like each other and become friends instead and thats not what the mob wants
Letoile du Nord (1982)
Letoile du Nord 1982 Aimless Frenchman Edouard Binet has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium En route, he meets Sylvie Baron He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and Nemrod become friends Their friendship es
Pile ou face (1980)
Pile ou face 1980 For inspector Baroni,Monsieur Morlaix is the main suspect who might have killed his wife
Masks (1987)
Masks 1987 Roland Wolf wants to write a book about a TV game show host, the hail fellow well met Christian Legagneur, who invites Wolf to his country estate, promising several days of lengthy interviews But Legagneurs laughter and easy intimacy are empty of content for a book, and hes constantly das
Very Happy Alexander (1968)
Very Happy Alexander 1968 Alexandre, a young and honest farmer, is oppressed by an authoritarian wife, who makes him work like a dog When she dies in a car crash, he decides to stay in bed, absolutely free and inactive Just a dog is occupied to carry food and newspapers to him
Les grands ducs (1996)
Les grands ducs 1996 Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions
Le 4eme pouvoir (1985)
Le 4eme pouvoir 1985 He, Yves Dorget, is a major reporter in a daily newspaper She, Catherine Carre, is a TV news anchor They had a love affair together, when she was a young beginner journalist, but her ambition and her desire to arrive had separated them Today, the news brings them back together h
My New Partner at the Races (1990)
My New Partner at the Races 1990 The partners are back and are in a tight spot Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same But, honesty is not always the best policy After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements