The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wages of Fear (1953) In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result
Lets Make Love (1960)
Lets Make Love (1960) Billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue. He goes to the theatre, where he sees Amanda rehearsing a song, and the director thinks him an actor suited to play himself in the revue. He takes the part in order to see more of Amanda.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regre
Le sauvage (1975)
Le sauvage (1975) Caracas, Venezuela. Just after her engagement to Vittorio, Nelly runs away. As he pursues her, Nelly looks to Martin, a French middle-aged man she met by accident, for help. He drives her to the airport and gives her a plane ticket to Paris. Then he thinks he can go back to his pea
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Manon of the Spring 1986 After the death of Jean Cadoret, his wife has returned to the life of opera singer and his daughter Manon has grown up and become a gorgeous lonely shepherdess Ugolin is now a thirty year old wealthy bachelor planting carnations His grandfather Cesar Soubeyran presses him to
Z (1969)
Z (1969) In a mid-sized metropolis (population 500,000) in a right-wing military led country, a pacifist organization, which supports the opposition party in the government, is planning on holding an anti-military, nuclear disarmament rally. The organization's charismatic leader - the deputy - is sc
Jean de Florette (1986)
Jean de Florette (1986) In a rural French village an old man and his only remaining relative cast their covetous eyes on an adjoining vacant property. They need its spring water for growing their flowers, so are dismayed to hear the man who has inherited it is moving in. They block up the spring and
Grand Prix (1966)
Grand Prix (1966) American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stod
Tout Va Bien (1972)
Tout Va Bien (1972) Jean-Luc Godard dissects the structure of society, movies, love and revolution. He asks compelling questions: Can love survive a relationship? Can ideology survive revolution? He also looks at the French student riots of the 1960s with a critical eye, and ends up satirizing conte
State of Siege (1972)
State of Siege (1972) In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) is kidnapped by a group of urban guerillas. Using his interrogation as a backdrop, the film explores the
My Geisha (1962)
My Geisha (1962) Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly, but he doesn't want his wife to play the leading part, as in his previous pictures. Producer Sam Lewis and Lucy Dell think up a scheme
The Crucible (1957)
The Crucible (1957) Salem, 1692. Industrious farmer, John Proctor, has twice made love to 17-year-old Abigail, a youth he and his wife have taken in. (His wife Elisabeth has rebuffed him for seven months; she is puritanical and cold.) When she finds John and Abigail embracing, she sends the lass fro
Police Python 357 (1976)
Police Python 357 (1976) An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.
Three Seats for the 26th (1988)
Three Seats for the 26th (1988) A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his past and remembering the old days.
Garçon! (1983)
Garçon! (1983) A middle-aged waiter has long harbored dreams of becoming a singer, and is also anxious to prove he's as virile as he was when he started pushing plates. He gets a chance to rev up his sexual energy and his musical skills when an old flame reenters his life after 17 years.
Laveu (1970)
Laveu (1970) Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. We are shown the mental tortures during the investigation and how a faithful top-ranking civil ser
Cesar Rosalie (1972)
Cesar Rosalie 1972 Rosalie is amicably divorced, dividing her time between her mothers house, with her siblings and small daughter, and Cesars Hes self made, a scrap iron king, outgoing, amiable, in love with her Enter David, an artist and Rosalies flame before her marriage In a quiet, brooding way,
Womanlight (1979)
Womanlight 1979 Reciprocal consolation The background of two middle aged people Michel and Lydia is gradually unfolded Michels wife is incurably ill They had agreed that she would take her life on this day All telephone cables were cut and Michel should leave France for months But he goes forth and
Le hasard et la violence (1974)
Le hasard et la violence 1974 Staying on the Cote dAzur to write a text on violence, criminologist Laurent Bermann is the victim of aggression He is looked after by the attractive substitute of the doctor, Constance Weber, whom he soon falls in love with
The Devil by the Tail (1969)
The Devil by the Tail 1969 A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run
La grande strada azzurra (1957)
La grande strada azzurra 1957 Squarcio, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy Like his fellow villagers, Squarcio struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler But while the othe
I For Icarus (1979)
I For Icarus 1979 After the recently re elected President of a fictitious state has been assassinated, one of the members of the investigation committee refuses to sign the final report and is given the task of investigating once more In the course of his search he finds evidence that casts serious
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others 1974 Three friends face mid life crises Paul is a writer whos blocked Francois has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money his wife grows distant, even hostile The charming Vincent, everyones favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and
La Menace (1977)
La Menace 1977 The main character is unhappily married and has an affair When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer The main character then tries to draw suspicion from his girlfriend to himself It appears he wil su