Movies

A foreign pianist who comes to visit Paris is ripped off by a young man and his sister. But he soon falls in love with this one.

Before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Boisleroi, well off, lived in their castle while their son Jacques courted Geneviève, the manager's daughter. On...

"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television,...

In an archival interview filmed in 1989, Daniel Gélin discusses his work on Max Ophuls' 1952 film LE PLAISIR.

Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to...

Two paintings are stolen. Amateur private detective Roland Gautier investigates.

Algeria, summer 1961. François, 11, believes in the imminence of the end of the world. He tries to ward off fate with a prayer: “Make my...

Two burglars enter a house where a young woman has illegally settled. In exchange for her silence, she asks them to play the role of her parents so...

A nightclub owner and his stripper girlfriend take a country ride, meet another rival underworld guy along the way, and team up to thwart a third...

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last one discusses his role as an assistant director on...

A dreamlike adaptation of the legend of Ariadne and the Minotaur.

Tempted by an important contract, Anna, a renowned writer, agrees to write a screenplay. But she lacks inspiration. She talks to her old university...

Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette...

A César award nominated short feature.

This comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood genre which the French had given the name to of Film Noir.

A documentary including archival footage of a 1989 interview with actor Daniel Gélin about his experiences working on Max Ophuls' 1950 film LA...

Colette Valier wears her sixty years with petulance. She wants to help her grandson financially, who is setting up a modest business and intends to...