A man whose lonely life at the edge of the sea has become as predictable as the tide witnesses a murder that sends him on an...
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2009
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2004
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2003
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Traveling down the river from the distant Bolivian outpost of San Jacinto in 1945, moody traveler Timar (Grégoire Colin)...
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2000
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1998
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In this Spanish-French drama, a Turkish diplomat in Soviet Georgia during 1932 attempts to solve the mysterious death of his...
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1994
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This Italian psychological thriller is based on as novel by Georges Simenon. Delon is an immoral, gynecologist who frequently...
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1994
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Loursat (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a lawyer who has spent the last decade drinking himself into insensibility with a huge cache...
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1992
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1992
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Lonely and shy bachelor Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc), suspected in the murder of a girl, secretly watches his young,...
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1990
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1988
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Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark...
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1983
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1982
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In this murder mystery, based on a Georges Simenon novel, a homicidal maniac goes on a killing spree beginning with his wife,...
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1982
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1974
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At the beginning of World War II, while the Germans entered France from the north, many people had reason to believe that the...
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1973
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Made for television, The Family Rico was adapted from the same Georges Simenon novel that served as the basis of the 1958...
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1972
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1971
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A Georges Simenon novel was the basis for the French Le Chat. Not much happens in the way of plot, nor are many words of...
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1971
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Cop-Out is a distressingly "mod" remake of the 1941 French film Strangers in the House. Taking over the role originally...
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1967
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1965
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Maigret (Jean Gabin) is the detective who investigates a murder conspiracy. Gangsters from the United States try to kill a...
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1963
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Various genres -- social satire, comedy, and romance -- come together in this routine tale by Denis de la Patellière about a...
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1962
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A venerable banker from Paris leaves for America when he discovers there will be an investigation into his questionable...
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1962
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Jean Gabin carries this conventional political drama set in pre-World War II France. He is Emile, a retired politico with a...
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1961
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Transference of guilt, a theme near and dear to the heart of French author Georges Simenon, forms the basis of Passion of...
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1961
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This is another standard romantic drama geared toward the talents of popular French actor Jean Gabin who plays the lead, a...
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1960
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Jean Gabin once again stars as that other famous French detective Inspector Maigret in this murder mystery that is less a...
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1959
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En Cas de Malheur, literally "in case of accident," is better known by its American title, Love is My Profession. By any...
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1958
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The French-made Inspector Maigret offers one of the best-ever Maigrets in the form of veteran tough guy Jean Gabin, who...
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1958
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Based on a novel by George Simenon, Le Passager Clandestin was one of the few French-Australian co-productions of the 1950s...
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1958
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The Rico brothers are mobsters in the employ of syndicate head Sid Kubick. Richard Conte plays the one Rico brother who has...
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1957
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The Georges Simenon novel Le Fils Cardinaud was the basis of La Sang a la Tete. Jean Gabin plays a middle-aged businessman,...
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1956
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Two brothers face their personal demons in this crime melodrama. Donald Martin (Van Johnson) is an alcoholic criminal who has...
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1956
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1955
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Third-billed Lee Marvin dominates the proceedings in A Life in the Balance. Marvin plays a psycho killer, whose trail is...
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1955
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1955
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La Niege Etait Sale (The Snow Was Dirty) is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon...
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1954
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1953
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1953
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1952
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The English-language title of this French "omnibus" film is Full House. Three stories by three famed detective-fiction...
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1952
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La Verite sur Bebe Donge is another "socko" pure-entertainment vehicle from prolific French filmmaker Henri Decoin. The film...
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1951
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Stanley Holloway carries the ball, comedically and dramatically, in the British Midnight Episode. Holloway plays "The...
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1951
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1950
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Though hampered by a small budget that shrank with each shooting day, director Burgess Meredith fashioned a serviceable film...
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1949
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In this British crime drama, an honest railroad signalman finds himself sorely tempted when he witnesses a murder and later...
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1947
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For his first French film in nearly a decade (he'd spent the war years in Hollywood), filmmaker Julien Duvivier chose to...
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1946
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1946
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1944
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1943
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1943
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1943
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Midnight in Paris was originally titled Monsieur La Souris, the character played by the incomparable Raimu. M. La Souris is a...
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1942
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1942
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The great French character Raimu stars in Strangers in the House. He is cast as Loursat, the father of teenager Nicole...
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1942
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1941
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1941
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La Nuit du Carrefour (A Night at the Crossroads) may well be the least known of Jean Renoir's sound films. Adapted from a...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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