In this satire, Jean Yanne punctures the pretensions of French show business, from music halls, to classical concert halls...
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1975
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1973
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Le Rempart des Beguines is based on the novel by Francoise Mallet-Jouris. It tells the story of an upper-class woman who is...
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Nina
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1972
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Thomas (Jacques Charrier) is a sailor who has deserted from the Navy in this gentle French drama. He has found refuge in a...
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1972
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1971
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Three years after cinematizing James Joyce's long-censored Ulysses, Joseph Strick mounted an adaptation of another racy...
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1970
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Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count...
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1970
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This unusual comic tragedy is filmed both in color and black-and-white and concerns the residents of the mythical island of...
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Gonasta
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1968
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When a boy is the victim of his over-protective mother, he leaves his home at night in search of female victims. When he...
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Mother
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1968
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A group of aspiring young thugs from Marseilles move in on established gangsters. They spend the time torturing, killing and...
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Arianne
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1966
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This somewhat verbose, standard comic thriller involves one sharp gangster nicknamed Le Dabe (Jean Gabin) pitted against...
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1961
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Murder, illusion, and lies form the basis of this convoluted drama that centers around twin sisters and the man that loves...
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Odette
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1960
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1957
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1956
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1956
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Maria
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1955
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1955
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The works of Guy de Maupassant have likely been adapted by more French filmmakers than those of any other author (with the...
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1952
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1952
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A Simple Case of Money (originally released in 1950 as Millionaires d'un Jour) is set in motion when a greenhorn reporter...
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1952
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Roger Pigaut plays Sylvain, a tobacco smuggler working the border between France and Belgium. Sylvain lives with sexy bar...
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Germaine
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1951
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1950
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At 110 minutes, L'Auberge du Peche is a bit too poky for its murder-mystery intrigues. Still, a decent level of suspense is...
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Laura
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1950
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Un Homme Marche Dans la Ville was Italian director Marcello Pagliero's first production in his adopted country of France....
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1949
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1948
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1948
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Il Fiacre N. 13 is based on the novel of the same name by Xavier Montepin. The title translates as Cab No. 13, and the...
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1948
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1947
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1946
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1946
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1943
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Marthe
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1943
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A small French village is plagued by a poison-pen writer, whose principal target is Doctor Germain (Pierre Fresnay). The...
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Denise Saillens
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1943
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1942
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1942
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1942
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1942
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1941
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1940
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1940
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1939
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Gunshot is the brief and succinct English-language title for this heavy-breathing French melodrama. In love with the...
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1939
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1939
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What was it about opera diva Grace Moore that attracted the attention of filmdom's top directors? Moore's 1937 American movie...
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Lucienne
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1939
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The Baker's Wife (La Femme de Boulanger), though based on a novel by Jean Giono, was specially tailored by writer/director...
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Aurelie, The Baker's Wife
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1938
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1938
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1938
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Le Ruisseau (The Stream) begins as orphan girl Gaby Sylvia escapes from her guardians and stows away on board a ship. She is...
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1938
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Prison Sans Barreaux (Prison Without Bars) takes place in a private correctional institution for young women. Annie Duchaux...
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Renne
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1937
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1937
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1937
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Having been showered with critical adulation for his 1935 adaptation of Crime and Punishment, writer-director Pierre Chenal...
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Romilda
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1937
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1935
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Andre Beucler directed this German romantic comedy, filmed in two languages and released overseas in French. Brigitte Helm...
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Marlette
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1933
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1932
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