Caroline (France Anglade) is the heroine who is pushed by her father into a loveless marriage with a lawyer. Unknown to her...
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1968
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In this French comedy, a toy inventor travels to the factory of his childhood friend, now an industrial magnate, and tries...
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1964
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In this romantic drama, a middle-aged gambler tells a casino croupier her life story. The story is told in flashback and...
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1964
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In this drama, the hero finds himself beaten by gang members whose operation involves capturing young women and selling them...
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1959
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1958
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Charles Boyer is Maxime in this seriocomic period romance. Maxime is an ageing roue who, partly out of boredom and partly...
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1958
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A film company on location happens to photograph a murder in progress. Ambitious police inspector Bernard (Michel Simon)...
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1957
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Mme. Morin
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1956
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1955
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The title of this French low-comedy opus refers to a fancy, family-owned hotel. Village buffoon Hippolyte (Bourvil) hopes to...
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Augustine Lemoine
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1952
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Slovenly Parisian cabdriver Pierre (Michel Simon) wants nothing more than to get through the day, go home, and knock off a...
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Aunt
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1952
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1952
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1951
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Martha
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1951
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1951
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1951
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Mme. Doufour
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1950
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1950
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In this drama, a free-spirited vagabond's life changes dramatically when he learns that he has inherited a fortune....
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1950
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In this Italian drama, an independent, sensual woman married to the owner of a riding academy has a string of affairs. She...
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1950
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Ma Pomme is not only the title of this charming Gallic comedy, but also the name of its principal character, a carefree...
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1950
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Dora's mother
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1950
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L'Hoteller
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1949
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1948
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1948
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Scandals of Clochemerie proved that Hollywood filmmakers had no monopoly so far as poking fun at the movie industry is...
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1948
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Both controversial and compelling, this is the story of a naive peasant girl who becomes pregnant after being seduced by a...
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1948
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This French comedy offers a tour-de-force for Jouvet who plays most of the major characters. His main role is that of a...
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Concierge
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1948
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Originally released in France as Dedee D'Anvers in 1948, this tight little melodrama was both directed and co-written by...
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Germaine
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1947
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This dark drama, based on Dostoyevsky's novella, chronicles the exploits of a jealous widower who is enraged to discover...
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1946
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This French romantic melodrama moved a bit too slowly for American audiences, but its original Gallic fans were more than...
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Madame Jobie
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1946
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1946
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Marcel Carne's 1946 production La Porte de la Nuit was released in the U.S. four years later as Gates of the Night. Scripted...
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1946
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1946
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Mme Juliette Dufour
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1946
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The title of this French domestic comedy translates as Noah's Ark, but there's nothing remotely Biblical about the film. Much...
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1946
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Le Beau Voyage (The Beautiful Trip) is usually not listed among the credits of its star, French film favorite...
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1946
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Even in 1945, Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise was regarded as an old-fashioned film. Set in the Parisian theatrical world...
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1945
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1943
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The French upper class is chastised in this socially conscious drama that centers on a naive young woman who travels to a...
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1943
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Eternal Return (L'Eternel Retour) translates the Tristan and Isolde legend into contemporary (e.g. 1939) terms. The Tristan...
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1943
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Originally La Chemineau, The Open Road is a generally satisfying if overlong rural drama. Returning after a 20-year absence,...
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1940
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1938
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Hotel du Nord was the second in Marcel Carne's trio of "fatalistic romantic melodramas", bracketed on either side by...
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Louise Lecouvreur
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1938
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The English-language title of this French slice-of-life drama is Lady Killer, an apt description of anti-hero Lucien...
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1937
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This fascinating biography chronicles the years in which the master composer began to lose his hearing. The director's use...
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1936
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1935
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Prudence
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1934
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1931
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1920
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