Christian Van Cau

Movies

Temporary Paradise
A francia attasé
1943. French POWs escape through Hungary towards the Balkan. Jacques and Gérard are caught and taken to an internment camp at Lake Balaton. Jacques meets Klári here, who was abandoned by her military officer husband for her Jewish origin. Both want to have a short affair, but love unfolds between them.
Les Demoiselles à péage
Gros-Léon
A woman starts working in her dead husband's brothel.
Zig Zig
L'homme qui s'est pris la deuxième balle dans la fesse
Two women work as entertainers and prostitutes to raise enough money for their dream home.
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Simon
Alain Cluny is Balthazar, a bumbling middle-aged intellectual who spouts off from time to time about leftist causes, usually to his current girlfriend. Then Edwarda (Bernadette Lafont), who is active in the political underground, comes into his life. From that point on, he begins to act on his beliefs. Edwarda's underground political action group stages a little drama to test Balthazar's commitment and reliability, putting him through an interrogation by what appear to him to be French secret police. Having passed this test, he is given a real assignment. This film is a comedy with elements of satire, and it explores the humor to be found in left-wing pretentiousness of all kinds. - Rovi