Jack Bérard

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Jack Bérard

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Malady of Love
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clément's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clément makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancée, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clément, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?
The Teasers Go to Paris
7 American high school girls visit Paris.
Cat and Mouse
le policier balistique
A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy entrepreneur. The chief suspect is his enchanting wife who was aware that her husband had a mistress. It is also possible that the dead man may be the victim of a radical terrorist group.
Love and Death
General Lecoq
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
The Magnificent One
Interpreter (uncredited)
A writer of pulp fiction imagines himself as the dashing hero and his English neighbor as his love interest.
The Dominici Affair
Gendarmerie captain (uncredited)
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…
The Tattoo
Le pilleur nº 3
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.