Jean Bachelet

A 1958 French language short film written and directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Guy Mairesse, Paniaras and Jean Patrick.

In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Nohain, mixing lottery games and performances of various artists, will be disrupted by the adventures of a man and his fiancée seeking to recover a dangerous bottle of perfume (explosive) which was unfortunately mixed with the prizes to be won ...

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...

Thanks to a bit of string-pulling by his aunt, Jean du Bois d'Ombelles, a young recruit who has blue blood in his veins, hopes to go through a nice and comfortable military service. Unfortunately he becomes Corporal Bourrache's pet aversion. Nevertheless, against all expectations, Jean ends up taking a liking for military life.

Arlette and her brother are penniless orphans; as the man is to leave for Africa to work for a long time, the young girl is forced to live with her cousins, four spinsters, who place virtue over everything.

A young noblewoman regrets having to marry the village ironmaster for money reasons, but later comes to appreciate her new husband.

Cyrano, poet and cadet from Gascony, is afflicted with an excessively long nose which makes the beauties smile. He is no less in love with his cousin Roxane.

In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence gets suspected by police inspector Vétillard. To clear his name, Julien undertakes to investigate and find the killer on his own.

Bob, a student, is very emotionally close to his mother Suzanne. He is alarmed when she seems about to begin a relationship with a novelist, regarding it as a betrayal.

Cabaret star Zazu intervenes when young lovers are sundered by their parents' feud.

On the death of the famous singer Maria Malibran, Countess Merlin retraces the main lines of the unusual destiny of this young woman entirely devoted to her art.

Madame Clapain dies in dubious circumstances at the home of the Cadifon ladies, of which she was a tenant. A friendly inspector and Thérèse Cadifon each carry out their own investigation.

The professional and sentimental misadventures of Maurice, a young engineer who works unsuccessfully on the development of a new model of airplane.

A student from an elementary school accidentally breaks the glass roof of his school. His comrades decide to support it by working during the summer holidays in order to pay for reconstruction.

1939, París y Sologne. Un aviador, enamorado de una mujer de mundo, no respeta la regla del juego que consiste en salvar las apariencias en una sociedad dividida fundamentalmente en dos clases: los señores y los criados.

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself.

An average worker who feels downtrodden at work and home, dreams of becoming a dictator. His aunt has her own fantasy that the love-of-her-life, a fairground magician, will return to her once more.

French stage favorite Lya Gauty made her screen debut in 1938's La Goualeuse (The Street Singer). The story concerns a poverty-stricken vagabond (Jean Martinelli) who supports himself by singing for pennies in a rough section of town. Only the local barkeeper knows that the vagabond is actually the illegitimate son of a prosperous and highly respected banker (Constant Remy). One would think that the film's dramatic climax would consist of a tearful reunion between father and son. Instead, this scene occurs in the middle of the picture; the rest of the film is a melodramatic melange of high emotionalism and low melodrama, culminating in the boy's suicide. Though billed first, Lya Gauty has an almost peripheral role as the hero's long-suffering sweetheart who sings at the drop of a hat and frequently brings her own hat.

Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Désiré, playing a cavalier valet embroiled in an awkward flirtation with his new employer (played by the actor-director's real-life wife, Jacqueline Delubac), who is involved with a stuffy politician. A carefree class farce filled with memorable supporting characters, Désiré blurs the distinction between upstairs and downstairs.

Basada en la novela homónima de Maxim Gorki. Un barón arruinado después de haber dilapidado su fortuna en el juego y las mujeres congenia con Pepel, un ladrón profesional del que están enamoradas dos hermanas. El marido de una de ellas regenta una sórdida posada en la que se instalarán el barón y Pepel.

In war against the Poles, the leader Cossack sees itself betrayed by one of his threads, been in love the girl of an enemy.

Husbands and wives, lovers and gigolos, all break a sweat when Dr. Marcelin’s newly-revised last will and testament is prematurely exposed.

Batala es un truhán que dirige una imprenta ruinosa en París. Obligado por una deuda, comienza a imprimir unas historias del Oeste escritas por uno de sus empleados, Amédée Lange. Acosado por sus acreedores, sin embargo, se ve obligado finalmente a huir de la ciudad, y aprovechando un aparatoso accidente ferroviario, decide simular su propia muerte. Al conocer la noticia, sus empleados acuerdan formar una cooperativa, que empieza a dar beneficios gracias precisamente a los relatos de Lange. (FILMAFFINITY)

Guitry reprises his role as Pasteur which he played successfully at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1919.

Adaptación de la novela de Gustave Flaubert. Emma Rouault, una joven provinciana, se casa con Charles Bovary, un médico que acaba de enviudar, pero no tarda en sentirse insatisfecha y perder el respeto por su marido. Mientras que Bovary es feliz en su rutina de médico pueblerino, Emma tiene otras aspiraciones.

An obscure mechanic falls in love with a an champion pilot.

An honest but naive young man is manipulated by a gang of crooks who use him as as a cover for their misdeeds. His honesty will be rewarded though and he will find the way to the heart of his beloved.

Young French student Madeleine Duchanel wants to go to the theater and therefore pulls out of the well-protected environment of her school. In Paris she hopes to make a career, but in her naivety she ends up on the street.

In this fast-moving fantasy, an unsophisticated student escapes from a boarding school to become, after many trials and tribulations, the "toast of Paris."

Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel 'The Queen's Necklace' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution.

Jean es un poeta al que le disgusta su próxima incorporación al ejército. El trago se le hará más llevadero al coincidir en el cuartel con su criado Joseph. Mientras tanto, una tía suya se esfuerza por hacerle más cómoda la vida militar, recomendándolo al coronel Brochard. Mientras Jean se convierte enseguida en el blanco de las clásicas bromas cuartelarias, su criado, el mujeriego Joseph, se adapta sin problemas.

Esta es la entrañable historia de una pobre niña vendedora de cerillas que se encontraba sola y muerta de frío en una Nochevieja. Entre las tenues llamas de sus últimas cerillas, tiene visiones maravillosas aunque difíciles de alcanzar.

Melodrama mudo sobre el conflicto entre clases sociales a través de la vida de la desdichada Catherine Ferrand, una chica huérfana, que es víctima de los celos de las mujeres y la codicia de los hombres. Encuentra trabajo en casa de los Mallet, pero la señora desconfía de ella debido a las insidiosas habladurías de la gente del pueblo. Catherine acaba huyendo, pero, algún tiempo después, el amable señor Mallet, lleno de remordimientos, la busca e intenta rescatarla de la miseria.

Tras la última guerra, un negro del África civilizada viaja a la Europa salvaje para descubrir el baile tradicional de los blancos: el charlestón.

Naná aspira a triunfar en el teatro. Después de un fracaso estrepitoso al interpretar el papel de dama distinguida, decide a aceptar las reiteradas proposiciones del Conde Muffat. Al mismo tiempo que se convierte en su amante se transforma también en una mujer cruel, indiferente y escandalosa. En "Nana" es indiscutible la influencia de "Esposas frívolas", de Erich von Stroheim (1921), donde la codicia se presenta como la pasión más destructiva del ser humano. Renoir le añade la abismal diferencia social entre criados y señores. El fracaso de la película dejo a Renoir completamente arruinado.

Leopoldo Quintana is a lawyer who, determined to reach power and capable of anything to get what he wants, uses blackmail and shady maneuvers to be appointed congressman for the Balearic Islands, then minister, and finally President of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Government.

Tras la muerte de su padre, Virginia (Catherine Hessling) tiene que salir adelante por su cuenta. Todo el dinero que le dejó su padre se lo ha gastado en bebida su tío Jef (Pierre Lestringuez). Después del fallido intento de vivir con unos bohemios, es acogida por el señor Raynal (Georges Térof) y se enamora de su hijo Georges (Harold Levingston). Viajando en diligencia para pagar una deuda de Raynal, su tío le quita el dinero, pero Raynal sospecha de ella. Primera película de Renoir.

Directed by Henri Fescourt.