Paul Préboist

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.

Trata sobre la influencia de la Luna sobre varios personajes cuyas vidas, al entrecruzarse, originan historias de amor y ruptura, de equívocos, de sonrisas y de llantos. (FILMAFFINITY)

El califa de Bagdad llega a París en 1989 y decide ir a ver la exposición sobre los instrumentos del verdugo.

Robin Bellefeuille, postman in Saint-Tropez and his friend gendarme Ficelle, have well-established ecological principles. When they learn about the future construction of a casino in town, they do everything to stop the project

Six young people decide to create their own television channel to compete with the official channels where they were not admitted. Canal soleil is the name of the pirate station and a real success. But when the pirate channel launches a parking meter snatching contest, the police get angry because thousands of parking meters are snatched. The minister decides to entrust the case to Inspector Harry Kossek, nicknamed "Super Cop".

A young engineer, inventor of a dangerous ping-pong ball, which makes him pursued by the American and Russian secret services, finds refuge in a military camp where his irruption sows some semi-catastrophes.

Emir Fattal is on holiday in France, being pursued by an international criminal, MacGorell. He moved to a musical impresario, Sam Moreau, who did not like the presence of a squatter.

The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.

Julio Cesar esta disfrutando de unas lujosas vacaciones en una colonia Romana en el norte de Africa, mientras en Roma estalla una gran revuelta obrera. Un mecanico de nombre Ben-Hur, se elige a si mismo como dirigente sindical, pero termina siendo detenido en una manifestacion publica. El gobernador le da a elegir entre un innoble fin en la arena o una oportunidad participando en un complot para matar a Cesar.

A country priest receives his bishop with the mission of converting a nudist colony.

Whilst driving through rural France, Antoine Bonfils comes across a community of babas - men and women who have turned their back on the modern commercialist world and live, free of constraints, as close to nature as they can. After a tiff with his girlfriend, he decides to swap his comfortable but empty life in Paris for a new life with the babas. Adapting to the new life-style proves to be far from easy...

Cuatro familias de distinta nacionalidad (rusa, alemana, americana y francesa), apasionadas por la música, ven cómo la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) trastorna sus vidas y sus carreras musicales. (FILMAFFINITY)

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.

A fraudulent builder has planned to spend a few of days in Switzerland to hide his hoard in a swiss bank at once. Unfortunately an inspector of the Internal Revenue department is going to come and go over the firm's books.

El trabajo de Françoise consiste en seducir a los hombres cuyas esposas quieren divorciarse y necesitan tener pruebas contra ellos. Además, chantajea a los políticos, que no pueden permitirse un escándalo. Empezó a dedicarse a este lucrativo negocio después de haber sido violada, pero ahora la policía la está buscando, y no tiene más remedio que recurrir a una pareja que vive de ocultar delincuentes. En su refugio conoce a Simon, un mafioso con el que colabora en robos esporádicos, pero el cerco de la policía se estrecha. (FILMAFFINITY)

One-Eyed Men Are Kings [Les... borgnes sont rois] is a 1974 French short film directed by Michel Leroy and Edmond Séchan. In the film, a sad middle-aged man in Paris man and his dog go for a walk, which turns into an ordeal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Two unemployed actors accept what they believe to be an acting job from a wealthy man without realizing that he needs two real private detectives.

The eventful and incredible vacation of a Parisian family come to rest in a small village located in the heart of Alsace.

Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.

This French slapstick comedy stars the musician/comedian foursome Les Charlots, as valets to the Four Musketeers. One of the film's highlights is a mutual kicking session between Cardinal Richelieu, the King, and a monk. This comedy foursome was enormously popular in 1970s France, and they made a huge number of films during that period.

The guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners who love each other and have only one dream: to see the sea. To help them realize their dream, the brave man steals the car of the director. She quickly discovers the crime and drags her pale husband to the pursuit of the trio, aboard a tanker truck...

Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for his uncle, a union activist. His capitalist methods will surprise at first, but quickly bring in a lot of money.

La historia arranca cuando un grupo de hippies se personan en un pueblo amenazado con desaparecer por la emigración.

Three priests in cassocks visit a modest and naive country priest in a village in the South of France. They claim to be sent by the bishop for the purpose of recovering a precious reliquary currently in the hands of a vigorously anti-clerical squire. The non apostolic behavior of the three priests causes the disturbance in the village without altering the confidence of the priest. But the situation is complicated at the Sunday Mass: one is drunk on the sacristy, the other improvises a sermon not very Catholic and the third is a mess in the choir of singing. With the naive complicity of the priest, their scam is about to end ...

Les Charlots, a French rock group, continue their adventures, in the manner of the Beatles in Hard Day's Night. This is their second adventure. The foursome are on holiday, camping outside a village. The Olympic flame is going to pass through the village. A grocer, charged to prepare a celebration, calls upon the four to help. One of the four falls for the grocer's daughter. However, she runs away after the sportsman carrying the flame. The foursome set of to find her and win her back.

A middle-aged couple moves into an old villa populated by eccentric characters.

Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. Il réapparaîtra sur de nouvelles ondes avec "Radio plus près de la Vérité".

Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. Recovering, the young lady puts him up at her house, as he has run out of places to live. He joins a Parisian sporting team and seems to have transferred his bad luck to a corrupt television boss who is attempting to manipulate the game so that Alfred's Paris team loses.

Siglo XVIII. Narra las aventuras y desventuras de un recaudador de impuestos que intenta estafar al rey, pero, al ser descubierto, será objeto de las burlas de los contribuyentes.

The means used by foreign spy services to obtain the trade secret of a French invention.

Comedia de intriga que gira en torno al plan que ha tramado un escritor para cometer el crimen perfecto. Pronto descubrirá que, si bien existe, los detalles son lo más importante para que todo salga bien.

A priest gets a little hot under the collar when the wife he thought was dead unexpectedly returns.

Despite their social differences, poor David and the rich Olivier are the best friends. David took the young Eleanor in Olivier's Paris apartment. When Olivier meets her there, he takes her to the country, where the three build a boat on the meadow. Eleanore divided the friends.

Volviendo de Italia, Henri Roubier recoge a una elegante autoestopista, y también a un joven. Tras un brusco giro, el coche y sus pasajeros acaban sobre la copa de un pino que hay en un acantilado. Atrapados entre el mar y el cielo, su situación es incómoda cuanto menos...

The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. On the other hand the police inspector who arrested him offers him protection on condition he gives him the same piece of information. Serge refuses and is about to be tortured by Varèse's henchmen when Michel, a friendly hood, comes to his rescue. His friendship will result in... a heap of corpses! —Guy Bellinger

A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.

Un grupo de cadetes jóvenes se incorporan a la gendarmería, cosa que provoca una inminente retirada del grupo de gendarmes liderado por Cruchot. Éste es reticente a abandonar su puesto, pero el cambio le condena a una jubilación forzosa. Cruchot no puede acostumbrarse a esta nueva vida de inactividad. Pero cuando Fougasse, uno de sus hombres, es internado por un problema de amnesia, Cruchot ve una oportunidad para volver con su brigada y demostrar que su experiencia es mejor que los nuevos métodos.

Evans Evans, es director de danza, con su grupo de bailarinas es muy estricto en cuanto al nivel profesional o a su peso, pero sobre todo respecto a los hombres, no los permite cerca ni que ninguna tenga relaciones sentimentales. Cuando una decide casarse, la despide. Y no dudará en utilizar todas sus artimañas cuando otra planea casarse.. Pero el gran problema llegará cuando la gira llegue a Roma, donde una de las chicas tuvo un bebé, al que dejó al cuidado de un ama, pero ésta se tiene que ir y la chica ha de buscarle una nueva.

En una pequeña república sudamericana aparece un gran yacimiento de uranio. El gobierno, entre revolución y revolución, ha de decidir a quién cede la concesión, estadounidenses, rusos o cubanos. Los delegados de los tres espías se espían y traicionan sin cesar

Former professor of natural history, Louis Compiegne lives in retirement in a big house, with Pascal, his faithful servant. The arrival of a young American student comes to disorder the quiet life of the pensioner.

Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...

On the day of his marriage, the son of a Marseille king declares to his family that he wishes to engage in the police.

Huber de Tartas, industrial y especialista en el campo del embalaje, vive tranquilamente con su esposa Edmeé y su hijo Didier, estudiante de medicina que está a las puertas de un matrimonio muy prometedor. Pero la aparición de un hombre, después de 65 años de hibernación en los glaciares del polo, viene a cuestionarlo todo, ya que se trata del abuelo de Edmeé.

Trabajando en la preparación de un gas, Eugène descubre un gas euforizante capaz de neutralizar al enemigo. Una seductora espía intentará descubrir la fórmula...

Trabajando en la preparación de un gas, Eugène descubre un gas euforizante capaz de neutralizar al enemigo. Una seductora espía intentará descubrir la fórmula...

Bertrand Barnier es un rico empresario para el que la vida transcurre tranquilamente junto a su mujer y a su hija Colette. Para mantener su forma física hace ejercicio regularmente bajo la dirección de un joven atleta, cuya inteligencia está lejos de igualar su fuerza física. El servicio de la casa está perfectamente atendido por Bernadette, la joven criada, y Oscar, el chofer. Sin embargo, esta confortable situación va a verse perturbada, cuando su empleado, Christian Martin, irrumpe en la casa a primera hora de la mañana para exigir a este un aumento de sueldo, con la intención de pedirle la mano al padre de su novia. El caos se desata en casa de Bernier cuando este descubre que es su propia hija con la que Christian desea casarse.

Catherine is left unmarried and pregnant when her mobster sweetheart is killed in this gangster comedy. With the help of another unmarried mother-to-be, Catherine goes looking for the stash of cash buried by her lover before his death. Soon other thugs and her suspicious neighbors are following their every move in an attempt to recover the lost loot...

When an oily attorney dies at the hands of the mafia, a dedicated French detective investigates the man's murder. He soon uncovers a drug-smuggling operation and lets his sawed-off shotgun do the talking to the toughs in this Gallic gangster feature.

Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest market of Paris (the "Halles"). The poor man is completely lost, but the meat merchant Dessertine takes him under his wings when he hears that Goubi was likewise 'raised by the State'...

Segunda Guerra Mundial. Sentimental historia (con tintes autobiográficos) sobre la amistad entre un viejo antisemita y un niño judío en la Francia ocupada por los nazis. Un matrimonio judío, para poner a salvo a su hijo Claude, lo envía a vivir al campo con Pepe y Mémè, una pareja de ancianos católicos que acogen al niño sin saber que es judío. Pepe es un antisemita y anticomunista recalcitrante: está convencido de que los judíos y los comunistas son los responsables de todos los males que aquejan a Francia. Durante los peores días de la guerra, poco a poco empieza a forjarse una sincera y cálida amistad entre el viejo y el niño. (FILMAFFINITY)

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Parodia de la ocupación de Francia por los alemanes. Terry-Thomas es un piloto inglés que se encuentra perdido en la Francia ocupada, mientras que Bourvil y Louis de Funès son dos parisinos que, casi involuntariamente, ayudan a la resistencia contra los nazis. Un film que en Francia obtuvo un enorme éxito de taquilla.

El Sr. Septime dirige su lujoso restaurante con una disciplina casi militar. La visita de un Jefe de Estado sudamericano hará que el hotel se movilice en su honor, y deciden preparan un plato especial para él: la "Pirámide al Septime". En el momento de la aparición del plato, el Presidente Novalés desaparece. Septime se encuentra entonces en una situación delicada: el comisario sospecha de él, y es acosado por el secretario del presidente.

Arturo Lempeur (Belmondo) es un joven rico y caprichoso que, hastiado de la vida que lleva, intenta sin éxito suicidarse una y otra vez mientras realiza un viaje en su velero alrededor del mundo. Harto de sus fallidos intentos, al llegar a China decide suscribir una póliza de seguros por la que, en caso de muerte accidental, se repartirían dos millones de dólares su prometida y su mejor amigo, Mister Goh (Valéry Inkijinoff), quien le asegura a Lempeur que antes de un mes sufrirá un accidente inesperado. Sin embargo, enseguida se arrepiente de su decisión y entonces tendrá que concentrar todos sus esfuerzos en la difícil tarea de salvar la vida. En esta aventura lo acompañarán su fiel asistente Leon (Jean Rochefort) y Alejandrina (Ursula Andrews), una cantante de cabaret a quien acaba de conocer.

Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in high-profile swindling, but their success is quite limited. For starters they are deceived by Mrs. Paterson, a charming widow. Later on, Ribeiro, a Portuguese contractor and former victim of the two crooks, traces them and forces them to work on one of his building sites for damages. Just then, Larsan-Bellac resurfaces with plans to lure Ribeiro once again. —Guy Bellinger

Two youths have secretly married ladies but not the ones their fathers who are away on trips had selected.A mischievous valet plays tricks to see that the lovers can stay together.

A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.

Junio de 1940. En las playas de Dunkerque, que han sido arrasadas por los bombardeos alemanes, miles de soldados franceses e ingleses esperan partir para Inglaterra. Tras abandonar a sus camaradas, Julien intenta embarcar con los ingleses en un carguero. (FILMAFFINITY)

When Massa is released from prison, he's sure that Luciano, an old freind, is responsible for his incarceration. Massa proceeds to keep watch on Luciano, who has been living with Massa's beloved sister Maria. Feeling doubly betrayed because of his unhealthy adoration for Maria, Massa is determined to get back at Luciano and ends up in a deadly game of roulette.

Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.

Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.

Película dividida en siete cortos, cada uno de ellos protagonizado por un pecado capital.

Valentin travels to the burial of his father who died of indigestion, but stopping to eat on the way causes him to be late for the meal which follows the funeral.

Francia, siglo XVIII. Louis de Bourguignon abandonó la banda de Malichot, porque consideraba que sus métodos eran inmorales. Creó entonces su propia banda, y bajo el nombre de Cartouche se dedicó a robar audazmente a los ricos, repartiendo después el botín entre los pobres. Así fue cómo consiguió el aprecio y la admiración de la gente, pero también el rencor de la policía y de sus viejos compinches.

En la pequeña localidad de Cabosse, los lugareños disfrutan de una gran longevidad. Partiendo de este hecho como reclamo comercial, Victor Hardy se propone construir una urbanización en unos terrenos de poco valor. El único obstáculo es Dumont, un viejo obstinado, que, a diferencia de los demás, se niega a venderle sus tierras.

Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in the right place at the right time to save young starlet Francine from killing herself -- or more accurately, pretending to kill herself. His supposed heroism hits the news, and before Auguste knows what is happening, a Machiavellian publicist is using him for his own ends. The bank clerk is no fool and soon thinks of a way to come out on top.

Luis XI, rey de Francia, y Carlos el Temerario, duque de Borgoña, están en una situación de "guerra fría". Luis XI intenta conservar la paz, a pesar de los arrebatos coléricos del duque y las felonías del traidor Sénac. El proyecto del rey es dar a su ahijada, Jeanne de Beauvais, en matrimonio a Carlos, que la desea. Pero Jeanne está enamorada del caballero de Neuville...

The action takes place under the Restoration, at the Château de Savigny, near Nerville, a devout and prudish little town in the Cotentin region. Doctor Torty is the doctor. He tells a story of which he is the only one to know the secret, that of a criminal couple, without any remorse. The pretty Hauteclaire Stassin, daughter of the master of arms, meets the Count of Savigny, married to the noble and languid Delphine. Madly in love with the count, Hauteclaire joined the castle as a servant. Shortly after, the countess died of poisoning. Will the guilty lovers go unpunished?

Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is visited by a lonely widow, Fine, who longs to be his wife. One day, Jules comes across an unexploded bomb lying on the ground in open countryside. After a few foolhardy attempts to set the bomb off, Jules makes a surprising discovery. It is filled with thousands of bank notes…

Francia, 1947. Gaspard Claude ha sido acusado del intento de asesinato de su mujer, pero es inocente. Una vez en la cárcel, comparte celda con cuatro duros criminales que han decidido escapar de la prisión construyendo un laborioso túnel. A duras penas, convencen al joven para que se una al plan de fuga y participe en la construcción del túnel.

Juju, un borracho patán que siente la necesidad de ser importante para alguien, y su amigo El Artista son forzados a punta de pistola a alojar a un fugitivo, Pierre Barbier, en la casa destartalada de Juju. La necesidad de ser necesitado es tal en Juju que deja de beber y cuida de Pierre. Pero un día Juju descubre que Pierre ha estado haciendo el amor con su chica María....

Michael y Suzanne son dos padres solteros que no se conocen, pero cada uno tiene un hijo y acabarán coincidiendo cuando los dos chavales se escapan juntos de un internado suizo.

Francia, siglo XVI. Periodo de las guerras de religión. Diana de Poitiers (Lana Turner), amante del príncipe heredero, el futuro Enrique II de Francia (1547-1559), alcanza un poder casi absoluto gracias a su extraordinaria capacidad para manipular a los hombres. Entre sus presas están el mismísimo rey Francisco I y su propio marido, el conde de Breze. Sin embargo, para conseguir sus propósitos tendrá que enfrentarse a una rival tan astuta como ella: la intrigante Catalina de Médicis.

Cadet Rousselle ama a la bella Isabelle, pero el padre de ésta no entiende el amor de su hija con un actor. Cadet decide entonces partir de su pueblo para hacer fortuna. Este será el inicio de sus aventuras.

In order to inherit her husband's old aunt more quickly, a greedy peasant woman engages in various dishonest maneuvers.

Inspector Sergil is assigned the mission to protect the dictator of Santa Juanita during his stay in France and - it goes without saying -trouble begins at once, as of his journey in the fast train from Paris to Marseilles. A lot of opponents of all kinds are intent on liquidating the dictator and they do not particularly like to have Sergil in their way. When Bijou, the inspector's fiancée, accepts to serve as a bodyguard for the dictator, she is soon kidnapped and will not be released until Sergil tells them about their enemy's hiding place. Where the shoe pinches is that the dictator has disappeared and Sergil does not even know where he is.