Victor Lanoux

Marc Delvaux, a famous retired police commissioner, lives alone in a large building in the Lyon countryside on the banks of the Saône. When a lawyer friend asks him to house Emma for a while, a young woman who has to testify, he accepts without suspecting that he has just signed his return to the field.

Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test… that proves positive, a car accident and being fired from her job... For Hortense, mobile phone in hand, the frantic quest for sexual satisfaction begins in a traffic jam... For both Luis and Maurice, the unexpected appearance of a loved one pitches them into a world of dreams and nightmares. While some of the characters know each other, others come into contact by chance. One woman profits from all this, the other is shattered. One will have gone looking for trouble, the other will have asked for nothing. There'll be no fatalities.

Tunisian-born Myriam, a Sephardic beauty, lives in Montreal. Théo, her grad-student boyfriend, breaks up with her, and she's desolate. She house-sits for a friend for several weeks: during that time, her father arrives looking for her after 20 years, Théo realizes he misses her, and she meets the quirky Lou, a poetry-spouting squatter who introduces himself by clipping a lock of her hair during a movie; he later breaks into her flat to chat with her. She's angry with her father, confused by Théo, and delighted with Lou, whose free spirit and undemanding attention inspire her. Working out her feelings about her father gives her to key to decide what to do next.

This is a suspense drama about Esther, Lamar, and Zed, three friends who live together. Tired of having financial problems, they decide to hit it big somehow. They visit Armand, a former 'Godfather' who has now retired. They soon realize that, in contrast to their world of easy living with few responsibilities, Armand's world belongs to the underground with its own code of behavior. Their involvement in that world brings them face to face with events they had never imagined before.

Set in the late 1960s, a family of Gypsies live in a dilapidated pavilion in the western suburbs of Paris.

This TV movie is adapted from the memoirs of the singer Régine, in which she recounts her youth and her beginnings in the music hall.

After her daughter is kidnapped by white slave traders, a mother enlists the aid of a world war 2 vet and a boat captain. Together they hunt down the kidnappers.

A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.

Venice. March 1735. The carnival is in full swing Everybody's happy mood and the lively streets are filled with musicians, mimes, clowns and acrobats of pickpockets who practice their craft each, displaying a colorful rainbow and sounds. At every corner, there is something going on that should not be missed - especially if it's something forbidden. However, some people are concerned about something else. One is Carlo Goldoni young lawyer of 27 years, he dreams only theater and he thinks only the part that wants to ride. Alas, the money was also hard to find at that time than now. His two friends, Antonio Vivaldi and Gian Battista Tiepolo are better known than him but they are also looking for this rare bird: a patron, who was not on ONLY the desire but also the means to sponsor a work of art.

During the broadcast of a live game show, a surprise guest is shot by an armed assassin.The victim, Martin Gaillard, recounts the bizarre series of events that led to this extraordinary denouement.

A man and a woman quarrel over an old building, a heritage they share. Their opposing characters make the situation conflictual.

Francois Marboni is a butcher who is being blackmailed for having an affair with the prostitute Rachel in this black comedy. He decides to hire a hit man when the blackmailer demands that he start cutting his profit margin to the bone. Francois soon becomes a target of the hitman he hired.

En el bosque, un chico de 13 años es atrapado por un fugitivo y éste lo obliga a traerle dinero al día siguiente. El chico hace lo que le han mandado, pero es atacado por el compañero del preso fugitivo...

When the mother of a "tribe" of five children leaves for good, their inept father is not sure how to keep the family clothed and fed, and without the help of his neighbor Simone, he would be nowhere. She is attracted to him but eventually gives up on the relationship. Meanwhile, the father grabs his brood and they take off for Paris in search of the wife. But Simone accidentally ends up on the same train...

In the docks of Bordeaux a well-known homosexual was murdered. Police Inspector Michel Verta starts investigating, when he falls in love with Bernard, a handsome young musician. This not only threatens his family life but also his integrity, for he is married with a child and Bernard is one of the murder suspects.

François, violoncelista, e Isabelle, historiadora del arte, se conocen en una oficina de desempleo, donde surge una agria discusión entre Isabelle y uno de los empleados. François sale en su defensa y, así, nace entre ellos una relación amorosa. Juntos tratan de conseguir algún dinero como músicos callejeros, pero no tienen éxito. Entonces a Isabelle se le ocurre la idea de robar a los tres dependientes de la oficina de desempleo, pero durante el atraco muere uno de ellos.

Virginia Tregan regresa a su hogar en el sur profundo de los EE.UU, de una estancia en París, sólo para descubrir que la plantación de su familia y sus posesiones se han perdido.

Tras huir de la justicia llevándose consigo varios millones de dólares, un delincuente decide ocultarse en casa de unos granjeros, pero acaba descubriendo que éstos son más peligrosos que él.

Two policemen, Franck and Rupert, intervene in a Parisian heliport where drugs are exchanged for a large sum of money. They decide to keep the loot and find themselves fighting with the mafia.

During the Second World War, Yvon joins the Gestapo to save his Jewish girlfriend, Stella, from deportation. When France is liberated, he has to answer for his past. Hunted, he decides to escape to Spain, but Stella refuses to go with him.

An official's earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain any potential scandal, the man becomes enamored of the daughter of his uncle's maid. This new romance inspires him to forget worries about a public image and focus on a new life -- not any easy objective when unsavory friends and foes have their own agendas in mind.

Por sugerencia de su editor, el escritor Daniel Salmon, falto de inspiración, va a relajarse a la costa Mediterránea...

Jeanne Jouvert, a crime writer, has won the Quai des Orfèvres prize. Her publisher devises a clever publicity ploy that results in her husband, Alfred, head of the anti-gang squad, being honored in her place. The policeman finds himself quite comfortable as a best-selling author and takes advantage of the situation. Tired of having been submissive for too long, Jeanne plans her revenge. She asks for help from her friend Anne Beaufort, herself disappointed by her husband, who pretends to help Third World countries by selling them weapons. The two of them will prove what they are capable of by organizing a hold-up of the central post office in Paris.

Novak is a police inspector to whom any means is fair in getting evidence on criminals - especially drug dealers. He is after a drug ring that includes a city official and desperately needs evidence to bring the corrupt politician to trial, and to close down the ring. To that end, he involves Helene, the politician's secretary, causing her intensive emotional stress as he destroys her home life and unintentionally costs the life of her sister. By the time events have completed their course, the inspector has a chance to help Helene back to normalcy, and to reflect on the ultimate worth of his methods.

Released after 8 years in prison, Adrien finds his family home. He discovers that his wife Teresa has moved in with Roger, and his children make the 400 blows and his former accomplices are not decided to give him his share of the booty.

Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he has proposed, threatening suicide if she says no. They gather at Isaac's grandson's, Ben, who lives with Peggy and their son Mathias who's 10. Joining them, from Israel, is Isaac's son Elie. Against a backdrop of Elie's attempts to call his ex-wife, Ben and Peggy's marital difficulties, Mathias's budding sexuality, everyone's love of chess and practical jokes, Ben's house (shifting dangerously on its foundation), and the twentieth-century struggles of the Jews, the film explores their relationships and Isaac's aging.

Drama sobre la inseguridad. Los vecinos de un barrio intentan defenderse de los delincuentes adiestrando perros para el ataque, tarea de la que se encarga un inquietante personaje. Tras ser violada por un desconocido, Nicole Calfan adopta un perro y le enseña a obedecer sus órdenes de ataque. Victor Lanoux, un médico que acaba de instalarse en el barrio, se opondrá a este sistema de violencia generalizada.

Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.

The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.

Pierre, 44, contentedly divorced, takes his teen daughter to the Côte d'Azur along with his friend Jacques and Jacques' own teen daughter, Françoise. On the topless beaches of Saint-Tropez, Jacques and Pierre discuss marriage and being parents. Then, in a wild moment at a nighttime party, Françoise starts playing with Pierre, and one thing leads to another: they become lovers. After a couple of trysts, Pierre wants out, but Françoise declares her love for him and wants to tell her father about it. She does, but leaves out Pierre's name, so Jacques enlists Pierre's help in identifying who seduced his daughter. What will Pierre do?

Cuatro amigos insatisfechos en plena cuarentena cronológica. Bouly, el "donjuan" del grupo, separado de su mujer y a punto de contraer matrimonio con otra separada, tan bien provista de hijos como él mismo, se ve atropellado por la llegada de su ex mujer y del ex marido de su amante. Etienne, el más reposado de los camaradas, teme haber sido engañado por su mujer, Marthe, y empieza a espiarla. Daniel, el homosexual, descubrirá en su naturaleza una nueva vía de relación amorosa, y Simon, siempre cercado por su madre, tendrá que recurrir a la seducción de sus clientes en su propio consultorio médico. Secuela de "Un elefante se equivoca enormemente". (FILMAFFINITY)

When a rich man' dies and his maid Maria unexpectedly becomes his heir, she is now the mistress of the man's household. In order to get revenge on the man's nephew Jerome, for slights on her person which he committed while she was but a maid, she has kept him on as her personal valet. The two of them engage in a form of rivalry bordering on warfare, because the nephew thinks he should have gotten the money. However, every mean trick she plays on him makes her feel even worse, because he accepts them all without a qualm.

When François' wife Cecile was leaving him because of his affairs with other women, she had an auto accident. In this drama, he makes uses of her amnesia to try to win her back and misleads her at every turn in her quest to recover her memories.

En 1936, todo el mundo estaba preocupado por el imparable avance del fascismo. En Grecia, la aristócrata Margot Santorini (Romy Schneider), esposa de un importante diplomático, era la reina de una sociedad decadente que vivía entregada al disfrute de sus privilegios, placeres y abusos.

En un día por lo demás normal, Étienne, un hombre felizmente casado y un buen padre, ve algo que lo detiene en seco: una hermosa mujer con un ondulante vestido rojo. Mucho después de que ella haya dejado su visión, su recuerdo continúa rondando su mente. Se enamora instantáneamente de ella e intenta todo para conocerla mejor. Ayudando a Étienne a atrapar a su escurridiza dama de rojo están sus tres torpes amigos, que tienen aventuras secretas y/o engañan a sus esposas.

Un joven y un policía son asesinados por el matón de un político de derechas que se halla en plena campaña electoral. El comisario Verjeat sigue las huellas del asesino, pero en las altas esferas hay alguien a quien no le conviene esa investigación. Por esa razón, Verjeat es ascendido y destinado a Montpellier... (FILMAFFINITY)

Dos primos lejanos se conocen en una boda de la familia. Entre ellos surge en seguida una buena amistad, pero pronto sus respectivos esposo y esposa empezarán a sospechar de que son algo más que amigos.

A girl from an asylum is engaged as nurse to a small, spoiled orphan boy, whose uncle has evil designs on him, and who hopes to kill him and cast the blame on the girl.

Durante unas vacaciones en un camping de la Costa Azul, un pequeño burgués parisino se siente fascinado por una jovencita a la que corteja su propio hijo. Dominado por la obsesión, acaba por violarla y, accidentalmente, la chica resulta muerta. Conmocionada por el asesinato, la gente del lugar sospecha de unos inmigrantes árabes. (FILMAFFINITY)

Gracias a la ayuda de un educador, Gino consigue reintegrarse en la sociedad después de salir de la cárcel. Pero, a pesar de su buena voluntad y sus esfuerzos para hacer una vida normal, un inspector de policía no cree en su inocencia y le recuerda constantemente sus delitos anteriores. La continua presión del inspector y sus sospechas acaban arrastrándolo a cometer un homicidio.

Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, antimilitaristic, social educator who dreams of saving three thugs, his "little guys" at the limit of delinquency. After several resounding failures that sent him to prison, Pierre is ordered by his father to join his factory to direct the social service. Tired of the venality of his father and the foolishness of the "little guys", Pierre hires them at the factory...

En 1952, y a la edad de 75 años, Gaston Dominici fue oficialmente declarado culpable del brutal asesinato de Sir Jack Drummond, su mujer y su hija. La familia inglesa, de paso por la Provenza, había acampado en las tierras de una familia de granjeros, los Dominici, cuyo patriarca era Gaston. El suceso y el posterior juicio tuvo repercusión internacional. En el año 2003 se hizo una adaptación para la televisión de la historia, protagonizada por Michel Serrault y Michel Blanc. (FILMAFFINITY)

He is a sales rep. She is a secretary. They live in the suburbs but she works in Paris. They don't see much of each other and spend much of their time in commuter trains. They try desperately to change job locations to be more often together, but... The plot is not the important thing in the film ; what makes it emblematic of the early and mid-seventies is the insouciant atmosphere. The '74 oil crisis had not yet morphed into a recession, and life was good - even though it was as hard as ever to find a home near one's workplace (or the reverse) ! Marthe Keller and Jacques Higelin are both excellent. The movie is not an all-time great, but it captures the "zeitgeist" of French life in the Seventies.

A little girl tries to reconcile her separated parents.

Madame Bertini, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life in squalour. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.