Pierre Moncorbier

A Victor Vauthier parece que la suerte le ha vuelto la espalda. El día que sale de prisión, después de tres meses de arresto, sólo se encuentra con desgracias: vende el apartamento de su ex amante y pierde el dinero en las carreras, trata de vender un yate, que se hunde con el comprador a bordo; intenta consolar a la mujer del presunto ahogado y el marido los encuentra en la cama. Marie-Charlotte, la asistenta social que debe ayudarle a integrarse en la sociedad es, casualmente, la hija del conservador de un museo que alberga un valiosísimo tríptico de El Greco. Víctor llega a la conclusión de que sólo poseyendo tan valiosa obra de arte podrá alcanzar la reinserción social.

An epic six-hour adaptation of Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Most famously filmed by Wojciech Has, this four part adaptation has the advantage of a vastly expanded running time, allowing for more of the novel to be incorporated >> shot on film, it was clearly a very expensive production and is equally spectacular in its own way.

Four young women embark on a journey of sexual awakening.

El guión de Jorge Semprún se basa en el libro homónimo de Artur London que narra en primera persona las purgas estalinistas de las que fueron víctimas los disidentes del Partido Comunista checoslovaco, entre ellos el propio London. Estas purgas tuvieron lugar en el famoso Proceso de Praga de 1952.

Un grupo de atracadores trata de conseguir el robo perfecto. Uno de ellos llevaba 15 años alejado del oficio, pero, cuando un antiguo colega aparece, no puede resistir la tentación de un nuevo golpe. Todo está medido al detalle, pero... (FILMAFFINITY)

TV movie of a play by Ivan Turgenev

Short film by Pierre Etaix, edited out from Tant qu'on a la santé

We are in 1814, in Auvergne, in the dark fir forests of Livradois, near La Chaise Dieu. Gaspard and his beautiful cousin Anne-Marie see their love thwarted and their lives disrupted because of a treasure that an old uncle, who made his fortune in Guadeloupe, buried in the mountains of Auvergne.

The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.

La historia narra cómo una familia madrileña espera la llegada de un niño francés. Sin embargo, el niño no acaba de aparecer y la que sí se establece en la casa es la hermana mayor del jovencito, una francesita la mar de atractiva (Catherine Diamant). Divertida y picaresca comedia al más puro estilo del guionista Pedro Masó (Las chicas de la Cruz Roja), que pone en la picota la situación social de la España de la época. Lo hace con una sutil crítica costumbrista, en la que se enfrentan los hábitos españoles con la Francia más liberal.

Alain Leroy, un francés alcohólico, casado con una americana, está a punto de terminar un tratamiento de desintoxicación en una clínica privada. Antes de enfrentarse de nuevo a la vida cotidiana decide visitar a las personas a las que estuvo vinculado en el pasado.

Three girls in Paris is the story of three Danish girls (Ghita Nørby, Susse Wold and Hanne Borchsenius) traveling to Paris, but after having placed suitcase and money on the hotel and takes off in the city, they forget what it's called and where it is located. They are helped by a Parisian taxi driver, and meets a series of typical French.

An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.

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...

El Zar Alejandro II (1855-1881) toma como amante a la bella estudiante Katia, lo que supone un fulgurante ascenso social para la joven, que llega incluso a recibir el título de princesa. En la corte del zar, donde las intrigas se suceden sin tregua y Katia se convertirá en el epicentro de una de ellas cuyo objetivo es el asesinato del zar de todas las Rusias.

Miguel foils a bank robbery and becomes a successful nightclub singer, but he doesn't know that his wife is being courted by an Italian fitness instructor.

Martine dirige un centro deportivo femenino, pero los ingresos no son suficientes. Para evitar el embargo, convierte el local en un club nocturno con mucho whisky y mujeres de mala nota.

Adaptación de la novela de Victor Hugo, con Jean Gabin en el papel de Jean Valjean.

Tanto Nini, una guapa chica que trabaja en una lavandería, como otras atractivas jóvenes son contratadas por Monsieur Danglard para unirse a su compañía de teatro. Danglar tiene previsto abrir un nuevo cabaret en París, el Moulin Rouge, donde la gran atracción será el cancán. A pesar de que tiene novio, Nini es seducida por Danglard, pero su principal admirador es el príncipe Alexandre. Tras 15 años de estancia en los Estados Unidos, "French Cancan" supone el regreso de Renoir a su país.

Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.

La condesa de Castiglione fue considerada la mujer más bella del mundo. Una de las más célebres amantes de Napoleón III. Llegó a París con 19 años, pues su primo Cavour, primer ministro del rey Víctor Manuel II de Cerdeña y Piamonte, la induce para conquistar a Luis Napoleón III, con el propósito de conseguir el apoyo del soberano francés a la causa piamontesa.

El viejo gángster Max y un amigo suyo tienen un plan que les permitirá obtener cerca de 50 millones de francos. La ex-novia de Max, que lo ha dejado por Angelo, el jefe de otra banda, pretende obtener información sobre ese plan para quedarse con el dinero. Con este fin ella y sus amigos secuestran al socio de Max y piden un rescate por su vida.

Saul De Tarse is a Roman soldier who is making rough all over. He arrives at the Golgotha when the apostles remove the cross. He ruthlessly persecutes the Christians, even though they are his own friends.

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

A provincial chemist's daughter is to marry her cousin Gilbert.The day before he arrives, a stranger, who has just escaped from an insane asylum, claims he is the famous cousin.

Catherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Ernest Plonche, feeling upset, decides to investigate personally.

It centres on the life of the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and his total devotion to studying insect behavior, travelling from Avignon to Paris, from Paris to his death in Sérignan. He is honoured by the French president Raymond Poincaré and his patience, obstinacy and knowledge are also recognised by Napoleon III, the publisher Charles Delagrave and the philosopher John Stuart Mill. They reach their climax in his book, Souvenirs entomologiques.

The inhabitants of a Scottish island in the 19th century follow their own religion without need for clergy, but as strangers arrive, their faith and beliefs face a deep crisis.

The establishment of a French family who came to cultivate vines in Algeria.

A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive.

François, a young student at a provincial college, likes Colette, the daughter of the headmaster. Turlot his colleague, who commits suicide, left a diary where he writes of his relationship with Colette.

Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...

A husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to take advantage of the situation and makes an appointment with the outraged wife in a bachelor flat where the situation is resolved, not without morality being undermined.

Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. Meanwhile Agnes acquires a style of her own as an artist, which makes Claude jealous of his young wife. One day, he sends one of his own paintings to the Bazar de la Charité, a very trendy Paris department store, instead of one of his wife's works as ordered. Afraid of her being mad at him, he locks her up in the cloak room. A dreadful fire suddenly breaks out and sets the building ablaze.

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.

This character study of a French patriot during the Nazi Occupation has comedian Noel as the chief of the underground who uses his hobby of growing orchids to hide his radio equipment.

Alex Grégoire is a timid insurance company clerk who shares his uneventful life between his wife Angèle, his colleagues and his passion for crosswords. But all of a sudden his existence changes dramatically. First because he wins a crossword competition. Second because a jewel thief, Charles Tuffal, thinks he recognizes in him a former accomplice. From that moment "uneventful" is not the best adjective to qualify Alex's life anymore...