Olivier Achard

Separated at the birth of his mother who has only time to entrust to a member of his family, Guillaume de Villon, when he should have been killed, François will as well go to the ill-known taverns of the Latin Quarter that the Court of the Duke of Orleans, passing by the benches of the university. This marvelous poet at the same time as a scoundrel of morality will have a life where fights, robberies, imprisonments and final banishment will be linked. Leaving Paris, Villon will disappear.

Nueva York 2095. En una extraña pirámide que flota en el cielo, los antiguos dioses egipcios están juzgando al dios Horus. En la ciudad, una joven llorosa de cabello azul es arrestada, aunque posee un gran poder, un poder oculto del que ni siquiera ella es consciente.

El 23 de julio de 1802, la Duquesa de Alba, la mujer más rica y liberada de su época, ofrece una fiesta para inaugurar su nuevo palacio. Los invitados son la flor y nata de la alta sociedad: el Primer Ministro Manuel de Godoy, Goya, Pepita Tudó, amante de Godoy y modelo del cuadro más célebre del pintor: "La Maja Desnuda". A la mañana siguiente, la Duquesa de Alba, que contaba cuarenta años, aparece muerta en su cama en misteriosas circunstancias.

La pequeña villa de Astérix y Obelix es el último lugar que queda fuera del control de Roma. Cuando el recaudador de impuestos Claudius Incorruptus no consigue el dinero de sus habitantes, el propio Julio César se acerca al lugar para ver qué hay de especial en ellos. El secreto es una poción mágica preparada por su druida Panoramix les da a todos una fuerza sobrehumana cuando la beben.

Todos los hombres de la familia McBee sufren una misteriosa enfermedad y necesitan un trasplante de órganos. El donante perfecto es Tykho Moon, que probablemente ha sido asesinado, aunque según ciertos rumores sigue vivo.

Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.

There is an author who has been dumped by his girlfriend and has no inspiration for a next novel. In an attempt to find a solution to both crises, he, along with his publisher friend, decides to seduce a young woman with the singular purpose of keeping a diary of the seduction and then dump her before publishing the book about it. Unfortunately he falls in love with her.

Fred, a commercial director, decides to learn the flute to relieve his stress. His music teacher is none other than Isabelle, a flutist he once saw playing in the subway. He falls under her charm.

An archeologist sets up a trap with a scorpion, then calls up a fellow worker and pretends he is in great danger. Before dying, he has to know the truth about a certain affair.

Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Although Robby is selfish and shallow, he's appealing to Lili, the salon's manager, who's trendy and also the salon-owner's moll; to Mado, who's innocent and sweet; and to Pascale, who's intelligent but passive and downcast. Robby's dad tells him to grow up and see beyond the mercurial Lili, so he proposes suddenly to Mado. She's delighted, but the day before the wedding, Lili returns to give Robby another look. In the background, a Yank who was a soldier in France in World War II returns to Paris and tries to recapture the love of his wartime sweetheart, Robby's mom.

After a volcano, a small village from where no one can escape. The plague spreads, and among the survivors, the famine rules. For a piece of bread, Charlotte sleeps with the grocer. Night falls. The cliffs, someone is watching…

Ethel, una joven aspirante a actriz, acepta el papel protagonista en una película que adapta una obra de Dostoyevsky. Descontento con su actuación, el excéntrico y dominante director someterá a la actriz a una presión que la dejará mentalmente exhausta, incapaz de distinguir entre el mundo real y su papel en la película.

Cannes Festival 1974