Jean Sylvère

Jean-Claude y Pierrot son dos macarras, unidos por una fuerte amistad, sin otro interés en la vida que hacer lo que les viene en gana. Su pasatiempo favorito es acosar, intimidar y aterrorizar a la gente, pero siempre logran eludir la acción de la justicia. Una tarde, mientras intentan robar un coche, el propietario les dispara, pero aún así logran escapar. En medio de la confusión, Maria Ange, una amiga del propietario, una mujer cansada de su mediocre vida de peluquera, se sube al vehículo, se va con ellos y se convierte en amante, cocinera y madre de los dos delincuentes.

A false accusation leads the philosopher Socrates to trial and condemnation in 4th century BC Athens.

En las afueras de París, un coche blindado que contiene una fortuna en joyas es secuestrado por una banda de ladrones armados. Una vez que ha tomado los bienes robados, el jefe de los ladrones, Quinquín, elimina rápidamente a todos sus cómplices, incluyendo Gouvion, el inspector de policía encargado del transporte de las joyas. Cuando se entera de la muerte Gouvion, el Comisario Joss decide hacerse cargo de la investigación, a pesar de que sólo le quedan unos pocos meses para retirarse. (FILMAFFINITY)

In a moment of madness a respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. When the murdered woman's boyfriend is falsely accused of her murder, the murderer is chosen to serve on the jury. Based on Francis Didelot's novel "Le Septième Juré".

En un momento de locura, Grégoire Duval, un farmacéutico respetable, mata a una joven que está tomando el sol junto a un lago. Incapaz de asimilar lo que ha hecho, Duval huye de la escena del crimen y se comporta como si nada hubiera sucedido. El asesinato es atribuido al amante de la joven, Sautral, que ha sido arrestado y que pronto será juzgado ante un tribunal de justicia. Al enterarse de que ha sido nombrado miembro del jurado en el juicio de Sautral, Duval es impulsado por su conciencia para salvar al hombre inocente. Por desgracia, la ciudad ya ha tomado una decisión acerca de la identidad del asesino y parece que nada podrá hacer Duval para cambiar el veredicto... (FILMAFFINITY)

"Le monocle noir" es una película de espías o mejor, de agentes secretos con pocos secretos, como dice Bernard Blier en la introducción. Interpretada por un buen elenco de actores franceses identificables debajo de los Pirineos, tales como el propio Blier, Paul Meurisse, Albert Rémy (desconozco si había parentesco con el coronel), Jacques Marin y Elga Andersen, fémina cuya presencia se agradece, la película cuenta en clave de polar francés y humor británico los propósitos neonazis de un conde francés y un conjunto de “presuntos” adeptos a la causa hitleriana entre los que se cuenta el Comandante Dromard apodado “le monocle” (Paul Meurisse). (FILMAFFINITY)

Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and Fernand, Robert's parents. For, despite the good will on either side, tension soon arises. What else to expect when there is too little space in their Montmartre apartment for four people (then for six then eight, the couple having... two pairs of twins!) ; the continued presence there of Fernand (who loves peace and quiet) after he is driven to retirement ; the difficult beginnings of Robert as a lawyer in a room of the apartment, etc... Other troubles follow and the harried family is on the verge of implosion...

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.

Adaptación de la novela homónima de Émile Zola. Thérèse lleva una vida gris y monótona. Está casada con su primo Camille, que es un hombre de temperamento brusco y dominante, todo lo contrario del hombre apasionado que ella necesita. Por eso, cuando llega el camionero Laurent, consigue seducirla.

While celebrating his birthday, police inspector Basquier (Bernard Blier) recalls two of his most-celebrated cases. The first involves duplicitous moneylender Olga (Suzy Prin). The second concerns the brutal broad-daylight murder of innocent young Yvonne (Veronique Deschamps).

An industrialist who prefers painting to business is cheated on by his wife with a painter who prefers business to painting.

Noël is a bachelor who inherits a matrimonial agency. After contemplating selling it, he chooses to manage it.

A tough customs man, out to get a youth smuggling tobacco into France across the Belgium border, falls for the jaded ex bar hostess the smuggler lives with.Meanwhile the young man is intrigued by another, more innocent girl.

Paris at the Belle Epoque. Monsieur de Pontagnac, a perfect honest man, loves pretty women too much and that plays him many tricks. What need does he have to follow the pretty Lucienne Vatelin, home, to find himself in the presence of the husband, the notary Vatelin, who is part of his circle? From there, many characters will meet, avoid each other, find each other. Adultery, domestic scenes and reconciliation will be their lot.

A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.

Michel ha robado a su patrón, el señor Bellanger para conseguir esos recursos que le tenían que permitir casarse con Juliette. Una vez encarcelado, mientras duerme en su celda, se despierta y ve que las puertas están abiertas y conducen a un extraño pueblo en el que sus habitantes han perdido su memoria. Ahí vuelve a encontrarse con Juliette, también afectada por ese mal, y parece estar´conforme en casarse con un hombre rico.

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address.

Suppose lost and found objects could talk... But they can! At least four of them... : -A statuette of Osiris remembers how two ex-lovers, a model and a good for nothing who claimed to be an Egyptologist, met again one Christmas Eve. -A violin has things to say about Raoul, a humble policeman who lost Solange, a widowed grocer he loved, to a god-dam seducing busker also named Raoul. -A scarf was witness to an eerie romance between a young madman and girl he had saved from suicide. -A funeral wreath lets us know how it caused a young woman to believe her lover dead. After having told their respective story, the objects return to their customary stillness.

When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him, he thinks of killing both of them.

A fictitious biography of Jacques Offenbach and Hortense Schneider.

Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.

Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.

Louis Mennechain is a modest locksmith. So imagine his amazement when Professor Piétrefond approaches him and tells him he recognizes in him a descendant of the kings of France, more precisely of Louis XVII (the king who never reigned). According to him he is none other than the monarch's great grandson. Louis's life is soon turned upside down as he becomes the center of attention of a group of ardent royalists. Even a duchess "gives" him her love to make sure that he accepts his role as pretender to the throne...

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.

Having become famous, a painter marries his model whom he soon brings to despair by deceiving her.

Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel manages to infiltrate in Vidauban’s circle of acquaintances and contacts. He becomes embroiled in a bizarre web of intrigue and discovers no shortage of possible murder suspects, all of whom appear to be surprised to see him still alive.

Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a tunnel in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban’s perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel manages to infiltrate in Vidauban’s circle of acquaintances and contacts. He becomes embroiled in a bizarre web of intrigue and discovers no shortage of possible murder suspects, all of whom appear to be surprised to see him still alive.

Together with her partner-in-crime Claude, Clarence sets her sites on famed explorer Maxime. It seems that Luguet has stumbled upon the fabled "elephant's graveyard" in the jungles of Africa, and Miranda intends to get her well-manicured mitts on all that valuable ivory.

On the banks of the Rhône, not far from Tain l'Hermitage, Alcide Garonne, an old ferryman - and incidentally a poacher - lives out of wedlock with Victorine Rousset nicknamed Maryse, a colorful tramp. When Garrone's son, Pilou, a worker, falls in love with Augusta, the mayor's daughter, the unconventional old couple tries to protect the unconventional young pair from the disapproval of self righteous villagers.

The orphan Catherine Maguet, nicknamed "La grande Maguet", was taken in by a young and good chatelaine, Suzanne de Norvaisis. Edmond, the husband of the latter, during a trip abroad, falls madly in love with another and will go, to conquer this one, to poison his wife. Imprisoned then released, the lord will finally marry the one for whom he has become a criminal. But the great Maguet will avenge her beloved murdered benefactress...

Julien Couturier (Bernard Blier) and his wife Louise (Blanchette Brunoy), a young couple from Auvergne who have come to Paris to try their luck for the first time in their lives, become the owners of the "Café du Cadran" ("Clockface Cafe"). On opening day, they meet the people who will become their clientele. It's a busy place, with regular customers served by two waiters, Jules (Robert Le Fort) and Victor (Charles Vissières). While Julien is comfortable in his role as boss, Louise doesn't quite get used to this urban world, where everything moves faster, especially human feelings. She often misses Marcenait, the village in Auvergne where she and her husband ran the "Café du Commerce". Mr. Luigi (Aimé Clariond), a café customer and violinist who performs at the "Café de Paris", has undertaken Louise's cultural education. He teaches her how to dress and do her hair, while recounting his musical successes and travels, skilfully playing on his undeniable seductiveness...

An alcoholic doctor accidentally kills someone and manages to make the death look like an accident. The episode triggers a sense of confidence and he resolves to correct the miseries of his life.