François Dyrek

The ambitious Alex is trapped by his father-in-law who fears that he will take his place in the multinational company of which he is the CEO. The latter has a photo montage made that accuses his troublesome son-in-law of adultery. This ploy leads Alex and his wife into a heated argument which, unfortunately, leads to an accident in which the wife is killed. Alex is then accused of his wife's murder. But in this descent into hell, he finds the strength to react.

American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

Pierre, a young man in his thirties, grew up with his two brothers in a city in the suburbs of Paris. He still lives there today with his wife, Deborah. His everyday life is divided between a job where he is exploited, discussions with his friends and brothers, family meals and unpreventable altercations with the cops.

Hippolyte, the titular oddball, is a far from typical country lawyer. He has been happily married to the woman of his dreams for 15 years, but has an incurable penchant for practical (or rather impractical) jokes.

Young Martin has been acting strange. At his school, his teacher and classmates notice that he is less talkative and more withdrawn. When those around him begin to prod, they discover that Martin’s single mother has died. Fearful that he will be sent away from home now that he has no parents, Martin looks to his friends for help. With Jerome leading the charge to save Martin from the orphanage, the first thing they decide to do is dispose of the mother’s body.

Alegato antibélico ambientado en las postrimerías de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918) que relata el penoso trabajo de un militar que dirige una sección encargada de la búsqueda e identificación de muertos en acto de servicio. Cosechó excelentes críticas tanto en Europa como en USA.

Last feature film of Stanislav Barabas

In the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers maintains. Or rather murder, as the American inspector Morrison suspects. If so, why? What secrets this family keeps?

A good country priest discovers that he is a father and must assume his role, a task all the more delicate since his son is a thug.

Although based on a novel by Georges Simenon, director (and songwriter) Serge Gainsbourg has superimposed several dark emotions and a subtle brutality over the weak plot about a man's trip to Africa and his unfortunate passion for a murderess whose amorality sends the disillusioned fellow back to Europe. Sometimes described as frustrating and self-centered, reactions to this film swing across a broad spectrum of complaints -- not the least might be whether or not Gainsbourg is using a clichéd and stereotypical view of "dark Africa" to convey what he sees in his characters.

El Doctor Valois ha inventado una cura para la depresión. Después de testearla con monos, la prubea con su primer paciente humano, Alain Durieux

A young Swiss drug addict (Jacques Zanetti) has been imprisoned for robbery, and must wait and wait for his upcoming trial, all the while isolated and without hope of parole - the police are convinced he is a dealer and not just a user. He hears from his son that his girlfriend has a new man, and begins to despair of ever coming to trial, or of having another relationship like the one he lost. This fiction film is said to be based on a true story.

Jeanne, mother of two children, loses her husband. She meets Pierre, abandoned by his wife.

Heavy traffic in the summer. Bad luck for Juliet, Albert, Jaeger and Arthur who does not reach their destination. Involved in a terrible accident that will change their lives forever.

In Montmartre, Paris, two friends are leading a happy carefree Bohemian existence. Jean-Luc is a cabinetmaker, Mathieu is a sculptor. Then they both meet the love of their lives and decide to get married. Unfortunately, the objects of their desire are not so eager to be drawn into matrimony.

Young aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult, the Church of the Final Revival, that tried to recruit his girlfriend Chloé, who then disappeared, and it now stalks him.

Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....

Brave peasant of the country of Caux, Henri Duchemin is recovering badly from the death of his married wife, whom he loved dearly. After seeing a TV show, the man is convinced that his late wife has reincarnated into a cow.

A pesar de su talento innato para el fútbol, François Perrin demuestra tener un temperamento que le lleva a numerosos problemas fuera de los campos. Después de haber protagonizado la enésima juerga, la directiva del club con el que tiene contrato en vigor toma la determinación de castigarlo. La decisión adoptada por el consejo directivo es que se entrene y juegue con el equipo filial. Su enfrentamiento físico con una de las figuras del primer equipo, que actúa como ariete, supone la despedida virtual de François del club donde ha militado las últimas temporadas. Pero después de ingresar en prisión acusado de haber violado a una chica llamada Stephanie, que confunde con su amante Marie, el club decide repescarlo ya que el primer equipo se ha quedado diezmado debido a un accidente de autobús.

Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...

At the turn of the century, an unusual woman refuses to become an object to be desired or played with. Instead she wants to succeed on the stage of politics in the Third Republic.

"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.

Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their tax-collecting duties with a malicious zeal. Goaded by the court jester (who is also the Queen’s lover), the ministers decide to put an end to this regime and have the King locked up. Hearing the news, the famous Chevalier Blanc comes to his rescue. Aided by the knight and his cousin Lucienne, the King flees to Flanders, where he devises a scheme to win him back the throne of France...

In this family comedy, Papa has no end of trouble getting his young son to accept his new girlfriend.

1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.

Jean-Marie Fayard es un juez que tiene un expediente que implica a un rico industrial en una serie de muertes inexplicables. Un juez joven, apodado "el sheriff" por su integridad y sus métodos poco ortodoxos en el mundo de la investigación judicial a Saint-Etienne en un negocio difícil: un caso de robo gasolinera con asalto, lo que implicaría indirectamente de los de arriba. Fayard está convencido que un antiguo comisario está protegiendo a los principales sospechosos. Cuando se dispone más pruebas con las que acorralar a este antiguo comisario, éste es hallado muerto.

A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

"Ambassadors" is a euphemistic name given by the French to Arab "guest-workers," or imported laborers. In this film, the Arab workers are shown enduring the difficulties of life in a racist society, as well as the hardships they impose on one another.

Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains unchanged. Among the complications is his growing regard for the woman who plays his cinematic wife. She may wind up replacing his actual wife in real life. One of the highlights of this film is the insight it gives into the actual mechanics of filmmaking.

Ralph Milan, asesino a sueldo, espera pacientemente en la habitación de un hotel de Montpellier el momento en que debe disparar a un tal Randoni, testigo principal de un caso de corrupción. Pero no ha contado con la presencia de Pignon, el inquilino de la habitación de al lado. Abandonado por su mujer, este vendedor de camisas elige ese mismo momento para poner fin a sus días, llamando la atención del personal del hotel y la policía. Mr. Milan tendrá que hacer todo lo posible para evitar que el desesperado Pignon frustre sus planes... En el año 2008 el guionista Francis Veber dirigió él mismo un remake.

In a cul-de-sac in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, Leon shares two rooms with his sister Marie. In one, he receives his clients: he is a tailor. In the other, Marie receives her own: she is a clairvoyant. Leon was happy until he learned what Marie was hiding from him. She is actually a prostitute, and Maxime, her supposed fiancé, is her pimp. On the same day, Leon also discovers love in the form of Arlette, a provincial young woman picked up by Marie.

The story of a notorious French criminal gang of the 1910s.

A mysterious history, esoteric formulas pronounced by entreated seeking to dominate the world.

In 1944, in Paris, the leader of a resistance network is looking for the traitor who gave away a radio operator.