Paula Dehelly

Escaped from jail, Luis finds refuge on a remote island where, it is said, several people have died long ago of a mysterious illness. He discovers a large abandoned villa. One day, a group of people from another time, come in. The villa and the nature around become the theater of strange phenomena…

Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.

In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she falls in love with him. So when Jeoffray is arrested and then vanishes, she bravely sets out to find him. This is the first of many dramas based on Anne and Serge Golon's novels about strong-willed Angélique and her adventures during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King.

Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.

One of the first victories against the Nazis in World War II is when Parisians help allied forces drive the enemy out of occupied French Algeria.

An actress who has just played the part of an old lady says that she would like to grow old like that character did.Sadly, she will not get her wish because she is terminally-ill.

「抵抗　死刑囚の手記より」「ラルジャン」などで知られるフランスの巨匠ロベール・ブレッソンの伝説的な長編デビュー作。刑務所で服役を終えた女性たちを多く修道女として迎え入れているドミニコ会女子修道院。そこに、信仰心に篤いブルジョワの無垢な娘アンヌ＝マリーが自ら進んでやって来て修道女となる。やがてアンヌ＝マリーは、刑務所でテレーズという反抗的な若い娘と出会う。彼女を修道院に迎え入れ、魂の救済をしてあげようと決意するアンヌ＝マリーだったが…。 ＜allcinema＞