Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

太陽王として君臨したルイ14世。内乱で裏切った大公が、王の信頼を取り戻すために開いた大宴会の総責任者となった料理人ヴァルテールを中心に、その裏での愛と陰謀を描くスペクタクル・ドラマ。

Three women live together in an old rectory on the seashore. Alda lends her body to a string of carnal relationships but never commits her feelings. Olga, the elder sister, has opted for a reclusive life as the soul of the household. Her daughter, Sigga, is a young adolescent. The house harbors a finely balanced marriage between desire and memory—until Olga’s destiny tips the scales.

1920年代、当時フランス領だったインドシナが舞台。富豪の中国人青年とその愛人である15歳のフランス人少女との間に芽生えた、許されない恋を描く。究極なまでに美しいラブ・ロマンス。

舞台は1931年のパリ。国際銀行家を夫に持つアナイスは、無名の作家ヘンリー・ミラーと出会う。野性的な彼に惹かれるが、彼の妻が現われると……。愛を求めて官能に溺れる3人の男女を描いた話題作。

Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy restauration. The civil war divides also the family of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec, a liberal and generous noble and a flying machines inventor.

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.

どこか晩年のルノワールを思わせる様な老画家が、自然豊かなパリ郊外に家政婦と共に暮らしている。時は今世紀初頭。初秋の日曜日。いつもの様にパリから息子夫婦が三人の孫を連れてやって来る。広い庭で遊ぶ子供らの声を聞き、老人は満足げだ。そこへ不意に、自慢の娘イレーヌが立ち寄る。恋多き彼女のもたらす空気に息子夫婦はやや馴染めずに居たが……。美しい色彩の中、古き良き時代のある一日を牧歌的に描いた、カンヌ映画祭監督賞受賞作。

The beginning of the 20th century. Charles Swann, a young and wealthy dandy, spends most of his time hanging out with the old nobility, notably the Duke and Duchess of Guermantes. He is madly in love with a pretty demi-mondaine, Odette de Crécy. Idle, Swann surrendered complacently to the torments of jealousy. After hours of suffering, he manages to spend a night with Odette. In the morning, he believes that ultimately, this one is "not his type". However, we find him, many years later, alongside Odette who, now his wife, gave him a daughter. In the company of Baron de Charlus, brother of the Duchess of Guermantes, he wonders about the failure of his sentimental life, so far removed from this absolute he dreamed of...

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

A TV movie about Huckleberry Finn, directed by Marcel Cravenne and released in France back in 1967.

At the end of the 19th Century, young Fanning finishes his studies in theology at the University of Cambridge. During a walk through the countryside, the boy, inspired by the lecture of romantic novels, discovers an abandonned house, from which an old man is coming out. He returns to the house regularly without ever seeing its mysterious inhabitant. Fanning finally surprises the old man while he is sitting on a bench at the cemetery and manages to gain his confidence...