Jacques Richard

르네와 프랑수아는 정직한 형사들. 어느날 그들은 순찰 도중 도둑을 추적하게 되는데 그 도둑은 다름아닌 그들의 정보원이었다. 그 도둑은 어느 여인의 핸드백을 날치기하여 도망가는 중이었다. 르네와 프랑수아는 주인에게 핸드백을 찾아주고 경찰서로 돌아와보니 핸드백 안에 있던 돈이 없어졌다고 신고를 하고 있었다. 그 여인은 다름 아닌 레스뷔슈 형사와 부와용 형사의 끄나불이었다. 르네와 프랑수아는 레스뷔슈와 부와용 형사의 치밀한 계략에 당하고 있었다. 경찰의 징계위원회에서는 그들에게 판결이 내려질때까지 파리를 떠나 있을 것을 권유한다. 죄명은 장물취득과 장물은닉혐의였다. 르네와 프랑수아는 파리를 떠나 조용한 시골로 내려가 경마를 즐기며 휴식을 취하고 있었다. 어느날 파리에서 경마 시합이 열리는데 르네와 프랑수아는 그 경마시합을 관람하기 위해 파리로 상경한다. 레스뷔슈와 부와용 형사가 르네를 발견하고, 경찰징계위가 열려지기 전에는 파리로 돌아오지 말라고 하였는데, 돌아왔다고 르네를 사정없이 두들겨 팬다. 멀리서 그 광경을 지켜보던 프랑수아는 레스뷔슈와 부아용 형사의 음모를 파헤칠 것을 결심하고 르네를 데리고 프랑수아가 가깝게 지내던 여인의 집으로가 도피생활을 하면서 레스뷔슈와 부와용형사의 일거 일동을 감시하며 그들의 부정과 부패를 파헤치기 시작한다. 어느날 레스뷔슈와 부와용형사의 끄나불인 어느 중년 부인을 미행하는데 그 중년 부인은 레스뷔슈형사와 부와용형사의 엄청난 비밀을 가지고 있는데.

Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.

Middle-aged businessman, Simon Léotard finds his future in jeopardy when his partner Julien commits suicide after having accumulated a mass of debts. Simon's unscrupulous business rival Lépidon offers to save him from bankruptcy by buying his company, at a discount rate. Reluctant to fall into Lépidon's trap, Simon decides to resolve the crisis himself. A prostitute, Mado, provides him with the solution to his problems...

A compulsive gambler must steal a suitcase full of money, which is also coveted by Melba, a cabaret singer. A getaway ensues.

An armored van is attacked and the gangsters hide the loot in a graveyard.

Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce. The strains on the men begin to show particularly in François and Paul's friendship and in Vincent's health. A younger man, Jack, becomes attractive to Lucie, François's wife. Another young friend, the boxer Jean, who's like a son to Vincent and whose girlfriend is pregnant, has taken a bout with a merciless slugger. Has happiness eluded this circle of friends?

In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…

Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services to help in capturing the political activist. A police informer, Darien, is forced to lure Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to make a television coverage about the Third World. Arriving in Paris, Sadiel is captured and delivered to his opponents. Disgusted by the way he has been manipulated, Darien tries to turn back the clock, unknowing who’s dealing with.

Christmas Eve in Paris. Leo Zimmerman is a businessman who lives for his beloved little daughter’s smile. Outwardly, his life is exemplary. However, when Dimitri Kopas walks into his office, pretending to be a normal client, Leo understands that a contract is out on his head and that the young man has come to town to kill him. Overcome with anxiety and paranoia, no longer able to sleep, Leo decides to meet the killer face to face and to broker a strange deal.

The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…

Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.

An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.

Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the richest person in the area, into getting him a job. But Yan is soon drawn to Maria, the sultry girl Gus lives with.

In a small Gallic village, tourists are regaled by street entertainers and brash prostitutes. One of the tourists, a black girl named Bessie, falls in love with local villager Bob, and he with her. Soon racial tensions erupt volcanically among tourists and townsfolk alike. All is forgiven when the respective parents of the hero and heroine save the village's water supply.

On the run from international police, Special Agent Lemmy Caution arrives in the South of France and soon becomes embroiled in a scheme with the infamous gangster Siegella. Whilst seeming to co-operate with the underworld boss, Lemmy is secretly acting for the FBI, and intends using Miranda Van Zelden, a wealthy heiress, as bait to trap a gang of crooks and put an end to Siegella's exploits...

During the Second World War, midshipman Dourdan, nicknamed 'Saucisse', distinguished himself by his clumsiness and his blunders. Charged with Lieutenant Goldfinch to convey an aircraft to Marrakech, he shot down an American bomber on the way, mistaken for a German plane.