Mémé
Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.
Catherine
프랑스 남부의 시골에서 작은 농장을 운영하는 에메는 무뚝뚝하고 농사일 밖에 모르는 단순한 중년 남자다. 황당한 감전사로 아내를 잃은 에메는 바쁜 농장일과 쌓여 있는 집안일로 목하 고민 중이다. 농장일과 집안일에 힘겨워하던 그는 결국 새로운 파트너를 찾기 위해 결혼상담소를 찾아가고, 상담소장은 빠른 구인을 위해서는 루마니아가 최고라며 새로운 파트너를 찾기 위해 루마니아로의 원정을 권한다. 이웃들에게는 독일에 간다고 거짓말을 하고 루마니아 행 비행기를 탄 에메. 루마니아에서 만나는 여성들은 국제결혼으로 어려운 경제상황에서 벗어나기 위해 무조건 "미남이시네요"를 연발하고, 에메는 오히려 “당신은 못생겼다”고 말하는 솔직하고 착한 엘레나에게 호감을 갖게 된다. 프랑스로 함께 돌아온 두 남녀! 에메는 엘레나 덕분에 평화롭고 행복한 나날을 보내지만 순수하고 열정적인 그녀에게 다가서기엔 자신이 한없이 초라하게 느껴진다. 때문에 진정 자기를 아내로 맞아주었으면 하는 엘레나의 바램과는 달리 에메는 일정하게 거리를 두고 그녀를 대한다. 결국 서로에게 조금씩 마음을 열게 되는 두 사람. 하지만 엘레나는 에메에게 말하지 못한 비밀 때문에 괴로워하고, 에메는 아내로 맞이하기엔 엘레나가 너무 젊고 아름답다고 생각한다. 타지 프랑스 생활에서 절박한 외로움을 느끼는 엘레나를 위해 무언가를 해주어야 한다고 생각한 에메는 결국 그녀를 위해 중요한 결정을 내리게 된다. 과연 그 둘의 서로에 대한 착한 마음은 이루어질 수 있을까?
Andrée
Paula was a brilliant lawyer, defending the most just causes. One day, a man she had just released from prison coldly murders two children. When she realizes that she was mistaken, Paula feels her precious certainties slipping away. She now lives in the anonymity of the street, rehashing her disgust for the world and for others. Will her meeting with Serge, a social worker, give Paula back her taste for life?
Paula Azera
Famous TV news anchorman Pierre Nivel left Algiers for France in 1962. That's been a secret; his Paris co-workers have never known that he was formerly an Algerian pied noir. An Algerian delivers an urgent message to Pierre from a Leïla Jalal... Algiers, 1962. The Nivels live in the same apartment building as the Moslem Jalal family. Lycée student Pierre is in love with their daughter, Leïla. The civil unrest in Algeria is heating up and violence is spreading in Algiers. At school, Pierre is friends with a Moslem student, Issam, but he is made fun of for that... Pierre's jet arrives in Algiers. As a celebrity, Pierre is met on arrival by a government official, Nader Mansour. Because of the civil war raging between the government and Islamic terrorists, they drive into the city in a heavily armed convoy. Pierre does not tell Mansour his real reason for returning: Leïla has asked him to help her daughter Amina escape to safety in France.
The tumultuous affair between a young man and a woman twenty-five years his senior.
Emilienne
During the Nazi regime in France in World War II, Pastor Fontaine and the town of Chambon undertake a mission to protect and shelter the children of many of the Jews sent to concentration camps.
Mme Chabert
폴과 넬리 부부는 경치 좋은 시골에서 호텔을 운영한다. 하지만 폴은 호텔을 살 때 진 빚 때문에 걱정이 크고, 스트레스는 날로 쌓여만 간다. 술과 수면제를 밥 먹듯 하던 폴은 급기야 아내 넬리에게 다른 남자가 있다는 편집증적 망상과 질투에 사로잡힌다. 그리고 폴과 넬리의 관계는 파국으로 치닫는다. 1964년 앙리 조르주 클루조가 시작했지만 완성하지는 못했던 프로젝트를 샤브롤이 가져와 완성시켰다. 폴의 망상과 현실이 끝없이 교차하여 불안과 공포는 증폭된다. 넬리 역의 엠마누엘 베아르가 가진 성녀와 창녀의 얼굴은 위험하리만치 매혹적이다. (2017 영화의 전당 - 클로드 샤브롤 회고전)
Rose, la mère
After her gynecologist tells her that her current involuntary celibacy could result in her being unable to enjoy sex in the future, Eva begins to consider ways that she could take active steps to get some action going in that area. Unfortunately, none of the men she currently knows are interested in going to bed with her, including her business partner, who just might be sexually attracted to trees but certainly isn't to her. That being the case, it is particularly galling that he gets jealous at the very notion of her having sex with business clients. Eva discusses these issues (and a great deal more) with her similarly forty-ish gal-pals.
Morasseix, a village hidden away in the remote depths of the French countryside, presents a gallery of astonishing portraits, characters by turn violent, absurd, occasionally touching in their innocence. “All of them cracked”, according to Lili, the hairdresser’s daughter, who dreams of leaving for America.César, however, has no desire to leave. He’s greedy for life, a jovial fellow. He loves the locals. Loves them so much that he happily pushes them around, provoking them for the sake of it. To him, despite their individual quirks, they all lack a sense of insolence. Particularly his friend Twelve, named for the calibre of his shotgun.
La mère
열흘 만에 촬영된 이 놀라운 영화는 1978년부터 1988년까지 한 남자의 삶을 따라간다. 루이는 아내와 젊은 딸이 있는 가장이지만 평범한 삶에 권태를 느끼고, 뒤늦게 자신의 성 정체성을 깨닫게 된다. 집을 나온 그는 이제 여러 남자들을 만나기 시작한다.
Félicité
Rene (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is a small-time crook who tries to shake down storekeeper Emile (Jean Carmet) in this uneven and humorless comedy. Things change when Rene starts to fall for the terminally boring and provincial Emile.
Dorine
A murderous cult kidnaps French prostitutes and tortures them to death to "purify" them of their evil ways. The local pimps, understandably upset, set out after them, as does a man whose girlfriend was kidnapped by the cult and may still be held by them.
Madame Solange
Journalist Meredith travels to Europe to do a story on vineyard owner Francois De Paul and won't stop until she learns his secrets.
Margot matroana bordelului
The film is a novelized biography of François Villon (1431-1463), known as the Wandering Poet, who led a troubled life due to the fact that he supported the free expression of people in a coercive climate.
La serveuse choucroute
A fat and disgusting man is rejected by society... A vitriolic adaptation of the famous comic strip by Reiser.
La mère de Maryvonne
The dream, which filled half of her life, was no longer enough for Maryvonne. She leaves her husband, child, lover and leaves for Paimpol. And there, it's a breath of fresh air in the form of real life, reality finally joins the dream.
Sarah
A Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical experiments on the locals. They prepare to battle their way past Mengele's hordes of fanatic Nazi bodyguards in order to get to him.
Constance
Naive villagers find themselves duped by a pair of con artists who sweep into town proclaiming themselves "Holy Father" and "Holy Mother." Soon the pair of cons are making out like the bandits that they are, as the villagers hand over their money and their lands.
Mw. Friedlander
Honorine
A mad scientist, Dr. Lerne, performs organ transplants not only between humans and animals, but also with plants and even machines ...
Rosa Chamboulive
Nanette Precy
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
Le commissaire Gluck
To Take Possession of Maleficient Powers, Dracula must take control of a lady in a Flee Market, Paris , France. But without wasting any time, her friends take on Dracula to save her from this terrible curse of Vampirism.
Mme Gruber
Head nun
François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.
La lingère
The imaginary adventures of musician Sans-Saëns.
Madame Mayeul
Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.
Attendant
Loba
A group of female freedom-fighters led by Karine Levere is caught by the warden of a women's prison, located somwhere in the South American jungle. None of them will reveal the secrets of their organisation or the names of their collaborators in the cities, so they are handed over to Dr. Costa who, after four years inactivity in Europe, is delighted to be able to practice his torture techniques once more. Laverne fails to resist the inhuman treatments and reveals all. The only hope of saving the organization is for the girls to warn the city cell before it's too late. They trick the prison guard into having sex with them, knock him out and break out of prison. The warden and Dr. Costa must prevent them from revealing the practices inside the prison. The hunt is on and it's shoot to kill...
The Gymnastics Teacher
In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father. School starts. A turbulent year awaits them both.
Woman Passenger
1930년대 릴리 헬먼(Lillian Hellman: 제인 폰다 분)로부터 영화가 시작된다. 줄리아(Julia: 바네사 레드그레이브 분)와 릴리는 어릴 적부터 깊은 우정을 나눠온 절친한 친구 고교 졸업 후 줄리아는 옥스포드에서 의학을, 릴리는 작가가 돼기 위해 미국에서 공부한다. 그 후 비엔나로 유학을 떠난 줄리아는 때마침 유럽에 불어닥친 히틀러, 무솔리니의 독재정치에 항거하는 레지스팅스 운동에 앞장선다. 한편, 첫 번째 소설의 대대적인 성공으로 인기 작가가 된 릴리는 줄리아의 부탁으로 비자금 5만불을 베를린으로 숨겨들어온다. 베를린 역 근처의 작은 까페에서 극적으로 만난 두 여인. 그러나 줄리아는 한쪽 다리에 의족을 단 불안정한 투사의 모습으로 릴리를 맞이한다. 짧은 만남을 뒤로하고 다시 뉴욕으로 돌아온 릴리는 나치에게 체포되어 갖은 고초를 겪던 줄리아가 피살되었다는 비보를 받는다.
Lisa
A young Viennese policeman can not free himself from his mistress and is also extorted over his illegal arms business.
Ginette
무일푼에서 시작하여 10년 동안의 심고로 지금은 지위 부 명성을 그 손아귀에 넣은 실업가 쟈크 바트킨. 그러나 아들이 어느 날 퇴폐적인 파티에 참가한 별장에서 오발 사고로 경관을 살해한데서 부터 생각지 않은 곤경에 부딪친다. 아들에 대한 깊은 애정과 아버지에 대한 아들의 믿음 그러나 매스컴은 이 유망 실업가의 신상에 일어난 스캔들로 요란하게 보도할 뿐 아니라 이 실업가의 전신을 캐어내 드디어는 깽의 보스였던 저주스러운 과거를 폭로 이로 인해 아들이 극형을 면할 수 없는 사태에 이르렀을 때 이 실업가는 옛날의 친구들과 함게 죄수 호송차를 습격 아들을 힘으로 탈원하고 스스로는 옛날의 깽 세계로 돌아간다. 지위도 부도 내던지고 오직 아들과 함께 이태리 국경으로 도망가는 막다른 골목길의 부성애 자크는 죄수 호송차를 길 가운데 몰아 넣고 경관을 협박 에디를 구출 비행장으로 향한다. 허나 거기에는 이미 비상선이 처져있어 바트킨 부자는 짚차로 쌍마르땅 산악지대인 이태리 국경으로 도망간다.
Simone, captain of the soldiers
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males, fleeing the feminist 1970s. Soon, too, there arrives a squadron of nymphomaniac Amazons.
Maryvonne
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they promptly conscript the local native population. Issuing them boots and rifles, the French attempt to make "proper" soldiers out of the Africans. A young, idealistic French geographer seems to be the only rational person in the town, and he takes over control of the "war" after several bungles on the part of the others.
Mère de Catherine
An enterprising young Paris based British prostitute decides to incorporate as an official escort business after learning about corporate practices and business ins and outs from her clients. Searching for people to invest in her scheme, she encounters both interest and setbacks.
Thérèse, la caissière du bar
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?
Rose, Brother mistress
Pascale Effront
Hélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor, live in a beautiful property and gives everyone the image of conjugal happiness. The children, Daniel and Nadine, are busy with their studies and their loves. The bourgeois life of Hélène is troubled by the murder of her lover, Philippe, a friend of her son. She finds the body when she goes to one of their appointments. In shock, she still thinks to take away the address book of the victim where her name appears - object compromising for her marriage. The police are interested in her. A stranger blackmails her. She is caught in a gear that she can not get out of. She then suspects that all is a revenge from her husband.
Suzanne
Paris, in the spring of 1968. Albin Cérès, 23, the son of a bourgeois couple on the verge of breakdown, seeks happiness in life. Disappointed by Laurent, the leader of a small group of revolutionary students ; disappointed by Paméla, a girl he half-heartedly makes love to ; refusing the friendship of Moss, a refined fifty-year-old who is secretly in love with him, Albin returns to his parents'home for a while. Shortly afterward he meets Lore, a lovely young lady, who dreams of revolution... A great love is born!
La serveuse
Catherine
Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, frequently to attend meetings and demonstration with customers. His boss trusts him so much that his agenda is always full... at least, that's what he say to his wife! In fact, Marcel and Francis' incomes come from their night job: thieves! Here at least, they are professional. Troubles arise when, during one robbery, they encounter a young, high-pitched voice, candid girl who takes the decision to become their associate in crime... for the fun!
Countess Doublianoff
이제 막 출옥한 샤를(장 가뱅)은 더 이상 봉급쟁이로 살기를 원치 않으며 조용한 삶을 동경하던 아내의 계획마저 거절한다. 그는 전의 감방 동료인 프란시스(알랭 들롱)와 칸느에 있는 한 카지노를 털기 위한 주도면밀한 계획을 세우지만 미숙한 프란시스의 실수로 계획은 엇나가게 된다.
Comtesse Doublianoff
이제 막 출옥한 샤를(장 가뱅)은 더 이상 봉급쟁이로 살기를 원치 않으며 조용한 삶을 동경하던 아내의 계획마저 거절한다. 그는 전의 감방 동료인 프란시스(알랭 들롱)와 칸느에 있는 한 카지노를 털기 위한 주도면밀한 계획을 세우지만 미숙한 프란시스의 실수로 계획은 엇나가게 된다.
Julia Manton
Hélène
Cabaret Singer
In 1913 a family of traveling musicians goes to the house of a rich marquise. Lolita, daughter of one of the musicians, encounters the son of the wealthy lady.
Jeanine - la servante
The owner of a suburban boarding school is found murdered. The culprit will be unmasked thanks to the ingenuity and courage of the good Janine and a student, named Nadine.
Clara
The Raffin Commissioner investigates the murder of an industrialist and it soon becomes apparent that the activities of the relatives of the deceased all revolve around the Folies-Bergere.
Germaine Montillier, dite Mémène
Desperate, Didier throws hymself out in the Seine. Pascal, a newsboy, jumps and saves him. It’s the beginning of the friendship between them.Once, as Pascal helps Didier, he finds himself involved in a murder. Only the superintendent believes in his innocence…
Une prostituée (uncredited)
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
Mme Lucette Pichon
Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.
Pascaline
A young woman has been run over by the car of Carlos, a brilliant embassy attaché. Feeling sorry for her, Carlos drives her to his place and decides to take her in. The young lady accepts his offer but refuses to tell Carlos her name, wanting to be called Miss Pigalle, after the Paris district where she was born. It does not take long before Yvonne (Miss Pigalle's true name) and Carlos fall in love. Life is like a dream and, when Yvonne gets pregnant, their happiness is at their peak. Unfortunately, a revolution breaks out and Carlos returns to his country in secret. Feeling forsaken and at a loss, Yvonne, who is now penniless, has no other solution but prostitute herself.
Simone
1938년 독일의 바바리안. 크리스찬(Christian Diestl: 말론 브란도 분)과 마가렛(Margaret Freemantle: 바바라 허쉬 분)은 새해를 맞이하는 흥분에 들 떠 파티를 즐긴다. 그러나 이 자리에서 히틀러에 대한 충성의 다짐이 나오자 미국인인 마가렛은 이에 반감을 품고 이 일로 인해 크리스찬과 싸우고 헤어진다. 드디어 2차 세계대전이 발발하자, 크리스찬은 독일군 장교가 되어 전쟁터로 향하고, 마가렛의 애인이자 브로드웨이의 톱 스타인 마이클(Michael Whiteacre: 딘 마틴 분)은 마가렛의 반대에도 불구하고 미군에 지원한다. 이때 징병소에서 마이클을 만난 애크맨(Noah Ackerman: 몽고메리 크리프트 분)은 그와 친구가 되고 냉혹한 훈련소의 생존 경쟁을 이겨내며 함께 전쟁터로 향한다. 북 아프리카의 영국군 진영. 독일군의 기습공격으로 영국군은 모두 살상되고, 이 작전에 함께 참가한 크리스찬은 포로마저 용납하지 않는 잔인한 살상을 통해 첫 회의를 느낀다. 그 후 크리스찬은 유럽으로 재배치되고, 유태인들을 찾는 일을 맡으며, 또 다시 자신의 이상과는 다른 이 전쟁에 대한 회의를 느낀다. 그 후 전쟁이 막바지에 이르고 연합군과의 전투에 투입된 크리스찬은 목숨만 부지한 채 상관과 함께 탈출한다. 그러나 비행기의 폭격으로 탈출 도중 상관이 부상당하고 그를 병원에 이송한다. 한편, 전투에 참가한 애크맨은 동료들을 구해내고 마이클의 전투부대에 합류하여 크리스찬이 있는 독일군의 진영으로 진군한다. 이때 크리스찬은 자포자기한 상태에서 이들과 마주치게 되는데.....
Rita
Originally titled Mademoiselle Striptease, this classic French sex comedy is a charming frolic through luscious Parisian cabarets with outstanding striptease performances. Agnes Laurent plays a spoiled young provincial girl.
Lola Wander
Jean Duclos has extraordinary adventures after taking the train and mistakenly taking the luggage of a young dancer, Lola Wanda. An oil tycoon appoints him as a proxy for his future company, and then he marries his beautiful cousin, Suzy.
Véra
Cora, la Sanglante
Vicky
Hubert Franier, an honest hospital extern, should never had got into trouble had he not been infatuated with Véra, a beautiful but stupid creature, who led him down the wrong path. Because of her and her friends, Hubert, who naively thought he was taking part in a practical joke, was actually a party to a car theft. Because of him, Monsieur Pierre, a good-natured caretaker, is in hospital. Racked with remorse, Hubert decides to hide from the police and finds refuge at his friend Louis'. Louis is a very sociable artist and his flat is the meeting place of many a colorful character. There, Hubert gets to know Candy, a Black American saxophonist, as well as Boubou, a Black little boy. He also meets Marie-Lou, a bar girl who dreams of becoming a nurse.
Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch
"Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...
Tonia
A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.
Rosa la Rose
19세기 말, 폴란드 왕자의 아내였지만 젊은 나이에 과부가 된 엘레나는 수많은 남자들의 주목을 받으며 파리에서 생활하고 있다. 세계대전이 일어나기 전, 그녀는 새롭게 떠오른 수려한 외모의 장군 롤랑을 만난다. 글로와르 정복에 나서려던 롤랑은 엘레나에게 도움을 요청하고, 엘레나는 롤랑을 위해 음모와 책략을 꾸미는 데에 가담한다.
Mae Marlene
Flora
Jessy
In Montmartre, prostitutes and neighborhood pimps meet in Victor's bar. One of them, Charly, one day falls in love with the beautiful Laurence, a girl who honestly earns her life as a singer. But Fernand, the local boss, sees a bad eye his acolyte out of the ranks to lead a quiet life in the company of his sweetheart. He provokes the jealousy of Jessy, mistress of Charly. The latter, stung, does not intend to leave without fighting his lover take the tangent. She ruminates her revenge so much that she ends up shooting Charly ...
Mme Lecarnoy
Judge Julien Lamy regularly deals with the welfare of children, namely down on their luck delinquents. When an orphan named Alain Robert burns down a barn belonging to his abusive foster family, Judge Lamy has no choice but to send him to a juvenile jail. There he meets an older boy named Francis Lanoux, who is desperate to escape and be reunited with his girlfriend Sylvette. The boys eventually flee the institution, as Francis goes in search of his lost love and Alain continues looking for his parents. Unfortunately, the little rebels run into some big problems once on the outside.
Louise Richter
A Parisian reporter tries to exonerate a fugitive neighbor of charges he murdered his wife.
Rose Mignon
Nana or Nanà is a French-Italian film by Christian-Jaque starring Charles Boyer. It is an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana.
Betty Bell
A singer tries to rescue a man drawn into the drug trade.
La Génisse
르누아르가 자신의 후기작 중에서 가장 아끼는 작품. 물렝 루즈의 설립자 앙리 지들러의 삶을 바탕으로 뮤직홀에 대한 경배를 바치고 있는 작품. 장 가뱅이 물렝 루즈의 지배인 당글라드 역을 맡아 오랜만에 르누아르와 함께 작업했고, 멕시코 출신의 마리아 펠릭스와 가냘픈 매력의 프랑수아즈 아르눌이 연적으로 등장한다. 전설적인 가수 에디트 피아프와 파타슈의 카메오 출연도 영화를 보는 즐거움을 더해준다. 마치 툴루즈 로트렉의 판화를 보는 듯한 선명하고 아름다운 색채 역시 결코 빼놓을 수 없는 매력이다. 사랑의 진실성과 예술의 문제를 다룬다는 점에서 "황금마차"와 비교할 만한 영화.
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Isabelle
Larry Blake is an American airline pilot who loves women and ... trouble! Wherever he goes troubles indeed follow, like this time in Paris. On vacation in the French capital, the happy American decides to discover Paris by Night. As of his first night out, he gets to know Michèle Marley, a beautiful entertainer, and looks forward to a wonderful night of pleasure. But things do not go according to plan. Indeed, Laurent, Michèle's partner is found dead and not only is Michèle accused of killing him but Larry is suspected of being her accomplice as well ...
L'entraîneuse
Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.
Lili, une fille
When Mario, a bad boy, is released from prison, he plans to live honestly with his wife Geneviève. But the latter has not waited for him and Mario, out of spite, accepts to work as a tout for Mr. Charlie, the boss of a white slave trade gang. His first assignment consists in seducing Michèle, a Montmartre nightclub singer and hostess, into signing a contract for Tangier. The young woman, however, who does this job only to support her young sister Danièle, falls for him and he for her. From then on Mario, without betraying himself, does his utmost to save Michèle -and Danièle for that matter - from the clutches of the gang...
Lola
막스(Max: 쟝 가방 분)와 리톤(Riton: 르네 다리 분)은 범죄세계에서는 거물인사들 이다. 그들은 은퇴할 시기가 가까워진 것을 느끼고 노후의 안정을 위해 마지막 사업을 벌인다. 예전의 실력대로 금괴를 훔친 그들은 사건의 파장이 가라앉기를 기다리고 있었다. 그러나 마약업자인 안젤로(Angelo: 리노 벤츄라 분)는 이 일이 막스외에는 할 만한 인물이 없다고 생각하고 그들을 추적하게 된다. 안젤로는 리톤의 여자인 조지를 이용해 모든 일이 막스가 꾸민대로 벌어졌음을 확인하고 금괴를 빼앗기 위해 리톤을 납치한다. 우정과 돈은 교환의 가치가 있는 것은 아니라고 생각한 막스는 안젤로의 계략에 휘말려 모든 것을 포기하는데...
Une fille (segment "Jeanne")
Three stories, very different in space and time. Lysistrata, a dancer from ancient times, Jeanne d'Arc, medieval warrior and Elisabeth, American war widow who comes on pilgrimage in Italy.
Anita, la sœur de Doudou
Michèle
Set in a tiny village near the Riviera, the story concerns a diverse group of has-beens and losers.The Countess (played by Denise Vernac,Von Stroheim's secretary and constant companion in real life) entertains her jaded guests by screening dirty movies. Failed writer Blaise (Jacques Sernas) is saddled with an alcoholic wife (Dora Doll). And idealistic young Violaine (Etchika Choureau) is slowly dying of tuberculosis. The lives of all these people become intertwined through a sudden -- but not unexpected -- act of violence.
Yvette
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
La blonde amie de Paul
Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.
Yvette
A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.
Irma
A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.
Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.
Evelyne Dorsey, la star de cinéma
The Jacques Brothers, their temporary replacements, Yves Gérard and his troupe, as well as a famous movie star looking for a new partner, Evelyne Dorsey, are causing disruption at the "La Rose rouge" cabaret, the most famous cellar in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, to the delight of regulars.
Miss Paulette
Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient, is getting weary of his monotonous, limited life. He tries marriage but, unfortunately, Blanche, the nurse he marries, proves to be a shrew. One day, a miracle happens : Michèle, a young orphan and fellow-worker gradually develops tender feelings for him. But will Robert be able to overcome his mediocrity and grasp this unexpected opportunity to find happiness?
La fille
Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...
Colette Mouche
When her godmother dies, Nicole's happiness collapses and her fiancé leaves her because she is ruined.
In the train that takes her back home, Catheine Beryl meets concert pianist André Fuger, a childhood friend of her husband's. The musician is both good-looking and seductive and Catherine soon falls for his charms. The two young people spend the evening and the following night together. The next day, a lost powder compact gives the affair away. At a loss, Catherine runs away from her husband but she has an accident. When she regains consciousness in her hospital bed, Catherine finds Georges, her husband, by her side, pretending nothing has happened.
Juliette
2차 세계대전이 끝나가던 무렵의 프랑스. 마을 사람들은 독일군과 놀아났다는 마농을 둘러싸고 집단적인 폭력을 행사하려 한다. 레지스탕스 일원인 로베르가 마농을 위기에서 구해내고, 두 사람은 파리로 피신해 마농의 오빠 레옹을 찾아간다. 하지만 로베르의 뜻과는 달리 마농은 매춘까지 하게 되고, 모든 게 레옹 때문이라 생각한 로베르는 레옹을 죽이고 만다.
아베 프레보의 1731년작 『마농 레스코』를 각색하였다. 귀족 청년과 화류계 여인의 사랑과 파멸을 담은 강렬한 사랑 이야기를 나치 점령기의 프랑스로 옮겨와 당대 젊은이들의 억눌린 욕망과 절실한 사랑을 비극적으로 그려냈다. (영화의 전당 - 오래된 극장 2016)
Benoîte
The Wizard of Heaven tells the compelling and remarkable story of St. John Marie Baptist Vianney, the humble pastor of Ars, France, who battled with the devil himself, not only for the faith of his parish, but even for that of his country. Starting with the Saint's arrival at Ars, this film brings to life the hardships, indifference, ridicule and opposition he encountered, as well as the zeal with which he strove to overcome them.
La fille
A stranger named Constant disrupts the life of Flora, who is seemingly happy with her husband Lucien. But she suddenly experiences a passionate love, taking refuge with Constant in a cave they call “home under the sea.”
Sandra Grégoriff
Inspector Sergil is a detective comedy. Sergil, inspector of the P.J., investigates three crimes, helped by two pretty women, Bijou and Nadège.
Lenoir's secretary
The Director of an international banknote printing institute, mutilated by the face of the Great War, Frank Davres, falls in love with a young woman, Jeanne, admirably beautiful, but blind. He marries her. For her, he ruins himself and comes to issue counterfeit banknotes. The young woman does everything to make people forget her infirmity. One day, following an operation, she recovers her sight and notices the physical and moral ugliness of her husband. She hides her cure until the day when Frank, taken by the police, kills one of his accomplices and commits suicide. Jeanne leaves to join a friend with whom she was performing in a circus.
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.
Monique, friend of Irène (uncredited)
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.
In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a young woman who shares his tender feelings. But, quite inexplicably, after an unforgettable night, Anne vanishes without trace. Twenty years later, Pierre, at the peak of his glory, has become embittered. Unable to recover his unhappy love affair, he has collected women without ever committing himself to any. Until some night he meets the eyes of a beautiful young lady, who happens to be the spitting image of his great love...
파리의 패션 디자이너 피에르는 부인의 죽음으로 인한 충격에서 헤어나지를 못한다. 딸과도 연락하기를 거부하며 고립된 삶을 살아가던 피에르는 어느 날 나이 어린 여자를 만나 지난날을 고백한다. 그리고 그녀와 새로운 로맨스를 시작한다. 1차 대전 종전과 2차 대전 개시 기간 동안이 배경이 작품으로, 아벨 강스의 저력을 느낄 수 있는 작품이다.
A poor wretch, who has just been hired as a music-hall artist, in spite of himself becomes the tenant of a particular Parisian building.
La secrétaire
Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
Extra (uncredited)
The film depicts events between the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the 1904 signing of the Entente Cordiale creating an alliance between Britain and France and ending their historic rivalry. It was based on the book King Edward VII and His Times by André Maurois. It was made with an eye to its propaganda value, following the Munich Agreement of September 1938 and in anticipation of the outbreak of a Second World War which would test the bonds between Britain and France in a conflict with Nazi Germany.
A young couple, Renée and Pierre, take one night a room at the Hôtel du Nord, in Paris, near the canal Saint-Martin. They want to die together, but having shot at Renée, Pierre lacked the courage to finish the job and fled. Another customer, Monsieur Edmond, a procurer, rescues her. When Renée goes out of the hospital, she is hired as a waitress at the hotel. Monsieur Edmond falls in love with her, but Renée is still thinking of Pierre...