Jean-Loup Dabadie

The twilight of a sacred monster, Jules Maugin, an actor at the height of his glory. Beneath the famous personality, the big mouth, and the social shell, lies the intimate portrait of a man laid bare.

After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he has to support the daily visits of doctors,nurse and hospital staff then his closes including his brother Herve. Visits after visits, funny or touching, Pierre starts to reconsider some people and reexamine his environment. And after all, his stay becomes a second chance ...

After an accident, Pierre, a sixty years old grumpy man, ends up stuck on an hospital bed with a cast. While Pierre dreams of silence and solitude with his strong character, the whole world seems to invite himself to his hospital bed. Powerless, he has to support the daily visits of doctors,nurse and hospital staff then his closes including his brother Herve. Visits after visits, funny or touching, Pierre starts to reconsider some people and reexamine his environment. And after all, his stay becomes a second chance ...

A short featurette on "Cesar and Rosalie"

An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.

A featurette on "The Things of Life"

Thanks to a series of unpublished interviews, recorded shortly before his death, director Claude Sautet gives us a fascinating lesson in cinema. Through his thirteen films, he tells about his career and his work as a director.

Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love of Alain Delon. From Luchino Visconti to Otto Preminger, through Zulawski and Costa Gravas, she turned with the greatest. The directors interview those who knew her, who loved her, go back to the filming locations, make archive images speak for themselves... and try to detect the part of mystery that Romy Schneider conceals for ever.

두 여자 사이에서 갈등하는 건축가 빈센(Vincent Eastman: 리차드 기어 분). 그는 가정보다 일에 대한 애착심이 더 강한 사업 파트너인 샐리(Sally Eastman: 샤론 스톤 분)에 대해 16년동안 성적 불만을 품어왔다. 그러다가 그는 어느날 경매장에서 잡지사 기자인 올리비아(Olivia Marshak: 로리타 다비도비치 분)를 만나 열애에 빠진다. 올리비아와 동거하면서 미래를 약속하지만 16년이란 결혼 생활과 딸 미건에 대한 미련때문에 이혼하지도 못하고 새출발도 하지 못하는 빈센은 올리비아와 집을 짓고 살자는 계획을 미뤄가면서 추억을 회상하며 더욱 방황하고 만다. 어느날 빈센과 셀리가 공동작업한 박물관 준공기념 리셉션에 불쑥 찾아온 올리비아와 말다툼을 하고나서 그녀와 헤어질 것을 다짐하고 이별 편지를 쓴다. 편지를 부치지 못하며 고민하던중 우유배달하는 노인과 그의 손녀딸을 만나는데 빨강머리를 본 순간 비로소 올리비아에 대한 사랑을 확인하게 되며 그녀의 응답전화기에 청혼과 사랑의 메세지를 남기고 약속장소를 정해 만나자고 하지만 도중에 교통사고를 당하고 만다. 사고 소식을 듣고 병원으로 간 샐리는 남편의 사망소식을 전해듣고 애통해하지만 그의 소지품 속에 들어있던 편지를 읽고 남편이 그녀에게 되돌아가기로 결심한 것으로 믿는다. 한편 약속장소로 올리비아는 빈센의 사고를 알고 병원으로 간다. 그의 죽음을 전해들은 올리비아는 그곳에서 샐리를 만나지만 사고 이전 빈센으로부터 받은 전화내용을 그녀에게 말하지 않으며 샐리도 갖고 있던 편지를 그녀에게 건내주지 않고 헤어진다.

A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.

탐정소설가인 45세의 알랑 꼴베와 그의 22세된 아름다운 아내 롤라는 결혼한 지 1년 되었으나 점차 식어가는 사랑을 느끼고 새로운 자극을 찾아 아이티라는 흑인 국가로 여행을 온다. 롤라는 한 부랑아로부터 지하철에서 추행을 당하다, 그를 칼로 찔렀던 생각하기 싫은 과거를 지니고 있다. 그런 롤라의 마음은 남편에 대한 다른 이유들과 함께 풀릴 줄 모르고, 알랑은 롤라가 다른 남자와 애정 행각을 벌이는 것에 고민한다. 그러던 중 술을 마쉬고 자신의 돈을 털려는 흑인을 우발적으로 살인 하게 된다. 남편의 살인을 알게 된 롤라는 그의 피묻은 옷과 신발을 태우고, 사회의 모든 시선으로부터 남편을 보호하려하지만, 살인 장면을 목격한 흑인 뗄오피 비주와 그의 약혼녀인 백인 중년의 여자 뤼쎄르 벌망스는 비밀을 지키는 대가로 5만달러를 요구한다. 롤랑은 돈을 마련하기 위해 출판사에 가불을 부탁하지만 거액이라 형편이 어렵자, 결국 롤라는 자신이 아끼는 팔찌를 팔아 돈을 마련한다. 롤라는 벌망스에게 전화를 해 돈을 건네주지만 그녀는 돈을 가로채 국외로 달아난다. 한편 복잡한 심정인 알랑은 경찰에 자수하지만 서장은 그의 말을 믿지 않고, 결국 롤랑은 비주에게 증인이 되어 줄 것을 부탁한다. 비주는 돈과 애인까지 잃고, 도리어 증인이 되어달라는 알랑을 살해하려다, 두 사람은 중상을 입고 병원에 입원한다. 남편을 찾아간 롤라는 병실에 누워있는 그에게 표출되지 않았던 진실한 사랑을 느낀다.

Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect. Bastien's personal relationships give him enough cause for anxiety -- between his new lover Laura and a feisty mother, life provides its own insecurities. When he goes to the police with his problems, Bastien is assigned an off-beat inspector to protect him but is still faced with skepticism about his dilemma.

테디(진 와일더)는 광고회사 직원으로서 가정적인 순진한 남자이다. 그러던 어느날 테디는 아름다운 미모의 여인에게 반하게 되는데, 이후 그는 그 여인이 광고회사의 모델임을 알게 된다. 테디는 모델 샤롯(켈리 르브룩)의 주위를 맴돌면서 그녀와 데이트할 수 있는 기회를 얻으려 노력한다. 그러던 중 테디는 친구들의 도움을 받아 샤롯과 둘이 밤을 지낼 수 있는 기회를 얻는다. 그러나 출장갔던 샤롯의 남편이 갑자기 나타나게 되고, 창 밖으로 몸을 피한 테디는 9층 아파트 창문가에서 자살을 기도하는 사람으로 오해받는다. 테디의 자살을 막기 위해 경찰과 기자, 구급대원들이 몰려들게 되고 집에서 텔레비젼을 보던 테디의 아내는 남편을 위해 눈물을 흘린다.

After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, Claire, suddenly re-enters his life. For Alex, the fires of love are easily re-kindled, but Claire has another man in her life…

After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, Claire, suddenly re-enters his life. For Alex, the fires of love are easily re-kindled, but Claire has another man in her life…

A woman leaves her husband and marries another man without divorcing the first.

Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in Paris at Charles's school reunion. In getting to Paris and back, the characters interact with Aimee's ex-husband and her abrasive, cruel ex-mentor, Louise's would-be lover who turns out to have a husband, Mickey's long-time lover and her children, Bertrand's Germanic wife and their children who speak no French, and Frederic's distant mother. The band also meets Clara, a mercurial free spirit who beguiles Bertrand, then Mickey, then takes up with someone else in the band.

At forty years old, Martin Belhomme leads a quiet life with his wife and two children. One day, he falls hopelessly in love with Eva, a cabaret singer. He decides to follow her to Amsterdam. From then on, his life becomes very eventful!

Marie is pregnant, but her relationship with her partner Serge is at an end. She decides to abort the child, and then separates from Serge. After a short while she regains contact with her ex-husband, her affection for each other rekindles and Marie decides to continue her pregnancy - although she knows she will continue to be alone.

Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover. In the meantime, he and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price.

Violette and François are a couple with a child.As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs,François starts to steal.

On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a billowing red dress. Long after she has left his vision, her memory continues to haunt his mind. He falls instantly in love with her and tries everything to get to know her better. Helping Étienne snare his elusive lady in red are his three bumbling buddies, which all have secret affairs and/or cheat on their wives.

베네수엘라에서 다혈질의 대 부호와 결혼 직전에 탈출한 프랑스 여인 넬리는 전 직장 클럽의 사장을 찾아가 밀린 임금으로 프랑스 행 비행기를 타려하지만 거부당하자 그의 로트렉 그림을 훔쳐 달아난다. 두 사람의 추격을 받으며 천신만고 끝에 도달한 무인도에는 혼자 야채와 과일을 재배하면서 비밀을 간직한 채 살아가는 마르탕 뿐이었는데...

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?

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.

Marcello Mastrioanni stars as aging actor Nicolas whose career has dwindled to TV commercials. Seeking an anchor in his life, Nicolas attempts a reconciliation with his ex-wife. But in this, as in his professional life, Nicolas is doomed to disillusionment and failure.

Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?

Rosalie, a beautiful young woman gets involved with successful businessman Cesar. One day, Rosalie's former flame David appears and attempts to win her back. Cesar reacts with a jealous intensity never before seen by Rosalie, and because of that, she returns to David. She remains conflicted regarding her choice of partner, but eventually, one of the men does something which resolves the situation.

젊은 사회학자 스타니슬라스 프레빈은 여성 범죄자에 대해 연구하고 있다. 그는 인터뷰를 위해 직접 교도소를 찾아가고, 카미유를 만나게 된다. 연인을 살해한 혐의로 복역 중이던 카미유는 주변 사람들의 죽음과 관련이 있다는 의심을 받고 있다.

Louise lives alone and seems to like it that way. She has been through a divorce and the recent death of her mother. Recently, she has moved to Annecy, a moderate-sized city, to take work as a schoolteacher. She encounters a much younger man, Luigi, an Italian who is down on his luck. Though he moved to France to find work, he was robbed of his money and papers and is stranded. When he helps her bury her dogs, which her neighbour has poisoned for barking, their relationship grows to a new level.

North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat.

파리에서 형사로 근무하는 막스는 은행 강도 검거에 잇달아 실패하면서 무슨 수를 써서라도 보란 듯 현장에서 범인을 잡겠다는 일념에 사로잡혀있다. 전직 판사인 그는 정황상 범죄 사실이 분명한 강도를 증거불충분으로 풀어준 후 자책감으로 법복을 벗었을 만큼 올 곧으면서도 강박적 성향이 있다. 어느 날 그는 20년 전 함께 군복무를 한 아벨을 우연히 만난다. 파리 외곽 낭테르에 사는 아벨은 자신을 고물상이라 소개하지만 실상 그가 하는 일은 비슷한 처지의 동네 건달들과 함께 건설현장에서 훔친 각종 자재를 밀매하는 것이다. 막스는 아벨에게 자신이 경찰이라는 사실을 숨긴 채, 간접적으로 그를 사주하여 일당에게 은행 강도 짓을 벌이게 한 후 현장에서 검거해 자신의 염원을 이루겠다는 계획을 세운다. 막스는 전문 강도를 잡지 못할 것이라면 뜨내기 강도라도 잡아야 한다며 직속 상사를 설득하여 지지를 얻고, 상사는 막스가 낭테르 담당 경감 로진스키의 도움을 받을 수 있도록 조치를 취한다. 계획에 따라 막스는 아벨의 동거녀이자 매춘부로 일하는 릴리에게 손님으로 위장해 접근하고 인근 은행의 지점장 행세를 한다. 막스가 바라던 대로 릴리는 아벨에게 그 은행을 털 것을 권유하고, 일당은 현금 수송이 이뤄지는 날을 작전일로 택한다. 막스의 지휘 하에 현장에서 대기 중이던 경찰의 손에 일당이 체포되는 순간까지는 모든 것이 순조로이 진행되는 듯했다. 그러나 경찰서로 돌아와서 보니 이미 로진스키는 이번 일에서 막스가 어떤 역할을 담당했는지를 파악하고 있었다. 하지만 차마 막스를 체포하지는 못하는 로진스키는 릴리에게 모든 것을 뒤집어 씌워 아벨의 공범으로 구속하려 한다. 릴리를 단순히 이용하기만 한 것이 아니라 그녀에게 묘한 감정을 품고 있던 막스는 로진스키를 총으로 쏘아 죽이고, 이로써 자신도 그 고물상 범죄자 일당 대열에 합류하게 된다.

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…

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…

When a cruel man is visited by Saint Francis and convinced to change his ways, his family believes him to be insane and locks him away in order to sell his beloved castle

Anna is working at a parisian advertising agency. The director has fallen in love with a young woman he only knows through a photograph, that of Anna.

Hakim Gregory escapes from prison by killing a number of guards, and returns to his hide-out abroad, to lead again his gang of drug trafficking and contract murders. Layton of the Secret Service must discover, and arrest him. The difficult mission almost becomes impossible with the rivalry of Layton's partner, Petula, the jealousy of his bride, Marion, the possible treachery of a Spanish woman, Dolores Arrabal, and yet a mysterious and sexy informant, Rosario... Too many women for Layton.

An orphaned young woman goes to Paris looking for work and love. Working as an au-pair, she is discovered by a fashion photographer and becomes a model. She falls in love with an architect but leaves him to marry a rich man.

Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how much she is in love and how little she can expect from him.