Jacques François

Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations without getting old. Go behind the scenes of these unusual films through completely unpublished anecdotes and funny stories told by the authors themselves.

17세기 프랑스, 열네살의 어린왕 ‘루이 14세’는 실질적 권력을 움켜쥔 어머니와 재상 마자랭의 빛에 가려 우울하고 고독한 유년을 보낸다. 그런 그에게 주어진 것이 있다면 춤과 음악뿐이다. 작곡가 륄리는 그런 루이의 삶과 예술에 동반자가 된다. 그리고 언젠가 왕이 될 루이를 위해 그를 빛나게 할 최고의 음악과 플라토닉, 그 이상의 열정적 사랑을 바친다. 또한 왕실 극단의 몰리에르 역시 날카로운 필치로 왕을 위협하는 존재들인 귀족들의 세태를 풍자하며 루이 14세의 권력과 위엄을 한층 높여준다. 하지만 왕권 유지를 위해 루이 14세는 그들과 거리를 두기 시작한다. 그러나 음악적 야심과 왕에 대한 애증의 감정에서 빠져나오지 못하는 륄리는 파행과 독선을 일삼기 시작하고 이로 인해 그는 왕의 사랑과 신뢰를 잃고 마는데.....

Les Acteurs is the absurd story of Jean-Pierre Marielle desperately waiting for a cup of hot water, the story of a conspiracy against actors, the story of aging actors whose careers are slowly less active than they used to be, but a stunning tribute to French actors and their cinema.

머나먼 시간 여행을 마치고 돌아온 몽미라의 백작 고드프(Comte Godefroy De Montmirail, Dit Godefroy Le Hardi: 쟝 르노 분)와는 나쁜 마녀의 마법을 피해 꿈에도 그리던 뿌이유 공작의 딸인 프레네공드(Beatrice/Frenegonde: 뮤리엘 로빈 분)와의 결혼식을 하루 앞두고 두근대는 가슴을 참지 못한다. 그러나, 갑작스레 나타난 신부의 아버지가 누군가 공작의 보석들을 훔쳐 갔다며 결혼 취소를 소리친다. 도둑맞은 보석 중에는 뿌이유 가문의 여자들에게 다산(多産)의 능력을 주는 롤랑드 성자의 성스러운 목걸이도 있었다. 목걸이가 없다면 고드프와의 후손들은 존재할 수 없다. 그걸 갖고 있는 사람은 바로 현대에 남겨진 쟈쿠이(Jacquouille/Jacquart: 크리스티안 클라비어 분)와 거지 여인 지네뜨(Ginette: 마리-앤 자펠 분)였다. 뒤바뀐 조상 쟈쿠이와 후손 쟈쿠아로 인하여 시간의 통로가 닫히지 않은 것이었다. 벌어진 시공(時空)의 틈새는 고대 이집트의 7가지 재앙과 같은 끔찍한 환난을 예고하는 것이다. 쟈쿠이의 후손이 호텔 사장 쟈쿠아 또한 중세의 한복판에 홀로 버려졌다. 모든 것이 엉켜 버리고, 현대에 남겨진 말썽꾸러기 시종 쟈쿠이와 성스러운 목걸이를 중세로 복귀시키는 일이 해결책이다.

매춘부 마리(Marie Abarth: 야누크 그랑베르 분)는 자신의 직업에 떳떳하며 나름대로의 프로의식(?)을 느끼고 그 일에 탁월한 재능이 있다. 하지만 그녀도 다른 여자와 마찬가지로 자신만을 사랑해 줄 남자를 기다린다. 그러던 어느 날, 그녀는 자신의 아파트 앞에서 쓰러져 있는 부랑자 쟈노(Jeannot: 제라르 랑방 분)를 발견하고 동정과 연민에 이끌려 그를 자신의 집으로 데려와 따뜻한 음식과 잠자리를 제공한다. 그리고 자신과 그를 위해 잠자리를 같이한다. 자신의 만족과 여러 남자의 만족을 위해 일했던 그녀는 처음으로 한 사람만을 위한 느낌을 갖는다. 쟈노에게서 자신에게 맞는 진정한 사랑의 의미를 느끼게 된 것이다. 마리는 쟈노에게 정성을 다하게 되고, 예상치 못한 호의에 쟈노는 당황한다. 며칠을 같이 보낸 마리는 쟈노에게 자신의 포주가 되주지 않겠냐고 제안하고 마리의 말에 쟈노는 더욱 더 당황해 한다. 일약 부랑자에서 포주로 변신한 쟈노는 마리가 일하는 낮시간엔 거리를 방황하는 등 무료한 시간을 보내나 차츰 생활에 적응하게 된다. 맛있는 차도 마시며 아침의 상쾌한 공기도 만끽한다. 마리가 보고 싶을 때는 무작정 집으로 되돌아 가기도 하는데 이러한 쟈노의 행동이 마리에겐 사랑스럽기만 하다. 그런 생활의 연속에서 쟈노는 이발소에서 만난 사라(Sanguine: 발레리아 브뤼니 떼데쉬 분)와 관계를 맺기 시작한다. 쟈노는 사라를 '상귄'이라 애칭하며 마리가 벌어들이는 수입을 상귄와 또 다른 여자들과 즐기는데 탕진한다. 또한 그는 자신에게 빠진 상귄을 매춘부로 만들려하나 그녀가 풍기 단속 경찰에 걸려들자 자신은 물론 마리까지 경찰에 소환되고 만다. 그렇고 그런 사람들로 붐비는 경찰서에서 자초지종을 듣게 된 마리는 배신감과 그에 대한 미련으로 괴로워하나 사라에게 동병상련의 묘한 정을 느낀다. 상귄과 마리는 곧 오랜 친구 사이처럼 서로를 이해하게 된다. 교도소에 들어가게 된 쟈노에 대한 사랑과 원망으로 더 이상 남자를 사랑하지 않겠다고 다짐하는 마리와 상

Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's 'assistants'. One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantage of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.

In a quiet corner of the English countryside, lives the Smith family. Their quietude is disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful young woman.

A man discovers the qualities of his wife's friends, whom he had always hated.

A novelist finds herself in an auction where two statuettes are up for sale: "The Mozambique Dancers". According to the legend, the one who owns both statues becomes infinitely rich but the one who owns only one of the two pieces is cursed forever...

A fight happens during a a big party organized by a couple for their housewarming

As of his early childhood Robinson Crusoe has wanted to become a sailor. And when he does become one bad luck has it that the vessel he sails on gets shipwrecked. Being the only survivor of the catastrophe, he manages to take refuge on a desert island where he will spend several years, learning how to survive...

A lawyer defending once successful computer programmer against her prosecuting lawyer boyfriend becomes romantically involved with his client.

The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.

Igor, who manages a fancy hotel and is on the take, has to juggle several problems at once. He has a two-hour window to get his ill-got gain out of the hotel, he must misdirect and obstruct the inquiries of a Party auditor who suspects that all is not above board, and he must keep out of sight and out of trouble his interloping and troublesome young brother-in-law, who arrives unannounced with barrels of rotten herring.

Lola, a young lawyer, is raising her little boy Bolivar, and sustains his family. Diagnosed with cancer, she decides to fight against this disease as it has always done in life with strength, determination, and above all with humor. In his fight, it is supported by Ferdinand, his fiery lover and naive who is a journalist. In the hospital, treated by Prof. Tobman, deeply human doctor, she met a group of women, all living with the same bad but each following a different social environment. This group will become his new "family".

A parody of the French Revolution, on Arabian Nights background. Bagdad Calif is in Paris in 1789, where he decides to visit the Executionner equipment exhibition.

A crime comedy directed by Nicolas Gessner.

In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do they know that the son, Guy-Hubert Bourdelle, is far from being the cowardly hairdresser he pretends. He is in truth the Germans’ most feared opponent: le super-résistant!

Charlotte (Catherine Deneuve) flies to East-Africa in order to build a touristic center near the Lake Williams where the pygmys live. Here she meets her husband Victor (Philippe Noiret), a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to built this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.

Félix, disguised as Father Christmas, hands out leaflets advertising a sexy Christmas party. His place is taken by an African Santa Claus and he returns to his caravan only to find his girlfriend Josette about to leave him. When he comes after her, she takes refuge at "SOS Distress", run by two neurotics, Thérèse and Pierre.

A bank clerk is given an unusual retirement gift, a high class call girl. Unaware that he has been 'set up' by colleagues the man goes with the girl to Venice where he enjoys his new found virility.

Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a witty 12 years old son and a rich and cute heiress who tries to help Alex as much as he tries to escape her: she brings nothing but trouble ! Fortunately, luck will strike again.

A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American multinational company intent on taking over several French industries. The journalist's objective is to garner enough evidence to expose the American corporation for what it really is, before French companies start disappearing - and before any more corpses accumulate, including his own.

Giacomo has an idol: James Bond. When he dreams, he dreams of himself, his fabulous adventures, especially in Tunisia, and a beautiful wife, Belle. In reality he is unemployed, overwhelmed by an obsessive mother who continually called to see if he wore his woolen tank top and is treated by a doctor who thinks he is Einstein. Finally Giacomo is followed by bizarre characters, kidnapped and taken to Tunisia to live a wonderful adventure of her dreams, from the dangers of any kind ... and he met Beatrice

Walter Klozett is a spy arrested and imprisoned by the French Police who know him in possession of stolen booty which the French secret services would like to recover at all costs.

A group of friends is shaken when the girl falls in love. But the three boys will do anything to stop the romance.

In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one.

Living comfortably, the Rhodes family is a quiet family. What no one knows is that Mary has a lover, Clive Root. She leaves for a few days with him and tells her husband that she is visiting a friend. Her husband surprises her in Holland, but he does not suspect the truth until later, because of an anonymous letter. Which of the two Marys will she choose

Living comfortably, the Rhodes family is a quiet family. What no one knows is that Mary has a lover, Clive Root. She leaves for a few days with him and tells her husband that she is visiting a friend. Her husband surprises her in Holland, but he does not suspect the truth until later, because of an anonymous letter. Which of the two Marys will she choose

François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only "amusement" is his neighbor from Africa, who makes mildly fun of him from time to time. One evening, François is bored, and decides to call a random telephone number. He gets Christine on the line, a bit of an old school pharmacist, who hesitates to put down the phone, and plays the game of seduction with the charming "Mr X"...

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.

After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order.

The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that they sound like empty garbage cans when you touch them. Chaos is ahead.

Romance takes a back seat to drama in this movie depicting life at the once-fashionable Parisian bordello known by its address 122 Rue de Provence. Patronized by the wealthy and powerful, this elegant house of prostitution featured a top-ranked restaurant and specialized rooms for men with unusual tastes: a railroad carriage room, a stable room, etc. In the story, two young people "on the make" bump into each other as they are arriving in the same rail station. Though attracted to one another, they are deliberately vague about their destinations. He is headed for a diplomatic career, she is an ambitious young prostitute who wants to work at the best house in France. Later, they meet at 122 Rue de Provence.

Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...

Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends 6,000 francs on tapes, books, and a punching bag. Soon after, he's smitten by Agnes, a hotel guest with a model's looks and photographers wherever she goes. When she leaves for Nice, he follows, meeting Aldo on the way. Aldo becomes his boldness coach. Pierre gets a job washing dishes where Agnes is staying, but after a week or so, she's off to Deauville, with Aldo and Pierre in pursuit. Using funds they get by selling Aldo's car, this time Pierre poses as a polo-playing jet setter. Will this win the heart of Agnes?

1953년 이탈리아 영화인 를 미국에서 리메이크했다. 프랑스의 사업가로 주식 사기에 연루되어 파탄에 이른 남자. 중동의 테러리스트로 동료들이 모두 체포되거나 사살되고 혼자 살아남은 남자. 4인조 강도가 실수로 지역 갱단 보스의 동생을 죽인 후 도주하던 중 살아남은 한 남자. 이렇게 각기 절박한 상황에 처한 세 명이 펼치는 이야기.

When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.

Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb and a priestess who gives herself as wife to an emigrant.

A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case involving the mysterious death and/or suicide of a wealthy entrepreneur. The chief suspect is his enchanting wife who was aware that her husband had a mistress. It is also possible that the dead man may be the victim of a radical terrorist group.

In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.

A film by Jean-Marie Périer.

자신이 백인이고 천주교인임을 자랑스럽게 생각하고 그외의 다른 사람들에 대해서 지독한 편견을 갖고 있는 피베르는 차를 타고 여행에서 돌아오던 중 교통사고를 당해 차와 같이 물에 빠지게 된다. 유태인 기사는 안식일이라 일을 할 수 없다고 떠나고, 밤이 되어 그는 혼자 먼 곳의 불빛을 찾아 어느 공장으로 들어간다. 그곳에서 어떤 독재 아랍공화국인들이 슬리만이라는 쿠테타 음모자를 묶어 놓고는 심문하는 광경을 목격하는데 그것 때문에 결국 슬리만과 함께 쫓기는 처지가 된다. 그러다가 그들은 우연히 미국 뉴욕에서 파리에 다니러 온 야곱이라는 유태인 랍비와 그의 보조 랍비인 샤뮤엘의 옷을 빌려입고 유태인 구역으로 간다. 야곱 랍비를 기다리고 있던 유태인들은 피베르를 의심없이 야곱 랍비로 알고 열렬히 환영한다. 유태교에 대해서 아무것도 모르는 그가 랍비 행세를 하자니 여간 고충이 아닌데 마침 그의 유태인 기사가 나타나 그를 도와준다. 그러는 사이에 독재정권에 항거하는 슬리만의 쿠테타가 성공해서 슬리만은 대통령으로 추대된다. 피베르는 자신의 딸과 첫눈에 사랑을 느낀 슬리만을 주저없이 사위로 맞아 드린다. 그동안의 작은 모험들이 유태인과 유색인종에 대한 그의 편견을 깨트리는 것이다.

1962년 프랑스령 알제리의 독립을 허용한 이래 드골 대통령은 프랑스 국민들, 특히 알제리 주둔군이나 식민지 거주 국민들로부터 매국노로 크게 지탄을 받았으며 암살 기도까지 여러 차례 있었다. 군 출신의 드골 제거 조직인 OAS의 저격 사건 후 조직이 와해되고 대표가 처형당하자 후임자인 로댕 대령은 프랑스인이 아닌 외국의 살인청부업자에게 일을 시키기로 결정한다. 적임자로 선택된 것은 영국인으로 콩고나 도미니카에게 독재자들을 암살한 전력의 30대 미남으로 암호명은 재칼이다. 그는 오직 혼자서 일하고 철저한 비밀 유지를 위해 연락도 잘되지 않는 신비스러운 인물이다. 그가 요구한 돈은 50만 달러. 재칼은 랜트카를 타고 이태리를 거쳐 더건이란 이름의 위조여권으로 프랑스에 입국하지만 프랑스 첩보 부대에서는 레벨이란 민완 수사관이 나서서 재칼이라 암호명과 차종까지를 밝혀낸다.

Dismissed following an unfortunate initiative, financial advisor Benoît Lepape decides to work for his uncle, a union activist. His capitalist methods will surprise at first, but quickly bring in a lot of money.

During the Algerian war of independence, one of the FLN's leaders was arrested by the army, which uses the most violent methods to make the prisoners talk. The use of torture poses a case of conscience to a French officer. A play between the field against the field, between the tortured and his torturer, behind a stifling closed door.

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.

Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. Il réapparaîtra sur de nouvelles ondes avec "Radio plus près de la Vérité".

The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which he left at 6 years old, and to rekindle the memory of his mother, who died when he was a child.

TV movie of a play by Ivan Turgenev

Political ambitions sometimes lead to the downfall of those who formulate them. For Ptolemy, assassinating Pompey was an opportunity to get into Caesar's good graces. Once the crime is committed, Ptolemy impatiently awaits recognition from Caesar. But a completely different fate awaits Cleopatra's brother.

Armand, a boastful womaniser, makes a bet that he can seduce any girl he wants. He soon crosses paths with a beautiful Parisian divorcee, who is nothing like anyone he has ever met before.

A father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.

At the Order of the Czar

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.

Alexandre Dumas's classic tale is one of the most filmed epic adventures...

Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.

The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.

Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances, which is the tragedy of his life. After having worked as an undertaker, a theater prompter, a casino bouncer, and so on, and failing at each job, he applies out of desperation to an institution where those rejected for physical reasons can hide and live together. But Adhémar immediately starts... laughing at them and gets kicked out as a result! In the end though, he finds his way as a circus artist.

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.

Newlyweds Edward & Caroline are preparing for an important evening when a quarrel over Caroline's dress sets off a series of domestic brouhahas.

Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playing God on his ship. Tough and bossy, he gives orders which are not to be discussed. But, some day, he is driven to accept on board several German Jews fleeing the nazis and who are refused asylum everywhere. He gradually realizes that skipper he is, but next to God only.The Bible will help him to find the way to self-questioning, awareness and charity.

The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

The tour of a theatrical troupe is disturbed by the waltz-hesitation love of the young actress Stepha between the young first and the director.

The adventurer Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, descendant (by the left hand) of the king of France Henri II, and who claims to be "Countess de la Motte", imagines a tortuous plan to steal a magnificent diamond necklace that the queen Marie-Antoinette refused to buy from the jewelers Boehmer and Bassange.

Out of love for an actress, Isabelle, the Baron de Sigognac joins a traveling troop en route to Paris. When an actor dies, he takes over his role: that of Captain Fracasse.

Isidore Lechat is a ruthless self-made man whose money allows him to humiliate the others, particularly a ruined noble: he wants his daughter to marry this marquis's son but the girl is in love with a young scientist.