Héléna Manson

In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...

The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.

장은 우연히 보러 간 연극에서 여배우 자닌을 만난다. 이내 두 사람은 깊은 사이로 발전하게 된다. 장은 그녀와 함께 살기 위해 아내와 아이들을 버리고 집을 나온다. 그러나 장이 친구의 배신으로 국장직에서 밀려나게 되고 그 스트레스로 신장병이 재발하게 되면서 두 사람의 사랑에 위기가 찾아온다. 그러던 어느날, 장의 아내가 몰래 자닌에게 찾아와 자신이 죽을 병에 걸렸음을 알리며 마지막 남은 시간을 남편과 함께 보낼 수 있게 해달라고 부탁한다. 자닌은 장과 헤어진 후 여배우에서 디자이너로 변신한다. 한편 르네는 아버지의 고루한 농장 경영에 환멸을 느끼고 집을 뛰쳐나와 파리의 의류회사에 취직한다. 보잘것없는 학력이지만 르네는 타고난 성실근면함으로 말단 직원에서 직원 200명을 거느린 공장장으로 승진하게 된다. 그러나 최신 공정이 도입되고 경쟁이 치열해지면서 르네의 위치는 점점 불안해지게 되고, 결국 경쟁에서 밀려나 지방에 있는 공장으로 자리를 옮기게 된다. 가족들과도 헤어져 회사를 위해 온몸을 바쳐 일하지만 희망은 점점 멀어져간다. 결국 르네는 회사의 디자이너 자닌으로부터 레스토랑의 매니저로 가라는 굴욕적인 제안을 받게 된다. 자닌은 2년이라는 시간이 흘렀어도 여전히 그를 잊지 못한다. 르네에게 회사의 방침을 전달하러 내려간 시골에서 그녀는 우연히 그렇게 그리워하던 장을 만나지만 그의 아내가 여전히 건강하다는 이야기를 듣고 자신이 속았음을 깨닫는데...

This is a film which was made in Belgium in the early '60s and was never released. However, it somehow got included in the American Oscar category for "Best Foreign Film," and was finally released in its home country in 1971. It explores the issues of prejudice and superstition in the Belgian countryside through the troubles of a middle-aged farmer whose mother has been accused of being a witch. In French, this picture is based on a true story which took place in the late 1920s and early '30s.

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.

Anthology of four love stories that have some historical basis.

Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.

A playboy is pursued by three women seeking romance.

In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death.

A young Italian fugitive and his older protective brother hide among the grape pickers at a vineyard in Provence.

"Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion.

During a stay at a roadside inn, long-distance lorry driver Jean Viard meets a young woman Clothilde who works there. Their friendship soon develops into a passionate love affair, even though Jean is already married and is old enough to be Clothilde’s father. Things take a turn for the worse when Jean loses his job and his wife finds out about his affair. But Clothilde’s predicament is even more distressing...

프랑수아 트뤼포가 ‘진정한 작가’로 평가했던 거장 막스 오퓔스의 마지막 영화. 시네마 스코프와 풍부한 색감의 테크니컬러 등 당시로서는 매우 혁신적인 스타일을 선보인, 영화사적으로 상당히 주요한 작품이다. 19세기 사교계를 풍미했던 롤라가 서커스단의 주인공으로 등장해 플래시 백을 통해 자신의 과거를 들려주는 형식의 이 영화는 당시 제작사의 횡포로 다양한 버전의 판본이 존재하면서 정당한 평가를 받지 못했다.

After his wife's death, a man discovers that his daughter may not be his.

A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to deflects the kid from a life of crime. Tipped off by a woman anxious to collect the reward for him (who is wanted for murder), the police pursue the two lost souls.

모파상의 원작을 가지고 쾌락에 관한 3가지 이야기를 옴니버스 영화로 만들어냈다. 제 1화 "가면"은 '쾌락과 젊음'에 대한 이야기로, 나이를 속이기 위해 가면을 쓴 채 무도회장에 들러 여성들에게 구애하는 한 남자의 이야기를 다룬다. 제 2화 "텔리에 부인의 집"은 '쾌락과 순수'에 대한 이야기로, 조카의 성찬식에 참여하기 위해 창녀들과 함께 시골로 가는 텔리에 부인에 관한 것이다. 제 3화인 "모델"은 '쾌락과 죽음'에 대한 이야기로, 자신의 모델과 사랑에 빠졌다가 그녀를 버리려 하는 화가의 이야기를 들려준다. 쾌락과 행복의 관계를 탐구하는 3개의 흥미로운 에피소드들로 이뤄진 "쾌락"은 시각적 테크닉을 구사하는 데 있어서 막스 오퓔스가 얼마나 사치스러워질 수 있는가를 보여주는 영화로 꼽힌다.

Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she loves who seduces her and abandons her. But at the end of the day there is Yvon, her childhood friend. Will he be the one that will love her truly?

It all begins with the discreet romance between the Creole maid Lea Mariotte and her young boss, George Brissac, an amoral bourgeois who plans to inherit his uncle's fortune and marry a young woman from a good family. After an incident where she kills a man, she is saved from the gallows by Fabian, a ship's captain, who has personal reasons for antagonizing the Brissacs. He takes care of her and falls in love with her, but doesn't tell her. She, in turn, takes the opportunity to return to her lover Brissac's arms, forcing him to marry her after seeing him murder his uncle.

By taking the defense of Raymond Denis, accused of having killed his mistress, when she committed suicide because he did not want to recognize his child, the lawyer Claude Nogent, learns that he himself was born of unknown father.

A mysterious figure signing himself "The Ferret" keeps sending letters to the police, tipping them off about murders that are to be committed around Paris. Among those caught up in the police manhunt is a fraudulent clairvoyant.

The life of Adrien Wettach, famous in the annals of the circus under the name of Grock, world famous Swiss clown. A series of images from Épinal, retracing the career of a European artist, within the framework of world history. Lots of children, wars, an eccentric Russian countess, Countess Barinoff, who grows old admiring the clown, and a very long quibble about a party wall, all serve to highlight the star's final number.

In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or a vicious crime? Those who have known him loved him or hated him are interrogated by the police. Will the guilty person(s) be ferreted out?

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War.

A chronicler gets himself hired as a gamekeeper in Monsieur De Saint-Ricquier's mansion where he lives with his stepdaughter, Henriette, everybody considers insane .

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)

Fleeing Paris where he killed, Olivier takes refuge in the Giraud farm and falls in love with his daughter, to the chagrin of her suitor, a man named Joseph. When the latter is found dead, Olivier is accused and the young woman will arrive too late to clear him, the poor man having fallen into a ravine while trying to flee.

In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence gets suspected by police inspector Vétillard. To clear his name, Julien undertakes to investigate and find the killer on his own.

An actress who has just played the part of an old lady says that she would like to grow old like that character did.Sadly, she will not get her wish because she is terminally-ill.

An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Le Eternel Mari", a somber story of marital infidelity, revenge and near madness, and starring Raimu in his last film appearance.

Biography and apology of the famous pilot, nicknamed by some the Archangel, who organized the airmail network of South America, flew the first over the Andes Cordillera, maintained the mystique of the South Atlantic, militated in the Crosses of Fire and perished at the controls of "La Croix du Sud" during its twenty-fourth crossing.

작은 마을 생 로뱅에 “까마귀”라 서명한 괴편지가 나돈다. 까마귀는 의사 제르맹을 정신과 의사 보르체의 아내 로라의 정부이며, 불법 소파수술을 행한 장본인이라며 규탄한다.

An untiring lady social worker, Émilienne, has as one of her charges a stableman who was wounded by his mistress. Unfortunately, Émilienne's young sister who was helping her at work decides to go away with the stableman.

Maloin, a maritime station guard, spends his nights at the port signal box. One night, he becomes the witness of a murder: for a simple suitcase smuggled, the altercation between the two men turns to drama. While the first falls and drowns, the second flees. Maloin, instead of warning the police, decides to dive in and recover the suitcase...which contains more than 3 million in small denominations! That's when the trouble begins...

The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life with her. Will the scandal separate them?

Picpus is a street and a subway stop where a number of murders have been committed. Maigret tries to find the killer.

A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.

The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show that ends tragically, the coming to France of a Hollywood actress, a lightship caught in a terrible storm...

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.

A village in the French Alps is rocked by a series of crimes, including the theft of a sacred ring and the murder of a man dressed as Père Noël (Father Christmas).

Considering his wife as his property, a smuggler bullies the unfortunate woman and does not allow her to turn to another man.

Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover. Caesar welcomes her into his home and surrounds her with paternal attention so that he can quickly forget the past. Slowly his feeling turns into a love that Marcella seems to reciprocate. However, when Cesare realizes that the girl feels only gratitude for him and is in love with a younger man, he loses control. Blinded by jealousy, he plans to kill Marcella's lover but, in the face of the girl's vulgarity and indifference, he realizes that he has been teased and turns his anger towards her.

Middle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his own reservations, Georges falls in love with the much-younger girl, remaining faithful to her even after he realizes that she cares only for his money.

Baron Arnold, a businessman, takes his young wife to Africa where he instructs her to seduce Captain Olivier, an intelligence officer. But Olivier illuminates the baroness on the unsavory activities of her husband as a weapons dealer and entrepreneur of revolutions.

Henri Pierson, the chief engineer of a railway line crossing Yunnan in China, must prevent the incessant attacks of a gang of looters.

Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).

Travelers who have missed their correspondence are forced to spend the night in the waiting room of a small country station. They are told that a ghost train rushes through the night on each anniversary of an accident that once took place there. A detective tries to solve the case.

A young couple goes through a plot unscathed in the welcoming salons of a large fashion house.

Fedora swears to avenge the death of her fiancé, Prince Yarischkine, killed by Ipanoff who fled to Paris. She finds Ipanoff whom she falls in love with and he confesses to having killed her fiancé because Yarischkine was his wife's lover. But learning that her brother was executed because of Fedora, Ipanoff leaves her. Fedora commits suicide.

작은 마을에 사는 의사 샤를르 보바리는 엠마 루오와 재혼했다. 하지만 남편과의 결혼생활이 권태로웠던 엠마는 다른 남자를 만나 외도를 즐기기 시작한다.

영화의 바램과는 달리 다시 찾아온 현실의 비극을 떠올리면 안타깝기 그지없다

The Duc de Latour-Maubert falls in love with an intriguer when he had better think about the business of the ruined family, by marrying a rich American!

At the urging of his over-protective father, André Carel, a young bourgeois from Paris, travels to Lake Geneva to rejuvenate his health. There, he falls in love with Reine, the beautiful daughter of a simple boatsman. In order to impress her solely through his personality and character, he conceals his wealthy origins and, disguising himself as a migrant laborer, takes up work on board her father's ship.