Suzanne Courtal

In the sunny landscapes of Provence, Henri Arnaud is a conscientious law student who's got a lovely girlfriend, Tina. The person who used to pay for his studies dies and the poor young man's disposable funds are low. He asks an antique dealer if he can lend him some money. This shady guy agrees, but in return for homosexual relations. Henri kills him and runs away. Fortunately, a good judge, who bears the same name as him, comes to his rescue.

Stéphane Blanchon lives a quiet life in Switzerland with his wife, Christine, until a young American boarder named Belle, who was living with them, is found murdered. Despite Stéphane's innocence, the evidence points to him, and he learns that Belle harbored romantic feelings for him. Suspicions mount against him; even Christine thinks he is the culprit. Stéphane's sanity begins to crumble, and he lashes out in unprecedented ways.

You never can tell. Jean had always been one of the most confirmed bachelors that kept swearing to anyone that would listen he would never put a ring on a female finger. But that was before he met Juliette, a capricious but irresistibly lovely young woman. Well, what else can you do when you fall dead in love with a creature of the kind? And too bad if their honeymoon proved catastrophic. To say nothing of their housing problems : what to do when neither husband nor wife has any money? How to build one's love nest when the housing crisis rages? How to get by when your wife has luxury tastes?

1940년 6월 남프랑스의 농촌 마을에 파리에서 피난오다 공습으로 부모를 잃고 죽은 강아지를 안고 헤매던 소녀 폴레트는 근처 어느 농가에 들어선다. 그곳은 전쟁과는 아무 상관이 없다는 듯 평화롭고 한적한 곳이었다. 그 농가의 아들 미셀은 고아가 된 폴레트를 불쌍하게 생각하고 자기 집으로 데려와 미셀과 함께 강아지를 묻어준 뒤 무덤에 십자가를 세워준다. 살아있는 것이 죽었을 때는 이렇게 묻어주는 것이라고 알게 된 뽈레트는 새든, 벌레든 죽은 동물을 모아 무덤을 만들고 십자가를 세워준다. 무덤은 점점 늘어가고 십자가가 더욱 많이 필요해지자 미셀은 교회 제단에 놓여진 십자가를 훔치려 하고, 거기에 그치지 않고 형의 묘지에서 뽑아온다. 그러던 어느날, 고아수용소로 데려가기 위해 적십자의 조사반이 파견나온다. 이때 아버지는 미셀과 십자가가 있는 장소를 알려주면 폴레트를 그들에게 넘기지 않겠다는 약속을 하지만, 결국 이를 어기고 폴레트는 조사반에 넘긴다. 미셀은 폴레트를 위해 아름답게 만들었던 방앗간의 묘지를 모두 망거뜨리며 울분을 터뜨린다. 한편, 전쟁 고아라는 딱지를 붙이고 혼잡한 정류장 대합실 구석에 서 있던 뽈레트는 어디선가 미셀이라고 부르는 소리를 듣고 계속 미셀과 엄마를 외치며 군중들 속으로 사라진다.

When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him, he thinks of killing both of them.

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 beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.

A beautiful young pianist falls for her mentor.

Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.