Maurice Forster

A provincial tour fails without money in an abandoned theater in the capital and puts on a review under the sign of optimism.

Jean e Martial Novalic são dois irmão divididos pelo amor à mesma mulher, Genevieve. O primeiro é um poeta obcecado com a morte; o segundo, um astrônomo que descobre um cometa em rota de colisão com a Terra. A notícia de que a humanidade tem apenas mais uma centena de dias antes da destruição do planeta gera o caos, mas também acirra o triângulo amoroso entre os irmãos Novalic, que têm reações bastante diversas sobre a tragédia iminente.

"Adapted from a play by Romain Coolus, whose work Dulac had covered as a theater critic at the turn of the century, this atmospheric and socially inquisitive film tells the tale of an independent, sexually liberated woman (Eve Francis) who is torn between her husband (Gabriel Gabrio) and her lover (Paul Guide). Controversial at the time of its release, Antoinette Sabrier finds Dulac using her bold sense of visual rhythm to achieve a complex portrait of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage and a nuanced investigation into human intimacy, with her characters’ emotions expressed through then-innovative cinematic techniques such as slow motion and associative montage. " - Film Society of Lincoln Center

A symbolist portrait of two gypsies in love, this captivating film finds Dulac deconstructing onscreen gender roles and striving to achieve her idea of cinema as a “visual symphony,” emphasizing rhythmic editing over acting to achieve a “cinema of suggestion.”

Gribiche, a young boy whose mother is a war widow, gets adopted by a rich woman. She wants to turn him into a perfect gentleman, but soon he feels unhappy.

King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul, which does not please his powerful rival Charles the Bold. It is against this troubled backdrop that the loves of the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois and the king's god-daughter Jeanne Fouquet and knight Robert Cottereau unfurl in spite of all the obstacles in their way. One of these being a pack of hungry wolves trying to stop Jeanne from carrying out an important mission assigned to her by the king himself.

Um dos primeiros filmes consideravelmente feministas, A Sorridente Madame Beudet é a história de uma mulher "amorosamente-inteligente" presa em um casamento. O marido costuma fazer uma estúpida brincadeira em que ele põe um revólver sem balas na sua cabeça e ameaça atirar em si mesmo. Um dia, enquanto o marido está longe, ela coloca as balas no revólver...

Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protests, Crainquebille is arrested, supposedly for swearing at the policeman.

A história de dois homens, um casado e o outro amante da esposa do outro, que se encontram nas trincheiras da Primeira Guerra Mundial, e como a história deles se torna um microcosmo para os horrores da guerra.

A serial in six episodes: 1) La seconde Marquise de Sombreuse; 2) Le Chateau maudit; 3) Folle; 4) L'Exilee; 5) La Danseuse inconnue; 6) Hallucination et realite. Set in modern day France in a chateau thought to be haunted since the Revolution, a Marquis and his daughter Irene (granddaughter of Marie Antoinette's lady companion) are preyed upon by Latin seductress, Lola, and her brother, Pedro. (Summary by Tami Williams, from the 2018 Il Cinema Ritrovato film program)

An industrialist badly in need of money hopes to marry his daughter off to a rich suitor, but she only has eyes for her penniless childhood sweetheart.

A wealthy theatre owner decides to leave his wife for a dancer.