Paul Meurisse

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.

This sex comedy concerns the efforts of Julien to get his timid, "backward" 20-year-old son to take an interest in sex and get married. After a series of adventures with women (arranged by papa), Valentin finally gets married to a woman who appears to be as shy as he is. Things get complicated when his father begins an affair with her.

Курортная прибрежная Франция. У берега ласкового моря беззаботно и весело проводят время отдыхающие, а совсем недалеко, на территории цыганского табора, течёт совсем другая жизнь — бедняцкая, проблемная, непростая, жизнь изгоев благополучного общество, обречённых вечно скитаться в поисках лучшей доли. Уго по прозвищу Цыган — один из них. Он волк-одиночка, который ворует, чтобы кормить свою «стаю». Происхождение не оставило ему выбора, и Уго стал профессиональным преступником. Приговорённый пожизненно, он бежал из тюрьмы и уже два года находится «в бегах», и арестовать его — мечта каждого полицейского. Однако это непросто, потому что Цыган, как про него говорят, «не спит дважды в одной постели», он умен, коварен и целеустремлён. Его не интересуют ни женщины, ни тряпки, ни деньги — он борец за идеалы своего вечно гонимого, притесняемого народа… Однако, когда Уго встречает женщину, близкую ему по духу, все меняется… Совместимы ли желание любить и стремление оставаться свободным?

Кэндис Страсберг, американская туристка, путешествующая автостопом, была убита во Франции. Полиция подозревает сразу несколько человек, от инженера-изобретателя до простого итальянского рабочего. И лишь случайная находка помогает комиссару Бонетти вычислить настоящего убийцу.

Молодой священник, тяжело переживая смерть своей жены, постригается в монахи. Один мошенник вновь переворачивает его жизнь. Жена оказывается жива и решает стать проституткой... Исправить все можно, но каким путем...

Один из лидеров сопротивления Филипп Гербье, преданный осведомителем, оказывается в концлагере. Однако ему удается сбежать, и он продолжает вести скрытую войну с немецкими оккупантами.

Матерый гангстер Гюс, бежавший из тюрьмы после 16-летней отсидки, возвращается в Марсель, чтобы отомстить боссу криминального мира Джо Риччи, дважды подставившего его. Ему нужны деньги, чтобы затем исчезнуть из страны, и как раз бывшие подельщики предлагают выгодную работу — убить инкассаторов, перевозящих платиновые слитки на сумму в миллиард франков.

Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress.

Arsène Baudu and Hyacinthe, a pair of small-time crooks, fall prey to Alexandre Larsan-Bellac, who involves them (against their will) in high-profile swindling, but their success is quite limited. For starters they are deceived by Mrs. Paterson, a charming widow. Later on, Ribeiro, a Portuguese contractor and former victim of the two crooks, traces them and forces them to work on one of his building sites for damages. Just then, Larsan-Bellac resurfaces with plans to lure Ribeiro once again. —Guy Bellinger

Louis Bourdin est employé à la RATP le jour, romancier la nuit, avec une forte prédilection pour le genre policier. Un jour, il rédige un polar situé dans l'univers de la RATP, boudé par les éditeurs. Le livre parvient alors aux yeux d'une bande de criminels...

Леопольд, франтоватый слуга знаменитого адвоката, мэтра Руассака, в то же время один раз в неделю становится весьма уважаемым мировым судьей в воровском трибунале. Там он знакомится с доктором Ванту, психиатром и гангстером, более известным под кличкой "Кот", который предлагает ему принять участие в ограблении. Однако вскорости он встречает красавицу Аньес, и это многое меняет.

A story about Caroline, a young girl who decides to start dating only men after forty.

Агент французской секретной службы «Монокль» отправляется в Гонконг и Макао на опасные поиски преступников-террористов, нападения которых нацелены на ядерные секретные объекты.

Жил-был спокойный, не очень удачливый бизнесмен по имени Фернан и не тужил, как говорится. И был у этого парня лучший дружок. Да не простой, а самый главный мафиози. И вот однажды этот мафиози решил умереть, а перед самой кончиной попросил своего некриминального кореша Фернана присмотреть за своей дочуркой Патрисией, а, заодно уж, и за всей гангстерской империей. Фернан воспринял все как надо — он в натуре решил взять все дела в свои твердые руки. Но вот бывшие дружбаны мертвого «короля» вовсе не собирались солидаризоваться с таким дурацким предсмертным волеизъявлением и объявляют войну «наследничку». ..

Пианист раздосадован адским шумом, который доносится из только что открывшегося магазина по ремонту автомобилей. Несчастный музыкант находит выход в случайной встрече, наивная Аньес в разводе обладательница уютного и тихого особняка вдали от шума и балагана. И все бы хорошо, но на пути оказался отец женщины…

Адвоката Шарля Рувеля подвела под монастырь, а вернее – под тюремный срок, одна из его клиенток. Пребывание за решеткой перечеркнуло дальнейшую карьеру юриста, зато обогатило его житейским опытом и подсказало другой способ добывания хлеба насущного – в качестве профессионального соблазнителя богатых скучающих дам. Новоявленный Дон Жуан намерен ловить в свои сети только крупную рыбу, однако... не попасть бы на крючок самому!

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.

В 1943 году отрядом немецких солдат в подводной пещере у берегов Корсики было спрятано огромное количество золота. Годы спустя единственный выживший из отряда возвращается на Корсику, чтобы забрать сокровища. По его пятам идут британские и советские шпионы, а также французский секретный агент Дромар…

Denis, a hypersensitive teenager, is revolted both against his distant, pretentious, well-to-do parents and their superficial society firends and the stiff, intolerant catholic establishment in which he studies. Fortunately,he has an open-minded philosophy teacher, Father Philippe de Maubrun, who understands him and supports him in his distress.

A dozen elegant people are gathered in a writer's desirable mansion. In the grand tradition of Agatha Christie, they all have something to hide.They begin a cruel game of truth, a game where you're not supposed to tell lies. As the questions become more and more intimate and precise, the tempers rise, while outside the storm is raging. Enter a hateful person (played by Paul Meurisse, the nasty headmaster in "Les Diaboliques") who seems to know a lot about them. Someone is murdered. Whodunit?

Французский секретный агент разоблачает гнездо фашистов в замке престарелого маркиза.

Приехавшая из провинции Доменик быстро развращается, теряет иллюзии и вскоре опускается на самое дно. Однако внутренне она стремится к чистой любви. Увы, любовь, о которой она так мечтала, терпит крах. Возлюбленный отказывается от Доменик, оскорбляет и унижает ее. В порыве гнева и отчаяния Доменик убивает его и оказывается в тюремной камере…

Пейзажи Прованса как основной фон действия. Профессор-генетик, увлеченный планами искусственного оплодотворения и выведения идеальной человеческой породы. Молоденькая и очень хорошенькая крестьянская девушка, заставляющая профессора забыть преимущества искусственного перед величием естественного.

Неизвестный предатель выдал нацистам участников французского Сопротивления. Уцелевшие члены группы собралась через 15 лет после окончания войны в доме Мари Дюмолен, чтобы разобраться, кто из них предатель.

An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.

"Le septième ciel" became Raymond Bernard's last film; a black comedy about a female brewery owner who donates vast amounts of money to charitable causes. The funds to do this, she raises through her liaisons with wealthy gentlemen... who just "happen" to end up dead!

After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to give up working as a courier for drugs traffickers. So that he and Jacqueline can make a fresh start he agrees to take on one more job for a large sum of cash, but he betrays his employer.

Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again with another cousin of his he hates, Bernard, a millionaire gun runner,who is also a victim of Edgar. It must be said that both Pierre and Bernard once caused Edgar to go bankrupt... Pierre offers Bernard to join efforts against Edgar. Soon after, Bernard dies of poison, which is only the first of a series of acts of violence. Tiercelin is shot at while going back home, Bernard's son is gunned down while his sister Luciane disappears. Chief-inspector Malouvier - who oddly enough looks very much like the suspect- investigates....

Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part of the product of a robbery for himself. Thanks to his sister Marcella, Fernand has taken refuge in a small circus where she works. There, he falls in love with Gina but also arouses the jealousy of Quedchi, a fairground stall-holder who has seen him hiding the stolen money. After a while, Fredo Riccioni, the boss of the gang and his men, manage to trace him...

Madame de Montespan, the Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV, has been in disgrace since the King set eyes on a younger beauty, Marie-Angélique Scorailles. Having had enough of the situation, the rejected mistress decides to visit La Voisin, a woman known as a fortune teller, a doctor, a midwife and who is also said to arrange black masses and sell poisons. Some time later Marie-Angélique, now Duchess of Fontanges, dies mysteriously aged only twenty...

Директор частной школы Мишель Деласаль — плохой муж и очень плохой человек. Его не выносят коллеги, жена Кристина и даже его любовница Николь. Кристина, которой на самом деле принадлежит школа, хочет развода, но Мишель заявляет, что скорее убьёт несчастную женщину, чем допустит своё разорение. Доведенные до предела, бывшие соперницы решаются на крайний шаг — утопить Мишеля во время уикенда. Останется только спрятать труп, заявить в полицию об исчезновении и забыть об этом кошмаре. Но вдруг тело исчезает, а Кристину начинают преследовать странные видения… Тем временем, отставной инспектор Фише начинает поиски исчезнувшего мужа директрисы.

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.

Mado loves Henry but is coveted by Bob Torquella, a dangerous gangster. The latter, mad with jealousy, is prepared to do everything to get rid of Henri. He and his accomplice involve him in a dangerous robbery. Henri is hurt and arrested by the police. But the young man, a weak character, denounces his accomplices. Two years later, the two gangsters run away from prison. Bob finds that Henri and Mado are husband and wife and have a daughter. In a panic, Henri runs for cover.

The maid of a clandestine brothel in Marseille is found murdered. The inspector Sergil, in charge of the investigation will employ somewhat particular methods in order to unmask the assassin.

Скульптор Раймон Корбье без памяти любит свою жену Сильвию. Именно поэтому он болезненно ревнив и подозревает жену в измене с музыкантом Франсисом Жерменом. Чтобы убедиться в этом, Раймон делает вид, что влюблён в Маргариту, жену своего лучшего друга дантиста Гастона Ривала. После множества комических ситуаций на горнолыжной базе супруги наконец убеждаются в своей любви друг к другу.

Schomberg, an enigmatic psychiatrist runs a nursing home. He is forced to close his clinic and disappear to escape the police. But he wants revenge on his wife's lover, Didier Laurent, a former RAF fighter pilot. Didier meets a young trapeze artist, Paula, with whom he falls in love. The happiness of the two young people is disturbed by the assassination of Irene, strangled by Schomberg who casts suspicion on Didier. Fortunately for them Commissioner Ulysses knows the truth and forces Schomberg to commit suicide.

Maria is the wife of self-styled naturalist Mathius. Alas, Maria's husband spends more time with his beloved woodland creatures than with her. Yearning for a visit to the Big City, Maria leaves herself wide open for disillusionment and heartbreak.

Pushed by her husband to settle in the family castle, Agnès finds her sister-in-law Alix there. Her husband Carlos, often absent, loses interest in his wife and gradually approaches Agnès who will end up giving up this relationship.

A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of ​​launching an investigation into the death of a pianist whom he claims to have been murdered. To dazzle his wife, a reporter for the newspaper, he disguises the facts in such a way that the police suspect him, then declare him guilty. It takes a number of adventures to get him out of this mess and get him back into his section.

A young woman who inherits her uncle's nightclub, invents a gangster husband in order to gain respect.

Inspector Sergil is assigned the mission to protect the dictator of Santa Juanita during his stay in France and - it goes without saying -trouble begins at once, as of his journey in the fast train from Paris to Marseilles. A lot of opponents of all kinds are intent on liquidating the dictator and they do not particularly like to have Sergil in their way. When Bijou, the inspector's fiancée, accepts to serve as a bodyguard for the dictator, she is soon kidnapped and will not be released until Sergil tells them about their enemy's hiding place. Where the shoe pinches is that the dictator has disappeared and Sergil does not even know where he is.

Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present, Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a gang of crooks. Jean, one of them, is given the mission to approach Marianne and steal the necklace from her. The only trouble is that when he meets her, she recognizes him as the man she once loved.

Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the mountains with the help of Manu, a young smuggler. Florence, his wife, refuses to join him. Desperate Claude commits suicide, Florence then decides to pass her suicide off as murder in order to receive her late husband's life insurance.

In his younger days, a dashing officer, Colonel Durand, compromised Madame De Monthieux, who entered a convent. Now, he is garrisoned at Strasbourg.

Stanislas Oscar Seminario, aka SOS, is a young explorer, just back from Africa, visiting old friends: the Pescara's. But the father keeps receiving anonymous letters. And soon a mysterious murder is committed. SOS begins to investigate...

Danielle Darrieux stars as Arabella Delvaire in this baroque adaptation of Pierre Benoit's novel Bethshabee. Arabella is a woman of the world who arrives at a remote Foreign Legion outpost for a rendezvous with her current lover, Captain Duveuil. It so happens that one of Arabella's previous amours, Captain Somerville (Paul Meurisse), is also serving at the same post. So much for joining the Foreign Legion to forget. A climactic knife duel "solves" the film's various plot complications. Despite its Foreign Legion background, Bethsabee has next to no action, which must have made things difficult when the film was distributed to the U.S.

A husband covers his weekly infidelities with the pretext of hunting. His best friend intends to take advantage of the situation and makes an appointment with the outraged wife in a bachelor flat where the situation is resolved, not without morality being undermined.

Inspector Sergil is a detective comedy. Sergil, inspector of the P.J., investigates three crimes, helped by two pretty women, Bijou and Nadège.

Children imprisoned during pre-war France decide to escape.

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...

Детективы плодовитой писательницы Соланж Дельмон пользуются успехом у публики, хотя пресса устами анонимного журналиста Б.Б. и пытается обвинить романистку во вредном влиянии, оказываемом ею на молодежь. Проблемам мадемуазель Дельмон готов посочувствовать её новый сосед Ришар Ферне, и постепенно Соланж открывает ему свои творческие замыслы и знакомит с персонажем будущей книги – поездным вором Фредериком. Однако созданные фантазией писательницы методы ограблений вымышленного Фредерика внезапно начинают воплощаться в жизнь.

Marie is one of her kind. While the other girls are after gold, diamonds and jewels, she swears by ... poverty! She does not remain the companion of a banker too long for obvious reasons. But when she can be the muse of a poor music composer it is fine by her. Unless the musician becomes too famous...! Then, she leaves him! But maybe not forever... He can fall into poverty again, can't he?

Two friends, mobilized together and idle, send their photos to two young workers. The photos are inverted, resulting in a real sentimental imbroglio which finds its best conclusion in the context of the Théâtre aux Armées.

Bastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the newspaper 'L'Echo du Jour'. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the murder of a Russian named 'le Moujik'.

Pierre, who is a Fine Arts student, and Denise, who is a chemistry student, work for a department store where, wearing wedding suits, they distribute flyers to passers-by. The store manager, Bernard, falls in love with Denise and arranges to take her to an inn not far from Paris, run by the handsome Robert. This one opens Denise's eyes who ends up returning to her home. After a fight between Pierre and Bernard, Denise ends up choosing to stay with Pierre.

An unconsummated marriage to fool the father who wants his heir to be wed.

Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, Lily quickly becomes a cabaret star.

Are these two tramps who come to pose for an advertising agency at Patrice Farfadou, the fashionable photographer, the Prince Andromache of Miremir and his faithful secretary Palmer? Who will find the key to the Enigma: The melancholic Hector, the youthful Geneviève, or the feverish Elyane?