Roland Amstutz

This program of short films by Vincent Ravalec (Never twice, Le Masseur and Les Mots de l'amour) deals with themes such as desire and death through the journey of a group of characters.

A trucker, an accountant, a former plumber hospitalised after a suicide attempt... Presided over by the accountant, the three families decide to buy a truck, a trucker's dream. The father, practical joker, and larger-than-life lover, keeps a watchful eye. The children are his accomplices. One is his heroine. His daughter is his other heroine. A puzzle of life's desires in which all veers into the imaginary, into dreams of far-off lands.

Герою фильма уже в день крестин один из друзей отца дарит Магнум-357. Мальчик вырос и стал супернаглым и дерзким грабителем по кличке Доберман. 357-й магнум заменили самые современные виды огнестрельного оружия, включая даже небольшие ракеты, которыми можно стрелять, навинчивая их на ствол пистолета.

Супруги Раймон и Люси сражаются с немецкими оккупантами в рядах французского Сопротивления. После взрыва поезда с боеприпасами Раймон попадает в гестапо, но мужество, находчивость и обаяние Люси помогают ему спастись. Но когда Раймона арестовывают второй раз, во время конспиративной встречи лидеров Сопротивления, надежды на спасение не остается. После жестоких пыток Раймона приговаривают к смертной казни. Люси, которой остается надеяться только на себя, предпринимает последнюю попытку спасти любимого мужа…

This French-Belgian drama, based on a novel by Odon von Horvath, is set in 1938 in a German city along the banks of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. It attempts to provide insight as to why certain German youths were so easily lead into becoming Nazis by using two narrators, one a teacher who challenged the movement and another by a student who embraced it. Pabst teaches a group of teenage boys, all of whom seem to be young Nazis. The trouble begins when Pabst and a WW I vet are assigned to take the class to a military camp and a nature outing for urban kids. While there a boy is brutally murdered and they blame one local girl. During her trial, Pabst speaks out against Hitler and becomes pariah. Still he continues investigating the death, at great personal expense until at last he brings the real killer to justice.

Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers?

A brief, fictionalized time period in the life of Professor Kant. The story is set in Kant's hometown, Konigsberg; it chronicles his last few years prior to his death in 1804 at the age of 80.

What there is of a plot in this drama serves mainly as a vehicle for the exploration of character. In the story, Michel (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) is a recent widower. As the story opens, he and his friend Andre (Philippe Nahon) are sharing a drink on Christmas Eve. He takes a yellow scarf from a woman he knows (Laura Morante) and teasingly refuses to return it. Throughout the remainder of the film, the scarf reappears, as does the woman, until they wind up in bed together at the end of the film. Before that happens, Michel wanders around Paris, viewing the festivities with a jaundiced eye which serves to heighten the unattractiveness of those he observes. Later he has dinner with a group at Andre's house, and his poor opinion of human nature is amply supported by the events that occur then.

Directed by Maurice Failevic and Ahmed Rachedi

Arnaud Gensac, unlucky inspector, loses his police card, which falls into the hands of a graphic designer who witnesses the murder of a kingpin. And serious trouble begins for Arnaud.

Georges Deblache, a despondent middle-aged cop, falls for his partner's wife.

Богатая и красивая женщина не мешает когда-то любимому ею мужчине утопиться. Утопленник перевоплощается в себя, но на этот раз настолько же решительного и волевого, насколько раньше был рохлей и хлюпиком.

The name of painter Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is synonymous for a kind of painting style which celebrates carefree romantic life, indoors and out. He was a painter during the final decades of the French monarchy. In this story, he and his brother Cyprien (Robin Renucci), who is an early pioneer in medical anatomy (he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he found in them), have fallen in love with the same woman, Marianne (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu), a laundress. This attraction has not escaped the notice of Salmon d'Anglas (Sami Frey), a conniving nobleman, who has his heart set on getting revenge on Jean-Honore (Joachim de Almeida) for refusing his patronage and becoming the darling of the French court.

A poor french guy, in love with a 50's actresse, meet her husband who send him in an other dimension to fight for her love.

The Venetian performance world is on the alert: an impresario is looking for talent to stage what he defines as the most beautiful opera of his time. Everyone goes there from their pushy little merry-go-round to attract the favors of the character and extricate themselves from misery. But the main interested party hardly seems to be sensitive to these effects.

В маленьком загородном доме встречаются старые друзья. Они люди разных возрастов, но их всех что-то объединяет. Молодой человек Мишель приезжает вместе со своей красавицей-женой, но встречает двух своих бывших подруг, и радость встречи со старыми знакомыми окрашивается чувством вины и меланхолией. В течение вечера под звуки маленького пианино настроение гостей меняется от светлого до пронзительно-печального. Собравшиеся понимают, что их объединяют общие несбывшиеся мечты.

Dr. Paul Calmet is dead. His son Jean again feels the familiar feeling of anguish caused by his father; victim of this torture, he is carrying the virus of misfortune.

A Red Cross inspection team visits a prison and holds interviews with a range of inmates.

Классический евангельский сюжет разворачивается на фоне автомобильной свалки, куда стекаются за запретными удовольствиями (секс и музыка) самые грязные отбросы общества, от которого, судя по всему, мало что осталось после какого-то ядерного-космического катаклизма. Рок-мессия, Эману, воскресивший изрешеченного пулями Лазаря и накормивший голодную толпу парой макдональдсов, собирется дать концерт, на котором "представит все самые сокровенные вещи, начиная с сотворения мира".

A young Swiss drug addict (Jacques Zanetti) has been imprisoned for robbery, and must wait and wait for his upcoming trial, all the while isolated and without hope of parole - the police are convinced he is a dealer and not just a user. He hears from his son that his girlfriend has a new man, and begins to despair of ever coming to trial, or of having another relationship like the one he lost. This fiction film is said to be based on a true story.

French television adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's five-act play in verse.

Главной героине надоело жить с мужем. Она меняет его на первого встречного, коим оказался институтский преподаватель, он же неудачливый литератор, правда, весьма привлекательной внешности. Они бросают своих супругов и сбегают в Барселону. В центре квартиры она строит домик из стульев и простыней, где они предаются сладострастию. Вскоре они понимают, что больше мучают, чем любят друга…

Изучение сексуальных отношений трех главных героев в разных вариантах.

Everybody takes advantage of Fernand who has just come out of prison.

Прокурор Вольнэ берется за дело об убийстве президента Жари. Расследование заключило, что произошло самоубийство. Однако Вольнэ считает, что случившееся — часть секретного плана…

After a bout of intense jealousy, Félicité finds herself alone. For one night, as her family dissipates, she relives her torments.

Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.

В еще не оправившейся от Второй Мировой войны Франции рождается новый вид преступника: элегантный грабитель с достоинством и чувством юмора — именно такой, как герой картины Роббер. Банда Робера — это симпатичная компания человечных и обаятельных уголовников, хитро обводящих вокруг пальца жандармов и «проворачивающих» свои дела дерзко, лихо и «с огоньком». Но, к несчастью, вздорная и непредсказуемая природа опасной профессии не щадит даже самых обворожительных злодеев…

A young man is checked into a mental hospital for unexplained reasons.

Paul is married, a successful engineer, and a conservative candidate in an upcoming local election. He falls in love with Adriana, a café waitress from Italy. Paul's party is very critical of foreign labour and wants to keep Switzerland to the Swiss. Where Paul falls deeper and deeper into the relationship and is ready to leave his wife, Adriana feels the social pressure growing and has to make her own decision.

Recording of the play 1789, a collective creation by Théâtre du Soleil at La Cartoucherie de Vincennes in 1970, edited from several shows.

A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Het gets romantically involved with one of his victims.