Michel Bouquet

La Femme Infidéle, sadakatsiz eşini kaybetmemek için farklı yollar deneyen bir adamın ve ahlaki yozlaşmada etiklerden sıyrılmış bir Fransız ailesinin hikayesi. Yıllarca kocasına ve çocuklarına fark ettirmeden şehirdeki aşığıyla buluşan Helene, aslında eşinin yoğun gayreti sayesinde oynadığı oyunun farkına varılmadığını zanneder. Ancak eşi Charles, kısa bir süre içinde bu sadakatsizliğin farkına varıp kendi oyununu başlatır.

İnsanın insana yaptığı zalimliğin belgelenmesi, tarihin kendisi kadar eskiye dayanır. Yine de tüm bu belgeler dünyayı, Holocaust'un (Yahudi soykırımı) zalimliklerine, insana hâlâ ürküntü veren o korkunç olaylar dizisine hazırlayamamıştır. Zamanın, hatıraları ne kadar güçlü olurlarsa olsunlar bir şekilde sildiğinin bilincinde olan sinemacı Alain Resnais (daha sonra Hiroshima, mon amour-Hiroşima Sevgilim ve L'Année dernière Marienbad-Geçen yıl Marienbad'da gibi filmlerle yönetmen olarak daha da büyük bir ün kazanır), Nazi zulmünü filme almaya karar verdi; hem bu zulüm gelecek kuşaklara aktarılabilsin hem de birbirimize neler yapabildiğimizi hatırlatan kalıcı bir yapıt olsun diye.

When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.

In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.

Yaralı asker ile usta ressam babası kızıl saçlı bir esin perisi yüzünden birbiriyle çatıştığında ya sonuç trajedi olacak ya da yeni bir sanatçı doğacaktır. 2012 Cannes Film Festivali´nin kapanış filmi, ressam Pierre-Auguste Renoir ile müstakbel film yapımcısı oğlu Jean Renoir´ın öyküsünü anlatıyor. 1915´te, 21 yaşındaki Jean savaşta kötü bir yara alır ve iyileşmek için babası ünlü empresyonist ressam Auguste Renoir´ın Fransız Rivierası´ndaki evine gider. Bu Akdeniz cennetinde babasının son modeli ve hayatının neşesiyle tanışır; özgür ruhlu, ışık saçan Andrée´yle... Andrée´nin büyüsü Jean´ı da tutsak eder. Bu tutsaklık, irade yoksunu ve savaş yorgunu Jean´ı bir sinemacıya dönüştürecektir...

Soygunculuk suçuyla hapise gönderilen Gino Strabliggi, suçunu bir müddet çektikten sonra iyi halden dolayı şartlı olarak serbest bırakılır. Cezasının dolmasın iki yıl kala serbest bırakılan Strabliggi, bu durumunu Germain Cazeneuve isimli hapishane çalışanına borçludur. Germain, son derece iyi niyetli ve de tecrübeli bir adamdır. Gino, artık kötü geçmişini silip yeni bir hayata başlamaya karar vermiştir. Bu nedenle de kendine yeni ve ahlaklı bir iş bularak küçük bir şehre taşınır. Ancak kısa süre içerisinde talihsizlikler kapısını çalmaya başlar.

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.

Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves home with the intent to track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?

Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.

At fifty, René Maugras has lost everything. This wealthy press boss fell into a coma and was rushed to hospital. He has since emerged from his worrying state of health but remains unable to move and communicate. He must also begin rehabilitation, which turns out to be particularly humiliating. Fortunately for him there is Blanche, his nurse, who surrounds him with affection. Blanche takes her case to heart.

Tous les matins du Monde (1991), Fransız yazar Pascal Quignard’ın aynı isimli romanından sinemaya uyarlanmış bir film. Film, kendi köşesine çekilmiş 17. yy bestecisi Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ile ondan ders almaya çalışan hevesli genç müzisyen, Marin Marais arasındaki ilişkiyi anlatır. Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, çok sevdiği karısının ölümünden sonra topluma sırt çevirmiş, bütün vaktini viyola çalmakla ve iki kızına bu çalgıyı çalmayı öğretmekle geçirmektedir. Bu kapalı dünya bir müzik dehası olan Marais’nin gelmesiyle bozulur. Marais, Sainte Colombe’un duygusal yönden zayıf olan kızının kalbini kazanır ama Versailles’da saray müzisyeni olmaya çalıştığı için de ustayla çırağın ilişkisi bozulur.

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.

80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken away from a better life at birth; following a hospital fire, he vividly recalls being swapped with another new-born, and subsequently grows up in a poorer neighbouring household.

A tobacco planter on Réunion island in the Indian Ocean becomes engaged through correspondence to a French woman he does not know. The woman that arrives does not look like the picture he received, but he marries her anyway.

Rachel is a lawyer. She is the adopted daughter of a large family of magistrates dominated by Maxime (Michel Bouquet), a ruthless and strange prosecutor. She has not left the world of carelessness, between dreams and nightmares. She often indulges in strange daydreams, but the reality of this case is going to clash with her life. Her first client has just committed suicide in prison. In front of this woman's coffin. Everything comes back to her, the visiting room, the scene of the crime, the story of an abused life. As children, they lived in the same village. Like in a fairy tale, the gate of a castle separated them. The truth about their relationship is revealed. Rachel must face her obsessions.

Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature. Author of “L'Etranger”, one of the most widely read novels in the world, philosopher of the absurd and of revolt, resistant, journalist, playwright, Albert Camus had an extraordinary destiny. Child of the poor districts of Algiers, tuberculosis patient, orphan of father, son of an illiterate and deaf mother, he tore himself away from his condition thanks to his teacher. French from Algeria, he never ceased to fight for equality with the Arabs and the Kabyle, while fearing the Independence of the FLN. Founded on restored and colorized archives, and first-hand accounts, this documentary attempts to paint the portrait of Camus as he was.

Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies wants to take the listed agents into custody; meanwhile, those on the list start dying under mysterious circumstances.

Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime.

An eccentric man endangers himself when he makes advances toward the girlfriend of a saloon keeper.

Paris 1960. DeGaulle determines to end a bitter war in Algeria by granting its independence. Millions oppose him, including a group of DeGaulle's disenchanted Arm Officers. In a desperate attempt to save the colony for France, they plan a daring jailbreak of their imprisoned leader. A network of snitches inform a tenacious detective leading to an explosive three-way cat-and-mouse game among the rebels, the Gaullist politicos and the police.

Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.

Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

La Case du Siècle is a French television program launched in 2010 and broadcast on France 5. Hosted by Fabrice d'Almeida, it airs documentaries every Sunday that aim to shed light on the history of the 20th century, both in France and around the world. Through these documentaries, viewers can deepen their knowledge of a specific subject or simply discover a particular era. *La Case du siècle* offers an in-depth look at the events that changed the course of history.

The 1982 French television miniseries "Mozart" traces the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from his childhood as a musical prodigy to his final years as one of history's greatest composers. It follows his European concert tours, his pursuit of artistic independence, his marriage to Constanze, and the personal and financial struggles that accompanied his remarkable career. The series emphasizes historical authenticity, recreating eighteenth-century settings and depicting the people and events that shaped Mozart's life and music. Blending biographical storytelling with performances of his compositions, it offers a thoughtful portrait of the man behind the enduring musical legacy.

Dora Stern, an American photographer living in Paris, wakes up from the same nightmare over and over again. In a small antique store she finds a collage with fearful eyes that haunt her. At home she removes the layers of the collage until she can see the original photo showing a young woman in fear who looks exactly like Dora Stern. But who is this woman?