Brigitte Fossey

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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.

A French variety show.

Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

A 1990 horror anthology series, with host Anthony Perkins presenting and screening tales based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories that display a sinister atmosphere, and delve into the darkest depths of human nature.

Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.

The Castle of Olive Trees is the ancestral home of the "Laborie de Sauveterre". Located at "Châteauneuf-du-Pape", it holds many mysteries and legends. Like every summer "Estelle Laborie" goes there to take some time off. But this summer she take an important decision: run from Paris and stay here at the castle definitively. Little does she knows that her arrival will awake a lot of drama and secrets, beginning with this enigmatic "Pierre Séverin" who wants to demolish the castle to the ground, to make an amusement parc "Cigaleland". She will learn unfortunately that this "Pierre Séverin" is also knowned as "Marceau" the little boy of the steward of the castle when her father was the master of the domain. That steward also died in terrible circumstance. However Estelle decides to face this vengeance and save the castle with the aid of archaeologist "Raphaël Fauconnier"...

Love blossoms when Melody is assigned to track down a reclusive pianist and covince him to play a classical Christmas concert in Vienna.

Unsettling nightmares after a transplant drive Florence to research the origin of her new heart. This act creates a terrifying question: was her donor murdered?

Summer 2011: the Swiss financial market is abuzz with the news that Paul Béguelin, the director-general of the private bank Béguelin, was found dead in his office. Is it a case of suicide or score settling? This question is going to haunt his sister Elisabeth. Catapulted to the center stage of the bank, she embarks on an internal investigation. This is the beginning of a long road toward the truth, which will immerse her in the murky mysteries of the bank, her family’s secrets and banking secrecy.

Martin Gray, whose life has been marked by tragedy and who has overcome terrible hardships, has decided to share his story.

A man's wife, mother and daughter are the only witnesses of his surprise death and join forces to face their loss and find out what really happened. What seems to be an unexplained suicide or a banal domestic accident could be a murder.

Artık ünlü bir yönetmen olmuş Salvatore, 30 yıl sonra bir arkadaşının öldüğü haberi üzerine doğduğu kasabaya geri döner. Kasabaya geldiğinde eski anıları canlanan Salvatore, Cinema Paradiso adlı sinemada projeksiyoncu olarak çalışan Alfred ile ilişkilerini hatırlar. Küçük bir çocuk olan Salvatore, günlerini Alfred'in yanında geçirmekte, filmlerle ilgili konuşmakta ve Alfred'in sinema konusunda deneyim ve bilgilerinden yararlanmaktadır. Babacan tavırlarıyla Salvatore'nin hayatında önemli bir yere sahip olacak Alfred sayesinde sinemaya olan aşkını ve tutkusu keşfedecektir.

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Rene Clement’in bu başyapıtı Nazi bombardımanı sırasında tüm ailesin yitiren beş yaşındaki bir kız çocuğu ile on yaşındaki bir erkek çocuğunu savaşın bunaltıcı atmosferindeki çocuksu hayatlarına bir bakış atıyor. Arka planda dönemin gündelik hayatıyla.

13 yaşındaki Vic (Sophie Marceau), çocukluk ile yetişkinlik arasındaki o garip geçiş dönemindedir. Yeni bir okul ve yeni bir arkadaş çevresi demek yeni partiler anlamına gelir. Tabii erkek arkadaşlar da bu denklemin bir parçasıdır. Ancak Vic'in tek sorunu ergenlik değildir; annesi ve babasının evliliği sallantıdadır. Vic aradığı desteği büyükannesinde bulur. Bu delidolu kadın ilk aşkını yaşayan Vic'e inanılmaz eğlenceli tavsiyelerde bulunur. 1980'lerin bu ilk gençlik filmi, masumiyetin ve içtenliğinde bir filmi. Vic'in başından geçen eğlenceli olaylar hepimizin başından geçmedi mi? Sophie Morceau'nun 13 yaşında rol aldığı bu film, uluslararası kariyerinin başlangıç noktası olma özelliğini de taşıyor.

La Boum dizisinin ilk filminde 13 yaşındaki maceralarına tanık olduğumuz Vic (Sophie Marceau) artık 15 yaşındadır. Geçen iki yılda çok şey değişmiştir. Ayrılmayı düşünen annesiyle babası yeniden bir araya gelmiştir, büyükannesi ise gençlik aşkı ile romantik bir ilişki yaşamaktadır. Ancak Vic aradığı gerçek aşkı bir türlü bulamamıştır. Tam da bu dönemde, bir tren yolculuğunda Philippe ile tanışır. Vic kendini tamamen açabileceği "büyük aşkı sonunda bulmuş olabilir mi? İlk La Boum filmi kadar büyük bir heyecanla karşılanan La Boum 2, Sophie Marceau'nun güzelliği ve yeteneğini sergilediği unutulmaz bir yapım oldu. Ve en az ilki kadar da eğlenceli ve romantik...

Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...

After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.

Thomas de Frémont, a precocious child obsessed with action films, sets himself up for a terrifying Christmas Eve after he unwittingly makes contact with a deranged psychopath who claims he's Santa Claus.

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.

Setting out on her own, 25-year-old Alice visits several apartments with the help of real estate agent Julien, a married man with children. They soon fall in love. Around the same time, Alice takes work at Julien's wife Marie's tea shop. Charmed by the interest Alice shows in her, Marie lets her guard down and starts confiding in her. In return, Alice, tells Marie about her affair with a married man. Things come to a head when Julien has a car accident and the affair is exposed.

Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true nature of the camp, including the meaning of the "transports" on which people leave. With a world-class orchestra (made up of people interned in the camp) and a cast of children, Moreau stages a show to end all shows.

Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family.

"And God Created Woman", "Il Sorpasso", "A Man and a Woman", "The Conformist", "Amour"... the list of successes by Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930-2022) may be impressive but his films say little about the man himself. A look back over the life of a discrete and deliberately enigmatic actor.

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

Laura, Eve, Anouch and Yaël are four cousins, very different and very endearing, who have one thing in common: they lie, but always for love! When the first three discover a few weeks before their little cousin's wedding that her perfect fiancé is cheating on her, they vote in unison "Don't tell him"!

An immersion into the diverse filmography of René Clément, a rare popular filmmaker also loved by critics, famous in particular for "Purple Noon".

A man is found hanged after being brutally attacked. Two brothers, one a local cop, the other a military policeman, have to work together. Fifteen years earlier, their father was killed in a tragic accident that killed fourteen workers.

The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well before the Second World War, take on a political coloration under the occupation.

The actress Lola Dewaere recounts the film career and traumatic life of celebrated actor Patrick Dewaere, the father she never knew, under the watchful eye of director Alexandre Moix.

The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary creative icons.

At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.