François Périer

Kiralık katil Jef Costello, cinayet işlerken görülür. Ancak gece kulübünün piyanisti Valérie, polise yalan söyler ve Jef’e yardım eder. Jef’in kız arkadaşı Jane de onunla olduğunu söyleyince polis onu serbest bırakır. Jef’in evine gelen karanlık bir tip, ona silah zoruyla bir iş daha verir ve öder.

Film, üç kişilik bir grubun Paris'te Vendome meydanında bulunan ve burjuva müşterilere hizmet veren bir mücevherciden yaptığı büyük soygunu anlatıyor. Soğuk ve serinkanlı bir hırsız olan Corey'in hapisten çıktığı gün, cinayet sanığı olan Vogel de polis şefinin gözetimindeyken bir trenden kaçar. Corey, eski bir çete patronundan zorla para alır. Eskiden bir polis olan ama şimdi kendini içkiye vermiş keskin nişancı Jansen de bu ikiliye dâhil olunca, birlikte zekice bir soygun planı yaparlar.

Orta yaşlı gariban bir fahişe olan saf ve alıngan 'Cabiria' (Giulietta Masina) Roma 'nın pejmürde semtlerinden Ostia 'da 'iş tutmaktadır'. Fakir semtlerden birinde de kendine ait küçücük bir evi, bankada bir miktar parası ve kocaman hayalleri vardır. Cabiria takma ismini 1914 tarihli bir İtalyan filminden almıştır. Sürekli olarak gerçek aşkı arayan Cabiria, her seferinde ihanete ve hayal kırıklığına uğrar; hatta bir keresinde gerçek aşkını bulduğunu sandığı bir anda, erkek arkadaşı parasını alıp kaçar ve onu suda ölüme terk eder. Sürekli olarak benzer olaylarla aşağılanan ve hırpalanan Cabiria incinir ama asla yıkılmaz. Cabiria'nın minik bedeni ve tavırları biraz Charlie Chaplin'in canlandırdığı 'Küçük Serseri' yi anımsatır. Cesur ve gözü pektir; ama bir o kadar da naiftir, kırılgan ve savunmasızdır. Benzersiz iyimserliği, özgürlüğüne ve bağımsızlığına olan aşırı tutkusu ile 'altın kalpli fahişe' mitinin ete kemiğe bürünmüş halidir. Islah olmayı kabullenmez ama suçluluk da duymaz.

Gözden düştüğü hissine kapılan orta yaşlı bir şair olan Orphée (Jean Marais)'nin küçümsediği genç rakibi bir trafik kazasında ölünce onun patroniçesi olan güzel Prenses Ölüm (María Casares) ile tanışır ve ondan çok etkilenir. Bu arada ihmal ettiği eşi Eurydice (Marie Déa) de benzer bir kazada ölünce Orphée, onu geri getirebilmek için ölüler diyarına iner.

19uncu yüzyıl Fransa'sında geçen film, sayfiyede yaşayan romantik Emma'nın, daha yüksek standartlı bir hayata geçme hayaliyle, donuk doktor Charles Bovary ile evlenmesini anlatıyor.Evlendikten sonra, evliliğinde aradığı tutkuyu ve heyecanı bulamayan Emma, Rodolphe adlı önemli bir toprak sahibi ve Leon adında bir hukuk öğrencisiyle aşk yaşamaya başlar. Ödeyemeyeceği miktarda borca giren Madame Bovary, büyük bir çıkmaza doğru sürüklenmektedir. Gustave Flaubert edebiyat dünyasında önemli bir yer edinmiş romanından uyarlanan film; cinsellik, aldatma ve feminizm üzerine birçok tartışmaya da yol açmıştır.

Devrimci-Sosyalist bir politikacı olan Dr.Lambrakis ,(Yves Montand)barış savunucularının gösterisinde devletin sağ kanadının organize ettiği bir suikaste kurban gider. Cinayetin hemen arkasından devlet ve ordu görevlilerinin yaptıkları tek şey, olayı örtbas etmek için gerekli delilleri ortadan kaldırmaktır. Fakat prosedür gereği açılan davaya atanan savcı, olayın derinlerine indikçe karşılaştığı akıl almaz gerçeklerle yılmadan tıpkı bir dedektif gibi araştırmasına devam eder. Ama bu araştırma sırasında karşısına çıkan engeller, devletin içinde tahmininden de derin makamlardan gelecektir. Jean-Louis Trintignant'ın bir savcıyı ve Yves Montand'ın da solcu bir partinin önde gelen temsilcilerinden birini canlandırdığı filmde barışın önemi, faşist çeteler ile hükümet içindeki güçlerin ilişkisi bağlamında derin devlet sorunsalı irdelenmektedir.

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.

Zamanın ve gerçekliğin dışında, bir şairin deneyimleri. Genç şairin Heurtebise ve Prenses tarafından yargılanması, Çingeneler, Pallas Athena'nın sarayı, Tanrıça'nın şairin kalbini delen mızrağı, Sfenks'in cazibesi, Oidipus'un uçuşu ve son Varsayım. Bu film, Cocteau'nun The Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950) ve Testament of Orpheus'tan (1960) oluşan Orphic Trilogy'nin üçüncü bölümüdür.

Gervaise Macquart is a beautiful Parisian laundress and mother whose lover, Lantier, walks out on her. She eventually marries Henri Coupeau, a roofer who has an unfortunate accident. As her now crippled husband descends into alcoholism, Gervaise tries to make ends meet on her own. Life becomes even more complicated when Lantier returns and befriends Henri. Meanwhile, the man she really loves is sent to prison.

Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consumed. The movie is made of six vignettes set there.

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

A French resistance group free twelve soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there's an additional detainee among them suspected of being an enemy spy.

A story about the mythical film director

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.

A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.

On the meandering Canal St. Martin, at the Parisian Hôtel du Nord, a nearly fatal gunshot separates a dejected young couple. But, amid a sad but beautiful panorama of lively characters, love has the final say. Can life be a fairy tale?

The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.

Jacques (Patrick Chesnais) and his master (Guy Tréjan) ride through the countryside on a mysterious journey punctuated by adventures, according to the people they encounter and the inns that receive them along the way. At the same time, Jacques tells his master how he came to know the beautiful Denise (Marie-Christine Rousseau), following the many twists of chance that occurred after the episode of the Battle of Fontenoy.

La Création du Monde is among the first animated feature films made in France. But to be exact, the film was animated in Czechia and directed by Eduard Hofman. It is adapted from a series of five books by Jean Effel, a French caricaturist and illustrator. The visual style is adapted from his drawings. The film is a comedy about the creation of the universe in six days, with the devil messing around and contributing in his own way.

Four-episode Franco-Italian omnibus film. Four men from different national and cultural background take refuge in a cabin after being sidetracked by bad weather on their way to conference.

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

Orgon is a man of property duped by the false piety of the penniless Tartuffe. Orgon takes him into his house, believing him a paragon of virtue. Orgon orders his daughter to reject her fiancé and marry Tartuffe. First Dorine, the family servant, tries a strategy to avert the marriage; then Orgon's son tries his hand. They anger Orgon, and to prove paternal power, he disinherits his son and makes Tartuffe his heir. Next Orgon's wife tries to bring her husband insight, a stratagem that partially backfires. With the bailiff at the door ordering Orgon to vacate his own home and with Tartuffe at court to prove Orgon's a traitor, all seems lost.

Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He had only one passion: to entertain the public with his smile, his naturalness, his energy, his stunts. But contrary to appearances, his destiny was full of pitfalls. This film lifts the veil on a founding childhood that allowed him to overcome many obstacles throughout his life thanks to the tutelary figures of his father and mother. Told from the inside with the help of his autobiography, interviews and unpublished archives, this epic story traces the career of this turbulent young actor who launched the New Wave in Breathless before becoming the popular Bebel, an indestructible and provocative vigilante. From film to film, this documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who built himself up to reach the top: his triumphs but also his trials, his doubts, his secrets, his angers, his clowning, his disappointments or his personal dramas.

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

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.

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.

An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.

The series Mazarin (1978) recounts the rise of Jules Mazarin, first an Italian diplomat and later France’s chief minister after Richelieu. The story shows how he earns the trust of Anne of Austria and becomes the political mentor of the young Louis XIV. Over the course of the episodes, Mazarin faces court intrigues, the hostility of powerful nobles, and the turmoil of the Fronde, which threatens royal authority and forces him into several periods of exile. Despite pamphlets and conspiracies, he manages to restore order and prepare the emergence of the future Sun King. The series thus portrays a skilled statesman, often contested but essential in shaping absolute monarchy.