Henri Attal
Biography: Henri Attal (1936–2003) was a French actor. Attal was born on May 13, 1936 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Vivre sa vie (1962), OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965) and Fantomas (1964). He died on July 24, 2003 in Cucq, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 13, 1936
Deathday: July 24, 2003
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Innocents with Dirty Hands
1975-03-26
Innocents with Dirty Hands
Overview: Saint Tropez. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the murder of her wealthy husband Louis, an alcoholic impotent. She hits him, and leaves the rest of the task to Jeff. Julie finds herself alone the following day, and becomes therefore the prime suspect. Where is Louis' body? Where is Jeff? Is there any secret beyond a door?
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-03-26
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Masques
1987-02-11
Masques
Overview: In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Roland Wolf is writing a book on the life of game show host Christian Legagneur--or is he?
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-02-11
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Pierrot le Fou
1965-11-05
Pierrot le Fou
Overview: Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-05
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Masculin Féminin
1966-03-22
Masculin Féminin
Overview: Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-22
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Cop au Vin
1985-04-10
Cop au Vin
Overview: Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-04-10
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The Vampire of Dusseldorf
1965-04-07
The Vampire of Dusseldorf
Overview: A true story of Peter Kurten, a serial killer who committed nine murders and many other offenses in Dusseldorf during the Great Depression era.
Genres: Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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Les réformés se portent bien
1978-10-25
Les réformés se portent bien
Overview: In order to subdue the conscripts of Chamber 13, a new captain is assigned. He is an adventurer, a nostalgic of his warrior past and the resistance is quickly born within the young soldiers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-25
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Comment se faire réformer
1978-02-14
Comment se faire réformer
Overview: Two friends, Philippe and Jeannot, are drafted the same day and assigned to the same place. They have no taste for military life and during the conscription visit they try all they can to be declared unfit for service. They fail and land in barrack room 13, where a bunch of other "rebels" is gathered together, under the approximate control of a stupid warrant officer and a depressing captain.They all still have hopes of returning home soon.Besides Philippe and Jeannot, this motley crew consists of a rich allegedly kleptomaniac snob, a phony queen, an orthodox Jew, a yogi, a hippie, a Belgian, a hermetic poet, an Arab, and that's not the half of it...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-02-14
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The Unfaithful Wife
1969-01-22
The Unfaithful Wife
Overview: Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-01-22
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Joe: The Busybody
1971-08-31
Joe: The Busybody
Overview: A writer accidentally shoots his blackmailer and tries to hide the body.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-08-31
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The Last Train
1973-10-31
The Last Train
Overview: Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-31
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The Wild Goose Chase
1975-10-08
The Wild Goose Chase
Overview: The whole intrigue is centered around carte-blanche documents kept in a vault. Whoever fills in the blank becomes the owner of a revue. Big money is involved. The nephew of the owner of the vault is trying to cheat his uncle and have his name in the documents. Everything is even more complicated because the manager of the bank has a finger in the pie, too. Who but a humble bank-teller (Pierre Richard) will ruin the scheme?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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The Witness
1978-09-20
The Witness
Overview: An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker with political views on the town hall, who hides, under an affable air and an irreproachable dignity, a libertine and cynical temperament. Charged by the notable with the restoration of paintings exhibited in the cathedral, the artist calls on Cathy, a young girl from the choir, to serve as his model. The young girl will be found dead a few hours after their interview, near one of Robert's properties.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-09-20
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The Cry of the Owl
1987-10-28
The Cry of the Owl
Overview: Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-10-28
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Ophélia
1963-02-06
Ophélia
Overview: A young man becomes enraged when his mother remarries his wealthy uncle after his father dies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-06
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The Loner
1987-03-18
The Loner
Overview: In Paris , Commissioner Stan Jalard and Inspector Simon Lecache plan to quit the police to go and enjoy a more peaceful life in the West Indies. In a nightclub, during a routine visit, they spot Schneider, a dreaded gangster and public enemy. At the time of his arrest, Simon is killed at close range by the criminal. Stan then decides to stay in the police to avenge Simon. Being the godfather of Christian, Simon's son, who sometimes lives in a boarding school, sometimes at home, he takes charge of his education. Two years later, Stan has been promoted, and he's told that Schneider had resurfaced in the capital. A long hunt begins.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-03-18
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Once in Paris...
1978-11-09
Once in Paris...
Overview: A subtle, down-to-earth and autobiographical depiction of an American screenwriter in Paris who befriends his chauffeur and has an affair with a British aristocrat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-09
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The Gang
1977-01-19
The Gang
Overview: In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-01-19
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The Medic
1979-10-26
The Medic
Overview: The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a surgeon falls in love with an idealistic nurse after an initially difficult meeting.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-10-26
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Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973-02-22
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Overview: Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has seduced. The seduction is easy, she tells him, it's destruction that takes planning. We watch her with an upright elected official, a wealthy boor, and a folk singer. She describes herself as a spider. Her friend Léporella tries to be Jeanne's conscience. What does Jeanne want?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-22
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Just Before Nightfall
1971-03-31
Just Before Nightfall
Overview: A married man who killed the wife of his best friend during a tryst feels compelled to turn himself in.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-03-31
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She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972-08-23
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Overview: Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to investigate on the pollution, ends up in a grinding machine of her invention. Rosemonde resells the bones to the church authorities who use them as holy relics. Inspector Adrian Bondu is handling the case... But a young hippie who looks like Jesus will have Rosemonde suddenly feel very earthly feelings...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-08-23
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Seduction Squad
1972-11-29
Seduction Squad
Overview: After witnessing and accidentally helping several thugs get away with a heist, the women rooming together notice through their telescope that the stolen loot is in the apartment right across the street. They plan their own burglary of the already stolen loot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-29
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Galia
1966-01-26
Galia
Overview: Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. The woman, Nicole, tells Galia that she intended to drown herself, having left a suicide note for her husband, Greg. Having settled Nicole in her apartment, Galia sets out to recover the suicide note, but waits so that she can observe Greg’s reaction. When Greg appears unmoved by the note, Galia decides to wait for him at the art gallery where he works...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-01-26
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Stranger in the House
1992-10-03
Stranger in the House
Overview: Since the suicide of his wife, Jacques Loursat has gone downhill. Estranged from his daughter, his lawyer's pratice in ruins, he consoles himself with drink. One night he is woken by a gunshot and catches sight of a young man fleeing the house. Isabelle, his daughter, claims to know nothing about it, even when he finds the body of a young man. Isabelle hangs around with a gang of spoiled young people who have no shortage of money, and is in love with Joel, an ambitious boy involved in drug dealing. Antoine, from a more modest background, is in love with her. When the police start investigating Joel's murder, Antoine becomes the ideal suspect.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-10-03
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My New Partner
1984-09-19
My New Partner
Overview: A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-09-19
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The Swindle
1997-10-15
The Swindle
Overview: Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-10-15
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OSS 117 Is Unleashed
1963-06-18
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
Overview: An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-06-18
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M the Damned
1982-08-03
M the Damned
Overview: A Claude Chabrol remake of M by Fritz Lang for French television.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-08-03
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The Flower of Evil
2003-02-09
The Flower of Evil
Overview: Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-02-09
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The Twist
1976-06-23
The Twist
Overview: Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William Brandeis, and her lover, Jacques Lalouet, William's publisher. Then she discovers that her lover has a mistress, Charlie, who is also that of her husband...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-06-23
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The Blue Panther
1965-08-25
The Blue Panther
Overview: Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin's place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger entrusts her with false jewels that contain a virus powerful enough to destroy all humankind.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-08-25
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OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
1965-07-02
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer
Overview: A secret agent is dispatched to find a rare and valuable drug.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-07-02
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The Exchange Student
1967-12-01
The Exchange Student
Overview: Monsieur Bosquier, the owner of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France. However, Philippe has already decided to spend the summer holidays on a yacht with his friends, so he sends a fellow student, Michonnet, to England in his place. The deception is soon discovered but things go from bad to worse when Philippe and Shirley fall in love and fly to Scotland to get married...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
1962-08-29
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Overview: André Laroche, an industrialist, has just passed away. Face to his grave, as he is being buried, Anne de Vierne, the wife of a magistrate, confesses to her son François that Laroche was in fact Lupin and that he is his natural child. But he is not the gentleman thief's only offspring! Lupin had indeed another son by a housemaid, Gérard Dagmar, a dancer, magician and - occasionally - burglar. Which complicates the task of François who, to respect the last wishes of the testator, has gone in search of the treasure of Poldavia. For he keeps finding Gérard on his way and his efforts are constantly thwarted by his half-brother. Will Gérard prevent François from becoming the worthy successor to their father or will the two young men decide to join forces? That is the question.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-08-29
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L'assassin connaît la musique
1963-10-16
L'assassin connaît la musique
Overview: Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all he knows, only one became famous. So he had better find a way to finish it. At long last, he comes across Agnès, a divorced woman who agrees to let him her quiet home. Lionel, full of hope, resumes work...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-16
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The Hurried Man
1977-08-10
The Hurried Man
Overview: Art collector Pierre Niox rushes through life, lives a frantic life, does everything in full speed -- searching for and acquiring works of art or real estate, marrying or even dying -- and in total disregard for any kind of morality. His misdeeds finally turn on him and destroy him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-08-10
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Bluebeard
1963-01-25
Bluebeard
Overview: Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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Story of Women
1988-09-14
Story of Women
Overview: France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income, and boredom can be easily dispelled by starting a young lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-09-14
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Any Number Can Win
1963-03-19
Any Number Can Win
Overview: Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-19
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964-08-14
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Overview: Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-08-14
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Trouble Among Widows
1964-04-15
Trouble Among Widows
Overview: When Guillaume Valmont dies in a car accident, the only thing he leaves his wife Isabelle is his pharmacy. She never loved her older husband and she regards his death as a deliverance. At the funeral, she meets Judith, widow too, and she soon realises that her husband had been leading a double life. A short while later, the pharmacy is broken into, but nothing is stolen. Police Inspector Laforêt is put in charge of the case. Isabelle becomes suspicious when Judith offers to buy the pharmacy.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-15
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Paris in August
1966-01-07
Paris in August
Overview: A man is alone in Paris during the month of August while his woman and children go on vacation. He meets a young English girl posing as a model who came to Paris for a shoot.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-01-07
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A Woman Is a Woman
1961-09-06
A Woman Is a Woman
Overview: Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-06
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Killer Spy
1965-09-23
Killer Spy
Overview: The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to start writing his memoirs. The enemies of humanity, progress and peace in the world found out about it and created an international network of espionage "13 columns". Unfortunately they platted a slot in the good old France. They should think better...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-23
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The Horse
1970-02-22
The Horse
Overview: Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-22
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Nutty, Naughty Chateau
1963-11-20
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
Overview: An old castle in Sweden, inhabited by a family of 18th century dressing eccentrics, holds secrets, deception, and rumors of murder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-11-20
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A Piece of Pleasure
1975-01-15
A Piece of Pleasure
Overview: Phillipe and Esther live an apparently idyllic life with their daughter, Elise. In an attempt to preserve this bliss, Phillipe decides that he and Esther should each have affairs, being sure to tell each other openly about them. The plan backfires with tragic results as Phillipe becomes engulfed in jealously.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-01-15
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Le glandeur
2000-09-20
Le glandeur
Overview: Bruno Bonbeck, a retired soccer referee, is the world’s biggest layabout until his politician wife, the Junior Minister for Sport, delivers an ultimatum: you get a job or I get a divorce. The film traces the trials and tribulations of Bruno’s 18-hour hunt for gainful employment and has a very unexpected ending.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-09-20
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Death of a Killer
1964-04-01
Death of a Killer
Overview: When Massa is released from prison, he's sure that Luciano, an old freind, is responsible for his incarceration. Massa proceeds to keep watch on Luciano, who has been living with Massa's beloved sister Maria. Feeling doubly betrayed because of his unhealthy adoration for Maria, Massa is determined to get back at Luciano and ends up in a deadly game of roulette.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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Vidange
1998-10-21
Vidange
Overview: Mireille Bertillet, a provincial judge, is transferred to Paris. She inherits a heavy file compromising high personalities.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-10-21
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The Brain
1969-03-07
The Brain
Overview: Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-03-07
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Scoundrel in White
1972-09-29
Scoundrel in White
Overview: Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Paul, a former womanizer who marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-09-29
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Code Name: Tiger
1964-11-18
Code Name: Tiger
Overview: A Turkish ambassador arrives in Paris to sign an important trade agreement, allowing Turkey to buy a sophisticated new war plane from France. Immediately he is the target of an assassin, and a special agent is assigned to protect him.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-18
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La Grande Maffia
1971-09-17
La Grande Maffia
Overview: After receiving a mobster's heart as a transplant, a modest bank teller embarks on a life of criminal exploits.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-09-17
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How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984-11-18
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Overview: Clovis Blaireau is a private detective. It is charged by Nadège de Courtaboeuf wife knew wealthy industrialist Prosper de Courtaboeuf, to obtain evidence of the infidelity of her husband. Clovis managed to penetrate the intimacy of Prosper, and became his friend. Following diverse Clovis and Prosper adventures will find themselves in Tunisis pursued by a band of Mafioso and by members of the Front of breaking load of Couscous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-11-18
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The Champagne Murders
1967-03-31
The Champagne Murders
Overview: A champagne tycoon's partner suspects his partner's gigolo husband of murders he's been framed for.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-31
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Les Biches
1968-03-22
Les Biches
Overview: A bored bisexual millionaire picks up a young destitute street artist and whisks her away to her villa in Saint Tropez. They meet a dashing local architect and both fall for him, setting in motion a ménage à trois of deception and betrayal.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-03-22
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Vivre Sa Vie
1962-09-20
Vivre Sa Vie
Overview: Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-09-20
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The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
1984-11-28
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
Overview: An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-11-28
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Violette Nozière
1978-05-24
Violette Nozière
Overview: Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent 18-year-old her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the less salubrious areas of the city.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-05-24
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Litan
1982-02-24
Litan
Overview: Married couple Jock & Nora are visiting the town of Litan during Litan's Day, with its carnivalesque atmosphere. When Nora wakes that morning from dreaming the bizarre death of her husband, she sets out across town to find him and warn him. But as she does, she encounters stranger and stranger people and events erupting into a frenzy in front of her. Now, she and Jock must elude all of the impediments in their way of reaching safety on the outskirts of town.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-02-24
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The Jackpot!
1991-12-18
The Jackpot!
Overview: To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-12-18
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The Under-Gifted
1980-04-30
The Under-Gifted
Overview: The story centers around a graduating class of "less-gifted" students in a private Versailles high school. Only a miracle has brought the students this far along, and after a practical joke misfires and the whole school is dynamited, the students are in deep trouble. They have to present themselves in court for their punishment and it could not be worse: If they don't pass their high-school graduation exams, they go to prison!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-04-30
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Le Cinema de Papa
1971-02-10
Le Cinema de Papa
Overview: Claude Berri plays himself as he relates his own experiences through youth and adolescence. His father owns a profitable fur shop. Initially, Claude's father hopes his son will take over the fur shop, but he later gives in to Claude's desire to become involved in filmmaking.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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Lagardère
1968-04-04
Lagardère
Overview: A young man, Lagardère, discovers that a plot is afoot to assassinate the Duke of Nevers. He warns him and flees with his daughter, Aurore. Fifteen years pass. Lagardère has raised Aurore as his own, but her mother seeks her out and has her abducted by her men. With the help of two friends, Lagardère rescues the girl and confronts her kidnappers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-04-04
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An Invitation to the Hunt
1974-11-01
An Invitation to the Hunt
Overview: Claude Chabrol film for TV based on the short story An Invitation to the Hunt by Georges Hitchcock. Receiving an unexpected invitation to participate in the annual hunt party given by the local marquis, a common man deludes himself into thinking he’s a valued member of society, gets in debt to live up to his own fantasies, puts on airs, and invents a perfectly untrue—but, to his mind, fitting—past for a man of his new station. Then the cruel game starts.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
1975-06-13
Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
Overview: A surgeon saves an notorious mobster's life. This could be the answer to the doctor's problems, as he is engaged to an unbearable, hysterical woman. The mobster agrees to assassinate her. Except for one thing. The mobster has the wrong target, a young, innocent journalist who resembles his fiancee. When the surgeon discovers they are after the wrong woman, he takes off in a mad race to Cote d'Azur to save the wrong woman from being murdered.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-06-13
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The French Detective
1975-12-10
The French Detective
Overview: When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-12-10
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The Discord
1978-03-16
The Discord
Overview: Guillaume has made it: A machine that can clean dirty air by simply sucking all dirt into air balloons and then shipping them far far away so his explanation. Some Japanese business guys, after dinner with a lot of alcohol, order 5,000 pieces. His only problem: His production capacity is way to small so he gets to produce the machines in his private house. His wife Bernadette is far from being happy about it. Her private life goes down the line so she decides to leave Guillaume and to finally have revenge she candidates for major against her husband...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-16
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Goodbye Again
1961-05-23
Goodbye Again
Overview: Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-23
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Auguste
1961-10-24
Auguste
Overview: Auguste is about an eponymous bank clerk who finds fame and fortune. Auguste happens to be in the right place at the right time to save young starlet Francine from killing herself -- or more accurately, pretending to kill herself. His supposed heroism hits the news, and before Auguste knows what is happening, a Machiavellian publicist is using him for his own ends. The bank clerk is no fool and soon thinks of a way to come out on top.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-10-24
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Fantomas
1964-11-04
Fantomas
Overview: Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using an array of masks and can create endless confusion by constantly changing his appearance.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Plus beau que moi tu meurs
1982-11-10
Plus beau que moi tu meurs
Overview: Aldo and Marco are twins. Marco, a priest by trade, has always been an object of pride for his mother, while Aldo has already spent six periods in prison. Always on the lookout for money and pretty girls, he lets himself be hijacked by crazy, often dishonest operations, which fail most of the time. One day, he is forced to flee to Tunisia, dressed as a priest and posing as Marco. There he meets up with Prosper, a childhood friend, whom he lures into his race for millions and beautiful summer girls. Marco, delegated by the Paris police, arrives in Tunisia to limit the damage, but only makes it worse. Once again, Aldo has to disappear into the wilderness for a while and make himself forgotten...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-11-10
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Your Money or Your Life
1966-04-26
Your Money or Your Life
Overview: Pétepan learns that his money has been lost by Robinhoude brothers.He asks his assistants to withdraw his amount from the bank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-04-26
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Trap for the Assassin
1966-06-15
Trap for the Assassin
Overview: An industrialist is falsely accused of murdering one of his creditors and, because he cannot reveal that it was his mistress who gave him the money needed to pay the debt, he is sentenced to life in prison. He escapes, makes a fortune, and, years later, discovers the real culprit.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-15
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Male Hunt
1964-09-18
Male Hunt
Overview: A few stories about marriage and its problems. Antoine is about to marry Gisèle. His friend Julien, an established bachelor, desperately tries to convince him not to do it, recounting his own painful experiences.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-18
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Pillaged
1967-11-15
Pillaged
Overview: Over the course of one night, a gang of twelve criminals carry out a commando-like raid on a small town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-11-15
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Let's Rob the Bank
1964-02-25
Let's Rob the Bank
Overview: Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-25
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The Gendarme Takes Off
1970-10-28
The Gendarme Takes Off
Overview: The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-10-28
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Madame Bovary
1991-04-03
Madame Bovary
Overview: Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-04-03
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La Candide Madame Duff
2000-03-29
La Candide Madame Duff
Overview: Married to a younger woman, Jacob sinks into jealousy, alcohol and violence.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-03-29
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Tout est calme
2000-01-12
Tout est calme
Overview: A secret society, somewhere in France, is responsible for the major unsolved murder mysteries throughout history (such as Henri IV, Lincoln, Kennedy, John-Paul I)...
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-01-12
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Le Roi des bricoleurs
1977-02-23
Le Roi des bricoleurs
Overview: Goumic, an industrialist and his wife Anne lose their big house when their town's mayor coerces them to sell it for a low price.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-02-23
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Robin des mers
1998-04-01
Robin des mers
Overview: In La Roche-sur-Mer, the factory where the father of Mathieu's boyfriend, a 12-year-old boy, works will close. Desperate, the man tries to commit suicide and is saved by his son.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-04-01
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Bonsoir
1994-01-19
Bonsoir
Overview: Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont, where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening in front of TV at Marie, mother of seven children. He runs from Marie to find an evening and a new bed at the home of charming but shy lesbian Caroline and her funny lover Gloria. To save her inheritance, Caroline - accused for her homosexuality by her horrible sister Catherine - tells her aunt Amélie, that Gloria is her secretary and Alex her lover. So Alex has to present himself nude in Caroline's bed. He saves Carolines inheritance. The police officers investigating the case are so terminally stupid that Alex has little chance of being arrested.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-01-19
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Le piège à cons
1979-10-17
Le piège à cons
Overview: Ten years after the French political upheavals of 1968, a maturing "soixante-huitard" falls in with some young radicals who are influenced by a book he had written. But does he still have the guts to translate his ideas into acts against the state? And is he still attractive to younger chicks?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-10-17
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Alliance cherche doigt
1997-09-17
Alliance cherche doigt
Overview: Geneviève Lechat is the director of a marriage agency. At 50, she is still very desirable and very fulfilled, especially emotionally. She offers her son, André, to open an agency branch on the Internet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-09-17
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Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967-03-16
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Overview: In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-16
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Fantomas Unleashed
1965-12-08
Fantomas Unleashed
Overview: In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-12-08
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The Outsider
1983-10-26
The Outsider
Overview: Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-26
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Borsalino
1970-05-19
Borsalino
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-05-19
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Cop or Hood
1979-03-28
Cop or Hood
Overview: When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard , one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-03-28
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Pasha
1968-03-14
Pasha
Overview: Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through the bas-fond of Paris...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-03-14
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The Nada Gang
1974-02-06
The Nada Gang
Overview: Nada, named after a gang of Spanish anarchists, is a small, confused band of French terrorists. They kidnap the American ambassador after one of his regular visits to an exclusive brothel. The gang starts to quarrel amongst themselves as to the diplomat's fate, while the police purge suspects in their attempts to destroy the Nada faction. As the violence escalates on both sides, the States and the terrorists are forced to use one another's methods in an increasingly desperate and relentless conflict.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-02-06
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The Gallant Musketeer
1964-02-21
The Gallant Musketeer
Overview: Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri III.Jean gives his full to thwart the Duke of Guise's attempts to have the king assassinated. A heartthrob more than ever, Pardaillan will awake serious interest in many a girl, at times becoming their prey like with Bianca Farnese, De Guise's agent.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-21
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Borsalino and Co.
1974-10-23
Borsalino and Co.
Overview: Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-10-23
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Vice and Virtue
1963-03-01
Vice and Virtue
Overview: 1944 : Occupied France. Juliette (Vice) is Wehrmacht General Bamberg's mistress and enjoys a privileged life. Her younger sister Justine (Virtue) is about to marry Jean who is in the Resistance and come to Juliette for help. Both sisters end up at "la Commanderie", where Juliette becomes SS Colonel Schonberg's mistress and Justine is detained with other pretty girls who must satisfy the sexual needs of high-ranking nazi officials. Inspired by "Justine ou les infortunes de la vertu" by the marquis de Sade
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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Out of It
1978-10-10
Out of It
Overview: The lawyer is visiting a prison to meet with a violent criminal who has been condemned to death. During the visit, things turn bad, there is a riot where prisoners escape and the criminal escapes taking a lawyer hostage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-10
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Paris Pick-Up
1962-05-04
Paris Pick-Up
Overview: On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-05-04
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For a Cop's Hide
1981-09-09
For a Cop's Hide
Overview: Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.
Genres: Thriller Action Romance Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-09-09
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Line of Demarcation
1966-05-25
Line of Demarcation
Overview: It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy. A small village in the Jura is split by the river Loue which creates the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and freedom. A French officer, Pierre, is released by the Nazi soldiers to find his chateau converted into a German command centre. Whilst he is obliged to co-operate with the enemy, his wife Mary supports the resistance movement and is willing to risk her life for it. The Nazis step up their activity against the resistance, insisting that any who attempt to cross the line of demarcation will be shot. When his wife is arrested, Pierre decides to switch his allegiance.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-05-25
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The Good Girls
1960-04-22
The Good Girls
Overview: Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-22
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The Virgins
1963-05-22
The Virgins
Overview: The story of five girls that lose their virginity.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-05-22
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Betty
1992-02-19
Betty
Overview: A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty begins to recount to Laure the story of her bourgeois life and her unhappy and unfaithful marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-02-19
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Be Careful Ladies
1963-10-02
Be Careful Ladies
Overview: Charles Rouvier, a lawyer, is in jail for trying to save one of his clients, Hedwige. He decides to be revenged on women and his inmates teach him how to seduce and exploit them.As soon as he is released from prison he places a personal ad in a newspaper. This is how the newly self-appointed "cynical Don Juan" will meet three creatures: Florence, Gisèle and Henriette. Who will eat who?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-10-02
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Chère canaille
1986-12-12
Chère canaille
Overview: Francis Lebovic, an ex-voyou turned sex worker, is not lacking in charm or elegance. David, his thirteen-year-old godson, accepts Francis' proposal to record a record without much enthusiasm. His voice, combined with his physique, gives rise to hope. Francis will be able to pay off his debts; Lino and Daisy, David's parents, will be able to do some work in their café. Everything would be just fine if Frédérique Henriot, a young lawyer, hadn't come to live in the house where they all live, in this village in the center of Paris called the Marais.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-12-12
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