Roland Lesaffre
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Birthday: June 26, 1927
Deathday: February 03, 2009
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Law Breakers
1971-05-07
Law Breakers
Overview: A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-05-07
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Maître Pygmalion
1975-07-27
Maître Pygmalion
Overview: Juliette, a young woman of twenty-five, works unsuccessfully as a sales representative. Discouraged, on the point of giving up, Juliette meets Christian, a brilliant and seductive salesman, who offers her to play Pygmalion: he will be the master, she will be the pupil. But the master falls in love with Juliette.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-07-27
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The Marvelous Visit
1974-11-27
The Marvelous Visit
Overview: In a small French village, an angel appears disguised as a beautiful young blond.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-27
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Au bout du chemin
1981-01-07
Au bout du chemin
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-01-07
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Playmates
1968-07-31
Playmates
Overview: Henri Verdier, a young bank manager, has made the acquaintance of Karine, a model of great beauty. Robert, who claims to be Karine's brother, forces Karine to introduce him to Verdier. This is to offer him an urgent business deal: 50 million for a uranium purchase which, within a few days, should yield double that amount. Blinded by passion, Verdier accepts and "withdraws" the necessary sum from his bank. He soon realizes he's been duped. Karine is not Robert's sister and Robert is a crook. Verdier tracks them down.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-07-31
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Air of Paris
1954-09-24
Air of Paris
Overview: Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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The Cheaters
1958-10-10
The Cheaters
Overview: Bob Letellier, a good looking rich kid who studies science, makes the acquaintance of Alain, a cynical and immoral young man. The latter introduces him to the existentialist circles of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Bob is invited to a party and becomes Clo's lover, a rich heiress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-10-10
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Thérèse Raquin
1953-11-06
Thérèse Raquin
Overview: Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-11-06
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Star Pilot
1966-10-01
Star Pilot
Overview: Aliens from the constellation Hydra crash-land on the island of Sardinia. A prominent scientist, his daughter, several young technicians, and a pair of Oriental spies are taken hostage by the beings so they can use them to repair their spaceship's broken engine. With that done, they take off towards their home planet, taking the earthlings with them. However, the humans attempt to mutiny against their captors, inadvertently sending their tiny spaceship hurtling into the infinite beyond...
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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La Présidente
1938-05-24
La Présidente
Overview: Vérotchka, a vivacious theater actress touring in a provincial town, is turned out of her hotel by orders of Monsieur Tricointe, the stern president of the local law court. In a rage, the actress knocks at Tricointe's door with a view to protesting against the treatment she is given. She goes about it so well that she ends up being accommodated by the president himself. This is the moment Jean-Pierre Gaudet, the Minister of Justice, chooses to pay an unannounced visit to his friend Tricointe. There he mistakes Vérotchka for Madame Tricointe and the president does not dare to contradict Gaudet. A lot of absurd situations ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1938-05-24
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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
1963-02-15
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Overview: In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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Marie of the Port
1950-02-27
Marie of the Port
Overview: Henri Chatelard is well into his forties, owns a restaurant and a cinema in the city, and appreciates women. When he meets Marie, an 18-ish strong-head who just lost her father in a small fishing village, it is not clear who is the hunter and who is the prey.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-02-27
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When You Read This Letter
1953-07-26
When You Read This Letter
Overview: After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-07-26
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Wasteland
1960-11-09
Wasteland
Overview: On the outskirts of Parisian council housing estates lies a vast wasteland that still retains its mysteries in this day and age, and serves as a refuge for people who, in their spare time, escape or are often ejected from their overcrowded dwellings. They form small, rather harmless bands, share their first secrets, build up their "treasures" and submit to strict rituals. The sanctity of their rebellions is underscored by initiation through blindfolded jumping and a blood test. An impossible love story is born between two members of the same clan, Dan, a beautiful, tomboyish girl, and Lucky, a sweet but feisty boy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-11-09
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Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965-11-10
Three Rooms in Manhattan
Overview: When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractive young woman, Kay Larsi, in a bar.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-10
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Le 7ème jour de Saint-Malo
1960-04-19
Le 7ème jour de Saint-Malo
Overview: End of WW2 : the German officers lock all the men between 18 and 65 into the "Fort National" on an islet in Saint-Malo.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-04-19
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Atlantic Wall
1970-10-14
Atlantic Wall
Overview: 1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Genres: Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-10-14
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Casque d'Or
1952-03-13
Casque d'Or
Overview: At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-03-13
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One Must Live Dangerously
1975-09-03
One Must Live Dangerously
Overview: Richard is a private detective. He makes a good money from marital infidelity: the deceived husband and wife generously paid him for proof of their infidelity "halves"...
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-09-03
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To Catch a Thief
1955-08-03
To Catch a Thief
Overview: An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-03
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Fight in Vain
1971-10-06
Fight in Vain
Overview: Paul lives in Africa. He leads an honest and calm existence. Until the day when he finds his friend Frankovich dead.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-06
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Filous et compagnie
1957-11-20
Filous et compagnie
Overview: Marianne, whose past is not beyond reproach, runs a real estate agency, to whose customers Mr. Donzin grants high-interest mortgages. Donzin provides high-interest mortgages. Mr. Donzin has just executed a charming victim who, unable to repay her loan after her husband's death, has had her business confiscated. Marianne is dreaming of a vigilante when her ex-husband, Alfredo, pardoned from prison, reappears. When he finds out, he sees in Mr. Donzin a "pigeon" worthy of attention.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-11-20
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No Escape
1958-06-25
No Escape
Overview: In Provence , Father Caillé runs a family pension backed by his daughter-in-law Cora and a maid. The old man persecutes Cora for her assiduity until the day when she, in a particularly violent confrontation, knocks him down before the eyes of Gino, an Italian pensioner of whom she is in love. The two accomplices will try to make up the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-06-25
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Young Girls Beware
1957-07-04
Young Girls Beware
Overview: Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner, who had turned him in. Having taken over Mendetta's various bars, he finds himself at war with other mobsters who want to kill him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-07-04
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Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
1960-08-17
Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit
Overview: A young girl, Christiane, leaves her family to join friends with whom she intends to "make a life". Two boys, Jo and Paul, look after the heroine, whose relations seem rather shady. Jo, a guide in a tourist agency specializing in nightlife in Paris, has a "shadow" of his own in the scatterbrained Annette, who is determined to marry him. While touring the capital's cabarets, Jo meets a model, Jacynthe, and her photographer, Daniel, as well as a star, Jackie, and her manager, Helios. The latter organizes a mock jewel robbery for publicity purposes, with Jackie as the victim. But contrary to expectations, the robbery takes place.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-08-17
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Salut, j'arrive
1982-04-07
Salut, j'arrive
Overview: Gérard Travers has known Minou since childhood. After completing his military service, he moved in with her, in all honor, until he could find something better. Together, they establish a protocol for living harmoniously as roommates without stepping on each other's toes, but little by little, Gérard becomes irresistibly attracted to Minou and vice versa. They realize that they've always been made for each other.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-04-07
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Law of the Streets
1956-04-25
Law of the Streets
Overview: Yves Tréguier, a young orphan, escapes from a reform school in Brittany to join "Dédé la Glace" in Paris, an old-timer with whom he has a sincere friendship. The love of Zette, a young girl he has met, and the benevolent friendship of Father Blain, the bistro owner, give him the desire for regular work. "Jo le Grec", a pimp jealous of Dédé's friendship with Yves, seduces Wanda, a prostitute he loves, and shoots Dédé dead. Blain prevents him from doing the same to Yves, and shoots him in turn. Yves can live an honest life with Zette and the baby she's expecting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-04-25
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Le bluffeur
1964-05-06
Le bluffeur
Overview: Fredo, a former gangster nicknamed "The Bluffer", has just been released from prison and is now thinking of going into the legal world with a friend. But his ex-partners are desperate to find him, to punish him for operating without their cooperation. His fortune is stolen and he is accused of a diamond robbery perpetrated by the old gang.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-05-06
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L'or du duc
1965-09-23
L'or du duc
Overview: A young duke marries a girl, also penniless, and moves into a bus left him by an uncle, with their ten children. At last he finds the bus is made of solid gold.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-09-23
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Le bourgeois gentil mec
1969-05-21
Le bourgeois gentil mec
Overview: Monsieur Gentil runs a perfume factory. He is a shy man, bullied by Madame Marthe, the manager, and spurned by Cléo, the young travel agent he is in love with. He 'd rather be a tough guy than a wet blanket and his meeting with Durante, a gangster, will be decisive. Considering him a providential piggy bank, Durante, following the advice of his boss Spinosa, entrusts the" education" of Gentil to two experts, Perrugo and Bersone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-05-21
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Erotic Trap
1969-04-30
Erotic Trap
Overview: Varen and Bob are a couple of buddies who get mixed up with a white-slave trader. Pursued by a pair of mob-connected brothers, Bob is killed. Varen retaliates by killing one of the brothers, then enlists the aid of his friend Agnès in tracking down the remaining sibling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1969-04-30
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No Time for Ecstasy
1961-09-01
No Time for Ecstasy
Overview: Michel, a young man of Ukrainian origin, flees the Red Army and joins the International Brigades in Perpignan to fight Franco. He was arrested for being Russian, Communist and deserter. He was wounded by his involvement, but fell in love with an American journalist.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-01
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Pariahs of Glory
1964-04-05
Pariahs of Glory
Overview: During World War II a young Frenchmen sees his brother killed in Alsace by a German officer. He vows revenge on all Germans, but after the War he is conscripted into the French Army and sent to Indochina. There he meets his brother's killer under strange circumstances.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-04-05
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Paris Is Always Paris
1951-11-15
Paris Is Always Paris
Overview: A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1951-11-15
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裸足の青春
1956-10-16
裸足の青春
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1956-10-16
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Gallant Ladies
1990-11-14
Gallant Ladies
Overview: Despite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome manages to find much more time for amorous dalliances with the ladies of the 16th-century French court than for battles. Unfortunately for him, his true love, Victoire, is beyond his reach most of the time. He more than compensates for this in the arms of others.
Genres: Comedy History Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-11-14
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Ursus and the Tartar Princess
1961-12-30
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
Overview: Peplum movie from 1961
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-30
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Soupçons
1956-11-23
Soupçons
Overview: "Poisoner" - After her fiancé is arrested Claire finds herself alone and forced to find work. She is hired by a country squire, Etienne de Montenoy, as the tutor of his goddaughter. It does not take long before Montenoy falls for her but a little longer before the young woman, reluctant at first, understands Etienne loves her truly and then requites his love. Etienne lives so happily with her that he decides to make her his heir. Shortly after, he is murdered by poison...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-11-23
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Young Wolves
1968-04-01
Young Wolves
Overview: Alain, "a young wolf", elegant and racy, is maintained by the princess Linzani. At the same time, he goes out with a girl of his age, Sylvie, who despite her bold attitude has never had a lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1968-04-01
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The Passion of Bernadette
1990-05-09
The Passion of Bernadette
Overview: French filmmaker Jean Delannoy directs this inspiring sequel to his biopic about Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (portrayed by Sydney Penny), a young shepherdess who claimed to have seen numerous apparitions of the Lady in White at Lourdes in 1858. Chronicling Bernadette's years with the Sisters of Charity of Nevers convent, the film traces her life from age 22 until her untimely death from tuberculosis at age 35.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-05-09
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House of Sin
1961-10-25
House of Sin
Overview: In this mystery, a nouveau-riche Frenchman returns to his Parisian home after finding a fortune in Africa. He is looking for a wife and begins advertising in the newspaper. Instead he finds himself victimized by con-artists.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-10-25
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Love Life in Luxembourg
1970-09-11
Love Life in Luxembourg
Overview: The story of a hotel boss that, from time to time, observes the couples in the rooms and even films them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-09-11
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Kisss.....
1971-10-13
Kisss.....
Overview: A young man, Jimmy known as “Kisss”, wanders on the bridges of Paris, carrying a sign “for rent”: he offers his services as a companion, in exchange for a can of tin per hour. He meets a young woman, Renée, who then takes him into her home. Both are maintained by Renée's sister, the naive Jacqueline. The latter works as a secretary for a businessman who pursues her with his attentions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-10-13
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Secrets of a French Nurse
1958-02-19
Secrets of a French Nurse
Overview: A gangster is back in business after a while and tries to take it back the hard way, but things don't go as well as planned. At the same time, we watch the fate of a young nurse in a hospital. Soon, the two stories meet when the gangster faces his problems.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-02-19
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Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951-05-18
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Overview: Michel has stolen from his employer, Mr Bellanger, for the love of Juliette. He is now in jail. One night, while sleeping in his cell, he wakes up all of a sudden, the gates open and he finds himself in a strange village where all the inhabitants have lost their memory. There, meets Juliette again who seems to agree to marry a powerful man, who might well be Bluebeard...
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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The Love of a Woman
1953-12-13
The Love of a Woman
Overview: Marie, a young doctor, settles down on the Ouessant Island. She will be able to win the diffidence of the local population but she will have to fight for her independence after falling in love with an italian engineer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1953-12-13
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If Paris Were Told to Us
1956-01-27
If Paris Were Told to Us
Overview: Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its founding through the significant events in the city's history.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-01-27
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The Accident
1963-08-07
The Accident
Overview: A young beautiful teacher is transfered to a remote island's school, where her colleague (also the principal of the school) falls in love with her. This banned love provokes the jealousy of the principal's wife and makes her seek revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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El avispero
1976-01-01
El avispero
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Strange Madame X
1951-05-24
The Strange Madame X
Overview: Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-05-24
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We Are All Murderers
1952-05-21
We Are All Murderers
Overview: Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1952-05-21
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Pas de panique
1966-08-10
Pas de panique
Overview: A robbery of 10 billion is successfully carried out by a Corsican gang led by a man called Toussaint. The heist is also the start of a war with a rival gang.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-08-10
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Young Girls Beware
1957-07-04
Young Girls Beware
Overview: Raven, a mobster just released from prison, settles the score by murdering Mendetta and her partner, who had turned him in. Having taken over Mendetta's various bars, he finds himself at war with other mobsters who want to kill him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-07-04
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