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Caprices 1942 A Cinderella type vehicle for Danielle Darrieux as a struggling actress in a little theater who sells flowers to make a living but meets a rich businessman who may rescue her from her plight

Typhoon Over Nagasaki 1957 Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named Noriko But Francoise Fabre, a French journalist and Pierres former lover, contacts him while visiting the Land of the Rising

Crime Does Not Pay 1962 After viewing an unusual film about murder and the irony of fate, a man deliberately steps in front of a slow moving vehicle, planning to use the minor accident which should result as an alibi for his own wifes murder which he has already engineered However, what actually occ

Ruy Blas 1948 Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Queen One day he meets Ruy Blas, a young student who happens to be a lookalike of Don Cesar, his nephew Salluste disguises Ruy Blas and presents him as Don Cesar It doesnt take long before R

Meet Miss Mozart 1936 This French musical comedy was based on the stage play Mademoiselle Mozart, written by Yvan Noe, who also co directed the screen version Danielle Darrieux plays Denise, the owner of a music shop that is facing closure Wealthy young Maxime Pierre Mingand falls in love with Denis

The Earrings of Madame De 1953 In the Paris of the late 19th century, Louise, wife of a general, sells the earrings her husband gave her as a wedding gift she needs money to cover her debts The general secretly buys the earrings again and gives them to his mistress, Lola, leaving to go to Constantin

Lhomme a la Buick 1968 Mr Jo, nicknamed the man with the Buick, is the darling of the small town of Honfleur But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad reputation who would like to forget about his past, now limiting himself to smuggling rubies under the cover of a charitable organization which offer

Mayerling 1936 Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides Hes bored his father, the emperor, is domineering his politics are more liberal than his fathers, but he knows his views carry no weight He agrees to marry a princess to sire an heir, then spends his nights as a playboy In 1888

Le bon Dieu sans confession 1953 Based on the novel by Paul Vialar Stuck in a loveless marriage, bourgeois industrialist Francois falls in love with Janine, another mans wife

Le plaisir (1952) Three stories about pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women, pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Julia Tellier (Madeleine Renaud) taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's com

The Sunday of Life (1967) After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.

Scene of the Crime (1986) In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy's mother form an alliance. A

A film actress falls for an extra on her set, he turns out to be a prince

Loss of Innocence (1961) When she arrives in the French region of Champagne in the company of her mother, her two sisters and her brother, sixteen-year-old Joss Grey is still just a teen-ager. At the time of her return to England, she has become a woman... What has happened is that Mrs. Grey fell il

8 Women (2002) One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the

The Truth of Our Marriage (1952) Francois Donge, a wealthy manufacturer, is fighting death at hospital. He officially suffers from a food poisoning. But actually, his wife Bebe deliberately poisoned him. Flashback: ten ...

MarieOctobre (1959) Fifteen years after WWII, a group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, so that the former members of the network can finally relive one fateful night and find out who betrayed their murdered leader, Castille.