Le bal des Casse-pieds
A tolerant veterinarian turns the other cheek when annoyed but changes his nature when he falls in love.
Guy de Maupassant
Buffet Froid
An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved…
The Breach
An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.
A Golden Widow
A woman learns that she is sole legatee of her forgotten rich uncle, but there is a small problem: she’s got to be a widow to latch onto the dough…
Any Number Can Win
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…
The Cabbage Soup
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
L’amour trop fort
Max is an old and unsuccessful actor while Charlie is an ambitious young director, yet they are bound together by close friendship. Until the day Rose-Marie, a rather conservative young…
The Boy Soldier
In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son’s more gentle temperament,…
The Elusive Corporal
The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir’s 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one…
Germinal
It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and…
And Soon the Darkness
Two young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she…
Dog Day
A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession.
Idiot in Paris
Goubi, the simpleton of his village in the French Department Allier, has but one wish: to see Paris. One day, the truckers Grafouillère deposit a drunk Goubi in the biggest…
Thank You, Life
Camille, a naive schoolgirl meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new friend through the discovery of sex and the…