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La naissance du jour (1980), A very rare television film based on Colette’s quasi-autobiographical La Naissance du jour , one of her greatest works: a serene, sometimes joyous meditation in which the novelist puzzles through the state in which she found herself, an older woman, traduced and misuse

The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poet and a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris once month ago to come bac

Lady Oscar 1979 Oscar Francois de Jarjayes was born female, but her father who longed for a son and a heir insisted she be raised as a boy, alongside, Andre Grandier, the grandson of her nanny When Oscar matures into an adult she is selected to be captain of the guards at the Palace of Versailles un

Filming the winter landscapes of the plains and villages of Ain, where the sanctified priest the Cure of Ars lived, Jacques Demy tried to understand the fighter for the faith and his daily torments of mysticism

The Pied Piper (1972) Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thin

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Told in four acts, the lives of Geneviève Emery and Guy Foucher of Cherbourg France are presented. Act 1 begins in November 1957, when sixteen year old Geneviève, who works in her widowed mother's umbrella shop called "Les parapluies de Cherbourg", and t

Model Shop (1969) George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit himself to anything or anybody, including his girlfriend Gloria. While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being reposse

La baie des anges (1963) Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.

Peau dâne (1970) The education of a princess wrapped in a love story. A king and queen live happily until her sudden death. The king decides to marry his lovely daughter. She's willing, but the Lily Fairy serves as a social conscience, intent on thwarting incest. She instructs the princess to reque

Three Seats for the 26th (1988) A pseudo-documentary on the life of Yves Montand, who plays himself, in this tribute to his long career. During a musical tour, Montand returns to Marseille and revisits the many highlights of his life, meeting figures from his past and remembering the old days.

Levenement le plus important depuis que lhomme a marche sur la Lune 1973 A male Parisian driving school owner who goes to see his doctor and complains that he is feeling run down is pronounced to be four months pregnant When the diagnosis is confirmed by a specialist, the result is an international