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27 rue de la Paix (1937)

Richard Pottier

Gloria Grand is determined to divorce her wastrel husband Denis so that she can marry her true love, the lawyer Maître Bernard. One of Denis’ mistresses, a Parisian nightclub singer named Jenny Clarens, agrees to support Gloria’s case for divorce, but a short while later her dead body is found in the River Seine... [More...]

À bout de souffle (1960)

Jean-Luc Godard

Michel Poiccard is a small-time crook who is on the run after having shot dead a policeman. Hoping to recover some money he is owed by some shady associates of his, Michel returns to Paris. Here, he meets up with Patricia, a young student and aspiring journalist with whom he had enjoyed a brief affair in Nice... [More...]

À tout casser (1968)

John Berry

Frankie and his friends open a nightclub above the lair of Morelli, a notorious gangster. The latter is planning the heist of the century and resents the noise made by the young people enjoying themselves above him. In the end, Morelli decides to use whatever means necessary to drive the noisemakers away... [More...]

Affaire de famille (2008)

Claus Drexel

To all appearances, the Guignebons are a typical middle class French family. They live in Grenoble, near to the sports stadium where Jean, the father, a keen footbal enthusiast, spends many a happy hour. One day, the takings from a match at the stadium are stolen and that same evening someone sets fire to the Guignebons’ garden shed... [More...]

Akoibon (2005)

Edouard Baer

To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss. Once a darling of the jet set, Chris Barnes has been reduced to running a holiday camp for masochists, where guests have their evenings ruined by an excruciatingly bad cabaret act and their nights disturbed by military manoeuvres... [More...]

Antilles sur Seine (2000)

Pascal Légitimus

On the island of Marie Galante, Guadeloupe, a party is in full swing to celebrate the birthday of the town’s popular mayor, Horace Ste Rose. The festivities prove to be short-lived, however. Two days later, Horace learns that his wife, Lucia, has been kidnapped whilst passing through Paris. He is incredulous when he is notified that she will only be returned to him if he agrees to surrender some land that belongs to him, land that will be the location for a large development complex... [More...]

L’Auberge rouge (2007)

Gérard Krawczyk

In the late 1800s, Martin and Rose manage a remote inn in the Pyrenean mountains. Unable to make enough money from their honest trade, the couple allow their adopted son Violet to murder their customers so that they can purloin their belongings. One stormy evening, a stagecoach shows up at the inn and its passengers decide to spend the night there, to the obvious delight of Martin and Rose... [More...]

L’Aventure est au coin de la rue (1944)

Jacques Daniel-Norman

A wealthy young man, Pierre Trévoux, is tired of his dull life and yearns for adventure. After spending an evening in a night-club where is inspired by the singer Adria-Adria, he gets the better of a pickpocket, Roulet, forcing him to give him his ill-gotten gains for that evening. These include a woman’s purse containing an ornamental locket... [More...]

L’Aventure, c’est l’aventure (1972)

Claude Lelouch

Realising that times have changed, five unscrupulous crooks decide it is time for a reappraisal of their line of business. Prostitutes are demanding the right to strike, workers now dismiss their bosses rather than the other way round, and the world is being refashioned by political and social revolutions... [More...]

Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)

Luc Besson

In 1912, Adèle Blanc-Sec is an intrepid young journalist who is prepared to risk anything to achieve her objectives, even if it means grappling with mummies in the land of the pharaohs. Meanwhile, Paris is being terrorised by a psychopathic pterodactyl that has recently hatched from a 136 million year old egg... [More...]

Le Baltringue (2010)

Cyril Sebas

Mr Guy is the popular, if off-the-wall, presenter of a television shopping programme. But TV celebrity is not enough for Mr Guy and he allows himself to become embroiled in a shady intrigue that links state secrets with a dangerous network of traffickers from the East. Through his meeting with Sam, a mysterious secret agent, Mr Guy has the opportunity to prove himself as a real hero..... [More...]

La Bande à papa (1956)

Guy Lefranc

Fernand Jérôme is an ordinary bank clerk who is treated as an object of ridicule by his friends, on account of his ineptitude and naivety. All this changes one day when he inadvertently thwarts a bank robbery. The incident also changes the way he is seen by his girlfriend, Renée... [More...]

Bande à part (1964)

Jean-Luc Godard

Three young people, Odile, Arthur and Frantz meet up at an English language class and become instant friends. They share an interest in literature and crime fiction. When Odile reveals that the house she is staying is loaded with loot, the three friends decide to stage a robbery. Of course, it all goes horribly wrong..... [More...]

Les Barbouzes (1964)

Georges Lautner

After the death of an eminent weapons manufacturer, four ruthless secret agents named "Les Barbouzes" are assigned to recover the designs for a revolutionary thermonuclear device. They attend the funeral of the dead man and set out, by foul means or fair, to obtain the secret plans of the weapon from his wife... [More...]

Bye bye, Barbara (1968)

Michel Deville

Whilst reporting on a rugby match in Biarritz, sportswriter Jérôme Thomas meets a strange young woman in a bar. The woman, Paula, appears confused and persuades Jérôme to take her back to his home in Paris. Jérôme later learns that his mysterious protégée is the stepdaughter of Hugo Michelli, a wealthy impresario... [More...]

La Cage aux folles II (1980)

Edouard Molinaro

In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin. When Renato suggests he is too old to impersonate Marlene Dietrich for his stage act, Albin goes off in a huff and intends to prove he is still attractive to other men... [More...]

Cash (2008)

Eric Besnard

When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own. Unfortunately, he soon finds that he is up against an enemy more dangerous than he had imagined – and the tables are soon turned against him... ... [More...]

Ce jour-là (2003)

Raoul Ruiz

When she consults her runes Livia, a beautiful but insane young woman, is promised the best day of her life. The day starts well enough when a homicidal psychopath, Emil, escapes from an asylum and takes refuge in Livia’s sprawling country house. But then Livia’s scheming family, headed by the patriarchal Harald, decide to kill Livia for the vast fortune she has inherited from her mother... [More...]

Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964)

Henri Verneuil

Rocco, Hervé Marec, and Mitch-Mitch are long-distance lorry drivers who work for Morocco-based Castigliano and Co. When a mysterious lorry with an unknown consignment is assigned to a new driver, Hans Steiner, they become suspicious. Realising that the lorry is carrying a valuable cargo, Rocco secretly drives the lorry away, accompanied by his girlfriend... [More...]

Le Cerveau (1969)

Gérard Oury

Not long after pulling off a spectacular train robbery in Great Britain, the criminal genius The Brain is soon planning his next lucrative enterprise. Joining forces with Mafia boss Scannapieco, he devises a scheme to steal the secret funds of the fourteen member countries of NATO whilst they are being transferred by train between Paris and Brussels... [More...]

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