Often cited as one of Sacha Guitry’s best films, with a cast list most directors can only
dream of, Si Paris nous était conté aims to tell the story of Paris
through a series of sketches which range... [More...]
A colourful and whimsical film, Les Aventures d’Arsène Lupin is Jacques
Becker’s attempt to shed some light on the mystery of the great hero of French detective
fiction from the pen of Maurice Leblanc... [More...]
This multi-part film with an impressive star-studied cast lacks the feel of a satisfying
whole, but it is so full of magical little moments that that hardly seems to matter... [More...]
This engaging comedy was written and directed by Robert Lamoureux, a popular figure in
French cinema of the 1950s. Not surprisingly, Lamoureux also takes a lead role in this
film as the seductive Thierry... [More...]
Whilst they lack the scale and originality of earlier war-time comic farces, Robert Lamoureux’s
series of 7e compagnie films are quite entertaining... [More...]
The third and mercifully final entry in Robert Lamoureux’s “Septième
compagnie” trilogy retreads a lot of familiar ground but still offers a few good
laughs along the way... [More...]
