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- Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
- Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
- In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
- A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
- France, sports teacher by day, worker by night and activist; Patrick, obscure and lonely Parisian lawyer specializing in environmental law; and Mathias, lobbyist and man in a hurry, will see their destinies turned upside down and intertwined by the terrible act of a desperate farmer.
- One early morning deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means.
- Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast-food entrepreneur Tricatel to save the French art of cooking. After having agreed to appear on a talk show to show his skills in naming food and wine by taste, he is confronted with two disasters: his son wants to become a clown rather than a restaurant tester and he, the famous Charles Duchemin, has lost his taste.
- Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of a surreal interrogation. But how can you prove you are innocent when the cops are crazy?
- Ruthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.
- In 1971 Courbevoie (France), former typographist Julien Bouin and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, which is soon to be demolished. To Clemence's anger, Julien's cat Greffier is the only one who gets his attention, let alone love.
- A Parisian café owner believes her long lost husband has returned but the man suffers from amnesia.
- A Paris schoolgirl unwittingly ignites hellfire in the minds of men from Seine to Sorbonne.
- Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
- Selma, 17, who lives in a bourgeois and secular Berber family. When she meets Julien in college, she realizes for the first time the impact of patriarchal rules on her intimacy.
- On a Mediterranean island, an honorable doctor hides a hunted criminal. The doctor is soon hunted by a police commissioner.
- Fernand Jérôme is an ordinary bank clerk whose friends see him as an object of ridicule due to his clumsiness and naivety. All this changes one day when he accidentally foils a bank robbery. Now he is a hero, they look at him differently.
- Irène is a beautiful girl working in Paris, she soon meets a manager and hopes a love story with him. But he tells a lie, so she falls in love with a house painter.
- An unnamed French intelligence service spies on and analyzes a French diplomat code name '51' to identify a method to control him.
- FBI Agent Lemmy is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.
- A mean bourgeois meets up with his twin brother again .
- A heartfelt plea for painless childbirth in rural France of the fifties.
- Three episodes of a police nature, one of them starring Maigret and the other Lemmy Caution.
- French remake of the lovely 1932 American film "The Death Kiss." See listing in IMDB and more great info on Wikipedia. The clever book was by Madelon St. Dennis. Cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi, John Wray, Vince Barnett, and Edward van Sloan.
- Le Fondu, a famous gangster, escapes from the hospital where he was detained, killing an inspector in the process. The colleague of the deceased inspector, Paul Vardier, vows to avenge him. The task seems hopeless: Le Fondu has disappeared without a trace and nobody has a clue about his hide-out. There is only one faint possibility left: coerce Le Fondu's nephew into becoming an informer. Paul gets assigned as buddy Gilbert Barot, fresh from the police academy, and whose alluring wife Lucie quickly arouses the interest of Paul. Paul is quickly led to play two dangerous games simultaneously seducing the wife of his colleague, and tracking with him Le Fondu, who himself does not remain inactive...
- In Burgundy area, the Marquis De Maubrun, worthy heir of the aristocratic virtues and traditions, reigns over his family and estate. But wind of revolt is about to blow above Maubrun's head.
- Just released from prison after serving a six-month sentence, Fernand Bastia goes into hiding. He has indeed double-crossed his gang by keeping part of the product of a robbery for himself. Thanks to his sister Marcella, Fernand has taken refuge in a small circus where she works. There, he falls in love with Gina but also arouses the jealousy of Quedchi, a fairground stall-holder who has seen him hiding the stolen money. After a while, Fredo Riccioni, the boss of the gang and his men, manage to trace him...
- For Naval officers duty comes first. Navy Lieutenant Favrel is one of these men. He has promised his wife Simone to stay with her all the time but a last mission aboard a training cruiser makes him realize that his life is tied to the sea. For his part, Navy cadet Pierre Hardouin understands that sailing is his vocation. The prospect of staying home alone while Pierre is on mission, frightens Madeleine, the girl of his heart. But the young woman ends up accepting the ordeal and marrying Pierre.
- Stuck in Angoulême between her uncle, who composes classical music, and her aunt, who is a fan of contemporary music, young Irène finds life boring. Fortunately, there is swing music which illuminates her days. So when, one day, Raymond Serre and his swing orchestra come to Angoulême, she seizes the opportunity to slip the copy of a song she has written into the pocket of one of the musicians. The trouble is that while she is doing so, the train she has boarded pulls out...
- Christine, the daughter of a rich American, acquires from her father the jazz band of Ray Ventura who will be made responsible for accompanying her from morning till evening wherever she goes. From an endless number of amusing situations, the fiancée of the girl despairs. But soon the musicians rebel in in the face of the requirements of their patroness. More than a job, it is for them misery. Christine excuses them and she goes back to America with her band. Things go bad, degenerate, but the kindness of the musicians and the firmness of the fiancée of Christine really quiet down the moods of the young woman .
- Sister Claire is a nun who, besides praying God, devotes her time and energy to saving "lost girls". When Siméon, a widower, failed composer and music-hall pianist, comes to the convent to tune the harmonium, he tells her how hard it has been for him to raise his three daughters alone. And how angry he is just now with Lucette, the eldest of the three. The girl is indeed pregnant by her seducer. Hearing that, he nun suddenly remembers her own case: four decades earlier, as she was still Claire Lebourg, she too went through the pains of an unachieved love story and marriage, luckily without falling pregnant. Taking the veil and helping wretched creatures had managed to heal her distress. She will of course support Lucette in her ordeal, doing everything to spare her an abortion or a suicide. And she will see to it that she obtains forgiveness from her father as well as a warm return under his roof.
- A crime story writer comes to the French Alps for vacation. However, an envelope given by a strange man, would put him in a conflict between two teams of spies. A young blonde hotel burglar will help him get out of this mess.
- Augustin Robustal and his wife Lilane run the riverside café "Au joyeux gardon" and if the "gardon" (roach) is happy, the owners of the establishment are not as business is bad. Indeed the place is almost deserted except by four faithful patrons, Francis, a garage owner, Pivois, a man with a modest private income, Loulou, a radio technician and Boudoux, an undertaker. Now, the Robustals employ a fanciful but gifted waiter, Hippolyte. This one happens to be infatuated with Liliane, so much so that one day he takes out a life insurance in her favor. The four regulars' reaction is instant: they offer Robustal to execute Hippolyte, in exchange for a commission. But the trouble (at least for them!) is that Hippolyte is indestructible...
- On his way to Paris, Casanova keeps on collecting female conquests, does not shy away from duels and gets into many a colorful adventure. Once in the capital, the fearless knight saves the honor of a great lady, conquers the niece of his implacable enemy but courts disaster for love of Coraline, a faithless opera dancer.
- Play adaptation: A womanizing lieutenant, to avoid a problem, exchanges uniforms and personalities with his orderly, a private, leading to much confusion.
- Annie, the ward of Monsieur Joachim, a nightclub manager, has fallen in love with Philippe Lebon, a singer who could easily re-float her guardian's failing business. The trouble is that Joachim has already - and hurriedly - betrothed Annie to his business partner. To make matters worse the young lady suspects Philippe of being unfaithful. In order to thwart the wedding of Annie and his rival, Philippe hires two of his friends, the resourceful Beaudubec and Tracassin...
- A diplomat and fast liver, François lives the good life until, one day, he is unfortunate enough to win...a seal in a raffle. From this day on his everyday life becomes complicated, to say nothing of his sentimental life. Gabrielle, his all too serious girlfriend, can't stand the heat and calls it quits. But English girls like charming Diana don't mind seals...!
- Lorelei, a pretty orphan girl, is driven by misery to take refuge at the manor of her uncle and guardian, Doctor Frankensberg. This one, non content to be a disquieting man, is engaged in weird experiences. Among other creatures, Frankensberg has managed to give life to a horrible monster, Torticola,his damned soul. But when the mad scientist decides to transfuse Lorelei's blood into Torticola, the creature rebels and sets the young woman free, letting her flee with Eric, the cat-man.
- For years now, Chief inspector Gustave Picard has been trying to bring down Salviati, the dreadful leader of a drug-selling gang. Lucienne Préville, an informer who works for him, has infiltrated the gang but her position is dangerous. On the other hand, Scoppa, Salviati's former right-hand man, has started challenging his former boss. Will Salviati, the brutal public enemy, clear off at last?
- Jérôme is a secretive and tormented young man, who is developing a passionate interest in leftism. His everyday life combines a tough work in a foundry and esoteric research in the representation of fire in graphic arts. Maxime Stratti is a media personality and thinker from the far-right wing. One day the latter is celebrating his new book publication, Jerome tries to approach him: he finds him chatting with the foundry foreman then a seductive journalist. Seeing these political opposites together wears down Jérôme beliefs and he gradually becomes haunted by visions of flames. Only one thing remains patently obvious in his freaky opinion: to immolate Maxime Stratti.
- Choupette's lover resents the presence of Monsieur Dupont with her. He therefore makes him believe that he is involved in a case of espionage. The unfortunate Dupont tries to clear his name and ends up suspecting one of his cousins of being the boss of the spy ring...
- Hans Lövgren happens to win a seal on a lottery during a trip to France. Terrified, he brings the seal home to his Paris apartment and tries to function together with the charming but barking guest.