Paul Mesnier
2021Olivia
Jacqueline Audry
Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon
"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress, Mlle. Julie, and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Mlle. Julie and the other head of the school, Mlle. Cara, in its final months.
Olivia
Olivia
Jacqueline Audry
Elly Claus, Philippe Noiret
"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress, Mlle. Julie, and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Mlle. Julie and the other head of the school, Mlle. Cara, in its final months.
Olivia
La kermesse rouge
Paul Mesnier
Albert Préjean, Andrée Servilanges
Agnès Bonnardet leaves her parents to marry Claude Sironi, a painter who becomes famous but loses his talent. Meanwhile Agnes acquires a style of her own as an artist, which makes Claude jealous of his young wife. One day, he sends one of his own paintings to the Bazar de la Charité, a very trendy Paris department store, instead of one of his wife's works as ordered. Afraid of her being mad at him, he locks her up in the cloak room. A dreadful fire suddenly breaks out and sets the building ablaze.
The Scarlet Bazaar
Ils étaient cinq
Jacques Pinoteau
Jean Carmet, Jean Gaven
Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.
They Were Five
Bébés à gogo
Paul Mesnier
Jane Sourza, Raymond Souplex
Стефан — глава огромной семьи, в которой, кроме него и его жены Изабель, еще дочь, ее слабохарактерный муж и их 8 детей. Дочь Стефана приносит по ребенку в год, и пожилой мужчина, которому осточертели разбросанные повсюду игрушки, пеленки, бутылочки со смесью, шум и крики маленьких внуков, уже не знает, куда деваться — хоть вон из дому беги. Но тут предприимчивый социальный работник мсье Ратье сообщает Стефану о солидной премии для многодетных семей, которая выдается раз в несколько лет, но лишь тем семьям, в которых присутствует 12 детей. А тут зять Стефана — увалень Юбер — встает в позу и отказывается плодиться и размножаться! Бедняге Стефану нужно сделать все, чтобы в семье появилось еще 4 детей, ведь тогда сбудется его мечта о спокойном и мирном существовании вдали от этого шумного балагана.
Babies Galore
Le valet maître
Paul Mesnier
Elvira Popescu, Henri Garat
Some, like Ravier de l'Orne are born... masters, but ,like him, do not live up to their rank. Others, like Gustave Morillon, are... born masters, even if, like him, they are valets. Morillon will indeed prove better at bridge than his master and will eventually win the affection of Antonia, a lively foreigner Ravier also coveted.
Le valet maître
Casabianca
Georges Péclet
Pierre Dudan, Gérard Landry
In November of 1942, the French submarine, the "Casabianca,", escapes from German-held Toulon, and, upon joining the Free French forces at Algiers, is sent on a secret mission to Corsica to take two secret-service agents to make contact with the underground there. The agents contact the Marquis resistance forces, and learn they are ready to revolt but lack the needed arms and ammunition. The submarine is sent back to Corscia with the necessary weapons for the resistance-fighters, and also returns with trained troops to assist the resistance forces in attacking the Germans.
Casabianca
Fou d'amour
Paul Mesnier
Elvira Popescu, Henri Garat
Claude, who temporarily replaces his father at the head of a department store, falls in love at first sight with a pretty female customer. He finds out that she is named Solange and that she is the goddaughter of Professor Hauteclerc, who runs a private psychiatric hospital. To come closer to the girl of his dreams, Claude has a crazy idea: he pretends to be mad so as to be placed in Hauteclerc's institution.
Fou d'amour
Patricia
Paul Mesnier
Louise Carletti, Gabrielle Dorziat
Mademoiselle Bressac is a bossy spinster who manages "Le Clos", her estate, with an iron hand. But is she really a bad person? Her manners are abrupt but they only hide a heart of gold. Doesn't she bring up four orphans, Dominique, Fabien, Chantal and Jean? And as if it were not enough, she has accepted to educate another child, her niece Patricia, entrusted to her care by her irresponsible father. Thanks to her, the five young people have grown up in harmony and now they are about to find their place in society. Two of them, Jean and Patricia, who love each other, live only for the estate.
Patricia
La belle revanche
Paul Mesnier
Christiane Delyne, Pauline Carton
A painter who has led a free and independent life meets true love. A jealous former lover intervenes to prevent her from being happy and succeeds in driving away the one she loves. The young woman regains a taste for life thanks to her work and her friends.
La belle revanche
