Jacques Santi

My New Partner

Claude Zidi

Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.

Galia

Georges Lautner

Mireille Darc, Venantino Venantini

Newly arrived in Paris, Galia lives in a small apartment near Notre-Dame cathedral. One evening, whilst walking along the banks of the River Seine, she saves a young woman from drowning. The woman, Nicole, tells Galia that she intended to drown herself, having left a suicide note for her husband, Greg. Having settled Nicole in her apartment, Galia sets out to recover the suicide note, but waits so that she can observe Greg’s reaction. When Greg appears unmoved by the note, Galia decides to wait for him at the art gallery where he works...

Untamable Angelique

Bernard Borderie

Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.

Angelique and the Sultan

Bernard Borderie

Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein

This film finds Angélique in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. The first part of the film consist of her angrily refusing to be bedded as well as their trying to literally beat some sense into her. It all seems to go on too long and I was surprised that the Sultan simply didn't have her killed. Late in the film, she finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.

Le ciel sur la tête

Yves Ciampi

André Smagghe, Jacques Monod

The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be a radioactive probe from outer space. They appeal to the warring countries of Earth to stop fighting and help it to repel the invaders.

Promise at Dawn

Jules Dassin

Melina Mercouri, Assi Dayan

A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.

Flag

Jacques Santi

Richard Bohringer, Pierre Arditi

A repentant gambler, Simon is a senior inspector in the banditry repression brigade headed by his friend Pierre Tramoni. Pierre is brilliant and wants to go far. Simon has no ambition and only one passion: gambling. For several months, Simon has been trying to catch the Djian brothers, young and dangerous bank robbers, in the act. He fails but discovers, through an informer, strange links between Pierre and the Djians, during his investigation which leads him back to the gambling halls. When the Djians finally fall, the treachery of Commissioner Tramoni is revealed.

La révélation

Alain Lavalle

Olga Georges-Picot, Juliette Mills

Married with two kids, beautiful Claire has everything to be happy. But her husband, a businesman, is often absent. When her kids go on a ski holiday Claire finds herself alone. Distraught, she goes out one evening with her friend Gisèle and meets a fashion designer, named Michel. Spark fly and Claire winds up getting seduced by him. Fallen in the trap of adultery: will the young woman be able to accept all her lover's fantasies?

Les gros malins

Raymond Leboursier

Jacques Jouanneau, Henri Génès