Robert Deslandes
2021
Pantalaskas
Paul Paviot
Carl Studer, Ana María Cassan
An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a complication in that the trio who want to prevent the suicide do not speak the man's language -- he is Lithuanian and speaks no French. So the protagonists comb the underbelly of a nighttime Paris, looking high and low but mostly low for anyone who speaks Lithuanian. Depending mainly on dialogue for its impact, the verbose drama reveals how the protagonists undergo a transformation as the night wears on.
Pantalaskas
Weekend at Dunkirk
Henri Verneuil
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Weekend at Dunkirk
Le dimanche de la vie
Jean Herman
Danielle Darrieux, Françoise Arnoul
After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin sells frames, while his wife becomes fortune teller. One day, Valentin replaces her, and predict a terrible event which will happen.
The Sunday of Life
Conseil de famille
Costa-Gavras
Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant
French rocker Johnny Halliday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. After several successful thefts, he decides to include his under-aged kid into the "family business".
Family Council
L'homme aux yeux d'argent
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Alain Souchon, Jean-Louis Trintignant
After serving his sentence, a robber returns to his small, quiet hometown to retrieve the loot. But a ruthless Police inspector and his equally nasty young subordinate are after the criminal.
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
