Claude Miller

The Inquisitor

Claude Miller

Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault

Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.

L'Enfant sauvage

François Truffaut

Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut

In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.

Les enfants de Lumière

André Asséo, Pierre Billard

Jacques Perrin

This French documentary is comprised of almost 300 clips from the past 100 years of cinema Francaise. The images within the documentary are free flowing and not in chronological order; they are also not hindered with unnecessary narration or lengthy introductions. The film represents the collaborative efforts of a collective of the country's finest filmmakers.

Lino Ventura, la part intime

Philippe Kohly

Lino Ventura, Michel Audiard

The Best Way to Walk

Claude Miller

Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey

In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep on humiliating Philippe.

An Impudent Girl

Claude Miller

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont

Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.

Lumière et Compagnie

Gabriel Axel, Spike Lee

Jeffe Alperi, Romane Bohringer

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.

L'accompagnatrice

Claude Miller

Romane Bohringer, Richard Bohringer

In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs and affairs.

Juliet dans Paris

Claude Miller

Juliet Berto

A young student, alone in Paris, is engaged in strange and bloody experiences of which she is both the authorizer and the victim.

Deadly Circuit

Claude Miller

Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani

A P.I. is obsessed with a cute woman, who seduces and kills rich men around W. Europe.

The Little Thief

Claude Miller

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace

In a small town in post-World-War-II France, an unhappy sixteen-year-old (Janine Castang) tries to escape her dreary situation by any means at her disposal. Three successive friends (Michel Davenne, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette Dargelos, a photographer and fellow prisoner) help her learn from her mistakes.

Class Trip

Claude Miller

Clément Van Den Bergh, Lokman Nalcakan

A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.

A Secret

Claude Miller

Patrick Bruel, Cécile de France

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family history which resulted in his difficult upbringing, raised as Catholic by his "Aryan" appearing parents. His athletic father labored to stamp out stereotypical Jewish characteristics he perceived in his son, to keep the family's many secrets, as most relatives fought in World War II, and later were hauled off to labor and death camps by the Gestapo.

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

Claude Miller

Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia

Grieving after the death of her young son Joseph, novelist Betty Fisher enters a dark depression. Hoping to bring her out of it, her mother Margot arranges to kidnap another child, Jose, to replace the son Betty lost. Although she knows it's wrong, Betty accepts Jose as her new son. Meanwhile, Jose's mother Carole is looking for her son with the help of her boyfriend Francois and some of his criminal cohorts.

I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive

Claude Miller, Nathan Miller

Sophie Cattani, Christine Citti

An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.

Dites-lui que je l'aime

Claude Miller

Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou

Industrious accountant David Martinaud claims to be visiting his parents every weekend, but it's merely a cover for the labor-intensive refurbishing of his country cottage. The reason for David's secrecy is that his childhood crush, Lise, lives nearby, and, although she's married, he still believes they'll get together. His devotion to the idea borders on mania, and, when Lise's husband is accidentally killed, he quickly spirals out of control.