Bernard Noël

The Fire Within

Louis Malle

Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla

Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for all. His wife, living in New York, continues to pay for his treatment, but no longer contacts him directly. He intends to commit suicide, but first takes a ride to Paris to catch up with old friends.

The Married Woman

Jean-Luc Godard

Macha Méril, Bernard Noël

In an exploration of love and adultery, a woman is conflicted between her husband, her lover and herself.

Les inconnus dans la maison

Henri Decoin

Raimu, Juliette Faber

Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.

La ronde

Roger Vadim

Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet

In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."

Un choix d'assassins

Philippe Fourastié

Bernard Noël, Duda Cavalcanti

Since the car accident that caused the death of his wife, the comics author Stéphane Destouches sinks into alcohol and wanders the roads of Morocco.

Amour

Gabriel Axel

Ghita Nørby, Svend Johansen

This three-part movie begins with a young woman married to an older, cold-hearted man in the year 1200. Two rivals have a swordfight over the affections of the woman. Part two takes place in 1910 and finds an amorously unfaithful wife taking on her many lovers while her unsuspecting husband lurks nearby. The final part finds a count and countess engaging in extramarital affairs in France during the 1840s.

Fernand cow-boy

Guy Lefranc

Dora Doll, Noël Roquevert