Robert Le Fort
2021Piédalu fait des miracles
Jean Loubignac
Martine Arden, Marcelle Arnold
The inhabitants of Marboue-Chambourcy want a swimming pool, and the difficulties in realizing this expensive dream divide the village into two clans: on one side the women, on the other the men. Piedalu, whom this conflict desolates, discovers by chance, as part of a found bicycle, a fortune in gold coins.
Piédalu fait des miracles
Touchez pas au grisbi
Jacques Becker
Jean Gabin, René Dary
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Une si jolie petite Plage
Yves Allégret
Madeleine Robinson, Gérard Philipe
During the cold and rainy off-season a man arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town.
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Nuit sans fin
Jacques Séverac
Ginette Leclerc, Édouard Delmont
Fleeing Paris where he killed, Olivier takes refuge in the Giraud farm and falls in love with his daughter, to the chagrin of her suitor, a man named Joseph. When the latter is found dead, Olivier is accused and the young woman will arrive too late to clear him, the poor man having fallen into a ravine while trying to flee.
Endless Night
Le visiteur
Jean Dréville
Pierre Fresnay, Roger Laugier
Louberger, director of an orphanage, is full of praise for a former boarder, Mr. Sauval, who has become their benefactor. One night he arrives and he does not seem to be exactly the man described by Louberger. He has in fact become a crooked lawyer and he is wanted for a crime he has just committed. Despite his efforts he will not escape the police but he will manage to remain, in the eyes of the children, at the height of his legend.
Tainted
Cela s'appelle l'aurore
Luis Buñuel
Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosé
In a small town in southern France, on the seafront and not far from Italy, Dr. Valerio is working to heal the poor. His young wife, could no longer stand the place, encouraged him to go and settle in Nice but the doctor does not want to leave before having found a replacement. Valerio was particularly friendly with Sandro, an agricultural worker who maintains the trees belonging to Gorzone, wealthy industrialist and major employer in the city. Sandro, disturbed by the serious illness of his wife, is struggling to fulfill its functions. During an absence of his wife, Dr. Valerio meets Clara, a young Italian, and falls for her. The drama erupts when Gorzone dismisses Sandro ...
That Is the Dawn
Le café du cadran
Jean Gehret, Henri Decoin
Bernard Blier, Blanchette Brunoy
A couple of young provincials, Louise and Julien, settle in the heart of the capital to take care of the Café du Cadran. They get to know the fauna of the regulars among them, racy, distinguished, Luigi who plays the violin at the Café de Paris. Louise listens to him a little too much, Julien becomes jealous and ends up killing his wife. Other bosses follow them very quickly.
Clockface Cafe
Clara de Montargis
Henri Decoin
Ludmilla Tchérina, Michel François
Renaud, a young student who is camping alone at the moment, has a dream one night, in which the woman of his dreams appears. When he wakes up the next morning, he cannot believe his eyes: the creature of the dream is there by the side of the road, in the flesh! The woman accepts to drive Renaud to Montargis but it is only after she has dropped him off there that he realizes that what he experienced for her was love at first sight. He then decides not to return to Paris but to try and find the wonderful stranger in Montargis. He discovers that the woman's name is Clara and that she is the member of a drama company.
Clara de Montargis
