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Love Is My Profession is a story about a lawyer who gets involved in a scandalous love triangle, leading to tragic consequences. The movie explores themes of adultery, unfaithfulness, and the complexities of love.
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a taxi driver is forced to take on a dangerous smuggling job to earn enough money to feed his family. Along the way, he encounters various challenges, including a Nazi soldier, hunger, and the harsh realities of war.
After being falsely accused of a crime, Edmond Dantes is imprisoned on an isolated island. He manages to escape and discovers a hidden treasure, which he uses to reinvent himself as the Count of Monte Cristo. With his new identity, he plots revenge against those who wronged him.
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.
The Oldest Profession is an anthology film that dives into the realm of prostitution. Set in late 19th century Paris, it portrays different aspects of the profession through comedic and dramatic storylines. The film delves into themes of virtue, sex, marriage, and the complexities of male-female relationships. Through a series of farcical and intriguing situations, the characters navigate the Belle Époque era with its secrets, cons, and games.
Henri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king decided to marry her off to his nephew, Henri de Condé, so that he could later make her his mistress.
Devil in the Flesh tells the story of a passionate and forbidden love affair between a young student and an older, married woman in post-World War I France. Their relationship is tested by societal norms and the aftermath of war.
A young man named Julien Sorel, driven by ambition and desire for social advancement, becomes involved in a passionate and forbidden affair with a married woman. As he navigates the complex web of social class and deceit, his actions lead to tragic consequences.
A teenager becomes fixated on a painting of the handsome suitor who died in a duel for her grandmother's love. On her sixteenth birthday, her father hires three men who pretend to be the ghost of the suitor to entertain her. Little do they know, the ghost of the suitor himself is roaming the castle halls.
Two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives. Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1954 novel The Blunderer.
A green mare makes the fortune of her owner, the horse dealer Haudouin. Shortly after his death, war broke out in 1870. One day, his neighbor Zèphe Maloret denounces Honoré, Haudouin's son, a maverick, to the Prussians. Following this denunciation, their non-commissioned officer enters the Haudouin home and rapes the mother while Honoré is hidden under the bed. The resentment already existing between the Haudouin and Maloret families turns to hatred... A letter recalling the events is lost, which doesn't help matters.
In Fric-Frac, a group of men plan a robbery, but things don't go as planned and they face various challenges and humorous situations. The story revolves around their attempts to navigate through the obstacles and come out on top.
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Alexei discovers that his employer is a compulsive gambler who has been almost ruined by his addiction. The only money the General has is provided by the Marquis de Grieux, an adventurer who intends to marry Zagorianski’s sister, Pauline. In doing so, de Grieux hopes to profit from the vast inheritance that will come the General’s way from his Aunt Antonina, who is presently very ill. Alexei is appalled by this society which lives only for money. He loves Pauline and wants to take her to a healthier place, but when she refuses to marry him, he begins to gamble at the casino…
A unique black comedy consisting of three episodes on the same theme: death. In a circus, trapeze artist Wilma is going to get rid of a rival during a "magic act" performed by an amateur. A strange widow comes to inquire about the services of a new marriage agency. A peasant woman tormented by a bug in her ear barges into a healer's house.
In the secluded Red Inn, a series of murders take place during a snowstorm. A group of strangers becomes trapped together, with secrets and confessions leading to unexpected twists and turns. Based on a true story, this dark comedy explores the dark side of human nature with a touch of humor.
In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him. So Douce tells Fabien this and convinces him to run away with her, causing consternation in the family.
In Thou Shalt Not Kill, a priest faces a moral dilemma during World War II when he is ordered to execute a French Resistance fighter. As a conscientious objector, he refuses to carry out the execution, leading to his arrest and imprisonment. The film explores themes of religion, morality, and the ethics of war.
Two ten-year-old children, Gloria and Jacques, meet at the former's birthday party. It is love at first sight and they vow eternal love. Unfortunately, the First World War breaks out and they are separated. The people around them do not understand the deep feelings that link them to each other. When they meet again after the war, Gloria has become a cabaret dancer whereas Jacques has married in the USA. Nothing seems possible between them any longer...
A young woman's comfortable life with her boyfriend is disrupted when he leaves for military duty, entrusting her to a playboy friend seeking a fake marriage for inheritance. Complications arise as a prince enters the scene, pursuing her romantically.
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara was a French film director and later Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Born at Luzarches in Val-d'Oise, Autant-Lara was educated in France and at London's Mill Hill School during his mother's exile as a pacifist. Early in his career, he worked as an art director and costume designer, his best-known work in this vein was possibly for Nana (1926), a silent film directed by Jean Renoir. Autant-Lara also acted in the film. As a director, he frequently created provocative movies, saying "if a film does not have venom, it is worthless". In the 1960s, he turned his back on the New Wave movement, and from then on he had no popular successes. On 18 June 1989, he came to public notice again, controversially, when he was elected to the European Parliament as a member of the National Front and the oldest member of the assembly. In his maiden speech, in July 1989, he caused a scandal by expressing his "concerns about the American cultural threat", provoking a walkout by the majority of the deputies. In an interview granted to the monthly magazine Globe in September 1989, he accused ex-President of the European Parliament and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil of playing "ethnic politics" to try and "infiltrate and dominate", saying that "If they try to speak to me about genocide, I say they missed mother Veil!" He also described Nazi gas chambers as a "string of lies". The resulting scandal led to his resignation as European deputy. Moreover, the members of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, of which he was a vice-president for life, voted to prohibit him from taking his seat thenceforth. His memoir, The Rage in the Heart, appeared in 1984. He died at Antibes in Alpes-Maritimes in 2000. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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