Pépé le Moko is a criminal and wanted man who hides in the Casbah in Algiers. The police inspector is determined to catch him and offers him a deal to escape the Casbah safely. Pépé falls in love with an Algerian girl, but their unrequited love leads to tragic consequences.
In a little town with a renowned college a female student is found after she was hogtied and strangled to death. Inspector Marco is assigned to catch the murderer.
During World War I, a French soldier named Jean Diaz is sent on a suicide mission by his commanding officer, Captain Boisset. However, Diaz survives the mission and returns to France, where he accuses Boisset of cowardice and treason. As the trial unfolds, Diaz's claims are questioned, and he must fight to prove the truth.
The Well-Digger's Daughter tells the story of an 18-year-old girl in the south of France who becomes pregnant out of wedlock, causing conflict with her father. As she navigates the challenges of being a pregnant teenager in a conservative society, she also faces class differences, the return of an outcast, and the pressures of societal expectations. Through it all, she finds love and support from unexpected sources.
Pastoral Symphony is a heart-wrenching film that tells the story of a young minister who falls in love with a blind girl. Their love is tested when a love triangle emerges, leading to unexpected consequences. Set in a snowy landscape, this movie explores the themes of love, desire, and the challenges of being visually impaired.
In the oyster and fishing town of Arcachon, one man doesn't want his adopted son to get married to the daughter of his rival, and he suspects a dark underlying secret.
A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.
A famous convict Jacques Collin, alias Trompe la mort, or abbot Carlos Herrera, also called Vautrin, escapes from prison. Chance makes him meet Lucien de Rubempré, an impetuous and eternal lover who, when he is dismissed, collapses. Moved by this fragility, he takes him under his wing, and will do everything possible to ensure that his creature reaches happiness, even if it means imagining the worst shenanigans and other scams, with the help of a band of clever villains.
Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out of poverty, in the street.
Two sisters struggle to stay on the straight and narrow.
Pivoine, a tramp living on the docks near Notre Dame, Macaroni and Georgette are his companions in misfortune. Could no longer bear the insults of passersby and stone throwing children, Pivoine decided to move...
The film shows the seizure of power by the Nazis and Hitler wants a trial, at a time when France has just declared war on Germany (Sept. 3, 1939). Hybrid composition, it alternates originals and reconstructions performed by actors (docudrama). A not-so-subtle condemnation of Hitler, Nazism and Germany by the movie's French film makers, which conveniently makes no mention of how the policies of Great Britain and France created Hitler and allowed him to go as far as he did prior to the beginning of the Second World War.
A respected gangster, Justin, finds himself in a deadly feud with his rival, the unscrupulous Esposito. The latter plans to steal a cargo of opium bound for China and to have Justin killed.
In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hangs himself from a branch of the calvary. But was he the real culprit? Angélique Barrodet, an old maid , who had been Gustave's fiancée before he abandoned her on the very day of their wedding, leads the investigation in her own way.
A young pilot, Martin, applies for the Ecole Militaire de Salon. He is accused of having caused the accident of one of his bosses, his career is then threatened.
Jean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in. On the contrary, she leaves her intolerant family to live with Jean among simple, more tolerant bargemen.
A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper. Two inspectors come to investigate the affair. During his interrogation, the driver refuses to provide an explanation for his action and is charged with malpractice. The only one he will tell the truth to is the gatekeeper's wife.
A woman of easy virtue rejects a proposal of marriage made to her by a rich lover. But when her son is taken from her to be brought up in the best conditions, she keeps thinking about him. When she finds him, twenty years later, she can not adapt to the environment to which he now belongs.
A young woman flees with her lover, after having killed her brutal husband; hoping to live a few hours of happiness, before his arrest...