A Monkey in Winter (1962) tells the story of a hotel manager in Normandy, France, who reminisces about his past and struggles with alcohol abuse. His friendship with an old man and a couple staying at the hotel helps him navigate through his broken heart and broken oaths.

The short stories of Guy de Maupassant enjoyed a renaissance in the early 1950s, thanks in great part to the Max Ophuls production Le Plaisir. In Trois Femmes, three De Maupassant stories are dramatized, each conveying the central theme of women falling in love. In the first, a black female carnival entertainer causes an uproar when she falls in love with a white soldier. In the second, a young bride is pressured into having a baby to collect a huge inheritance. And in the final episode, a pregnant girl is "adopted" and protected by a small circle of friends. In standard De Maupassant fashion, each of the three stories in Trois Femmes is capped by a surprise twist.

In the small village of France, a pharmacist and his dysfunctional married couple find themselves caught up in a murder investigation after the husband is poisoned with rat poison. As the investigation unfolds, dark secrets, blackmail, and a twisted sense of humor come to light, revealing the cynicism and black humor that permeate the community.

1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under each other's spell. 1939 : what a horrible year for the two lovers : war breaks out before they can get married. They meet again after the war but the enchantment has vanished. They decide to marry but it will be for reason, not for love. Miracles only happen once.

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.

While Louis XV is dying, the Dauphine of France, Marie-Antoinette, seduces a Swedish officer, Axel de Fersen, which pains her husband, the new King Louis XVI, who will know how to be generous when he learns of this deception.

Dedee, a prostitute in post-war Belgium, seeks revenge after her lover is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Desperate for money and fueled by jealousy, Dedee navigates the dangerous nightlife of Antwerp's red-light district, encountering violence, betrayal, and forbidden love along the way.

Cora, the wife of a wealthy Parisian businessman, Daniel, is involved in an affair with Henri, an unscrupulous garage mechanic who has set his sights on Cora's fortune. Daniel becomes suspicious and hires a detective to investigate, but the detective is unsuccessful in pinpointing Cora's extramarital activities.

In this comedic adaptation of the play by Pierre Beaumarchais, the Count and Countess Almaviva's marriage is put to the test as Countess Rosine's former beau, Figaro, returns and disguises himself to expose the Count's infidelity. With mistaken identities, clever schemes, and a valet named Figaro, the stage is set for a madcap day of chaos and romance.

A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine, and becomes a top model.

A young geometrician goes to Rome with his sister. During the trip, they meet Laura, an actress who offers them many surprises.

Pépito runs a gang of thugs with authority. He has a natural son, Gaston, a professor of literature in Aix-en-Provence, whom he has hardly ever seen. Gaston announces himself for Christmas, and Pépito decides to make him look good by moving into his headquarters: a château where the crooks will be able to exercise their talents as composers.

A gangster is back in business after a while and tries to take it back the hard way, but things don't go as well as planned. At the same time, we watch the fate of a young nurse in a hospital. Soon, the two stories meet when the gangster faces his problems.

Jules Pinson, photographer in a small provincial village is in love with Annette, the daughter of the grocer. She 's dreaming only heros of adventure movies, so Jules invents a twin brother, Caesar, hunter of lions in Senegal ...

A man throws a revolver in the Seine and checks into a hotel run by an unhappy Turkish couple. The wife falls for the mysterious guest, and kills her husband to prevent him from the turning the man in to the police.

After an accident, Raymond has gone blind. His family treats him like a child, but fortunately a nun comes to his rescue. She works in a center where blind people learn to read using the Braille alphabet.

Piédalu, a bumbling yet endearing character, finds himself in hilarious situations as he navigates the streets of Paris.

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.

Valentin travels to the burial of his father who died of indigestion, but stopping to eat on the way causes him to be late for the meal which follows the funeral.

A young girl marries a man she doesn't love and delights in humiliating him.