vive la France 1930-1949

A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.

A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.

Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.

A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son.

A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.

A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.

A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.

Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Cesariot that his real father is Marius, the absent son of César, Cesariot"s godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad"s mother. Dissembling that he"s off to see a friend, Cesariot then seeks Marius, now a mechanic in Toulon. Posing as a journalist, Cesariot spends time with Marius and leaves believing tales he is a petty thief. Only after the truth comes out can Marius, Fanny, César, and Cesariot step beyond the falsehoods, benign though they may be.

When Renard the Fox"s mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.

Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L"atalante along with the captain"s first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.

A bookseller saves a tramp from drowning and shelters him, but the tramp"s odd behavior starts to wear everyone down.

Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret.

World War 1 begins and a young man enlists to fight for his country.

1910. A friend leaves his daughter, Madeleine, with Emile a French film producer. Emile falls in love with her. Problems starts when his young friend Jacques returns from military service complaining his misfortune with women. Once he follows Emile"s advice to have an affair, he meets Lucette and falls in love with her instead.

A classic tale about bitter relationships between a frivolous girl and a soldier is adapted for the post-World War II time.

A small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.

Recounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.

Jean is a young cab driver. Anna, a flower-girl neighbour, is in love with him. But he is still thinking to Pola, who just left him. Jean asks her to the bal. Many events (Pola"s come back, two villains...) will disturb this arising love.

The captain of the tugboat Cyclone, André Laurent, rushes off to save the Mirva. He abandons his sick wife Yvonne and the couple celebrating their marriage. In the early morning, the Cyclone tugs the Mirva ashore with Catherine aboard.

During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.

Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders

Christine, newly widowed and consumed by the memory of a ball she attended age 16, decides to track down the men she danced with that night and discover their fates.

A beautiful young woman takes her father"s place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.