Méphisto

Méphisto

On his wedding night with Hilda Bergmann, the daughter of a swedish chemist, the young and rich american Willy Keanton is stabbed by an...

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César

César

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...

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Tartarin of Tarascon

Tartarin of Tarascon

Tartarin is the local hero in the small provincial town of Tarascon. He shows off about imaginary adventures in Africa, where he has never been, as...

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Fanny

Fanny

Picking up moments after the end of Marius, this film follows Fanny’s grief after Marius’s departure—and her realization that she’s pregnant...

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Manon of the Spring

Manon of the Spring

Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for...

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The Well-Digger's Daughter

The Well-Digger's Daughter

A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.

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Harvest

Harvest

In the 30s, a small village in the Provence is losing its inhabitants because young people prefer to go to the city to find easy jobs and escape...

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Des quintuplés au pensionnat

Des quintuplés au pensionnat

In a girls boarding-school run by Madame Piégeois, young Gisèle meets, at night, the count of Champrès' son.

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Life Dances On

Life Dances On

After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth...

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Justin de Marseille

Justin de Marseille

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...

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Vous seule que j'aime

Vous seule que j'aime

After the death of her trapeze artist father, a little girl is taken in by two clowns.

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Toute la famille était là!

Toute la famille était là!

Mr. Catignac, a pork butcher in Perigueux, plans to marry Victor, his son, to the daughter of a magistrate. What he does not know, for his son does...

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The Spanking

The Spanking

A husband, exasperated by his wife, spanks her without paying attention to the open window in front of which he is. He is annoyingly surprised to...

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With a Smile

With a Smile

A tramp learns that even honesty won't help him overcome his struggles to prosper. After a man tells him that he needs to smile in order to succeed...

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Parade in 7 Nights

Parade in 7 Nights

In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.

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C'était un musicien

C'était un musicien

When he is not conducting his orchestra, a talented young man invents a device to thwart car thieves.Associating himself with a rich Dutch baron...

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Topaze

Topaze

Albert Topaze, sincere schoolteacher addicted to "rote" morality, works at a private school run by supremely money-grubbing M. Muche, whose...

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Whirlwind of Paris

Whirlwind of Paris

A gang of broke student musicians travel to Paris to take exams. But very quickly, the lack of money pushes young people to pass themselves off as...

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Un soir à Marseille

Un soir à Marseille

The wife of a Marseille industrialist is murdered. An inspector and a young journalist investigate together, and suspect the husband, then the...

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Un meurtre a été commis

Un meurtre a été commis

Inspector Doirel investigates the murder of a man whose servant was found tied up. He discovers very quickly that the servant has lied. The latter...

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