The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

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Black Girl

Black Girl

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and...

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La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the...

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Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

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Farandole

Farandole

A ruined banker is abandoned by his mistress. He commits suicide after entrusting a prostitute with twenty-thousand francs. The money changes hands...

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The Liberation of Paris

The Liberation of Paris

French Resistance's documentary during the liberation of Paris in August 1944.

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The Seventh Door

The Seventh Door

An old man about to die gives all his fortune to a young beggar he meets in an Arabian town. He takes him to his house (now the poor man's...

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Daughter of the Sands

Daughter of the Sands

This Moroccan romance is a kind of Arab Tristan and Isolde: the heroine kills herself when she is convinced no one cares for her, the young...

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A Star to the Sun

A Star to the Sun

Martine, who has become a major star of the song in Paris, wants to return to visit her hometown. Confronted with Merlerault, a very haughty and...

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Casabianca

Casabianca

In November of 1942, the French submarine, the "Casabianca,", escapes from German-held Toulon, and, upon joining the Free French forces at Algiers,...

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The Secret of Polichinelle

The Secret of Polichinelle

Secret de Polichinelle roughly translates as Open Secret. The "secret" in question is an illegitimate child, the offspring of young-and-foolish...

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Sideral Cruises

Sideral Cruises

Robert and Françoise Monier make a hot air balloon to fly to the stratosphere. After a visit to Venus, they return home, but have only aged 15 days...

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François Villon

François Villon

An episode in the life of the tumultuous poet who murdered his rival, in love with Catherine de Vauselles.

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Captain Ardant

Captain Ardant

Representing the French authority in Morocco, Captain Ardant is the target of the bloodthirsty rebel leader Malek. In order to appropriate himself...

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The Unexpected Party

The Unexpected Party

This musical comedy produced in 1953 for the General Government of Algeria, features the comic trio composed of Rouiched, Mohamed Touri and Sid Ali...

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