With Jean RENO, Vincent CASSEL, Nadia FARES, Dominique SANDA, Karim BELKHADRA, Jean-Pierre CASSEL, Didier FLAMAND, François LEVANTAL, Francine BERGÉ, Philippe NAHON, Laurent LAFITTE, Robert GENDREU, Christophe BERNARD, Nicky NAUDE, Tonio DESCANVELLE, Olivier ROUSSET, Françoise LOREAU, Vincent TULLI, Sami ZITOUNI, Slim ZITOUNI, Christophe ROSSIGNON, Dominique BETTENFELD, Alexis ROBIN, Alain GUERILLOT, Laurent AVARE, Olivier MOREL, Nicolas KORETZKY, Vincent SCHIMENTI

Synopsis : Niémans, an experienced police detective, is sent to a small university town in the Alps where a mutilated body has been found. Lieutenant Kerkérian, a reckless young cop is in charge of investigating the desecration of a child's grave. Other crimes are committed, and the two cases start tying together. Niémans and Kerkérian finally team up to discover a truth beyond their wildest theories.

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the crossing of paris (La traversée de Paris)

A movie by Claude AUTANT-LARA

Comedy

1956

With Jean GABIN, BOURVIL, Louis DE FUNÈS, Jeannette BATTI, Georgette ANYS, Robert ARNOUX, Laurence BADIE, Myno BURNEY, Germaine DELBAT, Monette DINAY, Jean DUNOT, Bernard LAJARRIGE, Jacques MORIN, Hubert DE LAPPARENT, Jean VERNER, Hugues WANNER, Anouk FERJAC

Synopsis : During the Occupation, Martin, a decent chap, is out of work and agrees to lug four suitcases stuffed with pork joints across Paris. Since his usual partner has been arrested, he asks a stranger called Grandgil to help him out. But the guy is out of control and their route becomes fraught with danger. As the trek comes to an end, Martin learns that Grandgil is a famous artist who was just in search of a bit of adventure. They both get arrested, but Martin is the only one who pays dearly for their excursion.

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the crossing of the rhine (Le passage du Rhin)

A movie by André CAYATTE

Drama

1960

With Charles AZNAVOUR, Nicole COURCEL, Georges RIVIÈRE, Cordula TRANTOW, Georges CHAMARAT, Jean MARCHAT, Albert DINAN, Michel ETCHEVERRY, Serge FRÉDÉRIC, Ruth HAUSMEISTER, Benno HOFFMANN, Henri LAMBERT, Bernard MUSSON, Alfred SCHIESKE

Synopsis : Two Frenchmen who are imprisoned by the Germans in 1940 become friends. One man is a reporter, the other a baker. The reporter is an enterprising young man. He escapes, crosses the Rhine, joins the resistance, and becomes the manager of a big newspaper. The unassuming baker is unable to escape and seems to be a victim of circumstances. But the hour of reckoning comes at the end of the war, and the freer man of the two is less than obvious.

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the crying woman (La femme qui pleure)

A movie by Jacques DOILLON

Drama

1978

with Dominique LAFFIN, Haydée POLITOFF, Jacques DOILLON, Lola DOILLON, Jean-Denis ROBERT, Michel VIVIAN

Synopsis : Dominique lives alone with her daughter Lola in an isolated house of Haute-Provence. The unexpected return of Jacques, which she had chased away, wakes her fear to face the solitary life.

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the damned (Les maudits)

A movie by René CLÉMENT

Drama

1947

With Henri VIDAL, Jo DEST, Kurt KRONENFELD, Paul BERNARD, Fosco GIACHETTI, Florence MARLY, Michel AUCLAIR, Lucien HECTOR, Anne CAMPION, Marcel DALIO, Jean DIDIER, Carl MUNCH, Jeanne HERVIALE, Pierre FUCHS, Jean LOZACH, Michel THIERRY, Paul SABAS, George NIEMANN, Andreas VON HALBERSTADT, Claude VERNIER, Max HERMANN, CARRÈRE

Synopsis : In 1945 at the close of the war, a submarine leaves Oslo with German leaders and several pro-Nazi officials aboard. A young French doctor is forced to join them, to tend a wounded passenger. The stage is set for scheming, intrigue and mutiny. The voyage ends with a sole survivor, the doctor, who is rescued by an American patrol boat.