with Harry BAUR, Pierre BLANCHAR, Alice FIELD, Madeleine GUITTY, Paul AZAÏS, Christiane DOR, Madeleine GEOFFROY, Ginette LECLERC, Josephe EVELYS, Pierre STEPHEN

Synopsis : An eminent, aging surgeon, Guillaume Vautier falls in love with a young fairground entertainer called Hélène. Although she loves Jean, a trapeze artist, she lets herself be tempted by Vautier's opulent life and ends up living with him. One day, Hélène runs into Jean who talks her into joining his roving life. Although Vautier wants her back, he agrees to tend Jean, saving his life after a trapeze accident. Realizing how much the young people love each other, Vautier moves on.

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champagne for savages

A movie by CHRISTIAN-JAQUE

Dramatic Comedy

1964

with Claude NICOT, France ANGLADE, Adolfo MARSILLACH, Antonella LUALDI, Claude RICH, Dominique PATUREL, Francis BLANCHE

Synopsis : World War II France. Some German soldiers are killed outside the house where a dinner party among friends is taking place. The group inside is told by the Gestapo that they must choose among themselves two persons who will be shot for the crime. If they do not choose two victims, all seven of them must die. All seven try to save themselves by any means possible, sometimes in a darkly funny way.

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charlie bravo (Charlie bravo)

A movie by Claude BERNARD-AUBERT

Adventure

1980

With Bruno PRADAL, Jean-François PORON, Karine VERLIER, Gérard BOUCARON, Bernard CAZASSUS, Georges CHELON, Jacques COUDERC, Jean-Yves GAUTIER, Stéphane GILDAS, Marcel PICARD, Jean-Claude RADIER, Yann ROUSSEL, Denis SEURAT, Piotr STANISLAS, Jean-Louis VITRAC, Jacques ZOLTY

Synopsis : Toward the end of the war in Indochina, thirteen parachutists land in a Vietnamese village where a nurse is being held captive. They save her and retreat toward their base, after slaughtering the villagers and destroying their houses. A reporter parachutes onto their location so he can cover the commando's return. But the Vietnamese are on their trail.

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chase (Cherchez l'idole)

A movie by Michel BOISROND

Comedy

1963

with Dany SAVAL, Franck FERNANDEL, Dominique BOSCHERO, Pierre DORIS, Jacques DYNAM, Christian MARIN, Nancy HOLLOWAY, Johnny HALLYDAY, Franck ALAMO, Charles AZNAVOUR, Sylvie VARTAN, Eddy MITCHELL

Synopsis : Mylène Demongeot's maid, Gisèle, is in love with Franck. His girlfriend, Corinne, talks him into stealing a diamond heart from the famous actress. He hides the jewel in an electric guitar in a record store. The next day, he learns that the model was sold to five famous singers..

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che ora e (Che ora e ?)

A movie by Ettore SCOLA

Dramatic Comedy

1990

with Marcello MASTROIANNI, Massimo TROISI, Anne PARILLAUD, Renato MORETTI, Lou CASTEL

Synopsis : In a seaport town, Marcello waits for his thirty year old son at the door of the barracks where the young man spent his military service. After having matched their wills, father and son learn to see the other as he is, grow to understand and perhaps even respect each other.

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children of mata hari (La peau de Torpedo)

A movie by Jean DELANNOY

Crime

1969

with Stéphane AUDRAN, Klaus KINSKI, Lilli PALMER, Michel CONSTANTIN, Angelo INFANTI, Jean CLAUDIO, Frédéric DE PASQUALE, Noëlle ADAM, Philippe MARCH, Christine FABREGA, Jacques HARDEN, Micheline LUCCIONI

Synopsis : The film tells the story of the relentless pursuit by French Secret Services of the men and women members of a foreign network after the theft of important documents from National Defense. Their mission aims to dismantle the network by going for its head. These kamikazes will sacrifice their own lives, and as we shall see, fact is always stranger and more miraculous than anything a screenwriter could invent...

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chips are down (Les jeux sont faits)

A movie by Jean DELANNOY

Drama

1947

With Micheline PRESLE, Marcello PAGLIERO, Charles DULLIN, Fernand FABRE, Marguerite MORENO, Jacques ERWIN, Colette RIPERT, Marcel MOULOUDJI, Guy DECOMBLE, Howard VERNON, Jim GÉRALD, Renaud MARY, André CARNEGE, Robert DALBAN

Synopsis : A woman is dying, murdered by her husband. At the same time, the leader of an insurrection against a dictatorship is assassinated by a traitor. They are met at the pearly gates by a surly woman who confirms that they are indeed dead. And so they meet in the afterlife and are offered the opportunity to return to earth, provided they fall unreservedly in love within the next 24 hours.