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Antoine Maréchal is about to set off for a holiday in Italy when his 2CV is smashed to pieces by a Rolls-Royce, driven by the wealthy business man Léopold Saroyan. By way of compensation, Saroyan offers Maréchal an expenses-paid trip to Naples so that he can collect his luxury white Cadillac and drive it back to Bordeaux...
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Weary of his comfortable bourgeois life, Ferdinand Griffon leaves his wife and elopes with his baby sitter, Marianne, with whom he once had a love affair. When a dead body is found in Marianne’s Paris apartment, the two lovers head for the South of France to escape being caught up in gangster activities. On an island on the Côte d’Azur...
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In 1907, Maria Fitzgerald O’Malley finds herself alone in South America. Her father, an Irish political agitator, has just been killed in his latest terrorist strike against the British Empire. Maria comes across a travelling troupe of entertainers who hire her to replace the stage partner of an erotic dancer, also named Maria...
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Two small-time crooks, Nicolas Pappas and Léon Dubois, offer their services to gangster boss Jo Laguerre. When their attempt to pull off a hold-up ends in dismal failure, Nicolas and Léon are sent to kill a rival gangster. Laguerre is not impressed when his two new recruits botch this operation and sends his hitmen after them....
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Lucien Pélépan, director of a major building firm in Toulouse, isn’t too pleased when he learns that three of his associates - the Robinhoude brothers – have managed to lose the ten million francs that he owes his notary, Laprise. His only way out is to borrow money from his company, without his boss knowing...
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During World War II... When their combat aircraft is shot down by the Germans, three English airmen parachute to the comparative safety of Nazi occupied France. One lands on the scaffold of an amiable painter and decorator, Augustin. Another lands on top of a concert hall and is rescued by the irascible but patriotic conductor Stanislas Lefort...
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Monsieur Septime is the pompous manager of a chic Parisian restaurant on the Champs-Elysées, feared by his staff but loathed by his temperamental head chef. When a South American president is kidnapped one evening during a dinner at his restaurant, Septime’s life takes a dramatic turn. The police concoct a scheme to draw the kidnappers out into the open...
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Paul is a young man who has just completed his military service. He meets Madeleine, an attractive young woman who is an aspiring pop singer, and tries to chat her up. The two go out together and ultimately end up in bed together – albeit with Madeleine’s two friends, Elisabeth and Catherine. Paul is an idealist who supports the anti-Vietnam war movement...
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One-time gangster Antoine Beretto is now enjoying a peaceful retirement on the coast, where he manages a successful boating club. One day, he receives a visit from one of his former accomplices who asks him for a substantial loan. The money will be rapid by a crook named Michalon, who is now in hiding in Nice. Antoine sets out to recover his money…...
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The criminal mastermind Fantômas returns with a new dastardly scheme: to impose a right-to-live tax on the rich. One of his victims, the wealthy Lord McRaschley, has no intention of giving in to Fantômas’ threats. He invites Juve and Fandor to his castle in Scotland to lure the master criminal into a trap...
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Monsieur Bosquier, the proprietor of a private school, is far from pleased when his eldest son, Philippe, fails his end of year exams. He decides to send his wayward offspring to England to improve his English. In exchange, Philippe’s host, a wealthy whisky distiller, Mac Farrel, will send his daughter, Shirley, to live with the Bosquiers in France...
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One morning, a wealthy business man Bertrand Barnier receives a visit from one of his employees, Christian Martin, who demands both his daughter’s hand in marriage and a substantial pay rise. When Barnier refuses, Christian reveals that he has embezzled a small fortune from the company’s funds, with which he has bought a suitcase full of jewels...
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A party of American tourists land at Paris Airport and embark on a one-day sightseeing tour of the French capital. The famous landmarks have long since been replaced by towering office blocks and only a few signs of old Paris remain – for example, an old woman selling flowers on a street corner. Meanwhile, Monsieur Hulot has an appointment with an important official...
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Goubi, the idiot in a small rural town, has two dreams: to marry the mayor’s daughter Berthe and to visit Paris. He may not have much chance of getting the girl he wants, but he does get to see his favourite city. When he drinks himself unconscious, his two friends are compelled to take him with them in their to the Halles market in Paris...
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Alexandre has a happy life, living by himself with his dog. As the saying goes, ’Being a Bachelor is Being a Sultan’. He doesn’t have women to bother him, nor any other person to be responsible for. Some may consider him an anti-social person, as he likes to stay at home, relying on his dog to do his shopping...
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After having being discharged from the army for lapses of discipline, a 20-year old Antoine Doinel seems ill-equipped to cope with civilian life. He first gets a job as a night watchman in a hotel, but is soon given the sack. He is then recruited as a private detective by an agency, his first assignment being to trail a magician with a secret love life...
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Having lived a sheltered childhood, in which his sole companion was his tutor Camille, Benjamin reaches adolescence with no knowledge of the outside world or the sins and passions that afflict mortal men. Aged 17, he goes to live with his aunt and uncle, libertine aristocrats who inhabit a grand château and who have known nothing of his austere life...
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Armand Favrot decides to put his erstwhile gangster career firmly behind him when he moves to the small town of Honfleur. To the locals, he appears to be an upstanding citizen, generously buying tombola tickets and ferrying children to Switzerland for their holidays. In truth, he continues his trade as a jeweller smuggler to pay for his retirement...
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Concerned by the harmful effect that watching too much television is having on his pupils, Parisian schoolteacher Armand Saint-Just decides it is time to go on the offensive. No more petitions, discussions, meetings and pamphlets. Now it is time to act! With the assistance of Missenard, a militant P.E. teacher, and Benjamin...
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At the start of the summer holidays, the Saint-Tropez police launch a major offensive against dangerous drivers. Marechal Cruchot relishes the assignment, which he pursues with a manic zeal. Whilst chasing a speeding Mercedes, he himself ends up committing driving offences, for which he is severely reprimanded. Later, Cruchot finds the speeding car parked outside his police barracks and he...
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