The films of
Philippe Nicaud

Les Amoureux sont seuls au monde (1948)
Henri Decoin
  Meurtres (1950)
Richard Pottier
  Miquette et sa mère (1950)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
 
     
 [More...]   Meurtres broaches the eternally controversial subject of euthanasia with the compassion and wisdom you would not have expected from the time at which it was made...  [More...]    [More...]  

Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955)
Gilles Grangier
  Le Dos au mur (1958)
Edouard Molinaro
  Voulez-vous danser avec moi? (1959)
Michel Boisrond
 
     
This lesser known Fernandel comedy features the great French comic hero in one of his most poignant roles. The fragility of the May to September love affair is beautifully characterised...  [More...]    [More...]    [More...]  

Les Veinards (1963)
Philippe de Broca
     
     
Much of this episodic comic film feels dated even by the standards of the early 1960s, and its all-star billing is largely wasted on the lacklustre material contrived by Jean Girault and his cohorts...  [More...]      





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