Accused of murdering his wife, Raymond Denis engages the lawyer Claude
Nogent to defend him in court. It turns out that Raymond's wife
committed suicide because she didn't want anyone to know her child's
paternity. In defending Denis, Claude is surprised to learn that
he is the child's father...
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.