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Scapin the Schemer

  Scapin constantly lies and tricks people to get ahead. He is an arrogant, pompous man who acts as if nothing were impossible for him. However, he is also a Read More

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

  The film consists of four episodes in the relationship of two young women: Reinette, a country girl, and Mirabelle, a Parisian. The first episode, L’Heure Bleue/The Blue Hour, recounts Read More

Let’s Rob the Bank

  Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family’s life savings in an African mine, on his banker’s recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers Read More

The Grand Maneuver

  Armand de la Verne, a lieutenant in the French cavalry and a notorious seducer, undertakes a bet that he will “obtain the favours” of a woman selected secretly by Read More

The Dinner Game

  To amuse themselves at a weekly dinner, a few well-heeled folk each bring a dimwit along who is to talk about his pastime. Each member seeks to introduce a Read More

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

  The film tells the story of a ménage à trois in which two men share a woman, Solange, to cure her of an unexplained depression, with many symptoms. Everyone, Read More

Day for Night

  A film director (François Truffaut) tries to get his movie made while observing the real-life dramas in his actors’ lives. Fading icon Severine (Valentina Cortese) forgets her lines when Read More

Grisbi

  Gentleman gangster Max (Jean Gabin) and his partner, Riton (René Dary), pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they Read More

Every Other Weekend

  Camille, a mercurial César-winning actress, has seen better times. Estranged from her husband, she’s with her children only every other weekend. It’s her weekend, but her agent has booked Read More

La Cérémonie

  The upper-class owner of a gallery, Catherine Lelievre, hires the efficient and quiet maid Sophie to work in the family manor in the French countryside. Her husband Georges Lelievre, Read More