Synopsis :
Professor Winckler murders his wife's lover. The Master of Black Magic then gives a huge sum of money to Hélène, a taxi-girl in a nightclub where he works, to say that she had spent the fateful night in his company. Hélène accepts at first but when she learns of the crime, she wants to back out of the deal. Winckler scares her so badly with his threats that she agrees to keep her mouth shut. A young inspector suspecting a fake alibi courts the young woman to get her to tell the truth.

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Marie goes to Ouessant island to replace an old physician. The young doctor's skills and dedication are such that she earns the locals' acceptance. André, an engineer temporarily living in the area, asks her to marry him. If Marie agrees to follow the man she loves, she will have to give up her job. Despite her initial reluctance, she finally consents. However, realizing that he cannot drag her away from her calling, André leaves the island without a word.

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A young bargeman's wife is fed up with her dreary life on the barge, "l'Atalante". She takes off attracted to the bright city life, leaving her husband in deep despair, only to return to a cruelly disappointed woman. The quiet happiness of their life with Jules the old bargeman resumes its course. Restored and remastering version of Jean Vigo's masterpiece .

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Under the reign of Napoleon, François Vidocq cuts a notorious figure in the Parisian underworld: he is the only man to have escaped the country's most terrifying penal colonies. Left for dead after his last, spectacular escape, the former prisoner tries to pass himself off as a simple merchant. But his past catches up with him. After being falsely accused of murder, Vidocq makes a deal with the head of the Police: in exchange for his freedom, Vidocq will help the police fight the criminal classes. Despite obtaining exceptional results, he provokes the hostility of fellow police agents and the fury of criminals, who put a price on his head...

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François, a ten-year-old, abandoned child, was entrusted to the foster-care system. He lives with a host family in Lens in northern France: the Joignys who have a daughter, Josette. François usually gets into trouble and is even cruel to the family cat. Tired of his incontrollable behavior, the Joignys call the special educator and ask him to find a new home for François. François is then sent to live with an elderly couple, the Thierrys, the husband of which is a former resistance fighter and a retired miner. At "Gram and Pap's," François discovers a whole new family with a fifteen-year-old boy, Raoul, who is also a child of the French foster-car system. François seems to fit into this warm family. Yet once again, he commits new offenses, so he is sent to a rehabilitation center. The Thierrys receive a letter from him, in which he promises to do his best to return home for Christmas...

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Emilienne devotes her time to a young man who has always led a depraved life. Her strict admonitions in an attempt to instill honorable values in the man are to no avail. The young man changes his ways after meeting Anne, her young sister, and true love grows between the two. Emilienne's jealousy drives her to try and separate the two, but in vain. She finally realizes where her duty lies and devotes her life to relieving the suffering of others.

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A critical insight into the corruption, racism and intrigue besetting the capital of an African country in 1960. In this young independent nation, the integrity of the Minister of Health makes him embarrassing and he is executed. His mistress, a white woman, goes back to her former husband, who has been sent to the country on a cultural mission from France. The pair escapes lynching by the skin of their teeth and make it back to France with the help of police inspector Orlaville.

César Award for Best Sound

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A mysterious rendez-vous takes Patricia to Madame Tussaud's Museum in London. As she stands in front of the wax figure of Paul Mangin, she recalls her meeting with the man. Paul, a devout art-lover, sees Patricia as the reincarnation of a woman he thought he loved in Venice during the Renaissance. Patricia's fascination gives way to fear and she leaves him. Devastated, Paul says nothing when he is accused of a woman's murder, sentenced and executed. Seven years later, Patricia finds the evidence of his innocence in the museum.