LE PLAISIR

LE PLAISIR (HOUSE OF PLEASURE) (director/writer: Max Ophuls; screenwriters: from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant/Jacques Natanson; cinematographers: Philippe Agostini ("Le Modèle")/Christian Matras ("Le Masque" and "La Maison Tellier");…

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LE SAMOURAI

LE SAMOURAI (director/writer: Jean-Pierre Melville; screenwriter: based on the novel The Ronin by Joan McLeod; cinematographer: Henri Decaë; editors: Monique Bonnot/Yolande Maurette; music: François De Roubaix; cast: Alain Delon (Jeff…

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LES ANGES DU PECHE

LES ANGES DU PECHE (ANGELS OF SIN) (ANGELS OF THE STREET) (Filles de l'exil) (director/writer: Robert Bresson; screenwriter: Père Bruckberger/Jean Giraudoux; cinematographer: Philippe Agostini; editor: Yvonne Martin; music: Jean-Jacques Grünenwald;…

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LES BICHES

LES BICHES (THE DOES) (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: Paul Gégauff; cinematographer: Jean Rabier; editor: Jacques Gaillard; cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant (Paul Thomas), Jacqueline Sassard (Why), Stéphane Audran (Frédérique), Henri Attal (Robèque),…

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LES BONNES FEMMES

LES BONNES FEMMES (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: Paul Gégauff; cinematographer: Henri Decae; editor: Jacques Gaillard; music: Pierre Jansen/Paul Misraki; cast: Bernadette Lafont (Jane), Clotilde Joano (Jacqueline), Stephane Audran (Ginette), Lucille…

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LES COMPERES

  LES COMPERES (aka: THE COMDADS) (director/writer: Francis Veber; screenwriter: story by Francis Veber; cinematographer: Claude Agostini; editor: Marie Sophie Dubus; music: Vladimir Cosma; cast: Anny Duperey (Christine Martin), Pierre…

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LES COUSINS

LES COUSINS (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: Paul Gégauff; cinematographer: Henri Decaë; editor: Jacques Gaillard; cast: Jean-Claude Brialy (Paul), Gerard Blain (Charles), Juliette Mayniel (Florence), Claude-Cerval (Clovis); Runtime: 103; AJYM; 1959-France-in…

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SILENCE OF THE SEA, THE

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SILENCE OF THE SEA, THE (LE SILENCE DE LA MER)(director/writer/editor: Jean-Pierre Melville; screenwriter: based on a story by Vercors; cinematographer: Henri Decaë; cast: Howard Vernon (Werner Von Ebrennac), Nicole Stéphane…

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LES MISERABLES

LES MISERABLES (director: Richard Boleslawski; screenwriters: from a Victor Hugo novel/W.P. Lipscomb; cinematographer: Gregg Toland; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Fredric March ( Jean Valjean), Charles Laughton (Inspector…

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