Beauty and the Beast

The story of a gentle-hearted beast in love with a simple and beautiful girl. She is drawn to the re

Fantomas Unleashed

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand wit

Fantomas

Fantômas is a man of many disguises. He uses maquillage as a weapon. He can impersonate anyone using

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening

Operation Double Cross

In Barcelona, secret agent Antoine Donadieu thwarts the plans of a Nazi scientist.

Orpheus

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydi

Captain Fracasse

A ruined Baron Philippe de baron, meets one day a troupe of traveling actors led by Herod. Attracted

Donkey Skin

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.

The Glass Castle

Evelyne, a judge's young wife, falls in love with Rémy while vacationing in Italy. Upon returning ho

Thomas the Impostor

In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princes

Luchino Visconti

A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatrica

Stealing Beauty

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a fam

Testament of Orpheus

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he

Le Notti Bianche

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

King on Horseback

Henri La Tour, a strolling player, is also a daring adventurer. So, when, after accomplishing a bril

The Storm Within

Young Michel is in love with the attractive Madeleine, so he decides to tell his parents of his inte

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

A profile of Jean-Paul Belmondo by his peers. Besides appearing in over eighty films, the actor also

Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas

A father tells his story to his eight-year-old son. Pictures of his past in Algeria come back in fla

The Eternal Return

A retelling of Tristan and Isolde set in 1940s France.

Leathernose

After being hurt in the face, Count de Roger Tinchebraye is forced to hide his disfigured face behin

Royal Affairs in Versailles

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocra

Carmen

Carmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Roman

Les Miserables

In France during World War II, a poor and illiterate man, Henri Fortin, is introduced to Victor Hugo

If Paris Were Told to Us

Historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry follows the the history of Paris from its found

The Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

Julietta

Julietta Valendor is in love with lawyer André Landrecourt. He is unaware of her feelings. He puts h

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain

The story of Fantômas, the first villain of modernity, from his birth in 1911 as a novel character t

The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the

Elena and Her Men

Set amid the military maneuvers and Quatorze Juillet carnivals of turn-of-the-century France, Jean R

The Hawk

The wife of a Hungarian gentleman tires of helping him cheat and becomes the mistress of a diplomat.

Étienne

Étienne, a very sensitive being, watches helplessly as his mother suffers from his father's infideli

Bizarre, Bizarre

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pret

Le Patriote

The reign of Tsar Paul I and the intrigues of his friend, Governor Pahlen, to rid the country of the

The Hunchback of Paris

Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called

The Pavilion Burns

Denise, a young employee of the mine, is courted by the engineer Risay while she is engaged to Danie

The Royalists

The Marquis de Montauran was appointed to command the Chouans whose first two revolts were crushed.

Captain Blood

Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean

The Image Book

In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, tele

The Iron Mask

The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical

The Mysteries of Paris

The Marquis Rodolphe de Sombrueil accidentally runs over a working man with his carriage and helps h

Life Together

The writer Pierre Carot became rich and famous with his book "Life as a Couple", which was based on

Blood on His Sword

Charles le Temeraire asks in marriage Jeanne de Beauvais, daughter of King Louis XI, wishing to get

Princess of Cleves

When a young teen marries the Prince of Cleves, more than twice her age, she automatically becomes a

Killer Spy

The most secret agent Stanislas Dubois, tired of saving the world alone decides to retire and to sta

The Saint Lies in Wait

Oscar Chartier plays a dangerous double game by selling secret plans to the German and American secr

A Girl in a Pocket

A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female

Voyage Without Hope

Gohelle, escaped from prison, seeks to flee occupied France for Argentina. The captain of a cargo sh

Romulus and the Sabines

The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome

Le Jouet criminel

A couple abducts an "angel" for their entertainment, who will escape with the help of an old man.

The Eagle with Two Heads

Political intrigue and psychological drama run parallel. The queen is in seclusion, veiling her face

The Reluctant Spy

Stanislas Dubois is the manager of a successful advertising agency. One day, he comes up against an

Ivory Coast Adventure

An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs

School for Love

At the Conservatory of Vienna the students only have eyes for their beautiful singing teacher, tenor

Pontius Pilate

The events that culminated with the Passion of Christ seen from the perspective of Pontius Pilate, t

Seven Guys and a Gal

Italy during the Napoleonic wars: A French General and his Adjutant are separated from their unit ge

The Queen's Lover

Exiled from the court of Spain, Don Salluste, the chief of police, wants to take revenge on the Quee

Boom on Paris

In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Noha

Miracles Only Happen Once

1939 : what a beautiful year for Claudia and Jerôme. No sooner do they meet that they are under each

Friends of the family

Leon Rollo whose nickname is "Patate" is an inventor adored by his wife and is daughter. He is mostl

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love bot

Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

In a little town with a renowned college a female student is found after she was hogtied and strangl

Love, Madame

Madame Célerier is determined to marry off her son François to a rich and haughty woman but François

The Invincible Swordsman

Lovers are united by a political and royal coup within the court of King Louis XIII.

At World's End

An english tv-team discovers a special white flower in the indonesian rainforest, but they never get

Parking

Rock star Orpheus writes love songs for Eurydice, who designs his album covers. Torn between her and

The Adventurer

A scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (

Voice of Silence

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover t

Le Bonheur

Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but

Napoleon

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. T

Soleil éteint

The New Men

Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Mor

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of hi

In the Eyes of Memory

Director Jean Delannoy's immediate followup to his brilliant Les Jeux sont Faits was the more conven

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

This documentary consists mainly of archive interviews of Jean Cocteau, and it features interesting

The Four-Poster Bed

In his prison cell, the composer Remi Bonvent composed an opera, The columns bed. The director of th

Napoléon II, the Eagle

The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries,

Diamond Rush

Traumatized by the War of Algeria and by the accidental death of his wife and his son, Manu left the

The Provocation

An expedition of archaeology students in Israel.

The Secret of Mayerling

On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetser

The Lovers of Midnight

Marcel, rich and alone for Christmas, invite Françoise to celebrate with him. Soon, the fairy tale t

Every Day Has Its Secret

Given up for dead three years ago in a plane crash in the Amazon rainforest, a young woman arrives i

Le Scandale

A woman suffers ill repute when she deserts her husband for a fling with an adventurer and gives the

Screening at the Majestic

More than fifty years after its making, we return to the set of Jean Cocteau's 1946 film "La Belle e

Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl

Goubbiah is a Yugoslav sponge fisherman. He loves Trinida, but she is promised to Peppo, the village

S.O.S. Noronha

In 1930, on the island of Noronha in Brazil, the inmates of the penitentiary revolt. Frédéric Coulib

Shipwrecked Children

Eight children of a wrecker live together on a strange island, in a supernatural happiness. Until th

Damia: Concert en velours noir

Documentary on the singer Damia made for TV.

The Whole Town Accuses

François is the benefactor of the town; but later on, all the inhabitants turn against him.

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos

The Call of Destiny

Young conductor Roberto Lombardini has never known his father who is actually a former musician, a f

Let’s Go Up the Champs-Élysées

The history of one of France's most famous streets is retold, featuring multiple performances from G

Cherchez l'idole

After stealing a diamond from Mylène Demongeot, Richard hides it inside a guitar. But on returning t

The World of Jacques Demy

Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacq

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and

The Healer

Pierre Laurent, a former doctor, has established himself as a renowned healer in Brittany. A young g

Lien de parenté

In this drama, the popular French film star of the '30s and '40s Jean Marais plays Victor, a disgrun

Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

Writer / director Jacques Demy and actors Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais are interviewed on the s

Jean Marais par Jean Marais

Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

I misteri di Roma

A day in Rome viewed by sixteen different directors under the supervision of the great screenwriter