Le doulos / Le Doulos / The Finger Man (1963)
Crime | Thriller
A burglar betraying other criminals, prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend that might be as untrustworthy as he.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Philippe Nahon, Philippe March
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Casque d'Or / Casque d'or (1952)
Crime | Drama | Romance
In an open-air dance hall, the members of Leca's gang are relaxing with their ladies. One of them, Marie, aka "Casque d'Or" (Golden Helmet) meets Manda, a carpenter. Her man Roland belongs to the jealous kind, and Leca himself has his eye on her. A story of love, death, friendship and jealousy during the Belle Epoque.
Starring: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières
Director: Jacques Becker
Fantastica (1980)
Drama | Musical
In this oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a factory from being built over an old-growth forest.
Starring: Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, Serge Reggiani, Claudine Auger, John Vernon
Director: Gilles Carle
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Comedy | Drama
After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But almost immediately he meets and falls in love with Margaret…
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Nicky Tesco, Joe Strummer, Serge Reggiani
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Casque d'or / Casque d'Or / Golden Marie (1952)
Crime | Drama | Romance
Classic French underworld drama set in Paris at the turn of the century. When Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani) falls for Marie (Simone Signoret), he faces the wrath of her boyfriend, the petty crook Roland (William Sabatier). Gang boss Felix (Claude Dauphin) who secretly lusts after Marie, orders the two to fight it out for her hand, hoping to eliminate his love rival. When his boyhood friend is subsequently framed for the murder, Georges, not realising Felix's involvement, does the decent thing and turns himself in to the police. The tragedy is complete when Georges discovers Felix's role in his downfall, escapes from custody, and kills Felix.
Starring: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Odette Barencey
Director: Jacques Becker
Les aventuriers / The Last Adventure (1967)
Adventure | Drama
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot. Going with them is Laetitia, an artistic young woman who treats them like brothers, plays along with their schemes, makes sculptures of found objects, and dreams of buying an old fort off the coast of Provence. The Congo tip turns out to be a double cross, and the adventurers must pick up the pieces. A trip to southern France completes a circle.
Starring: Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Joanna Shimkus, Serge Reggiani, Hans Meyer
Director: Robert Enrico
