Le dos au mur / Back to the Wall (1958)
Crime | Drama
A wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Oury, Philippe Nicaud, Claire Maurier, Gérard Buhr, George Cusin
Director: Édouard Molinaro
Merveilleuse Angélique / Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)
Adventure | History | Romance
This is the second in the Angélique series. Picking up where the previous adventure ended, Angélique joins her childhood friend Nicolas and his band of bandits. But when tragedy hits, the beautiful and ever resourceful Angélique finds a way to move on. She rescues her children, becomes a successful businesswoman by running her own restaurant, and becomes entangled in politics. But where will her heart lead her next…?
Starring: Michèle Mercier, Claude Giraud, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Giuliano Gemma, Claire Maurier
Director: Bernard Borderie
La cage aux folles / Birds of a Feather (1978)
Comedy
Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try conceal their lifestyle…
Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier
Director: Edouard Molinaro
The 400 Blows / Les quatre cents coups (1959)
Crime | Drama
François Truffaut first feature, The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups), is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut life-long cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), The 400 Blows sensitively re-creates the trials of Truffaut own difficult childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. The film marks Truffaut passage from leading critic of the French New Wave to his emergence as one of Europe most brilliant auteurs.
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Robert Beauvais, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decomble
Director: François Truffaut
