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
Hibernatus (1969)
Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved he is brought back to life in the 1960s. His descendants take care of him: to spare him the cultural shock they behave so to make believe it's 1905 and they are his cousins, uncle…
Starring: Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Gensac, Bernard Alane, Annick Alane
Director: Edouard Molinaro
L'emmerdeur / A Pain in the Ass (1973)
Comedy
Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
Starring: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier, Jean-Pierre Darras, Nino Castelnuovo
Director: Édouard Molinaro
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
Oscar (1967)
Comedy
One morning, a wealthy business man Bertrand Barnier receives a visit from one of his employees, Christian Martin, who demands both his daughter’s hand in marriage and a substantial pay rise. When Barnier refuses, Christian reveals that he has embezzled a small fortune from the company’s funds, with which he has bought a suitcase full of jewels. When Christian offers to hand over the suitcase, Barnier agrees to the marriage, without realising that Martin’s girlfriend is not really his daughter at all, but a poor girl who is just pretending that Barnier is her father. Before he discovers the truth, Barnier learns that his real daughter is pregnant, by his ex-chauffeur Oscar who has just set off for a polar expedition. Eager to avoid a scandal, Barnier attempts to bribe Christian into marrying his real daughter…
Starring: Roger Van Hool, Louis de Funès, Claude Rich, Mario David, Germaine Delbat
Director: Edouard Molinaro
