Jacques Viot

1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States. (Criterion Collection)

Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy... (imdb)

A young prisoner finds himself mysteriously set free into a village of people who have lost their memory. There he meets Juliette who leads him to a stange castle.

Police surround the apartment of apparent murderer Joe Adams, who refuses to surrender although escape appears impossible. During the siege, Joe reflects on the circumstances that led him to this situation. (IMDb)

A hotel in the back streets of Paris has a bad reputation because of its owners shady dealings, much to her daughter's chagrin. When an man shows up looking to hide out after a crime things turn tense.

Intrigue follows a French traveling circus when the lion tamer's husband seeks refuge after escaping from prison.

An escaped convict arrives seeks refuge at a circus where his lover and son work.

The story of Marie-Martine,told backwards.