Julien Verdier

Rene is not a bright guy. He was taught to kill by the Resistance. But the WW2 is over and he keeps on killing. He is condemned to death. In jail, expecting the presidential pardon, he mets other condemned men. An anti-capital punishment drama, written and directed by a former lawyer. (imdb)

On the occasion of his fiftieth birthday, divisional commissioner François Basquier recalls his professional career.

In a mountainside village, where the sun never shines in winter, the old prophet Anzevui announces that, in this year 1937, war will break out and the sun will never shine again. The village is divided into two camps: those who resign themselves to the news, such as Arlettaz who drowns his sorrow in alcohol, and those who keep the torch of hope alight, such as Cyprien who sets out to find the sun. He returns exhausted but a young girl, Isabelle, takes up his struggle... (imdb)

A retired clown goes back to visit the neighbourhood where he used to live, for the funeral of his ex-wife. There he finds old friends with whom he had lost contact. (imdb)