Madeleine Robinson

Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin... (imdb)

An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him.(imdb)

Leda, the flirt of Monsieur Marcoux is murdered. His wife and the police think, that the murderer was the milk-man, the friend of the maid, but Marcoux' daughter's fiance Lazo, who is aware of the corrupt situation in that family doesn't agree with them. (imdb)

Lyrical drama about a doomed, decadent society, exploring the torrid sentimental turmoil of its central characters against the luminous Provençal landscape and against social relations in the world of work. (bfi.org.uk)

During the cold and rainy off-season a man (Gérard Philipe) arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town... (Wikipedia)

After discovering that his father, a prosecutor, sentenced a man to a life sentence under dubious circumstances, Etzel sets out to uncover the truth.

Three screenwriters pooled their talents for the French racetrack drama Duke of the Derby. Jean Gabin plays a handicapper who's been living high on the hog (or horse) for years. While playing the ponies at Britain's Epson Downs, Gabin finally outsmarts himself. The rest of the story concerns his feverish efforts to recoup his former glory. (AllMovie)

Professor Jean River has been receiving phone calls which accuse him of murder. The plot thickens when a teddy bear arrives by mail.

Pierrot, mechanician in Paris, falls madly for an older woman, a chemist, who at first refuses his love. Finally she accepts his love when she discovers she is affected by a deadly illness. In the background we see everyday stories of a community of Pierrot's younger and older friends.

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for a woman she met just before the accident. This Cornell Woolrich (William Irish) suspense novel was also filmed as Mrs. Winterbourne. (imdb)

A horse dealer is making his way across the mountains in a snowstorm when he is suddenly attacked by a stranger. His assailant is Jean-Baptiste, a reclusive man known locally as the Bellman. Having killed the horse dealer, Jean-Baptiste flees with his gold. He intends to share these ill-gotten gains with Fabret, a simpleminded old man whose daughter he has taken a fancy to. In fact, Fabret's daughter, Catherine, is in love with another man, a woodcutter named Peter.

Les Chouans is set during the dark days of the French Revolution. The title translates as "The Royalists," and indeed the protagonists are a group of French refugees loyal to the toppled royal family. Operating in Brittany, the royalists make a courageous if futile stand against the Republican army and the pro-revolution police. Based on a novel by Honore de Balzac, the film's screenplay was surreptitiously updated to include a few pro-left sentiments. (Hal Erickson, Rovi)

In a French mining town, a man is injured in a rockfall. He recuperates in his best friend's house, cared for by his friend's wife, who longs to run away. Mistaking her interest in him for love, he becomes jealous when he suspects her of having an affair with the pit boss.

A 15 year-old boy falls in love with an older woman, but later discovers that she is a prostitute.

Between 11 and 12 one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot whilst walking in a subway in Paris. The case is assigned to Inspector Carrel, who is Vidauban's perfect double. Using his resemblance to the arch criminal, Carrel manages to infiltrate in Vidauban's circle of acquaintances and contacts. He becomes embroiled in a bizarre web of intrigue and discovers no shortage of possible murder suspects, all of whom appear to be surprised to see him still alive. (letterboxd.co

Gervais and his friend Bernard, two prisoners of war, manage to escape from the camp where they are held. Bernard is determined to take refuge with Hélène, a woman with whom he has been carrying on a romance by correspondence and Gervais agrees to accompany him. Unfortunately, Bernard is killed by a train before they get to destination. Gervais then decides to present himself to Hélène who, never having seen Bernard, mistakes the newcomer for him.

After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order. (imdb)

When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him,he thinks of killing both of them.

A prostitute takes back her child, a boy who does not even know how to play.