René Allio

Madame Bertini, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life in squalour. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her. (Wikipedia.org)

Les Camisards brings events to the screen from the period in French history in which King Louis XIV ordered all Protestants to convert to Catholicism. (allmovie)

Based on documents compiled by leading French philosopher Michel Foucault, this film charts the gruesome events which took place in a Normandy village in 1835. With a cast made up of real-life villagers from the area where the events took place, serve to create an intense and sometimes disturbing atmosphere of hyper-realism. Details of the crime and of the trial are told from varied perspectives, including the written confession of Pierre himself. (Tartan DVD)