Yves Afonso

A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.

Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. He lives quietly, alone with his almost grown-up son, Bernard. One day, the police come and say Bernard murdered a FACTORY OWNER. Superintendent Guiboud asks Michel for help. But Michel realizes how little he knows about his son. He also starts to feel he is unable to blame his son. (imdb)

In this free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler, the Chicago Eight become microcosms of French revolutionary society, and Godard and Gorin play Lenin and Karl Rosa, respectively, discussing politics and how to show them through the cinema.

"Maine-Ocean" is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi, another traveler and also a lawyer, helps her. The four of them will meet together later and live a few shifted adventures with a strange-speaking sailor (Mimi's client). (imdb)

In this movie, someone is using a pirate radio broadcast to dish the dirt on the lives of the elite of a small French town. Among the suspects for this increasingly damaging activity are a cynical journalist and an unusually honest cop. The story proceeds to a climax in the town's church, while the increasingly vituperative townspeople clash with one another. (Allrovi)

The young judge Fayard is not afraid of anybody as he does his work honestly. (imdb)

Nicole Armingault to believe his three lovers she is pregnant. After that they gave the money to have an abortion, she robs her lawyer then becomes transvestite in Paris. (Wikipedia)

Gérard, CEO of the factory "People's Voice", decided to close its plant in dismissing its entire staff, starting with Jean Barbier, chief of staff, Phil Dechambre. These will practice several professions. One night after winning a portion of casino games, they are taken hostage by Charles Roger Chabot, TV presenter fired ... (Allocine)

Whe police find Simone seated near her husband's corpse it's predictable that she's charged with the murder. Jean-Pierre Laubray is appointed counsel for defence. He begins inquiry into the case and he finds out that the murdered man had killed a barman in a robbery the night before. He finds out as well he was a leg-man of Cristiani for his election campaign. He tries to contact Juliette, Cristiani's daughter, and he discovers that also Bruno, her brother, died the same night in an accident... (imdb)

During World Business Forum,some influential guests have assembled at Hotel Charles VII including governor of Iowa's wife and her former husband who is waiting outside the hotel. (imdb)

A corrupt politician, who is also a drug dealer, becomes the target of a hitman.

João is the spiritual heir (the term he prefers to bastard) of Manuel Brandão, his dying godfather, and at the same time the political leader of a small party of a disintegrating governmental coalition. (imdb)

A French lieutenant, assigned to an old fortified building in the forest of the Ardennes in the autumn of 1939, awaits the outbreak of World War II together with a few men.

Fifi Flores is the protagonist of "The Easter Egg", a successful comedy playing in Paris. Everything seems to be going well, but suddenly the writer/director falls victim to a cabal. To avenge his enemies, he decides to rewrite his play, thus setting off a series of disasters. (mubi.com)

An isolated gentleman who lies about having a pet dog in order to collect scraps for dinner from a local butcher. It all goes wrong though when his neighbors become more and more pushy about meeting the imaginary creature, a fact that forces Michel's life to take a very ironic and quite horrifically funny turn. (official website)

Two friends work as entertainers and prostitutes to raise enough money for their dream home. (imdb)

Jean Delvaux, nicknamed don Juan, is found dead. Was he murdered or did he kill himself? The investigation is assigned to Det. Montijoux, a disillusioned man. It leads him to the beautiful Emeline Silvani, who's suspected to be the dead man's lover.