Les Femmes savantes

Les Femmes savantes

1966

Directed by Jean Pignol

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The Two Girls

The Two Girls · 1951

A famous singer disappears in a plane crash. Her two little girls are given a new home by their grandfather. Unfortunately the good man has an old housekeeper who goes out of her way to make their lives impossible. In desperation the two brats run away to Paris. Meanwhile, the girl's father manages to steal important documents. In the end, Gaby and Ginette track down their mother who had not got killed at all. All is well that ends well.

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L'Ampélopède

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In a village located in the central French region of Sologne, a young girl notes the negative effects of urbanization on her environment; then she imagines the appearance of the Ampélopède, a strange creature living in the woods.

L'Avare

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L'Envolée belle

L'Envolée belle · 1969

L'Envolée belle

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Two tourists in Provence meet an old naive peasant painter who tells them the extraordinary story that happened in the village in 1890: Amédée, the teacher, succeeded in stealing.

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Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur

Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur · 1980

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Jamaican Man

Jamaican Man · 1950

Jacques Mervel, also known as "L'Homme de la Jamaïque" makes use of his talents as a gun runner in Tangiers, Morocco. After triumphing over a rival gang, he decides to quit the job and to start a new life with Vicky, a pretty young nurse. In Paris, a doctor lets him know that he is affected by leprosy. In desperation, Jacques runs away from Vicky to spare her. When she realizes the reason why Jacques has disappeared from her life, she joins him with a view to helping him fight the disease.

Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge · 1970

Le Cercle Rouge

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When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

Jo la Romance

Jo la Romance · 1949

For love, the singer Georges Hyverlin gives up his profession to work with his father-in-law in his car factory. When the passion for song takes him back, he manages to resume his career thanks to the support of his wife Martine.

La Bataille du feu

La Bataille du feu · 1949

La Bataille du feu

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Activities and exploits of firefighters in the context of a village then the capital and under the bombardments of the Second World War where the saving of lives was more important than that of factories.

Tout Va Bien

Tout Va Bien · 1972

A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.

Keep an Eye on Amelia

Keep an Eye on Amelia · 1949

Keep an Eye on Amelia

A young woman's comfortable life with her boyfriend is disrupted when he leaves for military duty, entrusting her to a playboy friend seeking a fake marriage for inheritance. Complications arise as a prince enters the scene, pursuing her romantically.

Fièvres

Fièvres · 1942

Despite a perfect marriage and a superb career as a singer, Jean Dupray cheats on his wife. She dies while listening to the song he dedicated to her, "Maria". He then retired to the south where he led a life in complete anonymity. But his best friend's fiancé recognizes him and seduces him. Following a fight with his best friend, he decides to return to order by becoming a monk.

Last Hour, Special Edition

Last Hour, Special Edition · 1949

Last Hour, Special Edition

A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an investigation into the death of a pianist whom he claims to have been murdered. To dazzle his wife, a reporter for the newspaper, he disguises the facts in such a way that the police suspect him, then declare him guilty. It takes a number of adventures to get him out of this mess and get him back into his section.

Branquignol

Branquignol · 1949

In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.

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