Le beau Serge

Le beau Serge 1958

6.90

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

1958

The Battle of the Rails

The Battle of the Rails 1946

6.70

A 1946 war movie which tells the courageous efforts by French railway workers to sabotage Nazi reinforcement-troop trains.

1946

Les fanatiques

Les fanatiques 1957

5.40

RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising.

1957

Mystery Tour

Mystery Tour 1947

4.50

The basic premise: A retired bus driver fulfills his lifelong dream of providing an extended "voyage surprise" (the title is translated as "Mystery Tour") for unsuspecting vacationers. They soon realize, while riding in the old man's home-made bus, that he hasn't bothered to plan any kind of itinerary. As a result, they end up in completely preposterous situations, of course. Voyage surprise!

1947

Sunday Buddies

Sunday Buddies 1957

6.20

Casti and Trébois, two friends who are workers at the same factory, have developed a common passion for flying. They dream of starting an aviation club. In the meantime they spend all their Sundays restoring an old plane under the supervision of Raf, a former RAF pilot...

1957

Truant School

Truant School 1949

7.20

1920, in a small village in Provence. Monsieur Pascal, a young schoolteacher, is faced with a lack of interest from his pupils. He decides to radically change the methods employed by his predecessor. He listens to the children, draws inspiration from their discoveries and takes them out into nature. The pupils will rediscover the pleasure of learning, and he will rediscover the pleasure of teaching. But some parents and notables don't take kindly to this little revolution.

1949

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives 1951

1

Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although trailed by the latter, Stan, who is reporting on the movie world, manages to be hired by Mack Sennett. He makes his debut in Nevada, in the middle of gold diggers. After managing to clear his name he becomes, with Oliver Hardy, a big comedy star.

1951

L'oeil en coulisse

L'oeil en coulisse 1953

1

Wounded during a rugby match he'd come to Paris to play, Tonin Bonnafous, a thoroughbred southerner, settled in Paris with a former stalag mate he'd happily met. Tonin liked the asylum. His friends are charming, and there's a neighbor, Martine, a young cinema extra, whom Tonin finds to his liking. Through his electrician friend, Tonin gets a job on the radio, and through his young neighbor, he even gets a job as an extra in the cinema.

1953

In the Heart of the Thunderstorm

In the Heart of the Thunderstorm 1948

1

This documentary about WW II, composed of clandestine Allied film takes and German Wochenschaubilder, focuses on the French Resistance, especially the heroic but disastrous battle of the Vercors plateau in July 1944, where German troops mercilessly slaughtered the Maquis and the inhabitants.

1948

La Rose et le réséda

La Rose et le réséda 1947

1

The poem of the same name by Aragon is read in order to make a statement about the 1940s wartime French Resistance.

1947

April paths

April paths 1953

1

Chemins d'avril is a French short film directed by Édouard Molinaro, released in 1953.It is about a young boy on his way to school. He finds a rabbit in a trap.

1953