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Criterion Channel
78
72
7.2
/9556/
71
/184/
70
/236/
3.6
/14133/
100
/22/
83
/90/

Jour de Fête (1949)
Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle.
poster
65
33
7.0
/957/
63
/23/
62
/31/
3.5
/687/
62
/119/

Devil in the Flesh (1947)
In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
29
7.1
/723/
70
/15/
70
/26/
3.7
/1040/
67
/17/

The Woman Who Dared (1944)
The strength of a couple's fascination with airplanes and flight is to the detriment of their family.
poster
51
24
5.1
/591/
49
/27/
49
/42/
3.0
/304/
50

Peek-a-boo (1954)
A small-town policeman is informed that "naked women" are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Being the guardian of public morals that he is, he decides to stroll on down there and check it out for himself.
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?
5.4
/10/
40
/2/
10
/1/

Double or Quits (1952)
In Bourganeuf, an old maid, Charlotte Bourdier, confesses to Marie Chassagne that she has forged a sentimental intrigue by correspondence with the presenter of the Radio Circus, Zappy Max. Marie agrees to meet him when he comes, but she in turn falls in love with him, who confesses his love to her.
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?
5.8
/19/
10
/1/
45
/2/

Les Petites Cardinal (1951)
Napoleon III, the Commune, the third Republic in the background. In the foreground, two pretty, talented sisters, Virginie and Pauline Cardinal. They are ballerinas at the Opera de Paris and very much courted by wealthy, elegant men. They will manage to climb in the society of their time, despite parents set on respectability but also attracted by money.
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4.8
/11/
35
/2/
60
/2/

Rooster in dough (1952)
A famous lawyer is irritated to see his fiancée spending her time trying to educate Languille, a tramp. Wanting to discourage his Saint-Bernard side, he asks a young engineer to introduce himself to her, under the guise of a tramp. But his plan turns against him, because the young man falls in love with his beautiful.
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5.2
/30/
10
/1/
10
/1/

Girl from Maxim's (1950)
After a crazy night spent at Maxim's, Doctor Montgicourt returns home with the Môme Shrimp. General Petypon invites her to his castle for the engagement of his niece and Lieutenant Corrignon, the kid's lover. The reception is likely to be very busy...
poster
?
5.0
/14/
10
/1/

L’atomique Monsieur Placido (1950)
A gangster, thief of atomic formulas, has a double in the person of a naive musician. A music hall artist who makes eyes at the musician is deceived by the gangster who also takes advantage of the resemblance to track down a band of thugs who are chasing him. Virtue is ultimately rewarded.
poster
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5.2
/12/
10
/1/

The Unexpected Voyager (1950)
Marc, a photographer, works out of love to help Dany, a car thief, to get back on the right track: he offers her to work with him, as a model. But the former accomplices of the young woman compromise this action.
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10
/1/

A Night at a Honeymoon (1950)
Gaston wants more than anything to marry the naive Simone. But where he is, there is Sidonie, a local singer romantically pursued by the police commissionaire.
poster
?
6.5
/23/
50
/1/

Valse brillante (1949)
A prima donna hires a man to pretend to be her lover so as to protect her from an unwelcome suitor. Unbeknownst to her, he is a tenor in disguise.
poster
?
5.2
/15/
40
/2/
40
/1/

The Beautiful Image (1951)
One day, Raoul Cérusier realizes with amazement that his face has changed. With the exception of an old uncle, no one, not even his wife, recognizes him. From an ordinary, rather ugly man, he has become a charming young man on whom the prettiest girls turn, including his wife whom he seduces. Fortunately, he regains his old face in time and Madame Cérusier, losing a lover, finds her husband again.
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6.6
/64/
63
/3/

The Last Penny (1946)
Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.
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6.4
/77/
43
/3/
52
/3/

Au P'tit Zouave (1950)
Au p'tit Zouave, a café, sees a colorful clientele from working-class Paris. An assassin will shake up the daily life of the regulars.
poster
?
7.9
/12/

Les Rois de la flotte (1938)
Cruchadouze and Castaniet are two inseparable friends. One day they decide to leave Arcachon to try the adventure in Bordeaux. After various odd jobs, they come into contact with Betty Florent, the banker's wife. This one has just been contacted by a former accomplice who blackmails him by offering him an insurance scam. A big bonus on the head of a simpleton. Cruchadouze was passing by.
poster
?
6.5
/40/

Nights of Fire (1937)
19th Century Russia. State prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who murdered his wife's lover. Despite a robust defence from the brilliant young lawyer Serge Rostoff, the accused man is found guilty and will be deported to Siberia. Having spoken to the condemned man, Fedor Andreiev sees a disturbing parallel with his own life...
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?
5.4
/9/

Chansons de Paris (1934)
A street singer becomes the star of the circus but his pal Armand shows him who his real friends are.
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6.6
/36/
10
/1/
50
/4/

Sending of Flowers (1950)
Envoi de Fleurs is based on incidents in the life of French composer Paul Delmet. Played by popular French singing star Tino Rossi, Delmet is depicted as a man all too willing to give up personal happiness in favor of blind ambition. After carrying on a romance by correspondence with beautiful young Suzanne (Micheline Francey), Delmet is on the verge of marrying the girl. Instead, he allows himself to be talked out of leaving France to further his own career, with disastrous results for all concerned.
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?
4.8
/26/
80
/2/

Hoboes in Paradise (1945)
In a Provençal village, two jolly good fellows, Boule and Pons, decide to dress as Saint Anthony and Saint Nicholas for the distribution of presents to the children on the feast of Saint Nicholas. They unfortunately get killed by a cart and find themselves in Hell where Lucifer and his demons duly torment them. They are saved by a prayer which helps them to climb the stairway to Paradise. Saint Peter, taken in by the applicants' disguise, lets them in. When the two true Saints show up, trouble follows. Luckily, thanks to the intervention of the Virgin Mary, the two friends are acquitted at their celestial trial and allowed to return to Earth.
poster
66
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6.7
/245/
64
/5/
68
/15/

Three Sinners (1950)
A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.
poster
?
5.5
/93/
67
/4/
60
/4/

The Heroic Mr. Boniface (1949)
A simple man gets involved in an implausible story of gangsters in the wake of the discovery of a criminal's dead body in his own bed.
poster
60
?
5.8
/203/
62
/10/

Fun in the Barracks (1932)
The life of disorderly soldiers in the barracks dealing with daily routines.
poster
66
?
7.0
/150/
60
/4/
68
/8/

My Last Mistress (1943)
A renowned sculptor aged about fifty years, François Bressolles falls for the young Catherine Collet whom he convinces without difficulty to pose for him. Complications ensue when he starts to go blind.
poster
?
10
/1/
60
/1/

Bed for Two (1950)
Robert Bobin has been an assistant accountant for twenty years now and, although meek and obedient, is getting weary of his monotonous, limited life. He tries marriage but, unfortunately, Blanche, the nurse he marries, proves to be a shrew. One day, a miracle happens : Michèle, a young orphan and fellow-worker gradually develops tender feelings for him. But will Robert be able to overcome his mediocrity and grasp this unexpected opportunity to find happiness?
poster
72
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6.5
/117/
75
/2/
71
/7/

Marie-Martine (1943)
The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life with her. Will the scandal separate them?
poster
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5.8
/33/
54
/5/

Danger of Death (1947)
Loiseau the pharmacist mistakenly mixes potassium cyanide into a batch of cough syrup and sells five bottles. With horror he discovers his mistake and sets out to find the buyers. He finds only four. The fifth, not a regular customer, comes back to the pharmacy...
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?
5.1
/24/
30
/1/

Latin Quarter (1939)
A wealthy banker, bored with his life, heads to the Latin Quarter of Paris where he pretends to be a struggling artist. He falls in love with a student from the Sorbonne and moves into the same boarding house as her while continuing his pretence of poverty.
poster
?
5.3
/22/
35
/2/
60
/1/

Les femmes sont folles (1950)
Marguerite secretly loves a novelist whose face no one knows. The jealous husband sets up a scheme by asking an actor friend to play the novelist and behave in an execrable way in order to disgust his wife. But things never turn out the way you think they will.
poster
?
6.7
/19/

Orange Blossom (1932)
Not content to be an austere judge, M. de Méricourt is also a domestic tyrant. He terrorizes his son René to such an extent that the young man has dared not confess to him that he has married. As can be guessed, a lot of confusion ensues.
poster
Hoopla
64
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6.8
/380/
62
/7/
60
/6/

Cecile Is Dead (1944)
Cecile, a young girl who goes to the offices of the Judicial Police several times in a row to complain about nightly visits to the apartment she occupies with her aunt, is not taken seriously by the police until she the day she is found murdered.
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72
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6.7
/181/
85
/2/
66
/5/

Shop Girls of Paris (1943)
The struggles of a small business owner come to light in this film by director André Cayatte. The proprietor of a fabric shop, M. Baudu faces stiff competition when a department store moves in across the street, the first of its kind in 1860s Paris. On top of the stresses associated with the rival retailer, Baudu’s niece and two nephews take up residence with him after recently being orphaned. The niece, Denise Baudu, sees the writing on the wall for her uncle’s business so she takes a job as a shop girl with his competitor and despite her success the decision does not register well with the family.
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6.4
/42/
80
/1/
50
/1/

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.
poster
?
5.5
/19/

The Enchanted Road (1938)
The son of two teachers hits the road and becomes a singing success after being taken in as a protege by a kooky countess.
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10
/1/

Sylviane de mes nuits (1957)
Michel Lenoir, a successful interior designer, has reached the middle of his life without ever getting married. A bit blue over it he dreams one night of a beautiful young woman. When he wakes up he is persuaded that this is the girl meant for him. He can't help thinking about her, talking about her, drawing her figure, her face, her eyes on paper. He even gives her a name: Sylviane. Later on, as he is holidaying in Portugal, he notices a charming girl swimming in the pool he is in. No doubt about it : he has found Sylviane. He follows her, talks to her, woos her and they are soon married. However, back in Paris, Michel realizes that Betty, an articulate sports writer, is not the idealized woman his brain had conceived. Things go awry and the couple is about to separate when well-meaning friends intervene and open up Michel's eyes : he must base his love story on everyday reality not on idle dreaming.
poster
?
6.3
/102/
40
/3/
62
/10/

Crimson Curtain (1952)
Bertal, a despotic and hated theater director, is assassinated before a performance of Macbeth in which he was to play with Aurélia Nobli, his companion and Ludovic Arn, her lover. The police arrive on the scene and the investigation begins. Suspicion first falls on Sigurd, an old actor who had threatened Bertal. But parallels appear between the characters in the play and the actors who play them.
poster
63
?
6.6
/400/
63
/8/
62
/18/

The Last One of the Six (1941)
Paris, France. Commissaire Wens is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of one of six friends who, in the past, made a very profitable promise.
poster
?
6.2
/60/
90
/1/

Final Accord (1938)
A famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.
poster
?
6.3
/59/
70
/1/
70
/1/

Pontcarral, Empire Colonel (1942)
For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.
poster
?
6.7
/16/

The Ladies in the Green Hats (1937)
Arlette, a young orphan girl, is taken in by four spinster cousins, the eldest of whom, Telcide, is very authoritarian. Arlette befriends Marie, and arranges her sentimental affairs, which were at an impasse.
poster
?
4.5
/14/

Symphonie D'Amour (1936)
A ten-year old film when it was first released in the USA as "Symphonie D'Amour" in 1946. Panard (Fernand Gravet) is a talented composer who is having little success in his musical career. He is reduced to hiring out as a sandwich-board man to advertise what proves to be his own show. His girl, Jacqueline Francell, interests a Marquis in backing the show. She and Panard are happily reunited after the successful opening of his operetta.
poster
?
5.9
/11/
90
/1/

À nous deux, madame la vie (1937)
Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.
poster
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La Veuve et l'innocent (1949)
Nicole, a spirited lawyer, must defend, for her debut in the courtroom, the accused Panoyau. It is a failure, the death sentence. Furious, Nicole proclaims to Claude, her fiance, that the marriage is canceled as long as Panoyau is threatened. Claude manages to steal the guillotine and the couple go on a trip and discover the real assassin.
poster
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Tamara la complaisante (1938)
A man, enthralled by a peasant woman he encounters in Siberia, forgets his fiancee, turns to crime, and brings about ruin.
poster
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Chipée (1938)
A businessman, Masson, who likes to party, wants to force his partner, Chabrat, a hard worker on whom the success of their fashion store depends, not to leave Paris. For this, he agrees with a young cabaret dancer, Zizi so that she pretends, for a fee, to fall in love with Chabrat who, more than anything, wants to be loved for himself. But Zizi soon finds herself in her own trap: she is “snatched”.
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Le Club des Aristocrates (1937)
Serge loves living it up but painting the town red has a price... too high for him! What to do then? Alfred, his servant and former pickpocket, has the solution : steal of course! No sooner said than done ! Or rather: No sooner said than tried... For when Serge, assisted by his mistress Gloriane acting as bait, he tries to rob a jeweler on the Place Vendôme of a precious diamond bracelet, he realizes that a gang of thieves have preceded him. Later on, he will learn that the boss of the gang is a Polish noblewoman, Countess Waldapowska.
poster
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J'arrose mes galons (1936)
The son of a ruined family transforms into a castellan following an inheritance, becomes a parachutist champion in spite of himself, and becomes famous.
poster
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Touche-à-tout (1935)
A young supervisor is expelled from his high school after misleading his students during an outing. He made his fortune and basked on the Côte d'Azur. A young maid comes to his aid before he loses everything. She reveals to him that she is in fact a successful novelist.


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