Béatrice Altariba

  • Jacques Pinoteau – Le triporteur AKA The Tricyclist (1957)

    1951-1960ComedyFranceJacques Pinoteau

    Antoine Peyralout is baker Mouillefarine’s tricycle delivery man. Comical and stuttering, Antoine shows more interest in the local soccer team than in professional integrity. A wedding cake pays the price for it and the young man is dismissed. Not dispirited in the least, Antoine decides to go to Nice, where his favorite team will play the final of the Cup. On his merry (and eventful) way, he has the opportunity to save a pretty camper, Popeline, with whom he falls in love. Once in Nice, he discovers that Dabek, the brilliant goal-keeper is not up to his task following bad news…Read More »

  • Riccardo Freda – Le sette spade del vendicatore AKA The Seventh Sword [Uncut] (1962)

    1981-1990AdventureItalyRiccardo Freda

    A dashing swordsman helps protect Philip III of Spain from the traitors trying to overthrow him.

    Classic swashbuckling based on the 1942 film by the same director, entitled Don Cesare di Bazan.Read More »

  • Marc Allégret – Sois belle et tais-toi AKA Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958)

    Marc Allégret1951-1960ComedyCrimeFrance
    Sois belle et tais toi (1958)
    Sois belle et tais toi (1958)

    Quote:
    A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up wth a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.Read More »

  • Jean Becker – Un nommé La Rocca AKA A Man Called Rocca (1961) (HD)

    Jean Becker1961-1970CrimeDramaFrance
    Un nommé La Rocca (1961) (HD)
    Un nommé La Rocca (1961) (HD)

    Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is an ex-gangster whose friend Xavier (Pierre Vaneck) has been unjustly thrown in prison. Indeed, local gang leader Villanova is the one who framed Xavier. La Rocca confronts the mobster and kills him. Later, while helping his mistress (Beatrice Altariba) to fight off an American gang of racketeers, Roberto is caught by the police and is put in the same prison with Xavier. Then the two volunteer to clear land mines left from the last war, hoping to receive a pardon and to buy a quiet farm.Read More »

  • Norbert Carbonnaux – Le temps des oeufs durs (1958)

    1951-1960ComedyFranceNorbert Carbonnaux

    Summary
    Garage attendant Louis Stainval is a shy daydreamer with no money. One day, he wins a large sum of money via the national lottery and decides to spice up his life. He prevents a failed artist named Raoul Grandvivier from killing himself and takes him home. Here, Louis meets Raoul’s beautiful daughter Lucie and immediately falls in love. So that he can go on seeing Lucie, Louis pays frequent calls on Raoul, ostensibly to buy his paintings. The paintings are so bad that Louis just throws them into the river Seine. Because he has found someone to buy his work, Raoul begins to believe that he is a serious painter. This misunderstanding will cause a great deal of trouble…Read More »

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