Daniel Gélin

  • Marguerite Duras – Les enfants AKA The Children (1985)

    Marguerite Duras1981-1990ArthouseComedyFrance

    Seven year-old boy Ernesto intrigues people around him for several reasons. Despite such a young age, he looks like a man on his 40’s and also seems a little more intelligent than any of his peers – and the latter fact is what causes him to quit school, refusing to attend it because he doesn’t want to learn the things he does not know. His family is very supportive of his actions, even though they don’t have any clue of what’s to become of him; at the same time the school headmaster and a journalist are concerned about Ernesto’s real motivations for leaving school.Read More »

  • Julien Duvivier – L’affaire Maurizius AKA On Trial (1954)

    1951-1960DramaFranceJulien Duvivier

    Synopsis:
    Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, discovers that eight years ago his father condemned Léonard Maurizius to a life sentence in prison for the murder of his wife Elisabeth. The case made Andergast famous but Etzel knows that Maurizius’s conviction depended on the dubious testimony of a witness named Grégoire Waremme. Determined to find out the truth, Etzel tracks Waremme down to Zurich and discovers that the evidence he gave at the trial was not the whole truth…Read More »

  • Claude Chabrol – La ligne de démarcation (1966) (HD)

    Drama1961-1970Claude ChabrolFranceWar

    1941. A little town in the Jura is cut in half by a river that forms the border between Nazi-occupied France and the free zone.Read More »

  • Guy Lefranc – Une Histoire d’Amour AKA Young Love (1951)

    Drama1951-1960FranceGuy Lefranc

    Caherine, 18, loved Jean, a young accountant, who loved her in return. And yet, one morning, two policemen find their dead bodies on a stretch of waste ground. The case is obvious: the two young people have killed themselves. But why? Chief Inspector Ernest Plonche, feeling upset, decides to investigate personally…Read More »

  • Yves Ciampi – L’esclave AKA The Slave (1953)

    Drama1951-1960FranceYves Ciampi

    A young composer is forced to work as a bar pianist. One night he gets hit by a car and is brought to a hospital. Severely injured he is injected with morphine. He becomes addicted.Read More »

  • Louis Malle – Le Souffle Au Coeur AKA Murmur of the Heart (1971)

    1971-1980ComedyDramaFranceLouis Malle

    As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open-minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever-present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother.Read More »

  • Claude Chabrol – La ligne de démarcation (1966)

    1961-1970Claude ChabrolDramaFranceWar

    Quote:
    A small village in the Jura is divided by the river Loue which marks the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and freedom. A French officer, Pierre, is released by the Nazi soldiers to find his chateau converted into a German command centre. Whilst he is obliged to co-operate with the enemy, his wife Mary plays a hand in supporting the French resistance. The Nazis step up their activity against the resistance, insisting that any who attempt to cross the line of demarcation will be shot. When his wife is arrested, Pierre decides to switch his allegiance…Read More »

  • Jacques Becker – Rendez-vous de juillet (1949)

    Drama1941-1950FranceJacques Becker

    Synopsis:
    Lucien is a young man whose ambition is to become a famous explorer, against the wishes of his middle-class parents who hope he might settle for a more conventional career. After a row with his father, he leaves home and meets up with his friends, a wild bunch of aspiring young actors, writers and film directors. The latter have offered to join Lucien on his expedition – if he can get the transportation. Lucien is so preoccupied with planning his expedition that he does not notice when his girlfriend Christine is taken from him by the theatre director she is working for.Read More »

  • Christian-Jaque – Adorables créatures (1952)

    1951-1960Christian-JaqueComedyFranceRomance

    Erotic diary of a young bridegroom who, just out of church, swears eternal love to his wife (A. Lualdi), naive, but not too much. Meanwhile, we go through his previous experiences: adulterous wife (D. Darrieux), luxury cocotte (Carol M.), widowed millionaire (E. Feuillère).
    Written by Charles Spaak and Jacques Companeez, it is a libel against women in form of hilarious, smiling and amiable comedy, but imbued with poisons. An episodic film cleverly disguised. The underlying cynicism melts in foam of champagne.
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