Jenny Astruc

Hit! (1973)

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney J. Furie
CAST:  Billy Dee Williams  •  Richard Pryor  •  Paul Hampton  •  Gwen Welles

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney J. Furie
CAST:  Billy Dee Williams  •  Richard Pryor  •  Paul Hampton  •  Gwen Welles

The Phantom of Liberty (1974)

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Adriana Asti  •  Julien Bertheau  •  Milena Vukotić  •  Maxence Mailfort

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Buñuel
CAST:  Adriana Asti  •  Julien Bertheau  •  Milena Vukotić  •  Maxence Mailfort

Sweet Ecstasy (1962)

Olivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal, and is introduced to her acquaintances -- a group of jaded rich kids who spend their time storming around the Riviera harassing passersby, throwing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Pécas
CAST:  Elke Sommer  •  Pierre Brice  •  Christian Pezey  •  Vittoria Prada

Olivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal, and is introduced to her acquaintances -- a group of jaded rich kids who spend their time storming around the Riviera harassing passersby, throwing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Pécas
CAST:  Elke Sommer  •  Pierre Brice  •  Christian Pezey  •  Vittoria Prada

Waiter! (1983)

After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Nicole Garcia  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Rosy Varte

After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Nicole Garcia  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Rosy Varte

The Girl Can't Stop (1965)

A shipbuilder is ruined. All he has left is a mortgaged house, a mortgaged yacht and a mortgaged wife. Precisely, there is a young vivacious, banker in his spare time, a little sadistic on the edges, ready to take the mortgage in question. Helped by his damned soul ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willy Rozier
CAST:  Xenia Kalogeropoulou  •  Jenny Astruc  •  Zeta Apostolou  •  Georges Rivière

A shipbuilder is ruined. All he has left is a mortgaged house, a mortgaged yacht and a mortgaged wife. Precisely, there is a young vivacious, banker in his spare time, a little sadistic on the edges, ready to take the mortgage in question. Helped by his damned soul ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willy Rozier
CAST:  Xenia Kalogeropoulou  •  Jenny Astruc  •  Zeta Apostolou  •  Georges Rivière

Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)

A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. Decided to save it he prepare a great collection. But when his wife discovered his relations with one of the mannequin, how would he prevent the scandale without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Suzy Delair  •  Fred Pasquali  •  Françoise Fabian

A modest taylor the women found irresistible inherit a Maison de couture in financial difficulty. Decided to save it he prepare a great collection. But when his wife discovered his relations with one of the mannequin, how would he prevent the scandale without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Suzy Delair  •  Fred Pasquali  •  Françoise Fabian

Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)

Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Nadia Gray  •  Madeleine Barbulée  •  Simone Paris

Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Nadia Gray  •  Madeleine Barbulée  •  Simone Paris

Hassan Terro's Escape (1974)

Directed by Mustapha Badie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mustapha Badie
CAST:  Rouiched  •  Sid Ali Kouiret  •  Chafia Boudraa  •  Paul Mercey

Directed by Mustapha Badie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mustapha Badie
CAST:  Rouiched  •  Sid Ali Kouiret  •  Chafia Boudraa  •  Paul Mercey

Life Size (1974)

When Michel gets the life-sized sex doll he ordered, shipped directly from Japan, he is only intrigued by it at first. Then the silent unresponsiveness of the thing begins to haunt him, and he finds himself reacting to it as if it were an equally unresponsive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis García Berlanga
CAST:  Valentine Tessier  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Rada Rassimov  •  Michel Aumont

When Michel gets the life-sized sex doll he ordered, shipped directly from Japan, he is only intrigued by it at first. Then the silent unresponsiveness of the thing begins to haunt him, and he finds himself reacting to it as if it were an equally unresponsive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis García Berlanga
CAST:  Valentine Tessier  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Rada Rassimov  •  Michel Aumont

Young Casanova (1974)

Gerard Casanova is the man that all the rich and beautiful women call when they need a little more then the husbands to give them. He's always on call to satisfy their every sexual urge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Pécas
CAST:  Yan Brian  •  Michel Vocoret  •  Valérie Boisgel  •  Emmanuelle Parèze

Gerard Casanova is the man that all the rich and beautiful women call when they need a little more then the husbands to give them. He's always on call to satisfy their every sexual urge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Pécas
CAST:  Yan Brian  •  Michel Vocoret  •  Valérie Boisgel  •  Emmanuelle Parèze

When the City Awakes (1975)

An armored van is attacked and the gangsters hide the loot in a graveyard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Grasset
CAST:  Marc Porel  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Neda Arnerić  •  Pierre Grasset

An armored van is attacked and the gangsters hide the loot in a graveyard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Grasset
CAST:  Marc Porel  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Neda Arnerić  •  Pierre Grasset