Noëlle Leiris

Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  Maria Schneider  •  Daniel Duval  •  Niels Arestrup

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  Maria Schneider  •  Daniel Duval  •  Niels Arestrup

The Cop (1970)

A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from above that the United States feels French authorities have been lax on their arrests of the dealers. A violent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Boisset
CAST:  Michel Bouquet  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Michel Constantin  •  Gianni Garko

A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge against villainous drug dealers. Word comes down from above that the United States feels French authorities have been lax on their arrests of the dealers. A violent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Boisset
CAST:  Michel Bouquet  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Michel Constantin  •  Gianni Garko

Scarlet Fever (1983)

In a building on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris lives ten-year-old Roger, who is surrounded by women - his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his mother Nicole. Living in an exclusively feminine environment, the boy wishes more than anything else to have a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Aghion
CAST:  Brigitte Fossey  •  Stéphane Audran  •  Christophe Malavoy  •  Hito Jaulmes

In a building on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris lives ten-year-old Roger, who is surrounded by women - his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his mother Nicole. Living in an exclusively feminine environment, the boy wishes more than anything else to have a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Aghion
CAST:  Brigitte Fossey  •  Stéphane Audran  •  Christophe Malavoy  •  Hito Jaulmes

Happiness Is No Joke (1995)

What there is of a plot in this drama serves mainly as a vehicle for the exploration of character. In the story, Michel (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) is a recent widower. As the story opens, he and his friend Andre (Philippe Nahon) are sharing a drink on Christmas Eve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillaume Nicloux
CAST:  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Laura Morante  •  Philippe Nahon  •  Roland Amstutz

What there is of a plot in this drama serves mainly as a vehicle for the exploration of character. In the story, Michel (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu) is a recent widower. As the story opens, he and his friend Andre (Philippe Nahon) are sharing a drink on Christmas Eve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillaume Nicloux
CAST:  Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu  •  Laura Morante  •  Philippe Nahon  •  Roland Amstutz

Lagardère (1967)

Base on Paul Féval's "Le Bossu" ("The Hunchback")  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Decourt
CAST:  Jean Piat  •  Jacques Dufilho

Base on Paul Féval's "Le Bossu" ("The Hunchback")  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Decourt
CAST:  Jean Piat  •  Jacques Dufilho

The Stud (1970)

Veterinary surgeon William Chaminade is having a peaceful holiday in the South of France when he is witness to an event that will change not only his life but the destiny of France! A young woman tries to kill herself by jumping from the upstairs window of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Francis Blanche  •  Jacques Legras  •  René-Jean Chauffard

Veterinary surgeon William Chaminade is having a peaceful holiday in the South of France when he is witness to an event that will change not only his life but the destiny of France! A young woman tries to kill herself by jumping from the upstairs window of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Mocky
CAST:  Bourvil  •  Francis Blanche  •  Jacques Legras  •  René-Jean Chauffard

Rak (1972)

David learns that his mother has cancer and only two months to live. He decides not to let her know.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Belmont
CAST:  Sami Frey  •  Lila Kedrova  •  Anne Deleuze  •  Maurice Garrel

David learns that his mother has cancer and only two months to live. He decides not to let her know.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Belmont
CAST:  Sami Frey  •  Lila Kedrova  •  Anne Deleuze  •  Maurice Garrel

Le revolver et la rose (1970)

Eric, a 14-year-old boy, is now almost alone. His mother, faced with her husband's bizarre behavior, left the marital home. Eric's father, for his part, leads a triple existence. On the other hand, he maintains apparently normal relations with his son, but at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Desvilles
CAST:  Michael Lonsdale  •  Silvia Monfort  •  Florence Giorgetti  •  Noëlle Leiris

Eric, a 14-year-old boy, is now almost alone. His mother, faced with her husband's bizarre behavior, left the marital home. Eric's father, for his part, leads a triple existence. On the other hand, he maintains apparently normal relations with his son, but at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Desvilles
CAST:  Michael Lonsdale  •  Silvia Monfort  •  Florence Giorgetti  •  Noëlle Leiris