Louisette Rousseau

War of the Buttons (1962)

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Yvette Etiévant  •  Michel Galabru  •  Michèle Méritz  •  Michel Isella

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Robert
CAST:  Yvette Etiévant  •  Michel Galabru  •  Michèle Méritz  •  Michel Isella

Incorrigible (1975)

Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Capucine  •  Julien Guiomar

Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Geneviève Bujold  •  Capucine  •  Julien Guiomar

The Baron of the Locks (1960)

The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Micheline Presle  •  Jacques Castelot  •  Jean Desailly

The lucky Baron wins a boat in a card game and takes off with his former lover to find new adventures. Adverse circumstances land them in a small town, where the Baron's seafaring companion leaves for more attractive scenery offered by a wealthy local man. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Micheline Presle  •  Jacques Castelot  •  Jean Desailly

He Is Charming (1932)

A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Mercanton
CAST:  Meg Lemonnier  •  Henri Garat  •  Louis Baron fils  •  Dranem

A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Mercanton
CAST:  Meg Lemonnier  •  Henri Garat  •  Louis Baron fils  •  Dranem

Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal (1967)

"Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of loosely connected scenes, much like a vaudeville program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Kabal perform absurd, surreal, and sometimes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walerian Borowczyk
CAST:  Louisette Rousseau  •  Pierre Collet  •  Louis Jojot  •  Renata Astruc

"Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal" is Walerian Borowczyk’s first feature-length film and his last animated film. It consists of a sequence of loosely connected scenes, much like a vaudeville program, in which Mr. and Mrs. Kabal perform absurd, surreal, and sometimes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walerian Borowczyk
CAST:  Louisette Rousseau  •  Pierre Collet  •  Louis Jojot  •  Renata Astruc

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DIRECTION:  Émile Couzinet
CAST:  Pierre Repp  •  Jeanne Fusier-Gir  •  Alice Tissot  •  André Gabriello

Chicken Feed for Little Birds (1963)

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Paul Meurisse  •  Dany Saval  •  Suzy Delair  •  Roland Lesaffre

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carné
CAST:  Paul Meurisse  •  Dany Saval  •  Suzy Delair  •  Roland Lesaffre

Run for Your Wife (1965)

Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged Italian working for a shoe factory, goes to America on a four day business trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gian Luigi Polidoro
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Marina Vlady  •  Rhonda Fleming  •  Juliet Prowse

Riccardo, an unhappily married middle aged Italian working for a shoe factory, goes to America on a four day business trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gian Luigi Polidoro
CAST:  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Marina Vlady  •  Rhonda Fleming  •  Juliet Prowse

Les vignes du Seigneur (1958)

Now Gisèle Bourjeon is the mistress of the count Hubert Martin de Kardec.After a long journey abroad Henri Lévrier, a champagne producer has come back and meets again his friends Hubert and the Bourjeon family.And surprise, Henri doesn't drink alcohol anymore.He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Pierre Dux  •  Béatrice Bretty  •  Simone Valère

Now Gisèle Bourjeon is the mistress of the count Hubert Martin de Kardec.After a long journey abroad Henri Lévrier, a champagne producer has come back and meets again his friends Hubert and the Bourjeon family.And surprise, Henri doesn't drink alcohol anymore.He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Fernandel  •  Pierre Dux  •  Béatrice Bretty  •  Simone Valère

Mimi Pinson (1958)

Dany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly formula stuff, with Mimi being thwarted on all sides by those who have designs on her money and her virtue. Happily, our heroine triumphs over her foes and predators, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Darène
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Jacqueline Cadet  •  Micheline Dax

Dany Robin plays the title character in the French comedy Mimi Pinson. The plot is strictly formula stuff, with Mimi being thwarted on all sides by those who have designs on her money and her virtue. Happily, our heroine triumphs over her foes and predators, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Darène
CAST:  Dany Robin  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Jacqueline Cadet  •  Micheline Dax

The Delinquents (1960)

Jean-Pierre, who has escaped from prison, tries to reintegrate into society with the help of workers at a construction site.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Jolivet
CAST:  Sacha Distel  •  Danik Patisson  •  Bernadette Lafont  •  Bernard Andrieu

Jean-Pierre, who has escaped from prison, tries to reintegrate into society with the help of workers at a construction site.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Jolivet
CAST:  Sacha Distel  •  Danik Patisson  •  Bernadette Lafont  •  Bernard Andrieu