Louise Chevalier

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How to Steal a Million (1966)

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A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Peter O'Toole  •  Eli Wallach  •  Hugh Griffith

A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Peter O'Toole  •  Eli Wallach  •  Hugh Griffith

That Man from Rio (1964)

French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Françoise Dorléac  •  Jean Servais  •  Simone Renant

French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  Françoise Dorléac  •  Jean Servais  •  Simone Renant

The Unfaithful Wife (1969)

Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Stéphane Audran  •  Michel Bouquet  •  Maurice Ronet  •  Louise Rioton

Insurance executive Charles suspects his wife Hélène of playing the field, so he has a private detective locate his wife's lover, author Victor Pegala.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Stéphane Audran  •  Michel Bouquet  •  Maurice Ronet  •  Louise Rioton

Bolero: Dance of Life (1981)

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Nicole Garcia  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Daniel Olbrychski

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Nicole Garcia  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Daniel Olbrychski

My New Partner (1984)

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Régine  •  Grace de Capitani

A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Zidi
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Régine  •  Grace de Capitani

Donkey Skin (1970)

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Demy
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Jean Marais  •  Delphine Seyrig

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Demy
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Jean Marais  •  Delphine Seyrig

The Persian Lamb Coat (1980)

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Piero arrives in Paris from Luino after having won a pool tournament with friends. In the train he meets the famous place Ramazzini and has so many incidents that culminated with his arrest and the confiscation by the commissioner Juvet. Released, find randomly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vicario
CAST:  Johnny Dorelli  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Carole Bouquet  •  Ninetto Davoli

Piero arrives in Paris from Luino after having won a pool tournament with friends. In the train he meets the famous place Ramazzini and has so many incidents that culminated with his arrest and the confiscation by the commissioner Juvet. Released, find randomly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Vicario
CAST:  Johnny Dorelli  •  Andréa Ferréol  •  Carole Bouquet  •  Ninetto Davoli

Why Not! (1977)

A threesome becomes a foursome in this sensitive drama. The tale begins with the relationship between a recently divorced man and woman (from different marriages) and the bisexual they get involved with. At first all three are happy in their new arrangement, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Coline Serreau
CAST:  Sami Frey  •  Christine Murillo  •  Mario Gonzales  •  Nicole Jamet

A threesome becomes a foursome in this sensitive drama. The tale begins with the relationship between a recently divorced man and woman (from different marriages) and the bisexual they get involved with. At first all three are happy in their new arrangement, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Coline Serreau
CAST:  Sami Frey  •  Christine Murillo  •  Mario Gonzales  •  Nicole Jamet

The Monk (1972)

Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adonis Kyrou
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Nathalie Delon  •  Nicol Williamson  •  Nadja Tiller

Ambrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes. After he has committed numerous crimes, it appears that he will be caught and punished by the Inquisition. Instead, he signs up on the Devil's team and wins his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adonis Kyrou
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Nathalie Delon  •  Nicol Williamson  •  Nadja Tiller

The Police War (1979)

Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Both have the task of combating serious crime and cleaning up the underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Davis
CAST:  Claude Brasseur  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Claude Rich  •  Georges Staquet

Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Both have the task of combating serious crime and cleaning up the underworld.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Davis
CAST:  Claude Brasseur  •  Marlène Jobert  •  Claude Rich  •  Georges Staquet

The Margin (1976)

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walerian Borowczyk
CAST:  Sylvia Kristel  •  Joe Dallesandro  •  André Falcon  •  Mireille Audibert

A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walerian Borowczyk
CAST:  Sylvia Kristel  •  Joe Dallesandro  •  André Falcon  •  Mireille Audibert

The Deadly Trap (1971)

An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Faye Dunaway  •  Frank Langella  •  Barbara Parkins  •  Karen Blanguernon

An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clément
CAST:  Faye Dunaway  •  Frank Langella  •  Barbara Parkins  •  Karen Blanguernon

The Breach (1970)

An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Stéphane Audran  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Michel Bouquet

An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Stéphane Audran  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Jean-Claude Drouot  •  Michel Bouquet

Male Companion (1964)

A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Irina Demick  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Annie Girardot

A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Irina Demick  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Annie Girardot

Shadow of the Castles (1977)

In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Philippe Léotard  •  Albert Dray  •  Zoé Chauveau  •  Marcel Dalio

In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Philippe Léotard  •  Albert Dray  •  Zoé Chauveau  •  Marcel Dalio

The Joker (1961)

A young man who lives on women meets his match in the young wife of a rich industrialist. Their affair is doomed by her taste for luxury and his dislike of her coolness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Pierre Palau  •  Geneviève Cluny

A young man who lives on women meets his match in the young wife of a rich industrialist. Their affair is doomed by her taste for luxury and his dislike of her coolness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe de Broca
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Pierre Palau  •  Geneviève Cluny

T'empêches tout le monde de dormir (1982)

A homeless street musician meets an attractive woman by chance and keeps following her until he persuades her to let him stay in her place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Lauzier
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Catherine Alric  •  Anne Jousset  •  Philippe Khorsand

A homeless street musician meets an attractive woman by chance and keeps following her until he persuades her to let him stay in her place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Lauzier
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Catherine Alric  •  Anne Jousset  •  Philippe Khorsand

Pantalaskas (1960)

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Paviot
CAST:  Carl Studer  •  Ana María Cassan  •  Bernard Lajarrige  •  Daniel Emilfork

An off-beat, uneven tale about a man intent on suicide and the three people who try to talk him out of it, Pantalaskas stars American Carl Studer in the title role of the morose, would-be suicide. Set in Paris and taking place over an entire night, the story has a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Paviot
CAST:  Carl Studer  •  Ana María Cassan  •  Bernard Lajarrige  •  Daniel Emilfork

Les Compagnons de Baal (1968)

A mysterious history, esoteric formulas pronounced by entreated seeking to dominate the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Prévert
CAST:  Claire Nadeau  •  Jacques Champreux  •  Gérard Zimmermann  •  Jean Martin

A mysterious history, esoteric formulas pronounced by entreated seeking to dominate the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Prévert
CAST:  Claire Nadeau  •  Jacques Champreux  •  Gérard Zimmermann  •  Jean Martin

This Man Must Die (1969)

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Michel Duchaussoy  •  Caroline Cellier  •  Jean Yanne  •  Marc Di Napoli

When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Michel Duchaussoy  •  Caroline Cellier  •  Jean Yanne  •  Marc Di Napoli
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