Jacques Dacqmine

Don't Worry, Be Happy (2003)

With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Désiré gets his due punishment when Manu, his girlfriend, kicks him out of home. At a loss, he finds ref ...

Mémoire morte (2002)

Ania Kowalski has a large scar on her skull and lives under constant medical control. If her apartment is comfortable, her actions, gestures and moods are recorded and analyzed by several hidden cameras. Ania will told her terrible story to Bruno Manali, a ...

A Crime in Paradise (2001)

In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine... ...

The Ninth Gate (1999)

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil. ...

La Dilettante (1999)

Pierrette is a woman who describes herself as having "opted for the temporary on a permanent basis." After 15 years of living the good life in Switzerland, Pierrette one day packs her bags full of fashionable outfits and returns to her native Paris with no ...

White Lies (1998)

Believing she comes from a wealthy family, thugs kidnap a young woman hired as an au pair in Paris. ...

OcchioPinocchio (1994)

A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son. ...

Germinal (1993)

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them. ...

L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)

The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee. ...

Nouvelle Vague (1990)

Composed entirely of literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, the loose narrative concerns a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place and the drifter dies, bu ...

Errors of Youth (1989)

The oddest things come in pairs. In 1989, there were two foreign films on the market whose titles translated to Errors of Youth or Youthful Indiscretion. One was a Russian film, the other was a French picture, originally titled Erreur de Jeunesse. In this ...

L'Argent (1988)

Saccard, ready to use all means, however immoral or illegal, tries to gain back the fortune he lost three years ago. All involving business and the exchange market. He has a loyal accomplice, an indifferent son, maybe-friends, partners and investors and of ...

Mélo (1986)

In 1920s Paris, violinists and lifelong friends Pierre Belcroix and Marcel Blanc are happy with their lives, although Marcel has become famous and Pierre has not. Pierre is married to Romaine, a stylish young flapper. However, Marcel meets and falls in lov ...

Inspector Lavardin (1986)

Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim's widow. ...

Cover Up (1983)

A well-known business lawyer is shot dead in the courthouse. A commissioner of the Criminal Brigade is in charge of the investigation and is helped by a journalist. ...

The Fall of the House of Usher (1981)

Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline's wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Alain arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his brid ...

Vice Squad (1978)

A young woman is found dead, nude and drugged with tropanyme (a powerful aphrodisiac). Inspector Corentin from the vice squad will go after this new drug and prostitution ring. ...

Phèdre (1968)

In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippolyte, Theseus's son from a previous marriage. ...

The Exterminators (1965)

A French agent, who is sent to save an atomic scientist, uncovers a plot by terrorists and a secret atomic site in Turkey. ...

Le commissaire mène l’enquête (1965)

FX 18, Secret Agent (1964)

Secret agent FX-18 goes undercover to break up an espionage ring. ...

Il terrore dei mantelli rossi (1963)

Horace 62 (1963)

Two families fight to stay in power. On one side, the Horatii, who rule Rome; on the other, the Curiatii, who rule Albe-la-longue. To escape the war, three brothers are chosen from each camp and face off in a fight to the death. A tragic confrontation with ...

Where the Truth Lies (1962)

A young veterinarian falls in love with a strange woman, a former explorer who might be a Voodoo priestess, after he comes to help her ailing cheetah. She begs him to return to Africa with her, but he doesn't want to leave his wife. Soon his wife finds he ...

The Game of Truth (1961)

A dozen elegant people are gathered in a writer's desirable mansion. In the grand tradition of Agatha Christie, they all have something to hide.They begin a cruel game of truth, a game where you're not supposed to tell lies. As the questions become more an ...

Quai Notre-Dame (1961)

Eloi is a twenty-year-old secondhand goods dealer who does his job without particular enthusiasm. He has a girlfriend, Nénette, but immature as he is, he feels just as happy in the company of Fortunée, his young sister, whose little girl's games he share ...

The Nina B. Affair (1961)

A businessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him. ...

Ravishing (1960)

A womanizing pilot who is asked by a friend to intervene in one of the friend's romantic tangles. The pilot is quite willing to help out but then a confusion about the woman who is the target of the intervention causes a series of unexpected circumstances. ...

The Big Risk (1960)

Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family. ...

À double tour (1959)

The mistress of the wealthy Henri Marcoux is murdered and the family accuses the milkman of committing the crime. But Marcoux's daughter's fiancé suspects that she may have been murdered by someone else. ...

The Road to Shame (1959)

Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but she would not tell him more than just that. Worried, Pierre fol ...

The Lady and the Gipsy (1958)

Georgina comes to see her sister Gladys in Paris in order to dissuade her from becoming attached to Rigo, a gypsy conductor. When she meets the latter, it is love at first sight. Louis, Georgina's husband, does not accept this situation. ...

Too Many Lovers (1957)

The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to get married, she sets her heart on Robert, a young industrialist, but he is already married. Disappointed, she sets out in search of the ideal man. ...

Sylviane de mes nuits (1957)

Michel Lenoir, a successful interior designer, has reached the middle of his life without ever getting married. A bit blue over it he dreams one night of a beautiful young woman. When he wakes up he is persuaded that this is the girl meant for him. He can' ...

To Catch a Spy (1957)

The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over t ...

Michael Strogoff (1956)

When Emir Feofar Khan, leader of the Tartar hordes, takes up arms and invades the steppes of Eastern Siberia, Czar Alexander II of Russia entrusts the brave officer Michael Strogoff with a dangerous mission. ...

It Happened in Aden (1956)

During a stopover in Aden, a charming actress is kidnapped by an Arab prince. ...

The Aristocrats (1955)

A novel by Michel De Saint Pierre was the source for Les Aristocrates. Pierre Fresnay stars an aging Marquis, who tries his best to uphold the traditions of nobility in an ever-changing world. The Marquis' children prefer the trappings of modern society an ...

Caroline and the Rebels (1955)

A French officer and his sister develop an inappropriate attraction, leading to comical misadventures and an unexpected twist that brings them closer despite their forbidden desire. ...

A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953)

Caroline de Bienre, the 16-year-old daughter of French nobility, meets the handsome rogue, Gaston de Sallanches, who is expected to ask for the hand of her older, plainer sister in marriage. Gaston instead joins Caroline in her secret hiding place in the c ...

Dear Caroline (1951)

France, July 1782. During her birthday, the beautiful young Marchioness Caroline meets the attractive soldier Gaston. It's love at first sight but Gaston does not wish to make a commitment because a military career waits for him. Caroline marries then a po ...

Julie de Carneilhan (1950)

A penniless aristocrat is fooled by her ex-husband, a crook. ...

The Secret of Mayerling (1949)

On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb. ...

Dark Sunday (1949)

Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor man tries to overcome his grief by writing "Gloomy Sunday", a song so desperate that it can drive its lis ...

La Nuit blanche (1948)

A father wants to try by all means to avenge the death of his son, a test pilot, whose responsible is the attractive female star of a Parisian cabaret. ...

Back Streets of Paris (1946)

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, o ...

Queen's Necklace (1946)

The adventurer Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, descendant (by the left hand) of the king of France Henri II, and who claims to be "Countess de la Motte", imagines a tortuous plan to steal a magnificent diamond necklace that the queen Marie-Antoinette refused ...

Her First Affair (1941)

Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to go to it, dreaming of the Prince Charming. But comes Nicolas Rougemont, an unattractive middle- ...