Maurice Jacquemont

A Star for Two (1991)

Love between a man and a woman that endures the ravages of time. ...

The Passion of Bernadette (1990)

French filmmaker Jean Delannoy directs this inspiring sequel to his biopic about Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (portrayed by Sydney Penny), a young shepherdess who claimed to have seen numerous apparitions of the Lady in White at Lourdes in 1858. Chronicling Be ...

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985)

A particularly unlucky man meets a beautiful young woman, daughter of a rich businessman. This one, pursued by blackmailers, is going to take him along in her galleys. ...

The Judge (1984)

A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring. ...

I Married a Shadow (1983)

After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident. ...

That Night of Varennes (1982)

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps. ...

The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in ...

Deep Water (1981)

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference. ...

Les Bons Bourgeois (1981)

In May of 1968, a well-off family from the XVIth district in Paris lives through the revolutionary fever of the Latin District in its own idiosyncratic way. ...

The Ones That Got Away (1981)

In a train compartment, 6 people who do not know each other tell the story of their troubles in love. Only one of those seems to be a positive one. ...

Rene the Cane (1977)

"René la Canne" was the second collaboration between Francis Girod and Ennio Morricone, coming after "Le Trio Infernal" (1974) and before "La Banquière" (1980). His film is an adaptation of a story by Roger Borniche about the gangster René Girier and re ...

The Body of My Enemy (1976)

A man accused of murder discovers a trail of corruption leading to the powerful family of his former love. Going underground, he seeks allies in a town where trust is scarce. ...

La Folle de Chaillot (1976)

Monsieur Albert (1976)

In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife characters, unwed mother Vivaine (Dominique Labourier) falls in love with working-class youth Francois (Patrick Chesnais) who has a shady past. Albert (Philippe Noi ...

Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another. ...

Stavisky... (1974)

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and t ...

State of Siege (1972)

Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shed ...

The Confession (1970)

In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for ...

Fatal Affair (1953)

Didier's wife is ill, and he does the best he can to take care of her. But he's often absent and he has casual love affairs. But Leone he meets in Bruxelles wants to become his one and only mistress. ...

Le Crime du Bouif (1952)

A poacher nicknamed "Le Bouif" is accused of having murdered his son-in-law, trainer of a horse stable in Maisons-Laffitte. ...

Two Pennies Worth of Violets (1951)

Thérèse, a young flower girl, tries hard to remain virtuous but the whole world seems to conspire against her, whether her petty Paris family, or her relatives in the province bristling with false respectability, or her lustful employer, or the boy she l ...

Trip to America (1951)

As part of the fascination in post World War II France with American culture, a young French couple here travel to the US to see for themselves the prosperity they have heard about. ...