René Marjac

Une époque formidable (1991)

Michel Berthier, a senior executive at a mattress manufacturing company, has just been fired. As he does not dare to tell the truth to Juliette, his partner, he goes into debt to maintain the family's standard of living, showering them with gifts. But soon ...

Madame Bovary (1991)

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences. ...

Masques (1987)

In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Roland Wolf is writing a book on the life of game show host Christian Legagneur--or is he? ...

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See! (1983)

Inspector Leroux is investigating the owner of a contemporary art gallery Helen Duvernet who is suspected of being involved in trafficking of stolen paintings. He is both intrigued and attracted by the young woman, follows her everywhere and finally falls ...

On ne se dit pas tout entre époux (1970)

The Bonnadieu House (1951)

Felix is a middle-aged bourgeois husband. Much to his discomfort, he learns that his wife Gabrielle is carrying on with a young man--a very young man. Rather than express outrage, Felix decides that there's something lacking in him. He spends the rest of ...

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 ...

Good Enough to Eat (1951)

Rose Chaperon is asked by her confectioner mother Mathilde to bring jewels to her sick grandmother, Madame de Mergrand. But Hugues, the latter's brother, is prepared to do anything to get his hands on the loot. To this end he hires a villainous young man, ...

Under the Paris Sky (1951)

Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day. ...

Without Leaving an Address (1951)

A woman in Paris hires a taxi driver to locate her ex-lover, father to her newborn child, who left her without leaving an address. ...

The Strollers (1950)

Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to? ...

La Ronde (1950)

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The youn ...

Gigi (1949)

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in lessons and in teasing Mamita's old friend, the rich playboy Gaston LaChaille, and following his affairs f ...

Monelle (1948)

Gérard Favier is a famous composer who is deeply in love with his wife Sylvia. The couple meet Monelle, a pretty, talented young pianist and ardent admirer of Gérard Favier. The musician takes the young woman under his wing and launches her to success. B ...

The Killer is Listening (1948)

April fools in a studio where a radio host pretends to shoot dead all the performers....till a true crime occurs. ...

Martin Roumagnac (1946)

The local building-contractor Martin Roumagnac is fascinated by the fashionable Blanche Ferrand. To impress Blache, Martin presents her with a villa. However, this ruins him financially. Despite Martin's many efforts for the now femme-fatal Blanche, she is ...

The Murderer Is Not Guilty (1946)

In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his detective story, young actors are actually killed. Julien thence g ...

Paris top secret (1969)

The underworld (imaginary and real) of Paris, depicted through several sketches. Kaleidoscope of the immoral and nauseating aspects of the capital. ...

La France romane (1956)