Nelly Kaplan
Born in Argentina to a Russian Jewish family, Nelly Kaplan relocated to Paris at age seventeen, where she became an assistant to legendary director Abel Gance before directing her first feature, the caustic revenge comedy A Very Curious Girl. Transgressive, satirical, and... Read full bio →
Plaisir d'amour
Guillaume de Burlador is a private tutor who hits a low point sufficiently severe for him to contemplate a somewhat theatrical suicide. Instead he is taken off by flying boat to a mad French colonial possession bedecked by mad servants and crazy decor.
Charles et Lucie
Charles and Lucie, an old and poor couple, inherits a luxurious house in the South of France.
Il faut vivre dangereusement
A private detective and former police officer gets an investigation that turns out to be rather complicated.
Papa, les petits bateaux
Marc and his gang have a brilliant idea (or so they think!) : they will kidnap Vénus de Palma, a (very) rich heiress. Well Venus, also known as Cookie, is duly abducted but holding the lovely twenty-year-old beauty is a horse of another color.
La fiancée du pirate
Une jolie vagabonde se venge des humiliations subies par elle et sa mère en séduisant tous les notables d'un village.
Austerlitz
The first half of this film covers Napoleon's coronation as Emperor and political manoeuvrings while the second half covers the actual battle.