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The Red Inn (2007) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
L'Auberge rouge
other title: L'Auberge Rouge - Mord inklusive / L'Auberge rouge
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.
It Happened All Night (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Affaire d'une nuit
director: Henri Verneuil actor: Pascale Petit / Roger Hanin
other title: L'Affaire d'une nuit / Amantes de una noche
Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine.
Keep an Eye on Amelia (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!
other title: Occupati di Amelia / Occupe-toi d'Amélie..!
A young woman's comfortable life with her boyfriend is disrupted when he leaves for military duty, entrusting her to a playboy friend seeking a fake marriage for inheritance. Complications arise as a prince enters the scene, pursuing her romantically.
The Walls of Malapaga (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Au-delà des grilles
director: René Clément actor: Jean Gabin / Isa Miranda
other title: Le mura di Malapaga / Die Mauern von Malapaga
After murdering his mistress and being hunted by the authorities in France, Pierre stows away aboard a ship bound for Genoa. Though he's immediately robbed after arriving, things look up for Pierre when he meets kindhearted Cecchina, who introduces him to her mother, Marta. Pierre and Marta fall in love, but police are closing in and the new couple may not have much time left.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Notre-Dame de Paris
other title: Il gobbo della cattedrale / Klokkeren fra Notre Dame
Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...
Devil in the Flesh (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Le Diable au corps
other title: Il diavolo in corpo / Stürmische Jugend
In France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. Marthe then begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François, with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.
The Marriage of Chiffon (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Mariage de Chiffon
other title: Le Mariage de Chiffon / Le mariage de Chiffon
Odette Joyeux plays an eccentric young aristocrat called "Chiffon", who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. A widow, her mother (Suzanne Dantes) would like to remarry a rich noble. Without realizing it, Chiffon is in love with her uncle, a ruined pioneer of aviation ...