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Among thoses, 5 have good markets following the box office.
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, 1h40Directed by Jean Girault
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller
Themes French war films, Fiction sur la gendarmerie, La provence, The Troops of St. Tropez
Actors Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Maurice Risch, Guy Grosso, Michel Modo
Four young beautiful female police officers come to learn from the "masters" but it turns out they are coping much better with the problem than their teachers. But things heat up when the "gendarmettes" are kidnapped one by one.
Breathless (1960)
, 1h29Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about films, La provence
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a youthful criminal who is intrigued with the film persona of Humphrey Bogart. After stealing a car in Marseille, Michel shoots and kills a policeman who has followed him onto a country road. Penniless and on the run from the police, he turns to an American love interest Patricia (Jean Seberg), a student and aspiring journalist, who sells the New York Herald Tribune on the streets of Paris. The ambivalent Patricia unwittingly hides him in her apartment as he simultaneously tries to seduce her and call in a loan to fund their escape to Italy. At one point, Patricia says she is pregnant with Michel's child. She learns that Michel is on the run when questioned by the police. Eventually she betrays him, but before the police arrive she tells Michel what she has done. He is somewhat resigned to a life in prison, and does not try to escape at first. The police shoot him in the street and, after a prolonged death run, he dies “à bout de souffle” (out of breath).
The Swimming Pool (1969)
, 2hDirected by Jacques Deray
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Psychologie, Le thème des vacances
Actors Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jane Birkin, Paul Crauchet, Steve Eckhardt
Jean-Paul, a writer and Marianne, his girlfriend of just over two years, are holidaying at a friend's villa. There is a tension in their relationship which excites Marianne: the film begins with a scene in which they are together beside the villa's swimming pool and she urges him to claw her back. He does as she asks, but then throws her into the pool and jumps in after her. In a later scene he takes a branch and uses it to lash her bare buttocks, playfully but with a force that increases as the scene cuts away.
The Horse (1970)
, 1h17Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jean Gabin, André Weber, Eléonore Hirt, Pierre Dux, Christian Barbier, Julien Guiomar
In Normandy, the widower Auguste Maroilleur rules his family and his farm with an iron hand. Bien Phu, a disabled veteran of the war in Indochina, is a valued employee. Out shooting duck, Auguste and Bien Phu discover a huge cache of heroin. Auguste deduces that his grandson Henri, whose vacation job is on a ship, must be a courier. He destroys the drug, worth millions, and confines Henri to a cellar. When the gangsters cannot find their man or their merchandise, they try to destroy Auguste's livelihood and peace of mind. They burn a barn, brutally kill his cattle and rape his virgin granddaughter. He and Bien Phu fight back, eventually killing all five villains by shotgun and grenade. This private war does not go unnoticed and the police bring the whole family in for questioning. Following Auguste's orders, none of them give a thing away and all are released.
Where Are You From, Johnny? (1963)
Directed by Bernard Paul, Georges Demas, Noël Howard
Genres Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, La provence, Musical films
Actors Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Évelyne Dandry, Pierre Barouh, Jean-Jacques Debout, Fernand Sardou
Johnny Rivière est un jeune Parisien au cœur pur, passionné de rock'n'roll. Le sous-sol d'un bar lui sert de salle de répétition, à lui et à ses musiciens, en échange de menus services qu'il rend au patron, M. Franck. Lorsqu'il comprend qu'il est manipulé par des truands, il se révolte et jette à la Seine un chargement de drogue qu'il était chargé de convoyer à son insu. Menacé de mort, il part se réfugier auprès des siens en Camargue, bientôt rejoint par sa fiancée Gigi mais aussi traqué par les malfrats qui se sont lancés à ses trousses. D'où bagarres, chevauchées, amour et chansons… et inévitable dénouement heureux.