Depuis 15 ans, Jeanne Lafarge travaille au mont de piété. Avec la pauvreté qui augmente, elle voit souvent ses clients revenir… Révolté par les 40 % que l’on donne en échange des objets gagés, elle se déguise en veille femme, et fait des braquages pour soulager la misère …
, 1h37 Directed byHenri Calef, Jacques de Casembroot OriginFrance GenresDrama, Adventure, Historical ThemesHistoire de France, French Revolution films ActorsJean Marais, Madeleine Robinson, Madeleine Lebeau, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Dux, Paul Amiot Rating61% En 1799, Sous le Directoire, le jeune marquis de Montauran débarque en Vendée pour prendre la tête des Chouans qui s’arment pour le retour du roi et dont les deux premières révoltes furent maîtrisées par les soldats de la République. Une royaliste passionnée, Madame de Gua, lui prête main forte, alors qu’il tombe amoureux de la belle Marie-Nathalie de Verneuil, qui envoyée par la police de Joseph Fouché, est chargée de l’attirer dans un piège afin de le séduire pour le faire capturer.
, 1h31 Directed byYves Allégret OriginFrance GenresDrama ActorsGérard Philipe, Madeleine Robinson, Jane Marken, Jean Servais, Julien Carette, André Valmy Rating73% During the cold and rainy off-season a man (Gérard Philipe) arrives in a seaside town and, giving his name only as Pierre, checks into the only hotel which remains open. His arrival arouses curiosity and a degree of suspicion, as people note that he appears to know the area, yet gives no explanation for his presence at that bleak time of year in the dead-end town. The elderly father of the hotel owner, now a mute invalid, shows signs of recognition but his condition prevents him from voicing what he observes. Pierre is treated with barely disguised petty-minded intolerance and hostility by the hotel owner, guests and habitués, but develops a friendship with Marthe (Madeleine Robinson), an all-purpose employee at the hotel. Pierre also notices a 15-year-old boy – employed as a dogsbody at the hotel, where he has been placed by the local state-run orphanage – who he has spotted engaging in rendezvous with Mme Curlier, a middle-aged female guest. His attempts to engage the somewhat surly and reticent youth however meet with rebuff.
, 21minutes Directed byAlain Resnais OriginFrance GenresDocumentary ActorsAgnès Varda, Jacques Dumesnil, Lucia Bosè Rating76% An essay on the potential and the limits of dutifully archived human knowledge, masquerading as a documentary on the organisation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.