Madame Rosa lives in a sixth-floor walkup in the Pigalle; she's a retired prostitute, Jewish and an Auschwitz survivor, a foster mom to children of other prostitutes. Momo is the oldest and her favorite, an Algerian lad whom she raises as a Muslim. He asks about his parents; she answers evasively. As she ages and takes fewer children, Momo must do more for her; as money is tight, he tries to earn pennies on the street with a puppet. He's a beautiful man-child, and Madame Rosa makes him promise never to sell himself or become a pimp. A film editor, Nadine, befriends him, and his father appears as well. Madame Rosa reaches her last days in fear of hospitals, and Momo must act.

La Ronde

1950

French

7.5

♡ 7

94%

Max Ophüls Director

Serge Reggiani as Franz

Simone Signoret as Léocadie

Simone Simon as Marie

Anton Walbrook as Raconteur

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 young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

The Adultress

1953

French

7.4

♡ 4

82%

Marcel Carné Director

Raf Vallone as Laurent

Roland Lesaffre as Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur

Simone Signoret as Thérèse Raquin

Alain Terrane as Un camionneur

Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.

The cheat

7.2

Yves Allégret Director

Pierre Naugier as

Simone Signoret as Dora

Bernard Blier as Robert

Maurice Derville as (uncredited)

The life of a weak-willed man is thrust into a downward spiral by the scheming of his manipulative girlfriend and her mother.

The Sleeping Car Murder

1965

French

7.2

♡ 4

79%

Costa-Gavras Director

Charles Denner as Bob Vaski - l'amant de Georgette

Simone Signoret as Eliane Darrès - une comédienne - 4e victime

Bernadette Lafont as La soeur de Georgette

Michel Piccoli as René Cabourg - un représentant - 2e victime

Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.

The Devil's Envoys

1942

French

7.2

♡ 9

100%

fiancé fiancée relationship

pact with the devil

Romance

seductress

woman disguised as a man

Marcel Carné Director

Marie Déa as Anne Hugue - la fille du baron qui se fiance avec Renaud Arletty

Arletty as Dominique - un ménestrel

Simone Signoret as Extra

Roger Blin as Le montreur de monstres

At the end of the 15th century, a man and a woman, posing as traveling minstrels, are sent by the Devil to a castle to seduce its inhabitants.

Guy de Maupassant

5.5

Michel Drach Director

Jean Carmet as François

Miou-Miou as Gisèle d'Estoc

Simone Signoret as Maupassant's mother

Vincent Lindon as Un mec sur la plage

The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.

L'Étoile du Nord

1982

French

6.5

♡ 3

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Pierre Granier-Deferre Director

Michel Koniencny as Domb

Philippe Noiret as Edouard Binet

Simone Signoret as Mme Louise Baron

Fanny Cottençon as Sylvie Baron

Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a rich Egyptian carrying valuable jewelry, and Sylvie and Nemrod become friends. Their friendship escalates to love, which makes Edouard jealous. Days later, Edouard arrives at a rooming house owned by Mme. Louise Baron, Sylvie's mother, wearing blood-stained clothes. It appears that Nemrod was killed on a train after he arrived in France, but Edouard denies any knowledge of what happened. Sylvie suspects that Edouard is responsible for Nemrod's death, but by now her mother has become Edouard's ally.

Le Chat

1971

French

7.5

♡ 5

94%

Action

alienation

based on novel or book

Drama

estranged couple

Pierre Granier-Deferre Director

Simone Signoret as Clémence Bouin

Carlo Nell as L'agent immobilier

Georges Mansart as Le garçon à la moto

Nicole Desailly as L'infirmière

Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.

Casque d'Or

1952

French

7.6

♡ 1

100%

Jacques Becker Director

Roland Lesaffre as Anatole

Serge Reggiani as Georges Manda

Simone Signoret as Marie

Paul Azaïs as Ponsard

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

The Confession

1970

French

♡ 12

100%

85%

based on memoir or autobiography

based on novel or book

Costa-Gavras Director

Yves Montand as Gérard

Guy Mairesse as Le médecin

Simone Signoret as Lise

László Szabó as Secret policeman

The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement.

Diabolique

1955

French

8.1

♡ 39

95%

Henri-Georges Clouzot Director

Jacques Hilling as L'employé de la morgue

Henri Coutet as L'employé de la morgue

Simone Signoret as Nicole Horner

Johnny Hallyday as Un élève

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

Army of Shadows

1969

French

8.1

♡ 46

97%

94%

Action

based on novel or book

Jean-Pierre Melville Director

Simone Signoret as Mathilde

Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier

Serge Reggiani as The hairdresser

Nathalie Delon as Une amie de Jean-François

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

Against the Wind

1948

English

6.3

♡ 2

55%

Charles Crichton Director

James Robertson Justice as Ackerman

Peter Illing as Andrew

Gordon Jackson as Duncan

Simone Signoret as Michèle

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.

The Burned Barns

1973

French

6.6

♡ 2

67%

Jean Chapot Director

Michel Berard as

Alain Delon as Le juge Pierre Larcher

Miou-Miou as Monique

Simone Signoret as Rose

The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that the farmers have something to do with the murder.

The Crucible

1957

French

7.2

♡ 6

Raymond Rouleau Director

Simone Signoret as Elisabeth Proctor

Hans Klering as Field

Michel Piccoli as James Putnam

Yves Montand as John Proctor

Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.

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Casque d'Or

The Confession

Diabolique

Army of Shadows

Against the Wind

The Burned Barns

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