In 1860s France, a couple who have recently acquired a dilapidated country house in Vendôme discover within it the secret of a passionate love affaire that once took a macabre and sadly turn. it all began 50 years previously, when the wealthy landowner Gérard de Clergue fell madly in love with the beautiful young dancer Clara Biondi. In the course of the ensuing romance, Gérard remains blissfully ignorant of the fact that Clara had a previous lover, James de Poulay...

Four Flights to Love

1939

French

6.7

♡ 3

Abel Gance Director

Gaby André as Irène

Micheline Presle as Janine Mercier / Jeannette Leblanc

Fernand Gravey as Le peintre Pierre Leblanc

Dora Doll as (uncredited)

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker's assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and his bride live in a blissful paradise, until the war breaks out and he becomes a soldier. Janine dies in childbirth and, no longer desiring to live, Pierre volunteers for a dangerous patrol behind German lines. While recuperating in the hospital from a wound he received on the mission, Pierre spends his time drawing sketches of dresses. He becomes rich and famous after the war. Years later, after devoting himself to his daughter, Pierre seeks a marriage with a girl no older than his daughter. A conflict develops and to ensure his daughter's happiness, Pierre sacrifices his own plans.

Paris Frills

1945

French

6.9

♡ 5

Jacques Becker Director

Christiane Barry as Lucienne

Micheline Presle as Micheline Lafaurie

François Joux as Murier

Georges Bréhat as (uncredited)

Philippe Clarence, a famous Parisian dressmaker, seduces his friend's fiancee. But, for the first time in his life, this is for real. The film is also a sharp picture of the fashion world.

Five Day Lover

1961

French

6.1

95%

Philippe de Broca Director

Jean-Pierre Cassel as Antoine

Jean Seberg as Claire

Micheline Presle as Madeleine

Carlo Croccolo as Marius

Claire is a young mother and married to Georges, but she is also having an affair with bachelor Antoine, who is being kept by her good friend Madeleine, a wealthy fashion designer. But the meetings at Antoine's apartment, five afternoons a week, come to a halt when their partners learn the truth.

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

1950

English

5.9

♡ 3

60%

general douglas macarthur

philippines

preserved film

War

Fritz Lang Director

Carleton Young as Col. Elliott M. Phillips

Micheline Presle as Jeanne Martinez

Tom Ewell as Jim Mitchell

Robert Patten as Lovejoy

American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2001.

Tout dépend des filles...

1980

French

4.4

♡ 1

Comedy

Pierre Fabre Director

Georges Trillat as

Micheline Presle as Betty

Thierry Lhermitte as Charles-Hubert

Patrice Torok as Un consommateur du bar

In Montmartre, Paris, two friends are leading a happy carefree Bohemian existence. Jean-Luc is a cabinetmaker, Mathieu is a sculptor. Then they both meet the love of their lives and decide to get married. Unfortunately, the objects of their desire are not so eager to be drawn into matrimony.

Fantastic Night

1942

French

6.7

♡ 2

Marcel L'Herbier Director

Eugène Yvernès as

Micheline Presle as Irène

Bernard Blier as Lucien

Roger Vincent as Un invité

Denis, a poor student in philosophy, works as a night porter in the Paris market of Les Halles in order to pay for his studies. Constantly weary, he falls asleep and dreams of a beautiful girl in white, Irène, with whom he falls in love.

Le coeur à l'ouvrage

2000

French

4.8

♡ 9

Action

Comedy

Drama

Laurent Dussaux Director

Antoine Duléry as Drama teacher

Bruno Slagmulder as Julien

Martine Erhel as Liliane

Micheline Presle as Madeleine

A porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling with tensions in their private lives.

Donkey Skin

1970

French

♡ 15

89%

Jacques Demy Director

Catherine Deneuve as La princesse / La reine bleue

Micheline Presle as La reine rouge, la seconde reine

Jacques Perrin as Le prince charmant

Jean Daniel as Le troisième médecin

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.

A Slightly Pregnant Man

1973

French

5.8

♡ 1

48%

Jacques Demy Director

Carlo Nell as

Micheline Presle as Dr. Delavigne

Raymond Gérôme as Gérard Chaumont de Latour

Catherine Deneuve as Irène de Fontenoy

Marco Mazzetti, a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène and their young son. After a series of nauseous dizzy spells he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-months pregnant. Marco then becomes internationally famous.

Le jour des rois

1991

French

6.3

♡ 1

Action

Comedy

Drama

Marie-Claude Treilhou Director

Robert Lamoureux as Albert

Micheline Presle as Germaine et Marie-Louise

Jean Roquel as Hervé

Manuela Gourary as Mme Azaro, la voisine

Three old sisters get together every Sunday. For Epiphany Sunday, the program is busy: eating at the Chinese restaurant, drawing the kings and finally going to see, reluctantly, the show of the fourth sister, the extravagant one, the scandalous one, who is part of a comic troupe of the third age...

The Nun

1966

French

7.5

♡ 43

86%

Jacques Rivette Director

Francisco Rabal as Dom Morel

Liselotte Pulver as Mme de Chelles

Micheline Presle as Mme de Moni

Charles Millot as Monsieur Simonin

In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

5.0

Jean Yanne Director

Jean Desailly as Armand Fouché-Blanchot, le directeur de la Police Judiciaire

Catherine Lachens as La réalisatrice

David Carradine as Le pratiquant des Arts Martiaux

Micheline Presle as Mlle Chagrin

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.

Fanfan

1993

French

6.7

♡ 1

Alexandre Jardin Director

Thierry Lhermitte as

Vincent Perez as Alexandre

Sophie Marceau as Fanfan

Micheline Presle as Maude

After seeing the initial passion and romance fade into a series of routine and boring relationships, Alexandre (Vincent Perez) concludes that romance ends when sex enters into a relationship. Determined to prevent this from happening with his latest love-interest—a sexy young woman named Fanfan (Sophie Marceau)—he decides that platonic love is the solution. Despite the wonderful, romantic, and inventive ways Alexandre finds for them to spend time together, Fanfan is left disappointed by his refusal to make love to her. Their exciting relationship becomes jeopardized by Alexandre's unwillingness to change his new approach to love.

Asterix and Cleopatra

1968

French

7.2

♡ 13

78%

René Goscinny Director

Jacques Balutin as Tournevis

Micheline Presle as Voix additionnelles

Erich Fiedler as Vorkoster

Peter Schiff as Wächter

Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.

Sex, Love & Therapy

2014

French

5.4

♡ 6

Tonie Marshall Director

Alexia Barlier as Daphné

Sophie Marceau as Judith Chabrier

Marie Rivière as Martine

Micheline Presle as Une passante

Lambert, a recovering sex addict, tries to redeem himself by becoming a marriage counsellor. He stays abstinent for several months, but his alluring assistant's unbridled sexuality tests his resolve.

Napoleon

1955

French

6.0

♡ 6

86%

Sacha Guitry Director

Micheline Presle as Hortense de Beauharnais

Michèle Morgan as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Sami Frey as Petit rôle

Louis de Funès as Soldier Laurent Passementier

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

Just Like Brothers

2012

French

6.4

♡ 5

Action

Comedy

Hugo Gélin Director

Mélanie Thierry as Charlie

Nicolas Duvauchelle as Elie

Micheline Presle as La grand-mère

Pierre Niney as Maxime

Since Charlie is no longer there, the lives of Boris, Elie, and Maxime have been torn apart. These three men, who have nothing in common, all shared one thing: their love for Charlie. One loved her like a sister, one loved her like the woman of his dreams, one loved her like a friend. Except that Charlie is dead and none of them - not Boris, an accomplished businessman, not Elie, a night owl scriptwriter, and not Maxime, still living at home with his mother - know how to deal with it. But because she asked them to do so, they abruptly decide to undertake a journey together, heading for Corsica and the house that Charlie loved so much. Except that here they are stuck in a car together for over 500 miles. It's going to be a long journey. Boris, Elie and Maxime, three men, three generations, no affinity. But by the time they arrive at their destination, they will have realized one majorly important thing: Charlie has changed their lives forever.