The French Detective
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
The Medic
The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a surgeon falls in love with an idealistic nurse after an initially difficult meeting.
The Widow Couderc
The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.
A Friend of Vincent
Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he seems to be.
Une femme à sa fenêtre
Greece, 1936. An aristocratic woman engages in a series of loveless affairs before finding herself falling for a political activist.
Horse
Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...
Cours privé
Jeanne Kern is a pretty, somewhat repressed schoolteacher who suffers a smear campaign at work. Someone has been sending her director letters accusing her of lewd and immoral conduct. Matters take a turn for the worse when a photograph of an orgy is sent to all the faculty with one face cut out; presumably, the face is hers.
The Last Train
Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
L'Étoile du Nord
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
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.
The Cage
The story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to buy her country house, which she received in the divorce settlement. Instead he finds himself locked in a cage in the cellar.
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Pierre Granier-Deferre
Director
Valérie Mairesse
as
La fille à la cocarde
Patrick Dewaere
as
L'inspecteur Lefèvre
Gérard Dessalles
as
L'inspecteur Ransac
Alain Delon
as
Jean-Marie Desprée
Peter Bonke
as
Le capitaine
Catherine Lachens
as
Zoa
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
as
Simone Signoret
as
Veuve Couderc Tati
Marie Dubois
as
Marion
Marie-France Pisier
as
Milena
Vasilis Kolovos
as
Andréas
Martine Brochard
as
Avghi
Philippe Noiret
as
Raoul Malfosse
Umberto Orsini
as
Rico
Albert Delpy
as
Henri Poirier
as
Le commissaire adjoint
Elizabeth Bourgine
as
Jeanne Kern
Emmanuelle Seigner
as
Zanon
Carlo Nell
as
Adolf Hitler
as
Self
Fanny Cottençon
as
Sylvie Baron
Nicole Desailly
as
L'infirmière
Lino Ventura
as
Julien
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