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.

Le pays d'où je viens

1956

French

6.1

♡ 4

Marcel Carné Director

Madeleine Lebeau as Adrienne Terreau - la pharmacienne

Annie Girardot as Extra

Marcel Bozzuffi as Le chauffeur du camion

Françoise Arnoul as Marinette Ardouin

One Christmas Eve, a carefree young man, Eric, arrives in a small provincial town. Here, he meets Julien, a bar pianist who is his exact double. Julien is in love with Marinette, a pretty waitress, but he is too shy to make any romantic overtures. Eric decides to give the course of true love a helping hand by pretending to be Julien. Meanwhile, Eric’s fabulously wealthy uncle has sent his minions out to bring him back home, so that he may celebrate Christmas in the bosom of his family.

Hotel du Nord

1938

French

7.5

♡ 7

Marcel Carné Director

Bernard Blier as Prosper Arletty

Arletty as Raymonde

Annabella as Renée

Marcel Melrac as Un agent de police

A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.

Air of Paris

1954

French

6.8

♡ 2

Drama

Sport

Marcel Carné Director

Roland Lesaffre as André Ménard Arletty

Arletty as Blanche Le Garrec

Jean Parédès as Jean-Marc

Gil Delamare as Un ami d'André

Victor Le Garrec, a former boxer, runs a gym in Paris while dreaming of finding an aspiring champion who will reach the goals he was never able to achieve.

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.

Children of Paradise

1945

French

8.3

♡ 26

98%

Marcel Carné Director

Jean-Louis Barrault as Baptiste Debureau Arletty

Arletty as Claire Reine, dite Garance

Lucienne Legrand as La première jolie théâtreuse

Jean Carmet as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.

Daybreak

1939

French

7.7

♡ 7

92%

Marcel Carné Director Arletty

Arletty as Clara

Bernard Blier as Gaston

Georges Douking as L'aveugle

Marcel Rouzé as Un agent

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

Port of Shadows

1938

French

7.7

♡ 5

97%

Marcel Carné Director

Martial Rèbe as Le client

Michèle Morgan as Nelly

Édouard Delmont as Panama

Michel Simon as Zabel

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.

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The Adultress

Le pays d'où je viens

Hotel du Nord

Air of Paris

The Devil's Envoys

Children of Paradise

Daybreak

Port of Shadows