François Périer

A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.

Dir. Costa-Gavras · With Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.

Dir. Federico Fellini · With Giulietta Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · With Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.

Dir. Jean Cocteau · With Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares

When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville · With Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté

An 18th century poet travels through time in search of divine wisdom. In a mysterious wasteland, he has a series of enigmatic encounters with symbolic phantoms with whom he muses about the nature of art and his own career. Ultimately, the poet strives to achieve his rebirth as a celestial being.

Dir. Jean Cocteau · With Jean Cocteau, Édouard Dermithe, Henri Crémieux

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

Dir. Mario Monicelli · With Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.

Dir. Claude Sautet · With Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

Dir. Henri Verneuil · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Dir. Claude Chabrol · With Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.

Dir. Alain Resnais · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey