Jean-Claude Brialy

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.

Dir. Luis Buñuel · With Jean-Claude Brialy, Adriana Asti, Milena Vukotić

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo

A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.

Dir. Antonio Pietrangeli · With Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy

A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising situations (for which there is always a totally innocent explanation that the police fail to spot). Undercover policewoman Jessica is assigned by eccentric police psychologist Taccone to follow Loris.

Dir. Roberto Benigni · With Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi

On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, a career diplomat visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, his fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.

Dir. Éric Rohmer · With Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand

Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves home, with the intent to track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?

Dir. François Truffaut · With Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy

A group of young boys develops a crush on a girl, leading to jealousy toward her boyfriend. They scheme to disrupt their relationship, and when the boyfriend catches one of them spying, he punishes him harshly. In retaliation, the boys attempt to make the girl doubt her boyfriend's love.

Dir. François Truffaut · With Gérard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel François

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

Dir. Bertrand Tavernier · With Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert

The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.

Dir. Claude Zidi · With Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret, Grace de Capitani

Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.

Dir. Claude Miller · With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Brialy

The film starts in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1984. Robert Pinot is a police officer as ordinary as clumsy. One day, he stops a certain Josyane, a young drug addict who is also doubled as a pickpocket, nicknamed Marylou. Having discovered that she comes from the same village, Nanteuil, then him, he takes compassion for the young girl and decides to take her under his wing to keep her away from Tony, a dangerous dealer with whom she is in love.

Dir. Gérard Jugnot · With Gérard Jugnot, Fanny Bastien, Patrick Fierry