Jean Rougerie

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.

Dir. Louis Malle · With Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.

Dir. Yves Boisset · With Gérard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier

Solange is seriously depressed, and her kindhearted husband, Raoul, makes it his mission to cure her doldrums. After many failed attempts to cheer her up, Raoul hits upon a possible solution: find his wife a lover. Unfortunately, his choice, Stéphane, proves to be just as ineffectual in restoring her flagging spirits. In the end, the gorgeous Solange finds her own, highly problematic tonic to her troubles in the form of a 13-year-old boy.

Dir. Bertrand Blier · With Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure

A former crook is pulled out of retirement when a gang on the run turn to him for shelter after a prison break.

Dir. Alain Corneau · With Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve

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

France, 1965 - An aging mamma's boy becomes the replacement leader of a rowdy group of teenage boy scouts who make his life miserable.

Dir. Gérard Jugnot · With Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Claude Leguay, Jean-Yves Chatelais

A beautiful woman hires an intrepid adventurer to help find her father, who has disappeared in the jungle while searching for a rare and priceless butterfly. Along the way they run into cannibals, a race of Amazon warriors and all the usual attractions one would expect to find in a lost jungle.

Dir. Just Jaeckin · With Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou Breitman