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Sébastien Japrisot has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2000s.
The film is set in Marais, a quiet region along the banks of Loire river in 1918. Riton is afflicted with a bad-tempered wife and three unruly children. Garris lives alone with his recollections of World War I trenches. Their daily life consists of seasonal work and visits from their two pals: Tane, the local train conductor and Amédée, a dreamer and voracious reader of classics.
Dir. Jean Becker · With Jacques Villeret, Jacques Gamblin, André Dussollier
Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...
Dir. Jean Becker · With Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...
Dir. Jean Becker · With Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier
Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.
Dir. René Clément · With Charles Bronson, Marlène Jobert, Gabriele Tinti
After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.
Dir. Jean Herman · With Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot
The beautiful O is taken by her boyfriend, Rene, to a bizarre retreat, where she is trained in bondage and sexual perversion...
Dir. Just Jaeckin · With Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier, Alain Noury
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