Movies: Paul Frankeur
- 1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie7.41972HD
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined....
- 1945
Children of Paradise (1945)
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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, connivi...
- 1965
God's Thunder (1965)
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Veterinarian Léandre Brassac lives with his wife Marie on a remote estate. One day, he decides to shelter a young woman with no bearings....
- 1962
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
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During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink....
- 1959
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
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Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter....
- 1974
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
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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 consiste...
- 1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
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Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who h...
- 1966
Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)
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A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in....
- 1954
Before the Deluge (1954)
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The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will ...
- 1969
The Milky Way (1969)
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Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way they meet a whole assortment of people—some truculent, some violent, and some bizarre; they experience many adventures—some mysterious, some erotic, ...
- 1968
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese (1968)
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Rita is a girl that lives on taking gangsters as lovers. But when the money stops coming, she swears revenge....
- 1959
The Magnificent Tramp (1959)
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Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy....
- 1949
Jour de Fête (1949)
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Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too m...
- 1969
My Uncle Benjamin (1969)
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Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same re...
- 1954
No Exit (1954)
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The scene is a tawdry hotel room in Limbo, where several damned souls are gathered. At first, the group fails to comprehend where they are or why they're there. When the horrible truth dawns upon them, they carp and snipe at one another, blaming ever...
- 1949
Strange Tales (1949)
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A group of policemen look over three murder cases including a cutthroat that prays on young women, a madman that hid his deformed landlord's corpse in the floor, and a wine aficionado who buries his friend alive....
- 1957
An Eye for an Eye (1957)
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In North Africa, an anguished husband tests the character of the doctor he believes is responsible for his wife’s death....
- 1961
The Lovemakers (1961)
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The death of a wealthy patriarch in 1885 sets off an interfamily power struggle. Son Ferdinando buys out his other relatives in order to gain full control over the dead man's property. But Ferdinando's nephew Amerigo holds out. Amerigo's stance is we...
- 1962
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
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The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters....
- 1963
Maigret Sees Red (1963)
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Gangsters from the United States try to kill a key government witness whose testimony could help land an influential mobster in jail. It's up to detective Maigret to deal with the FBI and a series of underworld figures to save the life of the witness...