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Dir: Jean Boyer

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Monsieur, Madame et Bibi perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Jean Boyer

When his wife storms out of a dinner planned for the American boss, because the dog isn't allowed to be at the table, an engineer substitutes his secretary and pretends she is the wife.

Dir: Jean Boyer

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Calais-Douvres perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Disgusted with love, a man bets 500,000 that he can live 5 years without a woman, joins a band of fellow women-haters, and manages to make it through 4 until he meets a troublesome young lady.

Dir: Jean Boyer

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La pouponnière perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Jean Boyer

Simultaneously filmed French language version of the German film Schwarze Rosen, in which a Russian ballerina sacrifices her life for a Finnish artist fighting for freedom from Czarist oppression.

Dir: Jean Boyer

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Roses noires perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

In 1815, while Napoleon was biting his brakes on the island of Elba, the Alliance met in Vienna around the Chancellor of Metternich. The whole city dances and the newly arrived Tsar Alexander courts the adorable flower girl Christel.