The Auteur's Selection In the Shadow of Boubouroche: Cult Guide

Dir: André Hugon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Hugon

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

Professor Ménard and his daughter Madeleine leave Paris for Algeria, in the Hoggar mountain where they meet Aftan who has just left the Army where he was known as Grandconseil.

Dir: André Hugon

A silent movie about Rugby intertwined with a love story.

Dir: André Hugon

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Hugon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Hugon

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Hugon

The action takes place on a liner sailing for New York. Aboard there are no fewer than two hundred passengers bearing the name of Lévy, all persuaded that they are the heirs to Abraham Levy, a multimillionaire. Among them, David Lévy has fallen in love with Esther... Lévy! Which is not to the liking of Salomon and Moïse, his uncles, who have another future in mind for him...

Dir: André Hugon

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

Maurin is a jovial and chivalrous poacher who loves outsmarting the local police, fixing wrongs, and charming women. His carefox lifestyle is challenged when he falls for a sweet young girl who happens to be engaged to a gendarme.

Dir: André Hugon

"Gaspard De Besse" is a Robin Hood's French brother,a friend to the poor.

Dir: André Hugon

Now that they have inherited a huge sum of money Moïse Lévy and his brother Salomon are the prosperous owners of a a department store, the Galeries Lévy & Cie. Life is sweet but unexpectedly sours the day a fake Lévy cousin gets into their lives, claiming that the business is his, not theirs...