Essential Cult Cinema Drawn from the Same DNA as La flamme: Cult Guide

Dir: André Berthomieu

Grégoire Vachette is a bashful librarian, forced to listen to the daily boasting of his colleague Courgéan, a great seducer according to what he says. But when, while on holiday, Grégoire meets beautiful Madeleine, the shy young man becomes fired up. Back to his place of work, he can't help communicating his enthusiasm for Madeleine, so much so that he too is taken for a Don Juan. But Madeleine is not for him. Nevertheless, his unexpected change of attitude will have helped him to conquer the heart of Denise, a typist who loved him in secret.

Dir: André Berthomieu

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Mon coeur et ses millions perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Franck Crighton is a millionaire who is fed up with his hectic life. To have a bit of peace and quiet he has found the winning formula, passing himself off as Guillaume Aribeau, his own secretary. Under the cover of this modest condition Franck can both lead a freewheeling life and find true love.

Dir: André Berthomieu

Two third-rate thespians feign a murder to make the headlines.Their subterfuge backfires on them and both are sentenced to death.

Dir: André Berthomieu

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Le mort en fuite perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Berthomieu

Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money.Her fiance,an Englishman, has gone away .After getting permission from her godfather to do a "white marriage," she realizes that she really loves the godfather instead.

Dir: André Berthomieu

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Le crime du Bouif perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Berthomieu

Famous author Bretonneau gets his ghost writer Moluchet to impersonate the notorious criminal Jim la Houlette and pretend to steal a manuscript to boost the sales of their novels.

Dir: André Berthomieu

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: André Berthomieu

The Jouvenels, a couple of bourgeois good people, discover one day that their son Henri has a mistress and a five-year-old illegitimate child. But they both think they are the only one who knows and arrange to spend some time with their grandson without the other knowing it. At long last the open secret is unveiled and little Robert's smiles bring happiness among all the protagonists.

Dir: André Berthomieu

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.