Hidden Genre Gems for Fans of La pouponnière: Cult Guide

Dir: Jean Boyer

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 visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Antonia, romance hongroise perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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 Monsieur, Madame et Bibi 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.

Dir: Jean Boyer

Jacques is a jolly bachelor who lives a wild life with his a mistress Wanda and all he wishes is to go on living the way he does. But Father won't allow. He demands that Jacques get married. More or less reluctantly, Jacques decides to comply but on the way to his father's home - where he is to meet the bride Dad has chosen for him - the young man comes across the charming Simone and falls in love with her at first sight. He elopes her, determined to ignore his progenitor's orders. Little does he know that Simone, the girl of his heart, is none other than the one he was supposed to marry...

Dir: Jean Boyer

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Le congrès s'amuse perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Monsieur Serval has made a deal with his daughter Jacqueline. She can be a lawyer and act her own way provided that, in a given period of time, she becomes a great name of the profession. If she does not, she must pledge herself to marry the son of a rich man, Monsieur Feutrier. Jacqueline accepts and starts her career by defending Pierre Besnard, a bad Boy. Not only does she get the case dismissed but she falls in love with Pierre as well. But she is not famous for all that and sooner or later she will have to bring herself to marry Feutrier's son...

Dir: Jean Boyer

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jean Boyer

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Prends la route perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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 fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.