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Dir: Pierre Colombier

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Tell Me Tonight perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Opera singer Enrico Ferraro escapes from his manager and too many engagements changing trains for the Riviera. He makes a friend and stops at a village for some well deserved holidays, where he meets a beautiful girl.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

Philibert Bretonneau signs novels which are actually written by Moluchet, his secretary, secretly in love with Bretonneau's charming wife, Pauline... One day, Jim la houlette, the king of thieves, resurfaces in France. He steals jewels from Madame Clisson, the wife of a lawyer. Saint-Lévy, Bretonneau's publisher, has an idea : to simulate the theft of a manuscript by Jim la houlette, in fact by Moluchet posing as the criminal. But Moluchet, confronted by the real Jim, lets him run away and is arrested...

Dir: Pierre Colombier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Hélène, married to Larsonnier, has developed a crush for Germont, her neighbor. One night, she is abducted and she discovers that her kidnapper is none other than Germont. But, to her dismay, he does not act out of love for her : his only motivation is money, which he proves by asking her husband a five-Million-franc ransom. After a long hesitation, Larsonnier finally pays the sum and Hélène returns to him. As for Germont, chased by the police, he goes on the loose... Some time later, Hélène is kidnapped one more time, and again by Germont! But this time around, this the elopement of her dreams.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Une femme chipée perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

When a bourgeois US couple slumming it at a small cabaret is told the dancer roughing up his partner is just fun, they mistakenly think as they get more drunk and silly, that all that later happens is just fun as well.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

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

It is one thing to open a beauty salon (which Edwige and her young lover Gaston have just done) but it is another to keep it on its feet.To best promote their speciality, fountain-of-youth treatments, Edwige decides to apply to the letter the old slogan "It pays to advertise" by posing as... Gaston's mother, a sixty-year-old woman, miraculously grown younger.

Dir: Pierre Colombier

To investigate a would be adultery,Clodomir dresses up as a superintendent,a butler ,a priest ,a fireman ,and even ..a woman .

Dir: Pierre Colombier

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.