Curated Recommendations Seeking the Same Brilliance as Sacré Léonce...

Dir: Christian-Jaque

The family Pont-Biquet is composed as follows: father, the judge, afflicted by deafness; authoritarian and irascible mother; funny son-in-law; an ingenious son who has a mistress.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

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

Middle-aged Parisian Bobby, following an attack of gout, is forced to give up his previous merry life. Above all this Bobby falls in love with his niece Genevieve, abandoned by her husband.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Le bidon d'or perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Jerome has made his wife to believe that he's in prison in order to spend a few days with his girlfriend. But the deal goes bad when he found himself arrested, but this time for real.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

On his wedding day, Robert confesses his father-in-law that twenty years ago, he seduced a lady in a sleeping car of a train. His mother-in-law overhears the conversation and convinces Robert that she was that lady and that makes Robert's bride also his daughter. The wedding is in danger of being annulled when the trickery is finally discovered.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Voyage d'agrément perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

While walking back home at night, an examining judge is robbed of his watch. Fortunately he offers resistance and, by roughing up the mugger, manages to recover his belonging. Imagine his surprise when he realizes his thief is none other than... the President of the Court of Justice! How will the poor man behave with him knowing what he knows?

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Lina Bourget, a realist singer, is forced to leave Dakar because of a murder she believes she has committed. Taking refuge in Paris, she unexpectedly becomes a star in the capital.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Compartiment de dames seules perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Fernand Espitalion is miserable as totally whipped husband of a dragon 'passed on' -like cloths- by his late cousin. She often leaves him waiting outside like a dog when she does business. While she sees a notary about an inheritance, he's seduced to a bar by a shady man. The rogue gets Fernand drunk, knocks him out and switches costumes and papers. He's now Robert Durand, a voluntary Foreign legion recruit. After failed attempts to explain, he tastes military life and finds it less disciplined and more enjoyable then, marriage. But will that last when his wife tracks him and his unit is sent to action in tribal Algeria?

Dir: Christian-Jaque

One man enlists his friend's help in wallpapering his dining room. The result is not quite what he had in mind.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

The notary Tremplin wants to give his daughter to the young rich farmer Adhemar. He goes with both of them to Paris where Henriette meets a sleazy car salesman who is precisely the rich heir sought by her father.