Cinematic Discoveries Resonating with the Themes of Voyage d'agréme...

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Léonce Vavin, an entomologist, marries Cecile Debienne, but the parents of the bride quickly realize that he's not just ugly but also a complete ignorant of all sexual matters.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

In the fictitious republic of Carvolie, the Council President, Desnoyaux, although he has a nice wife and a daughter, lets himself be bossed around by his mistress, Lulu de Pompadour. In the hands of Lulu, he does not even notice that a party has formed against him. The main conspirators are Gargarousse, Cornillet, General Dubul, Petit-Morin, and Desnoyaux's chauffeur Prosper. One night, Prosper drives the President into a trap where the men kidnap him and keep him prisoner. Meanwhile, other men spot a sewer man who looks exactly like Desnoyaux! He names is Justin Morille, aka "father Lampion", and they offer him to take Desnoyaux's place. With the help of a few drinks, and before he even realizes it, Lampion wakes up in Desnoyaux's bed. After he has reinstated Desnoyaux as a good husband and good father, he launches new laws and reforms. He decides to install loudspeakers in villages to promote good sense and his "gold policy" : each citizen has to give the State a small amount of gold as tax. Unexpectedly, his measures earn him a great popularity. Though he asks Desnoyaux to take his place back, he asks the man to keep acting just like he did. Lampion then goes back to taking care of the sewers, only as a "General inspector", as he promoted himself.

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

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 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.

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

Dir: Christian-Jaque

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

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.

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

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Fernand Dubreuil wants to be a journalist and agreed to do an interview with promising star Clara Sergy. He's accompanied by the jerk photographer, Alfred.

Dir: Christian-Jaque

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?

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

Dir: Christian-Jaque

Three narrators (French writer Jean Martin, an English royal equerry, and a papal chamberlain) tell the story of seven matched pearls, four of them now in the British Crown. Episodes whirl us from Pope Clement VII to Mary Queen of Scots, from whom the pearls are stolen while she's occupied with the headsman. Historic events are seasoned with sly, satiric humor, and famous beauties are portrayed by stunning actresses. Then the narrators meet, and decide to try tracing the three unrecovered pearls from 1587 to the present...

Dir: Christian-Jaque

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.