Bellamy
A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.
The Flower of Evil
Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Nightcap
Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wreck on his tenth birthday….
La Ceremonie
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her…
Torment
Forced to work extremely hard to keep things afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head questioning his past choices. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to…
Betty
A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty…
Madame Bovary
Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with…
Quiet Days in Clichy
Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish himself as a serious writer in Paris.
Story of Women
France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She…
Masques
In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Roland Wolf is writing a book on the life of game show host Christian Legagneur–or is he?
Inspector Lavardin
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
Cop au Vin
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Blood Relatives
A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim’s diary.
The Breach
An innocent woman falls prey to her abusive husband, his wealthy father and a shady family friend.
The Butcher
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
The Champagne Murders
A champagne tycoon’s partner suspects his partner’s gigolo husband of murders he’s been framed for.
Line of Demarcation
It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d’un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy. A small…
Six in Paris
Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and Montparnasse et Levallois (Godard) are…
The Blue Panther
Marie-Chantal travels by train to her cousin’s place to spend a winter holiday, when a stranger entrusts her with false jewels that contain a virus powerful enough to destroy all…
The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers
Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan (“Fumiko’s Five Benefactors” by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands (“A River of Diamonds” by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy (“The…
Ophélia
A young man becomes enraged when his mother remarries his wealthy uncle after his father dies.
The Third Lover
The story of a journalist in southern Germany who stays with a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the young couple’s lives.