Cast: Jenny Hélia

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Jean Gabin · Simone Simon · Fernand Ledoux · Julien Carette

Synopsis La bête humaine (1938) is a gripping cinematic adaptation of Émile Zola's renowned novel. The story revolves around a tormented railway engineer who becomes entangled in a complex web of emotions and crime. His life takes a dramatic turn when...

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Charles Blavette · Celia Montalván · Édouard Delmont · Max Dalban

Synopsis Toni (1935) follows a classic narrative of a virtuous man brought down by a deceitful woman. The tale begins with an Italian laborer who unwittingly initiates a Zola-like tragedy by developing feelings for a young woman. This woman, however, chooses...

Direction Henri Verneuil

Cast Fernandel · Maria Mauban · Andrex · Antonin Berval

Synopsis La Table-aux-Crevés (1951) is set in the small village of Cantagrel, where Urbain Coindet, a middle-aged farmer and local councilor, discovers his wife, Aurélie, lifeless, suspended from a rafter in their barn. While the official ruling is suicide, not everyone...

Direction Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Cast Bernard Blier · Juliette Faber · Édouard Delmont · Edmond Ardisson

Synopsis Passion for Life (1949) unfolds in the picturesque Provence village of Salezes, shortly after the Great War. The village welcomes a new educator, Mr. Pascal, a decorated war veteran and a graduate of a prestigious teachers' college. Pascal challenges traditional...

Direction Jacques Poitrenaud

Cast Michel Simon · Marie Dubois · Yves Lefebvre · Thalia Frugès

Direction Raymond Bernard

Cast Raimu · Fernand Charpin · Sinoël · Paul Ollivier

Synopsis Tartarin de Tarascon (1934) follows the escapades of a self-proclaimed hero residing in the quaint town of Tarascon. Known for his boastful tales of daring exploits in Africa, a place he has never actually visited, Tartarin finds himself in a...