Soundtrack: Pierre Henry

Direction Dziga Vertov

Plot An extraordinary montage of urban Russian life in 1929, showing the people of the city at work and at play, and the machines that keep the city going. It was...

Direction Jean Painlevé · Geneviève Hamon

Plot An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close; blowing water propels it through water. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's...

Direction Marcel Carné

Cast Jacques Brel · Catherine Rouvel · Paola Pitagora · Roland Lesaffre

Plot A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.

Direction Mario Gómez Martín

Cast Moisés Menéndez · Ana Castor · Ricardo Palacios · Elisa Ramirez

Direction Philippe Fernandez

Cast Bernard Blancan · Rogier-Pierre Bonneau · Carine Bouquillon · Corentin Chapa

Plot In a small French town in the 1960's, an art teacher paints skies, two boys built a rocket and a gym teacher and amateur racer keeps improving his rally car.

Direction Henri Decoin

Cast Juliette Greco · Jean-Marc Bory · Liselotte Pulver · Mathé Mansoura

Direction Diourka Medveczky

Cast Bernadette Lafont · Jean-Claude Castelli

Plot A priest succumbs to the charms of his lovely cleaning lady and decides to find a husband when she finds herself pregnant with her works.

Direction Carlos Vilardebó

Cast Alexander Calder · Louisa James Calder

Plot Among Alexander Calder's creations were miniature spring-loaded circus figures, made of wire. In this short film, Calder (1989-1976) talks about and demonstrates these toy-like creations. We see them spin, hop,...

Direction Elvireta Escobio · Manolo Millares

Cast Manolo Millares

Direction Jean-Claude Labrecque