The River (1951)
The growing pains of three young women contrast with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion His wealthy household his family owns chemical corporations tha
French Cancan (1955)
This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge
The Rules of the Game (1939)
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau
La grande illusion (1937)
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P O W camp Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress
A Day in the Country (1946)
The family of a Parisian shop owner spends a day in the country The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day
La Marseillaise (1938)
A news reel like movie about early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of individual people, citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course the king Louis XVI, showing their own small problems
Toni (1935)
In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman Even a w
Elena and Her Men (1956)
Polish countess Elena falls in love to a French radical partys candidate, a general, in pre World War I Paris, but another officer pines for her
La chienne (1931)
Maurice Legrand, a meek cashier married to a nagging wife, has a secret passion hes a Sunday painter He falls in love with Lulu, a young woman dominated by Dede, the pimp who she works for Dede pushes Lulu into a relationship
This Land Is Mine (1943)
A mild mannered school teacher in a Nazi occupied town during WWII finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance
Experiment in Evil (1959)
Mr Joly, doctor Cordeliers lawyer, is amazed to discover that his client and friend leaves his possessions to a stranger, Opale, a sadistic criminal He needs this man to prove that peoples behavior can be adjusted at will
Swamp Water (1941)
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer
Le crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)
The boss of a publishing company is a womanizer and a jerk, but what would happen if he suddenly disappeared
The Golden Coach (1952)
Three men of varying social standing a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier vie for the affections of an actress in 18th century Peru
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
A missionary tries to outwit the U S government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
A chambermaid plots to climb the social ladder by marrying a wealthy man
The Southerner (1945)
The life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them
The Lower Depths (1936)
A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thiefs slum Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family