, 1h44 Directed byJean-Pierre Melville OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesGangster films ActorsJean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Michel Piccoli, Marcel Cuvelier Roles Therese Rating76% The narrative unfolds through two characters, Maurice and Silien, and consistently switches back and forth between them, leading the audience to grasp randomly for a distinct main character or hero (despite the fact that both are criminal anti-heroes). Through Maurice and Silien’s actions, the film explores just how deeply qualities such as friendship and loyalty run.
, 1h51 Directed byJean-Pierre Melville OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy-drama, Romance ThemesFilms about religion, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France ActorsJean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Volker Schlöndorff, Nicole Mirel, Gisèle Grimm Roles Arlette Rating74% In a town in the French Alps during the Occupation, Barny (Riva) is a young, wayward, sexually frustrated widow, living with her little girl. She is also a communist militant who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. One day she enters a church, randomly chooses a priest (Belmondo) to confess to and, while in confessional, attempts to provoke him by criticizing Catholicism. Instead of being affronted, the priest engages her in an intellectual discussion regarding religion. The priest is Leon Morin, young, handsome, smart and altruistic. He invites Barny to continue the conversation outside of confessional. She begins regularly seeing him and is impressed by his moral strength, while he makes it his mission to steer her onto the right path.
, 1h24 Directed byYannick Andréi, Jean-Pierre Melville, Charles L. Bitsch OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ActorsPierre Grasset, Jean-Pierre Melville, Billy Beck, Jean Lara, Colette Fleury, Jean Darcante Roles Gloria Rating65% New York, le délégué français de l'ONU, Fevre-Berthier, héros de la Résistance, a disparu. Deux journalistes français se lancent à sa recherche sur les traces de ses maîtresses... Ils le retrouvent, mort, chez l'une d'elles, Miss Nelson. L'un, journaliste à l'AFP, sur ordre de son patron, veut étouffer le scandale ; ils déplacent le corps. L'autre veut faire de l'argent en vendant des photos à la presse à scandale : photo volée de la maîtresse sur son lit d'hôpital après sa tentative de suicide, photo arrangée du mort décoiffé et débraillé, mis en scène couché sur le lit de Miss Nelson.