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Scent of a Woman (1974)
, 1h43Directed by Dino Risi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about disabilities, La cécité, Erotic thriller films
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Agostina Belli, Alessandro Momo, Moira Orfei, Alvaro Vitali, Vernon Dobtcheff
A blind Italian captain, accompanied by his aide Ciccio, who has been assigned to him by the army, is on his way from Turin to Naples to meet with an old comrade who was also disfigured in the same military incident. Unknown to his aide, the Captain means to fulfill a suicide pact there. While they journey, the Captain asks Ciccio to help him spot beautiful women. Unsatisfied with the boy's descriptions, he uses his nose instead, claiming that he can smell a beautiful woman. During their journey, he carries with him a picture of his beloved Sara, whom he could not bear to have see him disfigured and helpless. The suicide pact is eventually thwarted once Sara enters the picture, and the boy Ciccio does some much-needed growing up.
Love at the Top (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Michel Deville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean-François Balmer, Jane Birkin, Florinda Bolkan
Nicolas Mallet est un modeste employé de banque résigné à la médiocrité sociale pour la sécurité que lui procure son emploi. Introverti et terne, avec l'assistance et sous les directives d'un ancien camarade de lycée, Claude Fabre, il va devenir un séducteur assuré, un arriviste opportuniste sans ambition définie. Aux lendemains de la crise du pétrole, le Bel Ami des années 70 connaît une remarquable ascension sociale, en s'appuyant exclusivement sur les femmes qu'il séduit presque sans le vouloir, tout en étant téléguidé par Fabre. Allant chercher le pouvoir auprès de ceux qui le régentent, sachant se rendre indispensable, il va réussir son ascension et favoriser celle de sa première conquête. Ce n'est qu'à la fin du film que l'on découvre les vraies raisons de l'attitude manipulatrice de Fabre.
Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
, 2h12Directed by Louis Malle
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande
Actors Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Therese Giehse, Holger Löwenadler, Stéphane Bouy, René Bouloc
In 1944 Lucien Lacombe, a 17-year-old peasant living in the Lot region of south-western France, is rejected by the French Resistance. Pro-German collaborators obtain information from him about a resistance leader and recruit him into the "Milice Francaise", a fascist group that hunts down Resistance fighters.
Immoral Tales (1974)
, 1h43Directed by Walerian Borowczyk
Origin France
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini, Lise Danvers, Marie Forså, Pascale Christophe, Lisbeth Hummel
The film is separated into four stories. The first story involves André (Fabrice Luchini) who takes his 16-year-old cousin (played by Lise Danvers) to the beach to perform fellatio on him in tune to the waves of the incoming tide. The second story is titled Thérése Philosophe and involves a teenage country girl (Charlotte Alexandra) who intermingles sexual desires in her imagination with her dedication to Christ after being locked in her room. The third story features Elizabeth Báthory (Paloma Picasso) as a countess who murders young girls in order to gain eternal youth by bathing in their blood. The final story involves the daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia (Florence Bellamy), having sex with her male relatives.
Chinese In Paris (1974)
, 1h50Directed by Jean Yanne
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Alternate history films
Actors Jean Yanne, Michel Serrault, Nicole Calfan, Daniel Prévost, Macha Méril, Jacques François
Pendant que le président de la République française rassure son pays sur la force que celui-ci opposera à une invasion chinoise avant de s'embarquer avec son entourage dans un avion pour New York, l'armée d'occupation chinoise se met en place sans effusion de sang, et entreprend de réformer la France à sa façon. Le général Pou-Yen installe son quartier général aux Galeries Lafayette, et depuis Pékin le Comité central nomme le Français Hervé Sainfous de Montaubert au poste de gouverneur de la France occupée.
, 1h45Directed by André Hunebelle, Denys Granier-Deferre, Jacques Besnard
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Gérard Rinaldi, Jean-Guy Fechner, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli, Daniel Ceccaldi, Josephine Chaplin
La reine de France se trouve dans l'embarras. En effet, pour leur prochaine apparition en public, le roi lui a demandé de porter le collier de ferrets qu'il lui a offert en cadeau pour la Sainte Anne. Or, la reine a déjà remis celui-ci en gage d'estime au duc de Buckingham lors d'une visite secrète, en lui faisant promettre de ne plus jamais chercher à la revoir. Elle suspecte une machination du cardinal de Richelieu et du père Joseph, prêts à tout pour la déshonorer.
Rookies Go to War (1974)
, 1h25Directed by Claude Zidi
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Gérard Rinaldi, Jean-Guy Fechner, Jean Sarrus, Gérard Filippelli, Jacques Seiler, Marisa Merlini
Gérard, Jean, Phil et Jean-Guy sont à l'armée, mais le sergent Bellec qui s'occupe d'eux ne les lâche pas d'une semelle. Les quatre compères préférant passer leur temps à jouer aux cartes en prison, ils restent à faire des bêtises et à se faire taper sur les doigts, comme quand ils sont chargés un jour de réchauffer la piscine du colonel. Par erreur, ils envoient du mazout dans la piscine, inondent la cave du colonel de mazout et se retrouvent coincés avec le sergent et le colonel. Un jour, ils parviennent à s'évader et se réfugient dans une ferme que l'armée veut réquisitionner parce qu'elle se situe sur un de ses terrains. Ils aideront les occupants avant d'aller dire « oui » (ou plutôt « non ») devant Monsieur le maire.
Turkish Delight (1973)
, 1h52Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Rutger Hauer, Monique van de Ven, David Rappaport, Bert André, Joost Prinsen
Eric, a sculptor, wakes up recalling a disturbing dream followed by frantically picking up random women from the streets and taking them back to his studio for sex. However, he is clearly distressed about something, and it turns out that this is the aftermath of his breakup with Olga. The movie then recounts his relationship with Olga.
Shock Treatment (1973)
, 1h31Directed by Alain Jessua
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Vieillesse, La précarité, Films about psychiatry, Immortalité
Actors Annie Girardot, Alain Delon, Michel Duchaussoy, Robert Hirsch, Jean-François Calvé, Jeanne Colletin
Depressed after being abandoned by her young lover, affluent Helene (Annie Giradot) heads off to a health clinic on the coast. The treatments by Dr. Devilers (Alain Delon) make her and the other guests feel better, and for a while that is enough. However, Helene stumbles upon the resort's dark secret: the patients rejuvenation comes at the expense of Portuguese youths, who arrive at the clinic to work in the gardens and are never seen again.
The Last Train (1973)
, 1h35Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Régine, Nike Arrighi, Serge Marquand
In May 1940 a packed train takes refugees from a French village near the Belgian border away from the advancing German forces.. On it are Julien, a short-sighted radio repairer, and his pregnant wife and daughter. The women are given priority in a carriage at the front while he has to scramble into a cattle truck at the rear. There he is struck by a mysterious and beautiful young woman on her own.
The Serpent (1973)
, 2h4Directed by Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Radio, Political films
Actors Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Jean Desailly, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret, Michel Bouquet
Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a high ranking KGB official who defects while in France. He has with him highly-classified information as part of a deal with Western intelligence for his arrival in the United States. The debriefing is held at Langley by DCI Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) and MI6 representative Philip Boyle (Dirk Bogarde). Vlassov hands off a list of enemy agents in Western Europe including a deep penetration into NATO. Davies wants to begin operations to arrest the agents; however, those on the list suddenly begin to die off. The CIA also has suspicions over the authenticity of Vlassov's claims. The CIA discovers that a defection photo of Vlassov was taken in the Soviet Union, not in Turkey, judging from the contours of Mt. Ararat in the background. Vlassov also fails a lie detector test after he angrily protests about sexual related questions asked by the CIA during the test.
Nothing to Report (1973)
, 1h50Directed by Yves Boisset
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Weber, Jean-François Balmer, Jacques Villeret, Claude Brosset, Michel Peyrelon
En 1956, pendant la guerre d'Algérie, March, Charpentier et Dax, des réservistes, se retrouvent dans un bataillon disciplinaire. Ils sont alors pris dans les engrenages de la guerre, de la torture et de la mort. Le commandant Lecoq doit constituer une unité d'élite avec les réfractaires, dont les motivations politiques sont diverses.
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
, 1h57Directed by Tonino Valerii, Sergio Leone
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, Geoffrey Lewis, Mario Brega, Steve Kanaly
Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) is an aging legendary gunslinger who wants to retire in peace in Europe to get away from young gunmen constantly trying to test themselves against the master. The film opens with three gunmen attempting to ambush Beauregard in a barbershop. After Beauregard has dispatched them, the barber's son asks his father if there is anyone in the world faster than Beauregard, to which the barber replies "Faster than him? Nobody!"
, 1h35Directed by Robert Lamoureux
Origin France
Genres War, Comedy, Action
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Pierre Mondy, Jean Lefebvre, Aldo Maccione, Robert Lamoureux, Pierre Tornade, Marcelle Ranson-Hervé
During the Battle of France, while the German forces are rapidly spreading across the country, the 7th Transmission Company suffers an air raid near the Machecoul wood, but survive and hide in the wood. Captain Dumont, the company commander, sends three of his men—Louis Chaudard, Pithiviers and Tassin—to scout the area. After burying the radio cable beneath a sandy road, the little squad crosses the field, climbs a nearby hill, and takes position within a wall-covered area, which happens to be a cemetery. One of the men who was cutting down trees for camouflage hits the wrong tree, pulling up the radio cable from the sandy road and revealing it to the passing German infantry. The Germans cut the cable, surround the woods, and order a puzzled 7th Company to surrender. During that time, Chaudard and his friends, who spotted the Germans, try without success (due to the cut cable) to contact and join their unit. They can only witness their comrades' capture and decide to run away.
The Magnificent One (1973)
, 1h35Directed by Philippe de Broca
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Spy films
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Hans Meyer, Monique Tarbès, Mario David
François Merlin (Belmondo) is a Jean Bruce type writer of pulp espionage novels (he has written 42 so far) and about half of the film plays in his imagination, where he is the world-renowned superspy "Bob Sinclar" (The name of the character is never seen written in the movie, while some people write his name "Saint-Clar" the way it is pronounced in French sounds like Sinclar.)