Jean Carmet

Germinal
7.1

Germinal

Sep. 29, 1993

Germinal

It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. One day the ...
Fugitives
7.1

Fugitives

Dec. 17, 1986

Fugitives

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a ...
Papy fait de la résistance
6.8

Papy fait de la résistance

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family’s home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. ...
Cabbage Soup
6.5

Cabbage Soup

Dec. 02, 1981

Cabbage Soup

2 buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Buffet froid
7.4

Buffet froid

Dec. 19, 1979

Buffet froid

An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of ...
Violette
7.2

Violette

May. 24, 1978

Violette

Paris, 1933. The daughter of a respectable lower middle class couple, Violette Nozière, leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the ...
Black and White in Color
6.9

Black and White in Color

French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do ...
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
6.8

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

With ‘little captain’ Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called “super spy”, Colonel Toulouse ...
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
7.3

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being ...
The Troubles of Alfred
6.1

The Troubles of Alfred

Unlucky in love, Alfred tries to commit suicide, only to be thwarted by police efforts to prevent a simultaneous attempt by a nearby young woman. ...