Jean Aurenche

A girl of perhaps five or six is orphaned in an air raid while fleeing a French city with her parents early in World War II... (imdb)

1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites (usually dumb, racialist and lustful) (imdb)

The timeless tale of the seductive gypsy Esmeralda and the tortured hunchback Quasimodo. (imdb)

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him.(imdb)

A young couple, Renee and Pierre, take one night a room at the Hotel du Nord, in Paris, near the canal Saint-Martin. They want to die together, but after having shooted at Renee, Pierre lacks of courage and ran away. Another customer, Monsieur Edmond, a procurer, rescues her. When Renee goes out of the hospital, she is hired as a waitress at the hotel. Monsieur Edmond falls in love with her, but Renee is still thinking of Pierre ... (imdb)

A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession. (imdb)

During World War I, underage student Francois Jaubert meets and falls in love with Marthe Grangier, who is engaged to Jacques, a soldier at the Front. Though Francois pursues her ardently, they become separated and she marries Jacques. But when Marthe and Francois meet again, their mutual feelings prove stronger than ever, and they begin an extramarital affair...regardless of potentially tragic consequences. (imdb)

Two men, a painter and a poor guy have to cross over Paris by night during world war II and nazi occupation to delivery black market meat. As they walk along dark parisian streets they encounter various characters and adventures until they are arrested by German police. (imdb)

A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. (imdb)

An adaptation of Emile Zola's novel L'Assommoir, about the troubles encountered by a family because of alcohol.

Gabin is a French criminal, Pierre Arrignon, on the run who finds himself in Genoa, Italy, and falls in love with a local girl, Marta Manfredini (played by Isa Miranda). (Wikipedia)

A minister falls in love with a blind young woman he sheltered, but so does his son. (imdb)

France, 1719. Louis 14th died four years ago, Philippe d'Orleans is the regent. He is a liberal and a libertine. His right-hand man, Dubois, an atheistic and cupid priest, as libertine as Philippe, tries to take advantage of a little rebellion lead by a Breton squire and of the famine to become archbishop... Description of the life of the court in this period of transition where the French Revolution smoulders.

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier, a former Sergeant in the French military, shoots his beloved and attempts to kill himself. Having survived with two bullets in his brain, he is released from the Dole medical facility. Then begins a five-year period of wandering on the roads of the South East of France, during which Bouvier rapes and eventually kills two dozen defenseless shepherds and farm servants of both sexes. (imdb)

Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. He lives quietly, alone with his almost grown-up son, Bernard. One day, the police come and say Bernard murdered a FACTORY OWNER. Superintendent Guiboud asks Michel for help. But Michel realizes how little he knows about his son. He also starts to feel he is unable to blame his son. (imdb)

An odd french couple living near the Rhone run into problems when their son falls in love with the daughter of the pious mayor of Pont-Saint-Jean.

Amelie is the potential bride of playboy Marcel. He wants to marry her to land an inheritance. Marcel's plans are blown to bits when Amelie falls in love with a dashing prince. (allmovie guide)

This Special Friendship tells of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit run school. (imdb)

Alphonsine, growing up motherless in absolute poverty, goes alone to Paris and finds work as a seamstress. In the evening most of the girls she works with are whores but one is a cloakroom attendant at the opera house and takes her there to help. Seeing high society on display fills her with the desire to join their world. (Wikipedia)

Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him. (imdb)

"Chiffon" is an eccentric young aristocratic girl, who is struggling to comply with the social conventions of the community. (imdb)

France, 1855. Zélie Fontaine, a twenty-odd-year-old widow and the post mistress of the small provincial town of Argenson, has accepted to receive love letters to Hortense de la Jacquerie, the prefect's wife, under her name. But Hortense decides to break up with her lover, François du Portal. François will not hear of it and, with a view to regaining her love, manages to be appointed deputy prosecutor in Argenson. Trouble can't help following. (imdb)

On the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie's father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie's favorite thing. (imdb)

Based on the novel by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Friends since infancy, Philippe and Vinea have always regarded themselves as brother and sister. But as adolescence segues into puberty, the two youngsters fall in love. (imdb)

It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control (imdb)

Eva Marchand is a woman who can bend men to her will.

The world of juvenile delinquents seen through the eyes of a judge. (imdb)

While a priest faces the consequences of killing a man, a Frenchman is tried for being a conscientious objector.

This thriller about a mysterious psychopath was based on a novel by Georges Simenon. Edouard Binet (Philippe Noiret), an aimless Frenchman who has spent several years travelling in Northern Africa, is sailing to Belgium when he meets an attractive woman named Sylvie Baron (Fanny Cottencon). Edouard introduces Sylvie to Nemrod (Gamil Ratib), a wealthy Egyptian who is traveling with a cache of valuable jewelry. (allrovi.com)

Denise de Flavigny is nicknamed Nitouche by Célestin, the organist of the Convent of Swallows. Denise discovered that Célestin led a double life: he composed the night of operettas for his mistress, a young singer named Corinne.

Alex, entered the Legion to escape a debt owed to the Corsican Mafia ... 4 years later, Alex deserts and returns to Marseille to find Katia, his love of youth.

Gina Lollobrigida stars in this lavish historical epic dramatizing the life of Paulette Bonaparte, tempestuous sister of French emperor Napoleon, and the diminutive tyrant's jealous attempts to control her fiery behavior. Twice forced by Napoleon to marry men she does not love and suffering his disapproval of her many lovers, she nevertheless stands by her brother's side through his darkest days of exile. (Netflix)

Deals with the ordeals of a crude washerwoman in the chic court of Napoleon the First. Based on the play of the same name.

Despite the German occupation of Paris, 17-year-old Antoine Michaud (Alain Delon) is having the time of his life. In this atmosphere of chaos and oppression, Michaud is in the midst of a torrid affair with Yvette Grandmaison (Françoise Arnoul), a woman old enough to be his mother. The teenager struggles to hide his true motivations from his father.

The island of Sein,in the nineteenth century,in Brittany.A crude population lives here,on these windy shores ,estranged from the rest of the world. (imdb)

When Paul, an officer, discovers Denise, a young orphan escaped from her orphanage, he takes advantage of his naivete to seduce her before changing her mind and sending her to live with her mother while sailing. (imdb)

When the spoiled daughter of an oil magnate is murdered, Pierre must determine whether the killer is his own ex, the dead woman's lover or somebody else entirely. (imdb)

A French tutor is determined to save a general's family from financial ruin.

In the 19th century Pyrénées, a stagecoach stops for the night at an isolated inn run by a couple of murderous thieves. The husband wants to kill and rob them all, but one of them is a priest whom the wife refuses to see harmed. (imdb)

At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for the murder of a French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion. (imdb)

A Woman in White (French: Le Journal d'une femme en blanc) is a 1965 French-Italian drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont and Claude Gensac. It was written by Jean Aurenche and André Soubiran. (wikipedia.org)

A mean cat wants to eat two cuckoos but he must face a scarecrow. (imdb)

A young girl learns how it is painful growing up.

Back from the war, Marceau Le Guern remembers. Educated in an orphanage run by Dominican brothers, he fell into misery when he left it. His only asset was his good looks, which did not escape the attention of Madame Alice, a shady woman who persuaded him to pose for pornographic photos meant for lonely aging women. Marceau also served as a gigolo before the war and captivity put an end to this juicy business.