Jean Gruault

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago... (imdb)

Anne Goupil is a literature student in Paris in 1957. Her elder brother, Pierre, takes her to a friend's party where the guests include Philip Kaufman... (imdb)

During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits. (imdb)

Halifax, 1863. A young woman, miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson, whom she is madly in love with... (imdb)

In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who can not walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.

Prof. Henri Laborit (played by himself) uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety... (imdb)

1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Surintendant who's been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power; he overplays his hand, offering a bribe to Louis's mistress to be his ally... (imdb)

Based on Diderot's novel, this is the story, set in 18th-century France, of a young woman whose parents force her against her will into a convent. Once there, she finds it impossible to accept that her fate is to live away from the world forever.

Three intertwined tales. On the eve of the First World War, Count Forbek starts to build a fantastic castle in the Ardennes forest. After the war he uses it to start a utopian society by brainwashing his friends, including his former fiancee, Livia, and her husband... (imdb)

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to grapple with the possibility of his death. They eventually tell their close friends Jérôme and Judith Martignac about the event. The Martignacs are both clerics, and Judith has just been giving a funeral service for a villager who committed suicide, though Jérôme would have nothing to do with suicide...

All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. The story is set at a shopping mall where people audition for an upcoming show. Afterward, they are seen going through the grueling routines of learning the music and rehearsing. (all movie guide)

In a remote English village of the 1840s, three sisters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - live a simple life with their brother, Branwell, and their father, the pastor Patrick Brontë. Although compelled to take up posts as governesses or private tutors, the four loyal siblings continue to nurture their artistic aspirations. Branwell's poems are beginning to interest other writers and each of the three sisters has published a successful novel. But then tragedy strikes.

Edouard Pierson is a Belgian-born wool dealer who emigrated to Australia after World War Two. He returns to his homeland to assist his family with their wool business. Edouard was left a single father after his girlfriend died and when he goes to Belgium he leaves behind this young girl, whom his family don't know about. He meets a beautiful woman, Jeanne, another single parent, and an intense relationship develops. (imdb)

In 1856, Alexina is released from a strictly religious orphanage and begins teaching at a provincial school. Sharing a room with her fellow teacher, the vivacious and beautiful Sara, she discovers a lot about herself, her sexuality, and her gender as the two fall in love. But as Alexina attempts to fit into French society's institutionalized gender roles, the world passes by, and love eludes them. Based on the memoirs of Herculine Barbin. (church of film)

Fanning, a young student, is taking a leisurely walk in the country; when he comes across an abandoned house owned by a little old man named Captain Diamond. He befriends the old man and learns that the house is haunted by the man's daughter, whose death he had caused. Complications ensue. (imdb)