Raymond Jourdan

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)

Hanoun's first film. Shot in 16 mm on a very low budget, this film chronicles a simple story about a mother and her daughter trying to survive in Paris, looking for a job and food.

Imaginary reconstitution of Carl-Emmanuel Jung's process, war criminal, free, judged after twenty years for his crimes. (Le Cinematographe)

In the 1930's a young doctor is forced to flee from Paris because he is involved in a drug scandal. On his passage to China he meets a beautiful, eccentric woman. After their arrival in China, she introduces him into a circle of decadent Europeans which created a torture garden for their amusement. While the bored imperial upper class is torturing the locals the revol... Read all (imdb)