Francis Girod

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Descent Into Hell
5.4

Descent Into Hell

Nov. 06, 1986

Descent Into Hell

The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship ...
Le Bon Plaisir
6.2

Le Bon Plaisir

Jan. 18, 1984

Le Bon Plaisir

Claire’s handbag is stolen. It contained a letter written ten years previously by the man who is now the French President. In the letter he ...
Passage à l’acte
5.8

Passage à l’acte

Oct. 30, 1996

Passage à l’acte

Antoine Rivière, a highly-reputed psychoanalyst, is visited by a new patient, Edouard Berg. When Berg claims to have killed his own wife, the ...
L’enfance de l’art
5.5

L’enfance de l’art

Aug. 31, 1988

L’enfance de l’art

This drama attempts to be a film within a film. In the outer story, Andre Dussolier stars as a film director working with drama students at the ...
Rene the Cane
4.6

Rene the Cane

Feb. 16, 1977

Rene the Cane

“René la Canne” was the second collaboration between Francis Girod and Ennio Morricone, coming after “Le Trio Infernal” ...
Lumière and Company
6.9

Lumière and Company

Dec. 20, 1995

Lumière and Company

In 1995, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the invention of the Cinématographe, the first motion-picture camera that served also as a ...
Against Oblivion
5.9

Against Oblivion

Dec. 11, 1991

Against Oblivion

Contre l’Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to ...
The Infernal Trio
6.4

The Infernal Trio

May. 22, 1974

The Infernal Trio

Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as ...
The Elegant Criminal
6.3

The Elegant Criminal

Dec. 19, 1990

The Elegant Criminal

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written ...
Transfixed
5.4

Transfixed

Aug. 08, 2001

Transfixed

Bo is a transexual prostitute in Brussels who left home after being abused by her father. She’s infuatuated with a neighbor and suspected ...
Mon premier film: Claude Chabrol
6.7

Mon premier film: Claude Chabrol

Documentary about the making of French director Claude Chabrol’s first film Le Beau Serge in 1958. Release: Claude Chabrol – Mon ...
La Banquière
6.3

La Banquière

Aug. 27, 1980

La Banquière

The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously ...