Jean Vilar

Justice Is Done

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are...

Raphael or the Debauched One

In 1830s France, a virtuous widow falls for a self-destructive debauchee obsessed with death. Initial resistanc...

Les mousquetaires du roi

Thirst of Men

During the colonial period in Algeria, Sergeant Bouvard helps Broussole and his two daughters, Alise and Julie,...

Description of a Struggle

Chris Marker’s documentary portrays Israel twelve years after its founding, blending location and archival foot...

Bold Adventure

In the 16th century, as Flanders is invaded by the Spanish, Till the Mischievous uses stratagems to enter the s...

Jocelyn

In 1786, Jocelyn entered the Seminary. He leaves his share of the inheritance to his younger sister Julie. In 1...

Le Petit Matin

Nina lives with her family in a superb property in the French region of Landes. She loves her cousin Jean who i...

Gates of the Night

In post-Liberation Paris, a man reunites with a friend and meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover her...

Enclosure

In a Nazi concentration camp, Karl, a German political prisoner, and David, a Jewish watchmaker, are confined i...

The Sharks of Gibraltar

In order for important British admiralty papers to pass into the hands of the Germans, the spy Gordon has the i...

Le Théâtre National Populaire

The T.N.P., the Théâtre National Populaire, an important experimental theater directed by Jean Vilar. Franju co...

Wench

A proud femme fatale who works at a mountainous farm property manages, after being prodded by her lover, to bec...

The Farm of Seven Sins

In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, wa...

Carrefour du crime

Suffering from mental disorders, a detective is trapped by his own associate who compromises him in a heinous c...

The Bouquinquant Brothers

A provincial, Julie Moret, is hired as a servant in a Parisian bourgeois residence. She is courted by one of th...

Happy Arenas

A watchman with a sensitive heart, Fernand falls in love with Violette and Pervenche, two of the daughters of h...

La Légende du siècle

Casabianca

In November of 1942, the French submarine, the "Casabianca,", escapes from German-held Toulon, and, upon joinin...

Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous

Troubled Waters

A woman returns to her hometown along the French coast, seeking answers about the death of her brother.