A Monkey in Winter

In turn-of-the-century Paris, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. In retaliation, Georges stea…

Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.

The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could threaten his life and career.

"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he…

A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to li…

Two bank robbers, an old and a young, escape from prison to get to the hidden loot.

Bum Archimède wants to spend the winter in prison, but to get there proves not to be that easy.

It's Eleni's birthday. Friends and relatives are gathering together. Their relationships are going to be tested.

Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...

I "Abekongen" rejser en munk, en gris og ikke mindst den anarkistiske abekonge mod vest for at lede efter nogle buddhistiske skrifter, men det, der fylder mest, er, hvordan abekongen narrer og tæsker diverse dæmoner, djævle og andre plageån…

In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they de…

Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.

Willis Peterson (Lance Henriksen) flytter midlertidigt ind hos sin søn John (Viggo Mortensen) i Los Angeles, mens han leder et godt sted at bo i sit otium. De to generationer af Petersons har meget forskellige syn på tilværelsen. Landmanden…

Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes cas…

George Eastman er en fattig ung mand fastbesluttet på at arbejde hårdt for at vinde en plads for sig selv i de højere sociale kredse. Gennem en rig slægtning, vil han arbejde på en fabrik. Men snart udvikler et trekantsdrama, der bliver sta…

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris.

A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens' boarding school. Slowly, they reveal themselves to each other, finding that they have something deeply in common.

After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she can have a respectable middle-class life and reestablish contact with the 16-year-old s…

Lucien er en ung ukendt digter i 1800-tallets Frankrig. Han ønsker at skabe sin egen skæbne og forlader familiens trykkeri i sin fødeprovins for at prøve lykken i Paris. Lucien er overladt til sig selv i den berømte by. Og den unge mand opd…

Den overnaturligt stærke og stumme kriger, One Eye, er i årevis blevet holdt fanget af en høvding og hans klan. One Eyes uovervindelige evner i dødelige gladiatorkampe har holdt ham i live gennem lang tid og rygtet om den mutte morder, har …