Claude Piéplu

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The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
5.4

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

When they get wind that Herman Goering wants the Venus de Milo statue removed from the Louvre and added to his private collection of stolen ...
Spray of the Days
5.5

Spray of the Days

Apr. 21, 1968

Spray of the Days

Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who gradually devoured their relationship. Soon after, ...
La Galette du roi
4.8

La Galette du roi

Jan. 29, 1986

La Galette du roi

In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris is marrying Maria-Helena, a ...
The King and the Mockingbird
7.7

The King and the Mockingbird

The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XVI, whose favourite pastime is ...
The Best Way to Walk
7.2

The Best Way to Walk

Mar. 03, 1976

The Best Way to Walk

In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a ...
Femmes Fatales
6.4

Femmes Fatales

Feb. 11, 1976

Femmes Fatales

Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a ...
It’s Tough for Everybody
5.3

It’s Tough for Everybody

After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs of his jaded ex-boss.
The Phantom of Liberty
7.8

The Phantom of Liberty

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis ...
Forbidden to Know
5.7

Forbidden to Know

Aug. 29, 1973

Forbidden to Know

When the police find Simone seated near her husband’s corpse it is predictable that she is charged with the murder. Jean-Pierre Laubray is ...
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
7.8

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted ...
Hibernatus
6.6

Hibernatus

Sep. 10, 1969

Hibernatus

The frozen body of Paul Fournier is discovered in Greenland where he had disappeared during a scientific expedition in 1905. Perfectly conserved ...
The Devil by the Tail
6.7

The Devil by the Tail

Feb. 07, 1969

The Devil by the Tail

In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one ...
Woman in Chains
7.1

Woman in Chains

Nov. 20, 1968

Woman in Chains

Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture ...
Diabolically Yours
6

Diabolically Yours

Dec. 22, 1967

Diabolically Yours

A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
The Man in the Buick
5.5

The Man in the Buick

Jan. 12, 1968

The Man in the Buick

Mr Jo, nicknamed „the man with the Buick“, is the darling of the small town of Honfleur. But he is in fact a trafficker with a bad ...
Rob the Bank
6.7

Rob the Bank

Feb. 25, 1964

Rob the Bank

Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family’s life savings in an African mine, on his banker’s recommendation. When the ...