Films with: Rochefort, Jean

Comte du Monte Cristo

Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who betrayed him.

DVD 1156

Conspiracy Le complot /

In 1962, members of the OAS steal weapons and rob banks in their efforts to free General Challe from Tulle Prison. The police assign Paraux to assist Police Chief Lelong in tracking them down. Despite having men on the inside of the Police, Clavet may be losing control of some of his factions, as terrorist acts begin to play a part.

DVD 12189

Homme du train Man on the train /

Two strangers, a criminal named Milan and a retired poetry teacher, Manesquier, meet in a sleepy French village and gradually become unlikely friends. As their friendship grows, each develops a desire to trade his life with that of the other.

DVD 3005

Horloger de Saint-Paul The clockmaker /

A simple watchmaker's life is transformed when he learns that his son has committed a robbery and murder.

DVD 2116

Innocents aux main sales Innocents with dirty hands /

"Julie and her young lover Jeff plot to murder Julie's rich and impotent husband Louis Wormser and make it look like an accident. After the deed, Jeff disappears and Julie is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband, but through the efforts of a clever and manipulative lawyer, she is released. Upon returning home, she discovers her husband, Louis, has returned in what proves to be the first of many plot twists in this tense thriller."--Container.

DVD 3073

Ne le dis à personne Tell no one /

Eight years after the heinous murder of his wife, pediatrician Alex Beck still grieves for his beloved wife, Margot. When two bodies are uncovered near where Margot's body was found, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot is somehow still alive.

DVD 6412

Placard The closet /

François Pignon, a very bland sort of man who works as an accountant in a condom factory, is about to be fired. His new neighbour comes up with an idea to prevent such a thing from happening: he creates photos and then spreads the rumor that François is gay so that the factory management might be afraid they'll be sued for sexual discrimination. Of course, nothing happens as it should, but the changes in François Pignon's life-- and other people's too - is drastic!

DVD 2146

Qui êtes-vous Polly Maggoo? Who are you, Polly Maggoo? /

Satire of Parisian haute couture and modeling world.

DVD 6513

Ridicule

In a desperate quest to save the people on his estate by draining the mosquito infested wetlands, a young man quickly learns that a sharp wit is the key to open any door in the Versailles court of Louis XVI.

DVD 9134