Daniel Gélin Movies

A comedic take on the Frankenstein story.

Before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Boisleroi, well off, lived in their castle while their son Jacques courted Geneviève, the manager's daughter. On...

Two burglars enter a house where a young woman has illegally settled. In exchange for her silence, she asks them to play the role of her parents so...

No other sport in the world requires that you tape your racket to your hand - but for wheelchair tennis. Mark Eccleston is an athlete who has...

A César award nominated short feature.

Penelope Benson, known as Penny, is both romantic and determined. Put in a select boarding school by her mother, she takes advantage of a trip to...

Thriller centered round the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Two female members of the Soviet military are supposed to kidnap the new American secret weapon at a disarmament conference. The highlight is the...

Algeria, summer 1961. François, 11, believes in the imminence of the end of the world. He tries to ward off fate with a prayer: “Make my...

This comedy short subject satirizes the Hollywood genre which the French had given the name to of Film Noir.

Anna, twenty-seven, married to building contractor Eric, refuses to live in his wake. Craving independence, she can exist through the art gallery she...

Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them. They kidnap and attempt to re-educate a touring singer from their fatherland.

In a series of four documentaries, Marcel Ophuls pays tribute to his father Max, and in this last one discusses his role as an assistant director on...

The life of a young man, left to spells and monsters, according to the paintings by Leonor Fini.

A man comes back to his old haunts and surveys the changes around him

A train driver has not slowed down at a signal and caused an accident whose victim is a gatekeeper. Two inspectors come to investigate the affair....

A documentary including archival footage of a 1989 interview with actor Daniel Gélin about his experiences working on Max Ophuls' 1950 film LA...