During World War II, an innkeeper vows to abstain from alcohol for the sake of his family. Years later, as they thrive in Normandy, his resolve is tested by a charming advertising professional who loves to drink.
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
Julian Winston, en ubekymret og ugift tandlæge, hvis omhyggeligt afbalancerede plan skvatter sammen, da han kommer ud for nogle uforudsete komplikationer. Winston kører rundt med sin knapt så kvikke, blonde elskerinde Toni ved at bilde hende ind, at han har kone og børn. Men da han opdager, at hun har prøvet at begå selvmord på grund af ham, lover han at gifte sig med hende. Men Toni, der ikke ønsker at ødelægge "familieidyllen", insisterer på først at møde Winstons kone, så han bliver nødt til at overtale Stephanie - hans tørre og humorforladte klinikassistent - til at optræde som hans kone. Winstons vanvittige plan fører til en ordentlig bunke overraskelser for alle de implicerede!
A millionaire realizes he really wants to live after he has hired an assassin to kill him.
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.
The relationship between a middle-aged French widow and a young drifter takes a turn when her young niece pays a visit.
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."
When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.
Frankrig, længe før revolutionen. Den unge Louis-Dominique Bourguignon, alias Cartouche, er en erfaren tasketyv, som kun røver fra formuende folk. Hver aften må han aflevere byttet til sin onkel. Men en aften gør Dominique oprør og lader sig hverve til soldat. Ved et tilfælde kommer han i besiddelse af to fjendtlige faner og får derfor en udmærkelse. Dette afholder ham imidlertid ikke fra at stjæle lønningskassen og bortføre en højtstående officer.
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.
Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.
Efter han betaler en brutal pris for at prøve at forlade mafiaen, rejser en lejemorder vidt omkring for hævne sig på sine tidligere bosser.
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 boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam involving millions gets exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with his new girlfriend. But his life is turned upside down the day that his best friend tries to reconcile him with his family by telling them a big lie.
An influential banker is doing everything possible not to share the property with his illegitimate sons. But when he is deprived of all the money, it turns out that only they can help Matthew ... To regain his fortune, the billionaire will be forced to rob his own bank in Monte Carlo. And for this, he will have to perform an even more difficult task: regain the trust of children who grew up without a father ...
Jean-Gabriel intends to spend Christmas in the mountains quietly with his family. Many unforeseen events occur, but Jean-Gabriel will do everything to overcome them...