Movies: Jean-François Balmer

  • 2012
    In the House

    In the House (2012)

    In the House

    7.32012HD

    A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work...

    In the House
  • 1984
    Swann in Love

    Swann in Love (1984)

    Swann in Love

    5.71984HD

    In 19th-century Paris, Charles Swann risks his social standing in his obsessive pursuit of prostitute Odette. His overwhelming desire for her comes, in part, from Odette's complete disinterest in him. When he finally weds her, utterly compromising hi...

    Swann in Love
  • 1991
    Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary (1991)

    Madame Bovary

    6.31991HD

    Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyl...

    Madame Bovary
  • 2020
    Waiting for Anya

    Waiting for Anya (2020)

    Waiting for Anya

    6.22020HD

    During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

    Waiting for Anya
  • 1989
    The french revolution: Years of rage

    The french revolution: Years of rage (1989)

    The french revolution: Years of rage

    7.51989HD

    Second part of the revolutionary historical drama, which takes up the events that occurred from August 10, 1792 until the end of the reign of terror with the execution of Robespierre....

    The french revolution: Years of rage
  • 2015
    Cosmos

    Cosmos (2015)

    Cosmos

    6.62015HD

    Two young men seek the solitude of the country; their peace is disturbed when a set of random occurrences suggest to their susceptible minds a pattern with sinister meanings....

    Cosmos
  • 2009
    Lucky Luke

    Lucky Luke (2009)

    Lucky Luke

    4.52009HD

    Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town....

    Lucky Luke
  • 2006
    Comedy of Power

    Comedy of Power (2006)

    Comedy of Power

    6.22006HD

    Magistrate Jeanne Charmant-Killman doggedly investigates CEO Michel Humeau, who is accused of participating in massive corporate malfeasance. As her investigation leads her into the upper echelons of government, Jeanne becomes intoxicated by the powe...

    Comedy of Power
  • 1979
    The Adolescent

    The Adolescent (1979)

    The Adolescent

    5.41979HD

    In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother....

    The Adolescent
  • 1979
    The Sewers of Paradise

    The Sewers of Paradise (1979)

    The Sewers of Paradise

    6.31979HD

    In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won the nicknam...

    The Sewers of Paradise
  • 2024
    The Worst Man in London

    The Worst Man in London (2024)

    The Worst Man in London

    42024HD

    In the Victorian era of the late 19th century, Charles Augustus Howell moves through London’s art circles as the assistant of famous art critic John Ruskin. His skill at rising through high society lands him a close friendship with painter and poet D...

    The Worst Man in London
  • 1979
    Cop or Hood

    Cop or Hood (1979)

    Cop or Hood

    6.41979HD

    When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of pol...

    Cop or Hood
  • 1975
    The Night Caller

    The Night Caller (1975)

    The Night Caller

    7.21975HD

    A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the in...

    The Night Caller
  • 1981
    Strange Affair

    Strange Affair (1981)

    Strange Affair

    6.21981HD

    A young Parisian advertising executive becomes so captivated by the unsettling charm of his mysterious new employer that he eventually abandons his family and friends, viewing it a privilege to let the ubiquitous employer take over his home, his life...

    Strange Affair
  • 2008
    Tokyo!

    Tokyo! (2008)

    Tokyo!

    72008HD

    Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned hims...

    Tokyo!
  • 2003
    My New Partner III

    My New Partner III (2003)

    My New Partner III

    5.22003HD

    It's been ten years since the paths of René and François parted ways. From the glorious era when, as cops, they roamed the Montmartre district, they only have a handful of memories left, the money from their cronies having evaporated over time. Every...

    My New Partner III
  • 1997
    The Swindle

    The Swindle (1997)

    The Swindle

    6.41997HD

    Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money....

    The Swindle
  • 2001
    Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

    Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (2001)

    Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

    4.62001HD

    A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into ...

    Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
  • 1999
    Time Regained

    Time Regained (1999)

    Time Regained

    6.21999HD

    In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have shaped his life....

    Time Regained
  • 1992
    Diên Biên Phu

    Diên Biên Phu (1992)

    Diên Biên Phu

    6.41992HD

    Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and the Vietminh....

    Diên Biên Phu