Films in the 60s
1961
Pantomime à la Lune
short feature film directed by Pierre Sonnier1965
Fragilité, Ton Nom est Femme
short feature film directed by Nadine Trintignant (Marquand)starring Annie Fargue and Jean-Louis Trintignant
1966
Le Petit Cheval de Bois
13' short feature film directed by Richard Balduccistarring André Badin, Jeanne Colletin, Gilou Pelletier and Paul Préboist
Caroline Sur Seine
short feature film directed by Jean-Jacques Faure
La Chance et L'Amour
Anthology film including "Le Jeu de la Chance" directed by Bertrand Tavernierstarring Michel Auclair and Bernard Blier
Brigitte Bardot Show
television film directed by Eddy Matalon & François Reichenbach
A MAN AND A WOMAN
film directed by Claude Lelouchstarring Anouk Aimée & Jean-Louis Trintignant
Song written by Pierre Barouh & Francis Lai performed by Pierre Barouh & Nicole Croisille
42 International awards including :
The Cannes Film Festival for Best Film and Best photography, Oscar for Best Foreign Film and Best Story and Screenplay
Commission Supérieure Technique Award, Office Catholique International du Cinéma Award
1967
LIVE FOR LIFE
film directed by Claude Lelouchstarring Annie Girardot, Candice Bergen, Yves Montand, Irène Tunc, Uta Taeger, Jean Collomb & Anouk Ferjac
Cinéma Français Grand Prix
The Story
Robert Collombs is a television reporter. He's been married for the past ten years with Catherine, and is having an affair with Candice, an american model. The day his wife finds out about this affair, she decides to leave him. Six months later, he breaks up with Candice. He is then captured and imprisonned in Viet Nam. When at last he is released and returns home, he finds Catherine there waiting for him.
La Maison de Toutou
television series directed by G. Croses & R. Artaut
Mon Amour, Mon Amour
directed by Nadine Trintignantstarring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Valérie Lagrange, Michel Piccoli, Annie Fargue, Bernard Fresson, Katerina Larsson & Marie Trintignant.
L'histoire
An architect has an affair with a young woman who aspires to be a pop singer. She ends up pregnant but does not tell her lover about her condition as she contemplates having an abortion. The viewer must decide whether it was all real or all a figment of the young woman's imagination. Written by Dan Pavlides
The Bobo
directed by Robert Parrishstarring Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland, Adolfo Celi & Rossano Brazzi.
The Story
Unsuccessful in the bull ring, Juan Bautista decides to become a singing matador.
We find him in Barcelona where he attempts to seduce the lovely Olympia.
I’ll Never Forget...What's 'is Name
directed by Michael Winner starring Orson Welles, Oliver Reed, Carol White, Harry Andrews, Michael Hordern, Wendy Craig, Norman Rodway, Marianne Faithfull, Frank Finlay, Ann Lynn, Harvey Hall, Lyn Ashley, Edward Fox, Basil Dignam & Mark Burns.
The Story
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. He quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He finds, however, that it's not so easy to escape the past.
Les Toutous du Festival
short feature film directed by Richard Balducci1968
GRENOBLE
documentary by Claude Lelouchabout the 1968 winter olympic games filmed by François Reichenbach
Song written by Pierre Barouh & Francis Lai and performed by Pierre Barouh & Nicole Croisille
Neiges de Grenoble
documentary by Jacques Ertaud and Jean-Jacques Languepin
Mayerling
film directed by Terence Youngstarring Catherine Deneuve, Omar Sharif, James Mason & Ava Gardner
The Story
In Vienna, prince Rodolphe, heir to the throne, takes part in the student political demonstrations. Married to Stephanie of Belgium, he falls in love with the baroness Maria Vetsera. They will be brutally murdered by a terrorist which will inevitably lead to a war.
TENDER MOMENT
film directed by Michel Boisrondstarring Nathalie Delon & Renaud Verley, Katia Christine, Nicole Desailly, Robert Hossein, Bernard Le Coq & Martine Sarcey.
The Story
19-year-old college student from an upper-middle-class family has an affair with the 25-year-old mistress of a famous driver who competes in international horse races. He is treated like a kid by the woman until they come together at a winter resort and begin an amorous affair. When the driver comes home, the student gives up the woman in a noble gesture of maturity and respect for the love he has received from her in this bittersweet romantic film. Written by Dan Pavlides
LIFE, LOVE, DEATH
film directed by Claude Lelouchstarring Amidou, Caroline Cellier, Jeanine Magnan & Catherine Samie
The Story
Awaiting execution for murder, Souad Amidou reflects on the events leading up to this sorry contingency. It seems that Amidou can only cohabit with prostitutes, thus he seeks out satisfaction in all the side streets of Europe. Disturbed by a whore's insults when he was unable to perform, Amidou goes completely off the deep end and begins cutting a swath of death from one end of Spain to another. Lelouch's principal stylistic decision in Life Love and Death is to draw as many parallels as possible between sex and bullfighting. Written by Hal Erickson
1969
House of Cards
film directed by John Guillermainstarring George Peppard, Inger Stevens, Orson Welles & Keith Mitchell
The Story
Leschenhaut and Morillon are trying to organize a plot to overthrow the French government and set up a new fascist organization. Their plans are interrupted by Davis, an American boxer, tutor of young Paul de Villemont; in Villemont Manor he discovers the plot and, after the kidnapping of the boy, he travels to Rome, where the organization would exchange Paul with a list of members stolen by Davis to give to the press. Written by Adalberto Fornario .
Three Into Two Won’t Go
film directed by Peter Hallstarring Claire Bloom, Rod Steiger, Judy Geeson, Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Rogers, Lynn Farleigh, Elizabeth Spriggs & Sheila Allen
The Story
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Manchester, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Elle Patterson, to emotionally get away from his marriage to his wife Francis. But when Elle moves into a room in Steve and Francis's house, he must keep the true nature of his relationship with Elle under wraps at all costs.
L’Officier Recruteur
film directed by Jacques Pierrestarring Patricia Vilon, Pierre Vernier, Yvan Varco, Albert Vandeville, Nicolas Silberg & Dominique Paturel
Hannibal Brooks
film directed by Michael Winnerstarring Oliver Reed & Michael J. Pollard
The Story
A World War II story with Oliver Reed and Michael J. Pollard escaping from a prisoner of war camp - with an elephant - and attempting to reach the Swiss border.
RIDER IN THE RAIN
film directed by René Clémentstarring Marlène Jobert, Charles Bronson, Annie Cordy & Jill Ireland.
The Story
Beautiful Melie, maried to a pilot, is assaulted in her home and manages to kill her assailant. She decides to get rid of the body rather than go to the police.
But when the body is recovered, she is accused of the murder by an American military officer...
THE GOLDEN CLAWS OF THE CAT GIRL
film directed by Edouard Logereaustarring Danièle Gaubert, Michel Duchaussoy & Julien Guiomar.
The Story
Françoise, Françoise looks like a sexy kitten by day, but is a silent she-wolf by night, making very clever robberies of gold jewels.
Despite the interest, and competition from Bruno, she ends a lonely she-wolf.
LOVE IS A FUNNY THING
film directed by Claude Lelouchstarring Annie Girardot, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Maria-Pia Conté, Marcel Bozzufi, Farah Fawcett & Simone Renant
Song written by Pierre Barouh & Francis Lai performed by Martine Baujoud
The Story
Henri, a composer, and Françoise, an actress, meet in Los Angeles where they are shooting a film. They are immediately attracted to one another and decide to take off together on a trip around the country during a ten day break. They fall in love and at the end of their trip, although they are both married, they promise each other to meet again in France as soon as they get back. Françoise leaves her husband, but Henri never shows up.
EYES FULL OF SUN
film directed by Michel Boisrondstarring Renaud Verley, Florence Lafuma, Bernard Lecoq, Martine Sarcey, Jean Ferniot & Janet Agren
Song written by Catherine Desage et Francis Lai performed by Séverine & Francis Lai.
The Story
Vincent, a young intern, lives in Rennes with his mother eighteen-year-old brother Bernard. In order to cheer up Bernard who has just failed his baccalauréat exam, the father invites him and his older brother to spend a holiday in his villa in Morocco, where he lives estranged from his ex-wife. Vincent and Bernard decide to travel there by sailboat, accompanied by Geneviève, Vincent's fiancée. Vincent, who has never forgiven his father for leaving him when he was a child, remains hostile and withdrawn.... The Story Written by Guy Bellinger
