Paul Frankeur
7 titles
Filmography
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The Milky Way
(1969)Two French drifter pilgrims leave Paris to visit the tomb of Spanish Saint John de Compostello. Their motives are not purely religious as one man wishes to defy God and the other to find a good place to beg. Along the way, the men meet God, Jesus, Mary, Satan and more.

The Beast Is Loose
(1959)A former agent is forced to go under cover by his government to expose a criminal ring endangering the country.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
(1972)In Luis Bunuel's satiric, Oscar-winning masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Jour de Fête
(1949)The iconic French maestro of slapstick Jacques Tati has enchanted generation after generation of children and cinephiles alike. His first feature is both a hilarious comedy and an incisive observation on post-war French society, seen through the eyes of the most charming, and clumsy, of postmen.

Speaking of Murder
(1957)From acclaimed crime writer Auguste Le Breton comes this gripping noir thriller starring cinema icon Jean Gabin. Louis Bertain’s (Gabin) garage serves as a front for a gang of thieves. He and his accomplices keep up a civic veneer by day and commit crimes in Paris by night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis’ younger brother is a police informer.

Razzia
(1955)After a spell in the U.S., a master criminal known as ‘Le Nantais’ (Jean Gabin) returns to Paris and is recruited by a major narcotics ring.

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
(1959)Maigret is summoned by the Countess to the Château de Saint-Fiacre, where she shows him a letter she has received predicting the day on which she will die. Jean Gabin is perfect as Georges Simenon's secure and steady sleuth.