Simone Signoret

Starring the great Simone Signoret as an unforgettable femme fatale and Serge Reggiani, it is one of the greatest films about the Belle Époque and a true masterpiece of French cinema.

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.

The wife and mistress of a cruel headmaster conspire to kill him; after the murder is committed, his corpse disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women.

The master of the political thriller, Costa-Gavras became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the equally riveting The Confession. Based on a harrowing true story from the era of Soviet bloc show trials, the film stars Yves Montand as a Czechoslovak Communist Party official who, in the early fifties, is abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated over a frighteningly long period, and left in the dark about his captors’ motives. Also starring Simone Signoret and Gabriele Ferzetti, the film is an unflinching, intimate depiction of one of the twentieth century’s darkest chapters, told from one bewildered man’s point of view.

Ophuls’ exquisite, imaginative adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s play about a carousel of erotic encounters involving characters of different social status.

On a voyage from Mexico to Germany during the Nazi regime of the 30s, the ship is a hotbed of disillusionment, prejudice, and delusions of grandeur.

A group of British agents engage in hazardous duty behind German lines after they get sent over to locate and retrieve their captured agents.

A retired Frenchman (Jean Gabin) and wife (Simone Signoret) live together in mutual hate.

When the photographer he loves is murdered, a reclusive detective is assigned to solve to the case — one in which he becomes the chief suspect.

A brilliant cast brings playwright Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of the capricious power of passion to the screen. The story is set during two gatherings, two years apart, on the same Russian country estate and among six lovers, most of whom are not loved in return. Those who are hard-shelled and worldly shrug off romantic disappointment. Those who are not, cannot...and tragedy ensues. With direction by Sidney Lumet (Network, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict) and the talents of James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Denholm Elliott and more lights of film and stage, The Sea Gull resonates with profound emotion.