Heat of Desire

Heat of Desire 1981

5.90

In France in the near future, revolt and chaos erupt. A right-wing politician, Philippe Muphand, is set to take control when his lady friend Caroline walks out, announcing she will take up with the first fool she sees. The fool is Serge Laine, a professor and author of the prize-winning "Le voyage qui ne finit pas," headed to the train station for tickets to Barcelona where he and his wife will enjoy a second honeymoon and he will lecture at the university. Caroline seduces Serge, and he soon abandons wife, family, job, and honesty to embrace Caroline, the romanticism of Jack London, and murder.

1981

Le Bal

Le Bal 1983

7.10

The 50 year story of a ballroom in France, from the 1920s. The people who go there is always the same, even the musicians. You can see all kind of people dancing all the fashion dances (depending on the age).

1983

Sugar

Sugar 1978

6.80

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.

1978

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister 1986

4.90

Two members of the French Academy agree to help the attractive young veterinarian Esther investigate the suspicious death of her sister. Esther is convinced her brother-in-law is responsible, but soon it becomes apparent that those responsible are linked to the very highest echelons of power in the Vatican.

1986

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment 1980

5.50

In 1912, in Austria, the painter Egon Schiele is sent to jail accused of pornography with the nymphet Tatjana in his erotic paints. His mate, the model Vally, gets help from a famous lawyer to release him. Then he leaves Vally, marries with another woman and goes to the war.

1980

La vie continue

La vie continue 1981

6.80

Jeanne, mother of two children, loses her husband. She meets Pierre, abandoned by his wife.

1981

I Sent a Letter to My Love

I Sent a Letter to My Love 1980

6.10

A middle-aged disabled man unknowingly begins a lonely hearts correspondence with his own unmarried sister, who takes care of him. As he writes more and more to her, he begins to fall in love, and she, knowing that it is her brother who is writing, discovers a new, tender side to him. But trouble looms when he asks to meet her in person.

1980