Movies: François Darbon

  • 1958
    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables (1958)

    Les Misérables

    7.11958HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France....

    Les Misérables
  • 1968
    Stolen Kisses

    Stolen Kisses (1968)

    Stolen Kisses

    7.31968HD

    The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptl...

    Stolen Kisses
  • 1962
    Antoine and Colette

    Antoine and Colette (1962)

    Antoine and Colette

    7.21962HD

    Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but C...

    Antoine and Colette
  • 1962
    Love at Twenty

    Love at Twenty (1962)

    Love at Twenty

    6.71962HD

    Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson....

    Love at Twenty
  • 1955
    Hi-Jack Highway

    Hi-Jack Highway (1955)

    Hi-Jack Highway

    6.61955HD

    A trucker encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police, who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death, and his new truck is impounded. To make matters worse, the man's widow accuses him of having robbed her hus...

    Hi-Jack Highway
  • 1966
    Father's Trip

    Father's Trip (1966)

    Father's Trip

    6.41966HD

    Determined to assert his paternal rights, Quentin leaves his small village on the Swiss border to go to Lyon to look for his daughter, now a hairdresser, who, busy with her work, hasn't been back to the village for two years. In a few days, it will b...

    Father's Trip
  • 1958
    The Mask of the Gorilla

    The Mask of the Gorilla (1958)

    The Mask of the Gorilla

    61958HD

    Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy as their leader, a spy enjoying diplomatic immunity, can't be arrested by regular police....

    The Mask of the Gorilla
  • 1963
    Don't Tempt the Devil

    Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)

    Don't Tempt the Devil

    6.31963HD

    A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection....

    Don't Tempt the Devil
  • 1962
    The Elusive Corporal

    The Elusive Corporal (1962)

    The Elusive Corporal

    6.31962HD

    The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp....

    The Elusive Corporal
  • 1958
    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958)

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    5.31958HD

    A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career....

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up
  • 1962
    The Fabiani Affair

    The Fabiani Affair (1962)

    The Fabiani Affair

    5.81962HD

    The tale of the famous vendetta, vengeance over the years between two families. For nearly nothing at the start, as always with Sicilians or Corsican people, from the underworld or not......

    The Fabiani Affair
  • 1959
    The Road to Shame

    The Road to Shame (1959)

    The Road to Shame

    61959HD

    Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but she would not tell him more than just that. Worried, Pierre ...

    The Road to Shame
  • 1955
    The Fugitives

    The Fugitives (1955)

    The Fugitives

    7.61955HD

    During the Second World War, in 1943, two French prisoners, François and Michel, escape from Stalag B377 in northern Germany near the Baltic Sea. They meet another escaped compatriot, Pierre, who has donned the uniform of a German officer and joins t...

    The Fugitives
  • 1955
    The Hussars

    The Hussars (1955)

    The Hussars

    6.11955HD

    Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking ridiculous, the two hussars cross the country in search of their mounts. But when they are mistaken for deserters, their regiment gives chase....

    The Hussars
  • 1955
    More Whiskey for Callaghan

    More Whiskey for Callaghan (1955)

    More Whiskey for Callaghan

    61955HD

    Valuable documents have been stolen from a British laboratory. Slim Callaghan is sent to investigate the theft. But his tracks soon lead him to the welcoming skies of the Côte d'Azur. There, he decides to infiltrate a network of aristocratic spies....

    More Whiskey for Callaghan
  • 1960
    The Boss

    The Boss (1960)

    The Boss

    5.51960HD

    Pursued by a rival gang after a violent robbery, Toni escapes with nearly thirty million francs. On the train to Paris, to avoid arousing suspicion, he has no choice but to threaten an honorable philosophy professor, Justin Mignonnet, with his gun, s...

    The Boss
  • 1958
    The Desert of Pigalle

    The Desert of Pigalle (1958)

    The Desert of Pigalle

    3.71958HD

    A young priest works as a barman in a Pigalle cafe in Paris. He tries to prevent the women there to prostitute themselves.......

    The Desert of Pigalle
  • 1964
    Requiem pour un caïd

    Requiem pour un caïd (1964)

    Requiem pour un caïd

    5.71964HD

    Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, n...

    Requiem pour un caïd
  • 1963
    Gypsy Law

    Gypsy Law (1963)

    Gypsy Law

    01963HD

    The idyllic life of a beautiful gypsy girl is shattered when she runs away from a pre-arranged marriage to a member of her tribe. Away from the safety of her people, she encounters bigotry against her kind. A little girl feels sorry for the missing g...

    Gypsy Law
  • 1958
    Operation Abduction

    Operation Abduction (1958)

    Operation Abduction

    41958HD

    The Secret Service abducts a "rocket scientist" to better protect him against gangsters acting for Chinese agents....

    Operation Abduction