Actor Michel Galabru (1922)

The Silence of the Sea (2004), a French-Belgian TV drama film directed by Pierre Boutron, is an adaptation of the novel with the same title written by Jean Bruller (using the pseudonym ‘Vercors’) in 1942. Set during the Second World War, it depicts the dynamics between a Frenchman and his granddaughter and a German captain who occupies their home during the German occupation of France. France, 1941. Amidst the Nazi Occupation, a German Wehrmacht captain named Werner von Ebrennac seeks lodging from a man and his ...

Choice of Arms (1981) is a French crime film directed by Alain Corneau. Noël, a former gangster now breeding horses on his large estate outside Paris with his beautiful wife Nicole, has his tranquil life turned upside down when two wanted crooks arrive in a stolen car. One is an old accomplice known as Serge, who is fatally shot, while the other is a young psychotic named Mickey. Upon Serge’s death, Noël performs a burial for him. However, Mickey soon makes his way to Noël’s house and confronts two police detectives, Bonnardot and Sarlat. After threatening them, he flees to the city and takes refuge with ...