Actor Yves Montand (1921)

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 ...

La Menace (1977), a French-Canadian film by Alain Corneau, follows the story of Henri Savin, the supervisor of a large carrier company. He resides with Dominique Montlaur, who owns the truck company and is also his lover. After making the decision to leave both Dominique and the company for his pregnant mistress Julie Manet, Henri finds himself dealing with Dominique’s stalking behavior towards Julie. In one instance, Dominique tries to bribe Julie and ends up getting into a physical altercation with her at an abandoned fort. Despite managing to escape in her car, Julie is later arrested for murder when Dominique ...

Police Python 357 (1976) is a French crime-thriller film penned and helmed by Alain Corneau. Based on Kenneth Fearing’s 1946 novel, The Big Clock, it tells the tale of an inspector entangled in a clandestine romance. However, when his higher-up murders his lover, all evidence points towards him.

The crime film, The Red Circle (1970), is primarily set in Paris and was helmed by director Jean-Pierre Melville. After being released early from a Marseille prison for good behavior, Corey receives a tip from a prison warden about a high-end jewelry store in Paris that he could potentially rob. Paying a visit to his former associate Rico, who has previously betrayed him and now lives with his ex-girlfriend, Corey forcefully obtains money and a handgun from Rico’s safe. He then makes his way to a billiard hall, where he comes across two of Rico’s men. In self-defense, Corey kills one and knocks out the other ...

Grand Prix (1966), an American sports drama film, was directed by John Frankenheimer and written by Robert Alan Aurthur. Set in the world of Formula One racing, it follows the journeys of four drivers as they navigate the high-stakes and danger of their profession. Alongside their racing exploits, we see the complicated relationships they have with the women in their lives. For example, Sarti engages in an affair with American journalist Louise Frederickson, who initially shows little interest in motorsports. Meanwhile, Aron has a fling with Stoddard’s unhappy wife ...