Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France (France): 2

The crime comedy anthology film, The World’s Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964), features five segments, each with a unique team of writers, directors, and actors. These four stories of swindling occur in Tokyo – Japan (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam – The Netherlands (La riviere de diamants), Italy (La feuille de route), and Paris – France (L’homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel).

When You Read This Letter (1953) is a French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. After their parents pass away in a car accident, Thérèse Voise, a strong-willed young woman, leaves her convent just before taking her vows to dedicate herself to taking care of her younger sister Denise and running the family stationery shop. Thérèse is fiercely protective of Denise and becomes worried when she begins spending time with Max, an amateur boxer and mechanic who has a reputation for being self-centered and morally questionable. Max’s lifestyle includes multiple relationships with women at nightclubs and ...