A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
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A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
Selon "Radio plus près de Dieu", rien n'est conçu sans Dieu, surtout pas les shampoings, produits de beauté, la vente des disques... Un animateur dénonce cette escroquerie à l'antenne, ce qui lui vaut d'être licencié. Il réapparaîtra sur de nouvelles ondes avec "Radio plus près de la Vérité".
Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC theatre, which leads to her breakthrough.
This variety show, with its new concept, is presented as a musical comedy. Having formed an orchestra, a group of young people perform in the courtyards of an old Parisian neighborhood, hoping to earn some money. But no one listens to them. All the tenants of the building are glued to their television sets. Only one mysterious man takes an interest in the group and offers them a box of magic matches.
An intimate cinéma vérité style documentary following french mega star Johnny Hallyday's summer tour.
What father doesn't care for his daughter unconditionally? It's a real question for Roland de Mailly, a divorced father who, in spite of himself, is subjected to the extravagances of his beloved daughter. By turns religious, hippy, extra-lucid, circus performer, will she overcome her father's love?
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for the people to tell stories via song and dance—from their enslavement to their displacement in Metropolitan France.
A sadean "huit clos". Originally inspired by Octave Mirbeau's Garden of Torture. A banquet organized by a lord (Hervé de Luze) and his companion (Anne Angel), turns into an orgy and the forced marriage of two guests. Happiness in crime, hence the title of the film. The film was shot with real blood and animal skulls.
Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show with a set where music groups from the countries of origin of immigration perform, and which broadcasts reports on these countries and on immigrants who live in France. When it was created, it aimed to promote the cultures of origin of immigrants, but also to make them better known to the rest of the population. However, the program was never financed by public television which considers that it was aimed at a specific audience and was therefore not part of a public service mission. It received financial support from the Ministry of Labor, through its subsidy to the National Office for the Cultural Promotion of Immigrants, ONPCI (later becoming Information Culture and Immigration, ICEI, in 1977, then Agency for the Development of Intercultural Relations , ADRI). , in 1982).
Constructed like an animated painting in a single fixed shot where light, voice, music and movements interfere.
Leonore disguises herself as a man, "Fidelio," to infiltrate a prison and rescue her husband, Florestan, unjustly imprisoned by the tyrant Pizarro. Gaining the trust of the jailer, Rocco, and his daughter, Marzelline—who unknowingly falls for Fidelio—Leonore’s courage is tested when Pizarro orders Florestan’s execution. In a climactic moment, she reveals her identity and saves Florestan just as the king’s minister arrives, restoring justice. The opera celebrates themes of love, sacrifice, and freedom.
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful stoic woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques' girlfriend Odile.
The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.
Documentary of a 154-person bus and truck tour that set out to spread the gospel of flower power to the hinterlands of the U.S.
"Un enfant dans la ville" was originally a Michel Fugain album, a record that already told a story. Now it's a musical comedy filmed for television, giving life to its characters and taking up the story of the record, that of today's generation, not quite at ease in their sneakers and trying to untie the laces of truth.
A film by Jerome Laperrousaz, showing the festival at Amougies, October 1969.
Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, THE BLUES UNDER THE SKIN dramatizes the tumultuous relationship of a young couple (Onike Lee and Roland Sanchez) as they struggle to overcome the barriers of poverty and prejudice that keep them from finding happiness together.
An anti-music video for a Patrick Juvet song.
Narrated by François Billetdoux, this documentary about Georges Mathieu features the artist in Paris painting along to a live improvised soundtrack by Vangelis.
Live concert of the french musical with original cast.
In August, a brand new 16mm source of this event surfaced on the French INA Archives, featuring continued camera angles as well as entirely new angles. Putting all 3 of these camera feeds together creates an uninterrupted 23m14s clip showcasing the entirety of two songs, "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" and "Cymbaline".
The Queen Bee, Honeyflower is placed under a spell by One Sting Maude, a witch from the tsetse family, jealous of the Queen Bee’s beauty. Bzz, the Bee-guide enlists the help of Joe to help save the Queen. He is given an injection to shrink him to the size of an insect and enters the parlor of the sleeping beauty, Honeyflower.
Stages a double persona on a music of Monteverdi (Ariadne’s lamento interpreted by Janet Baker).
Scenes from the ballet Petrushka, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the National Opera Theatre.
The adventures of a journalist behind the scenes of the famous Crazy Horse night club in Paris.
A musical fresco retracing the lives of singers of the 60s. Killi-Watch and Surprise-partie retrace the musical epic of the variety singers of the 60s. Music hall show with playback.
Two young men and a young girl, who do not know each other, try to escape a constraining society, in search of another world, which is in their image. In the raging crowd, they find each other, get lost, find themselves on a beach, where life becomes different. A film without dialogue and without words, bathed in music.
1973 video by Bernard Parmegiani with accompanying musique concrete score.
The Stranglers perform live at Théâtre de l’Empire in Paris 1979.
Images "inspired" from music by Bernard Benoit
Portrait of American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas with excerpts from the following programs or films: "Grande Nuit de l'Opéra 1958", "Trois Jours avec Maria Callas", "L'invité du Dimanche", and "Médée" (1969) by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
1969 performance of Georges Brassens.
Concert of Marie and the Boys in Fourvière Roman Theater in Lyon, on July 29, 1978. The sound does not match the image.
A look into Africa that is rarely available to ethnographers or anthropologists. At its heart is the spirit of interaction. It observes, but with the wavering eye of home movie, rather than the fixed formality of a documentary.