In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless, and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, Pauline, a young, unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship w...

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world an...

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by t...

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the ...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flas...

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory se...

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía ...

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virt...

A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characte...

A woman, married off to an abusive butcher, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and trad...

Back home in Bujumbura with a Parisian diploma in his pocket and expecting to walk into a civil serv...

Halit Berati, a virtuoso clarinet player, is invited by the Italians to record his music, which is t...

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night h...

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone...

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achie...

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by ...

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million ta...