Movies: Jacques Charby

  • 1966
    The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

    The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

    The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

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    Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and ...

    The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
  • 1977
    The Question

    The Question (1977)

    The Question

    5.51977HD

    1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers....

    The Question
  • 1956
    When the Child Appears

    When the Child Appears (1956)

    When the Child Appears

    01956HD

    Charles Fouquet, the Minister of Family Affairs, is having a hard time. His wife Olympe, although not that young, is expecting a baby. His daughter Annie, as for her, is pregnant by her fiance. And let's not forget Georges, Fouquet's son, who has sed...

    When the Child Appears
  • 1984
    Femmes de personne

    Femmes de personne (1984)

    Femmes de personne

    3.81984HD

    Cécile, a single mother, contrives to meet Gilquin, the married father of a classmate of her nearly-adolescent son. An affair ensues. Isabelle, approaching middle age with two children, discovers she's pregnant, goes into a funk, and arranges for a y...

    Femmes de personne
  • 1972
    The Algerian War

    The Algerian War (1972)

    The Algerian War

    01972HD

    A French historical documentary that retraces the events leading up to Algeria's war of independence from 1954 to 1962, based on archive footage and testimonies from key players of the period....

    The Algerian War
  • 1965
    So Young a Peace

    So Young a Peace (1965)

    So Young a Peace

    101965HD

    The first fictional feature film produced in Algeria after independence, this film addresses one of the most worrying problems: that of childhood. Children, freedom regained, do not yet know how to play “at peace”, they naturally play “at war”....

    So Young a Peace
  • 1978
    Un Balcon en forêt

    Un Balcon en forêt (1978)

    Un Balcon en forêt

    21978HD

    An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Julien Gracq. Four soldiers await a possible German attack on a fortified house in the forest of the Ardennes....

    Un Balcon en forêt
  • 1973
    L'inconnue de la Seine

    L'inconnue de la Seine (1973)

    L'inconnue de la Seine

    81973HD

    The mysterious events in the life of a young girl found murdered on the banks of the Seine are gradually elucidated by a police investigation. Will the culprit be unmasked?...

    L'inconnue de la Seine
  • 1975
    L'aigle à deux têtes

    L'aigle à deux têtes (1975)

    L'aigle à deux têtes

    01975HD

    A queen lives secluded in her chambers, mourning the loss of her husband on their wedding day ten years from then. Stanislas, a suicidal poet and anarchist, enters her apartments with the intent of killing her. When he appears, wounded, fleeing the g...

    L'aigle à deux têtes