Brialy, Jean-Claude

Le genou de Claire by Éric Rohmer ( Visual )
45 editions published between 1969 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 600 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Satirizes a diplomat's sexual temptations. On vacation without his fiance, he flirts with a brash, charming nymphet, while harboring a secret, peculiar obsession for her stunning teenage sister

Le roi de coeur King of hearts by Philippe de Broca ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 560 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king

Le fantôme de la liberté The phantom of liberty by Luis Buñuel ( Visual )
27 editions published between 1974 and 2011 in French and held by 529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A perverse, playfully absurd comedy that compiles many of the illogical themes that preoccupied Bunuel through his career - from the hypocrisy of conventional morality to the arbitrariness of social arrangements

Les cousins by Claude Chabrol ( Visual )
25 editions published between 1958 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Simple, good-hearted country cousin Charles comes to study at the Sorbonne in Paris where he stays at the luxury apartment of Paul, his cynical city cousin. Charles works hard but fails his exams, Paul doesn't but passes and gets Charles's girl. Chabrol's second feature film re-unites Jean-Claude Brialy and Gerard Blain, the two lead actors from his debut feature, 'Le Beau Serge'. Paul (Brialy) is a hedonistic and confident Parisian student living in his uncle's fashionable inner city flat. He spends his time drinking, carousing, sleeping with a variety of female friends and playing the role of matchmaker for his friends, arranging trysts in an ongoing merry go round of bed partners. He is an emotionally remote and decadent man, adhering to a dubious moral code, who approaches his friends love lives with devilish detachment. Charles (Blain) is his naive country cousin, a dedicated student, who stays with Paul whilst studying for his law exams. When Charles is introduced to Paul's swinging set, he instantaneously falls for Florence, a beautiful woman who is intrigued by Charles' innocence. Paul is perturbed as he observes the attraction between the two and the respect that Charles displays for Florence. A clash is inevitable as the rivalry for Florences affection grows. The contrast between the two main characters morality is acute, especially in their attitudes toward women. A dramatic study of class conflict and personal responsibility 'Les Cousins' is a riveting and perverse study of decadent Parisian student life. The City of Lights is captured by Decae's camera as if seen through the amazed eyes of Charles. The film won the Best Film award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1959. Also available on 16mm

La reine Margot by Patrice Chéreau ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the midst of France's late 16th century religious wars, Margot is thrown into a political marriage by her ruthlessly power-hungry family. When she finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs, she realizes that her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her

Une femme est une femme by Jean-Luc Godard ( Visual )
52 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When the beautiful Angéla wants to have a baby and her lover refuses to participate, she looks to recruit his best friend

King of hearts Le roi de coeur ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1981 and 2000 in French and English and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king

La mariée était en noir by François Truffaut ( Visual )
19 editions published between 1968 and 2008 in French and German and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After a bridegroom is shot on the steps of the church on his wedding day, his widow traces the group of men responsible and eliminates them one by one

Une femme est une femme A woman is a woman by Jean-Luc Godard ( Visual )
6 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in French and English and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A nightclub stripper wants to have a baby and settle down with her lover. When he refuses, she turns to his best friend

Le beau Serge by Claude Chabrol ( Visual )
27 editions published between 1957 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Follows a successful yet sickly young man who returns home to the small village where he grew up. There, he finds himself at odds with his former close friend--now unhappily married and a wretched alcoholic--and the provincial life he represents