René Génin Movies

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who...

The rise of a canning maker and then his abandonment of the factory because his ideal of social progress for his workers is undermined by the Board...

Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the...

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate,...

Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to...

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.

Mild-mannered novelist of Western fiction, Amédée Lange, and his colleagues take over a publishing house after their exploitative boss...

Paris, France. Commissaire Wens follows the lead of a ruthless murderer to an unexpected place.

Inhabitants of a flophouse struggle to survive under the harsh treatment imposed by the landlord, Kostyleva. One resident, young thief Wasska Pepel,...

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent...

An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.

Jules is a shepherd who lives a humble and solitary life in rural Provence. From time to time, he is visited by a lonely widow, Fine, who longs to be...

When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner...

Despite a perfect marriage and a superb career as a singer, Jean Dupray cheats on his wife. She dies while listening to the song he dedicated to her,...

As the driver of a garbage truck in Arles, Marc-Antoine leads a quiet life with his wife, Mélanie, and their two children. When...

An old woman living in an inn is killed and her family members seem like the likely culprits.

Middle-aged Georges of the "old school" who offers shelter and comfort to Marcelle. Despite his own reservations, Georges falls in love with the...

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their...