Movies: Eclair Journal

  • 1938
    Beautiful Star

    Beautiful Star (1938)

    Beautiful Star

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    Meg decides to commit suicide to escape the marriage to which her father intends her. She is saved by Jean-Pierre, another candidate for suicide, and Léon, a tramp who was just trying to reason with him. The trio then becomes inseparable and organize...

    Beautiful Star
  • 1939
    The Deserter

    The Deserter (1939)

    The Deserter

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    During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing, a young soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to go to his native village to see his parents....

    The Deserter
  • 1941
    Ce n'est pas moi

    Ce n'est pas moi (1941)

    Ce n'est pas moi

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    Cambo, a banker, has been in trouble since a certain Parizot has tried to extort stocks from him. Following the advice of his friend Quincampoix, Cambo decides to trade places with Bardac, a painter, who happens to be his lookalike. Bardac slips into...

    Ce n'est pas moi
  • 1944
    The Traveler Without Luggage

    The Traveler Without Luggage (1944)

    The Traveler Without Luggage

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    Having lost his memory due to serving in World War I, Gaston has spent the past 15 years in a psychiatric hospital. Due to his large disability pension fund, several families claim him as their missing son. Gaston is introduced to the Renaud family b...

    The Traveler Without Luggage
  • 1940
    They Met on Skis

    They Met on Skis (1940)

    They Met on Skis

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    The owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel's uncle, whose business goes bad. Michel decides to participate in a ski competition to help uncle....

    They Met on Skis
  • 1944
    Florence is Crazy

    Florence is Crazy (1944)

    Florence is Crazy

    7.51944HD

    Monsieur Benoit's existence is transformed when his dour wife suddenly thinks in a bout of folly that she will become a chanteuse and her husband the impresario....

    Florence is Crazy
  • 1943
    Marie-Martine

    Marie-Martine (1943)

    Marie-Martine

    6.81943HD

    The novelist Loïc Limousin knew the turbulent past of Marie-Martine and he extracted the material for a novel from which the young girl risks paying the price. After the drama that had thrown her in prison, she met a brave boy ready to make his life ...

    Marie-Martine
  • 1945
    The Bride of Darkness

    The Bride of Darkness (1945)

    The Bride of Darkness

    5.41945HD

    Sylvie, a young woman who believes to be cursed, lives in the town of Carcassonne with her guardian, Mr. Toulzac. He is a retired teacher who wishes to discover the secret of the Cathars, a Christian sect of the Middle Ages that glorified death over ...

    The Bride of Darkness
  • 1939
    Nord-Atlantique

    Nord-Atlantique (1939)

    Nord-Atlantique

    01939HD

    Barnes, the mate of the 'Portland', is the object of the hate of the whole ship's crew. His mistress is murdered shortly before the departure and suspicion naturally falls on him. Some time later, Jeff Cooper, the skipper, falls to his death in the m...

    Nord-Atlantique
  • 1951
    Perfectionist

    Perfectionist (1951)

    Perfectionist

    6.21951HD

    Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts doubting. Is he actually such a great man? To figh...

    Perfectionist
  • 1945
    The Eleventh Hour Guest

    The Eleventh Hour Guest (1945)

    The Eleventh Hour Guest

    11945HD

    An inventor has just developed an extraordinary machine, a disintegrating ray and thought detector. He experiences it one evening on a group of relatives, including his fiancée, and it seems to turn into a tragedy: he is found lifeless, apparently po...

    The Eleventh Hour Guest
  • 1951
    The High Life

    The High Life (1951)

    The High Life

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    Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo dreams of the high life. He starts mixing with shady individuals such as thieves and traffickers. At...

    The High Life