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...

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

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...

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,...

A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group...

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

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

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

In France, in 1930, a supervisor of a boarding school for young offenders seeks to awaken the music by forming a choir, despite the skepticism of his...

The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the...

Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.

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

A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee...

In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict,...

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

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...

Fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day.

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

The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.

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...