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Somewhere in Central America in 1907 Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist After her fathers death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus She decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, she uninte

A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousins stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelganger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil

After acknowledging his own immigrant background, Malle, tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the US during the 1980s In an attempt to be comprehensive, the film includes interviews with migrant workers and ill

With her mother away for the weekend, a brash and precocious ten year old country girl sets out to explore Paris during a Metro strike under her uncles not so watchful eye But can a little girl cause so much chaos in the city centr

A documentary with almost no words following the production of Citroen cars at a plant in Northern France and their later sales.

A Member of Parliament falls passionately in love with his sons girlfriend despite the obvious dangers

Two old friends meet for dinner as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews

A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917

As France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, an open minded teenage boy finds himself torn between a rebellious urge to discover love, and the ever present, almost dominating affection of his beloved mother

In a corrupt city, a small time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger

To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive familys unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle

To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive familys unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle

Original footage of the prosperous farming community of Glencoe Minnesota, 60 miles west of Minneapolis, was filmed in 1979 for a PBS documentary But for the next six years Malle was too busy with other projects to finish this wo

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret

Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living Will this help him

During the events of May 1968 in France, different worldviews of conflicting relatives collide in their family estate

A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson

With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta, a city of 8,000,000 in the late 1960s rich and poor, exotic and mundane, secular and religious, children an

Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger

Phantom India it is regarded as the crowning achievement of Louis Malle career

Chronicles the cyclists of the Tour de France and their daily trails along the race.

Vibrant scenes of individuals daily life are filmed in Place de la Republique

In 1944, an 18 year old boy from small town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl

Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heists mastermind