Gérard Oury – MRQE

The Heart of the Matter

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on Graham Greenes novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.

Le Dos au mur

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Rich industrialist Jacques Decret learns his wife Gloria is having an affair with a young actor. For revenge, he bombards her with anonymous letters, convincing her that her lover is the culprit while Gloria desperately seeks a way out.

The Prize

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.

Le Miroir à deux faces

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A teacher runs an ad in the newspaper to find a wife. Afraid of beautiful ladies, he weds an ugly woman. After a car accident, he meets a doctor who offers to reveal his wife’s beauty.

Méfiez-vous, fillettes!

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Father Brown

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

They Who Dare

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.

La Nuit est mon royaume

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After an accident, Raymond has gone blind. His family treats him like a child, but fortunately a nun comes to his rescue. She works in a center where blind people learn to read using the Braille alphabet.

Mr. Peek-a-Boo

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A simple civil servant Léon, who has the unusual ability to walk through walls, falls madly in love with a hotel thief by the name of Susan. He poses as Garou-Garou, a dangerous gangster to attempt to woo her affections, but is arrested and sent to jail. While in jail he annoys the guards by walking in and out of his cell, and keeps persuading Susan to cease her criminal way of life. As fundamentally being an honest and law-abiding citizen, he eventually handles back everything he has stolen, is acquitted by the court, and becomes famous and respected. When he learns that Susan is planning to return to England and start a new life, he decides to confess to her his emotions. However, the couple is interrupted by a sudden rush of journalists. Trying to escape in a building, they get cornered on a corridor, and Léon pushes Susan through a nearby wall. But by doing this, he loses his own wall-walking ability, and the film concludes.

Du Guesclin

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A chronicle of the life of Bertrand du Guesclin, grand officer of the French army in the 14th century.