Jacques Becker

Highlighted works

• FALBALAS

  Jacques Becker’s seductively energetic look at the world of haute couture.

• Touchez pas au grisbi

  A haunting, witty and masterful film about honour and ageing, starring Jean Gabin.

• GOUPI MAINS ROUGES

  The Goupi are a corrupt family who all come under suspicion when one of them is murdered for her money.

• RENDEZ-VOUS DE JUILLET

  One of the finest films about postwar St Germain, where philosophy, theatre and jazz thrived.

• ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE

  A joyous marriage is affected by a winning lottery ticket that goes astray.

• ÉDOUARD ET CAROLINE

  Becker’s offbeat comedy about a failing marriage is surprisingly dark at times.

• DERNIER ATOUT

  Two ambitious policemen compete with each other to solve a mysterious murder in a grand hotel.

• CASQUE D'OR

  Becker’s most-loved film, about a golden-haired woman who finds a new lover, is probably his masterpiece.

• Le TROU

  Becker’s outstanding parting gift to cinema is this gripping tale of a prison escape.

• MONTPARNASSE 19

  The story of dissolute painter Modigliani (Gérard Philippe) and the women in his life.

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  La Grande Illusion

  Jean Renoir’s pacifist classic is set in a German prisoner-of-war camp during WWI, where class kinship is felt across national boundaries.