Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for Minnie, the pretty daughter of Simon, a safe cracker. In order to run away with her, Bob, one of the masterminds of a big-time robbery, betrays his friends. But Lyria, who has found out what is happening, makes Minnie fall into a ...
Five prisoners ,a woman and four men,return to France after WW2.We follow their rocky road to life.It's a movie which consists of five different stories.Aunt Anna comes back from a concentration camp but her family is more interested in her money; Antoine becomes a waiter in a place commandeered by an English all-female regiment.A wounded German takes refuge in Jean's boarding-...
影片聚焦法国民族女英雄圣女贞德（玛利亚·法奥康涅蒂 Maria Falconetti饰）生命的最后时刻，再现了她被出卖落入勃艮第叛军手中后，在英格兰监狱和法庭上，从受审到处死的全过程。被英格兰当局严密控制的天主教会，指控贞德为异端和女巫。法庭上，法官更伪造证据，以信仰问题不断对她施以精神上和肉体上的折磨。面对惨无人道的酷刑与子虚乌有的诬陷，贞德正气凛然、坚贞不屈。最后，贞德被押赴鲁昂市广场，被绑在火刑柱上活活烧死。
由一代电影大师卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶执导拍摄的影片《圣女贞德蒙难记》，被称为世界十大最佳影片之一。影片以极具震撼力的艺术表现手法，再现了这段受到天主教会和英国占领军折磨的民族英雄短暂生命中的最后时刻。
