L'enfant du Diable

Professor Henri Faust, retiring after 50 years as an alchemist in a circa-1700 university, despairs at still knowing nothing of the true secrets of nature…whereupon his old acquaintance Mephistopheles, servant of Lucifer, appears and grants him youth and a new life. But with youth, Faust's interest is diverted from science to women. And Mephistopheles, who has taken on the guise of the elderly Faust that was, sets many snares for his young friend's slippery soul…

As de la guerre 14-18, Saint-Clair a réalisé des exploits dans des combats aériens. Il quitte l'Europe afin de rejoindre un vieux "dur à cuire", Paul Blanchard, qui, depuis quelque temps, tente de monter une compagnie d'aviation aux portes de Shanghaï…

En 2012, le Front National portera, pour la cinquième fois, la candidature d’un Le Pen aux élections présidentielles. Un scrutin en forme de passage de témoin entre Jean-Marie, le chef charismatique, et sa fille Marine, qui affiche crânement son ambition : conquérir le pouvoir. Le groupuscule fondé par Jean-Marie Le Pen en 1972 est aujourd’hui le troisième parti de France. Jamais parti d’extrême droite n’avait connu une telle longévité…

Évocation, avec tout l'esprit de Sacha Guitry mais aussi celui de Talleyrand, de la vie de ce dernier, qui passe du service de la république à celui de Bonaparte et de celui de Napoléon à celui de la royauté, avec pour seul but la grandeur de la France.

Once upon a time, during the belle epoque in turn-of-the-century Paris, a short-lived film form called scenes de feeries, or fairy films, was becoming popular thanks to the Pathe Frerer company. In jewel-like colours the films, made to appeal to young and old alike, recreated the theatrical spectacles of the age with their fantastical settings, dancing girls, mythical beasts, supernatural beings and a plethora of stage tricks enhanced by the techniques of the new medium of film.

Released in France as Le Diable au Corps, The Devil in the Flesh stars Micheline Presle as a nurse at a French military hospital during World War I. Gerard Philipe costars as a high school student who carries a torch for the older Presle. Under pressure from her parents to marry, Presle begins an affair with the boy, but gives up on him when he proves to be far too immature and jealous for her tastes. After a deliberately inconsiderate act on Philipe's part, Presle opts for a loveless marriage with a soldier who is about to head for the front. When Philipe selfishly reenters her life, she resumes the affair, becoming pregnant by the boy. The end result of Philipe's callous behavior is tragedy for all concerned.