Albert Cossery Movies

In this black comedy, the men in a lovely mansion slowly give in to a kind of terminal sloth after they are freed from the need to actually work. The father takes to his bed after his hernia acts up and never leaves it. Of his three sons, only one wants to do much about leaving, and he does in fact cross the front threshold of the house with his lover, who is also the maid. However, before he has gotten very far, he is very tired, and goes to sleep where he stands. One of the sons outdoes them all by sleeping literally all the time. He is not in a coma -- he is just very, very lazy and tired. Some critics have viewed this film as a sharply delineated social satire. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this French philosophical drama, Agis (Georges Moustaki) is a professor of philosophy who seeks to live the peace and love he talks about. He leaves his wife and child and moves into a poor section of the Arab quarter with two disciples. One of them is a school dropout, the other an Arab poet who is also a drug pusher. The professor strangles a prostitute for no reason that he can determine, except that on that day he had no drugs. A policeman catches up to him and is preparing to bring him in, but the professor manages to convert him to his philosophy. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this drama, a couple embroiled in marital turmoil decide to go on a three-week vacation to save their marriage. They end up staying with the husband's grandfather who is shocked to see that the marriage is truly failing. One day, as the philandering hubby returns from a tryst with his mistress, he sees an incredibly beautiful woman sunbathing. Naturally he gets all hot and bothered. Imagine his joy to discover that she is his wife! The marriage is saved. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi