Juliette Mills Movies

"Le Guepiot" is the nickname given to the little female heroine in this autobiographical account of author Viviane Villamont's stark and harrowing early childhood. As a little tomboy, she was miserably treated by an uncaring, sharp-tongued mother and worshipped by a doting father. How the parents ever got together is a mystery, and their divorce was inevitable. After the split, the court inexplicably awards custody to the mother who is not very tolerant of small children and sends Viviane off to a boarding school of sorts, unfortunately run by mean-spirited nuns unable to countenance the gaps in Viviane's basic religious education. Viviane's harsh existence might get a reprieve, however, as the acrimonious court battle over her custody is about to come to judgment. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard (Georges Geret), one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde (Marie Laforet). This box-office smash was the first of four wildly successful collaborations between Belmondo and director Georges Lautner. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

This quirky French film examines a series of events during the German occupation of France and shows what might have happened if one thing had gone differently in each instance. The first story given this treatment concerns the assassination of a German officer by a young member of the Resistance. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Virna Lisi stars in this slick French romantic thriller. She plays Almy, a beautician on her way to a "fat farm." The story pairs her with a tough, charming race car driver (Maurice Ronet). After he rapes her, she seeks to get revenge by seducing him, but instead finds herself falling in love with him as she taps into his concealed wellsprings of vulnerability. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi