Robert Balpo

Robert Balpo

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Jour de Fête 1949 (7.08)

Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle.
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Elevator to the Gallows 1958 (7.6)

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
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Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case 1959 (7.007)

Police Commissioner Jules Maigret returns to the small village where he spent his childhood at the request of the Countess of Saint-Fiacre, who has received a disturbing anonymous letter.
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Head Against the Wall 1959 (6.8)

An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.
René Balpo

René Balpo

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L'Homme aux mains d'argile 1949

The fictionalized life, and interpreted by himself, of the popular boxing champion Marcel Cerdan. Training sessions, matches, victories, flight to the U.S.A. where the title of world champion is disputed, form the whole subject of the film.