Marpessa Dawn Movies

The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Carole Laure

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Breno Mello

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Roland Blanche

An adventurer intends to seize the fabulous treasure of the Tuaregs. But when he falls in love with a beautiful Indian woman, he ends up defending...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Lex Barker

This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,”...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marpessa Dawn

Recently released from reform school, Élisa works at Madame Irma's before moving to Paris, where her success is growing. On a trip to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dany Carrel

Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean-Claude Brialy) and his Countess Mahe...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy

The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and comic caricatures.

Genre: Music

Cast: Gilbert Bécaud

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jean-Jacques

A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.

Genre: Horror

Cast: George Coulouris