A contre sens

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows a contre sens

poster Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
FĂ©licien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
poster The Melomaniac
The Melomaniac
(3.4/5)
3mn - Comedy, Music
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
poster Entr'acte
Entr'acte
(3.7/5)
22mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster Rentrée à l'étable
Rentrée à l'étable
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!
4mn - Comedy
Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…
poster Unusual Cooking
Unusual Cooking
3mn - Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After …
poster Rogues' Tricks
Rogues' Tricks
4mn - Comedy, Action
Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…
poster Saut Ă  la couverte
Saut Ă  la couverte
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Jumping the Blanket.
poster Strange Illusion
Strange Illusion
(3.1/5)
80mn - Drama, Thriller, Mystery
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.
poster The Musgrave Ritual
The Musgrave Ritual
(2.6/5)
18mn - Mystery, Crime
Reginald Musgrave’s maître d’hôtel has disappeared! Called to the rescue, Sherlock Holmes goes immediately to his friend, to inspect the premises. He finds a stolen jewel in the new maître d’hôtel’s jacke…
poster Concert
Concert
1mn -
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
poster Le Voleur invisible
Le Voleur invisible
7mn - Crime, Fantasy
A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the subject, he buys the book and goes home with the intention to test…
poster Blind Husbands
Blind Husbands
99mn - Romance, Drama
An Austrian military officer and rogue attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men confront each other in a test of abilities that ends surprisingly.
poster Felix Trifles with Time
Felix Trifles with Time
(3.4/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Animation, Comedy
Felix the Cat can't find anything to eat, so he bribes Father Time to send him back to when life was easier. However, the Stone Age turns out to have its own problems.
poster Avenue de l'Opéra
Avenue de l'Opéra
(2.8/5)
2mn - Documentary
A shot of a busy street in Paris is shown in reverse.
poster Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday
(3.1/5)
81mn - Romance, Comedy
Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contem…
poster Sardine fishing
Sardine fishing
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.
poster Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
(3.5/5)
52mn - Documentary
Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency,…
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