La vie est un long fleuve tranquille

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poster The Man of the Sea
The Man of the Sea
86mn - Drama
Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a good-for-nothing wh…
poster Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible?
25mn - Comedy
Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with…
poster Le Retour d'Ulysse
Le Retour d'Ulysse
(2.9/5)
11mn - History, Adventure
When Troy has fallen and Ulysses sets sail for home, his ships are driven to different lands, where his adventures are numerous, keeping him away from his native land for ten years. As time rolls on witho…
poster Between Calais and Dover
Between Calais and Dover
(2.7/5)
1mn - Comedy
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
poster Utopia
Utopia
(2.8/5)
82mn - Comedy
Stan and Ollie are marooned on an island in the south pacific island.
poster Caminandes: Gran Dillama
Caminandes: Gran Dillama
(3.5/5)
3mn - Animation, Comedy, Family
A young llama named Koro discovers that the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence).
poster Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché
Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.
poster Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau
1mn - Documentary
The first travelling shot.
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 Washerwomen on the River
Washerwomen on the River
1mn - Documentary
Women wash clothes in a washhouse on the edge of a river.
poster Lazy Days
Lazy Days
(3.2/5)
20mn - Comedy, Family
While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
poster The River
The River
31mn - Documentary
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farmi…
poster La Belle Nivernaise
La Belle Nivernaise
(3.5/5)
69mn - Drama
A young man falls in love with the daughter of the man who adopted him.
poster The Barometer of Fidelity
The Barometer of Fidelity
15mn - Comedy
This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.
poster Boat Leaving the Port
Boat Leaving the Port
1mn - Drama, Documentary
In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.
poster Life with Father
Life with Father
(3.6/5)
118mn - Comedy, Family
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
poster Rentrée à l'étable
Rentrée à l'étable
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
poster The Life of the Jews of Palestine
The Life of the Jews of Palestine
(3.1/5)
78mn - Documentary
The Life of the Jews in Palestine is a silent documentary film depicting Jews and Jewish communities in Ottoman Palestine.
poster Patience Has a Limit, We Don't
Patience Has a Limit, We Don't
96mn - Western, Comedy, Adventure
During the Civil War, a Union corporal steals military gold and hides it before his death, leading to a race between a lieutenant and the corporal's two half-wit sons to find the buried treasure.
poster Cœur fidèle
Cœur fidèle
(3.7/5)
87mn - Drama, Romance
The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries an honest man who extricates her from her situation.
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