All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Hippolyte Girardot, ranked

A doctor is shot in the back in her home, her husband is murdered and her infant daughter kidnapped. Faced with inept police, who at times suspect her, she begins her own hunt for her baby and the culprits.

Two women are saved from drowning by fashion designer Pietro Paladini and his brother Carlo. Pietro’s wife passes away suddenly at home at the same time. Pietro enters a condition of Quiet Chaos following the funeral, which is characterized by spending a lot of time with his daughter Claudia. The manager isn’t at work and instead spends his days waiting in the park next to his daughter’s school.

The movie, which is set in 1920s England, opens with Marina Hands’ character, our heroine, bidding her husband, Clifford, farewell as he leaves for war. When he returns home disabled after being left behind on their opulent country house, Constance experiences for the first time the loneliness and seclusion she will later grow accustomed to.

A translator employed by the Paris police unexpectedly finds herself in possession of a massive quantity of hashish, along with the insider knowledge necessary to distribute it. As events unfold, she discovers an unexpected aptitude for navigating the perils that arise from this newfound involvement.

Barjo is eccentric, naive and obsessive. After he accidentally burns down his house during a scientific experiment, he moves in with his impulsive twin sister Fanfan, who is married to Charles the Aluminum King. In his new surroundings, Barjo continues his old habits: cataloging old science magazines, testing bizarre inventions and filling his notebooks with his observations about human behavior and his thoughts about the end of the world.