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À chacun son enfer (1977)

André Cayatte

A desperate woman makes a mad dash to the television studios, anxious not to waste one second of the air time she has been granted. Almost overcome with emotion, Madeleine Girard makes an appeal to the kidnapper of her little daughter Laurence, promising that she will not prosecute providing the girl is returned to her unharmed... [More...]

À nous deux (1979)

Claude Lelouch

The son of a notorious gangster, Simon Lacassaigne attempts to follow in his father’s footsteps – but only ends up in prison. He manages to escape and, thanks to his uncle, Tonton Musique, he finds a safe hideout in the country. He then has to share his hiding place with Françoise, who had a nice line in blackmail and helping married women divorce their husbands before she too had to go on the run... [More...]

À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976)

Michel Lang

France, 1959. When Jean-Pierre and Alain fail their high school exams, their parents cancel their summer holiday in St. Tropez and send them off to Ramsgate in England to study English. Far from being disheartened by the prospect of having to spend weeks in a wet, foggy land, learning an impossible language, the two lads are brimming with enthusiasm... [More...]

Adieu, poulet (1975)

Pierre Granier-Deferre

In the French city of Rouen an election is overshadowed by a fight between the supporters of two of the candidates. In the fracas, a man is beaten to death and the killer then shoots a passing police officer. The latter has time to warn his colleagues that the killer is Portor, a well-known thug whose brother is campaigning on behalf of law-and-order candidate Lardatte... [More...]

L’Adolescente (1979)

Jeanne Moreau

In the summer of 1939, on the eve of World War II, 13 year old Marie and her parents leave Paris to spend a holiday with her grandmother in a small provincial town. Overhearing frank discussion of sexual matters between the locals, Marie begins to discover her own womanhood and starts to develop a crush on the local doctor, who is nearly 20 years her senior... [More...]

L’Affaire Dominici (1973)

Claude Bernard-Aubert

In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death... [More...]

L’Agression (1975)

Gérard Pirès

Paul Varlin is driving to his holiday destination with his wife Hélène and their young daughter Patty. On the way, Varlin gets into a fierce argument with a group of motorcyclists. The latter take their revenge by violently attacking Varlin’s car. When he regains consciousness, Varlin discovers that both his wife and his daughter have been raped and murdered... [More...]

L’Aile ou la cuisse (1976)

Claude Zidi

Charles Duchemin is France’s most reputed culinary expert, an esteemed food critic and author of the best-selling Duchemin restaurant guide. He is about to be received into the Académie Française and plans to retire, intending that his son Gérard will continue his work. Unfortunately, Gérard’s sole ambition is to become a comedian and, without his father knowing it, he works part-time as a clown in a travelling circus... [More...]

L’Albatros (1971)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Stef Tassel has just escaped from the prison at Markstein. Hotly pursued by the police, Tassel coerces a young woman into driving him to safety in her car. What he doesn’t know is that the woman is Paula Cavalier, the daughter of the President, who is in the midst of an election campaign. When he sees Tassel and Paula together, President Cavalier’s political rival, Counsellor Grim, sees at once how much capital he can make from the present crisis... [More...]

L’Alpagueur (1976)

Philippe Labro

"L’Alpagueur" is the code name for Roger Pilard, a bounty hunter who works for the French security services on cases where "conventional" police methods have failed. Having smashed a notorious drugs ring in the Netherlands, Pilard is assigned to eliminate a ruthless crook known only as "L’Epervier", who enlists juveniles to help him in robberies before killing them... [More...]

L’Amour en fuite (1979)

François Truffaut

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel has divorced his wife Christine and is having a love affair with a young shop girl, Sabine. This new relationship becomes strained when Antoine skips a dinner date to take his son Alphonse to the railway station. There, by chance, he meets his first love, Colette, who is now a successful lawyer... [More...]

L’Amour l’après-midi (1972)

Eric Rohmer

Frédéric, a successful businessman, is married to Hélène. Outwardly, they are a happy respectable middle-class couple. Inwardly, Frédéric feels repressed and constantly fantasises about other women. One day, his fantasy becomes reality when an old flame, Chloé, re-enters his life... [More...]

L’Animal (1977)

Claude Zidi

Michel Gaucher is a stuntman who is about to marry his fiancée, Jane Gardner. Unfortunately, on the morning of his wedding he has to cancel the ceremony because he is required to perform a stunt for a movie. The stunt goes awry and Michel ends up in a wheelchair, but this is not the end of his troubles... [More...]

L’Apprenti salaud (1977)

Michel Deville

Fifty-something shopkeeper Antoine Chapelot is settled in his dull bachelor life – or rather he is until the day he meets Caroline, his solicitor’s 22-year-old trainee. The two fall in love in an instant and, each realising that the other has a thirst for adventure and a taste for the finer things in life, they decide to embark on a career of crime... [More...]

L’Argent de poche (1976)

François Truffaut

In the picturesque French town of Thiers, several primary school children are learning some important lessons in life as the end of the school term approaches. Patrick, who lives alone with his invalid father, discovers an inexplicable attraction for the local hairdresser, the mother of his best friend, Laurent... [More...]

L’Argent des autres (1978)

Christian de Chalonge

Henri Rainier has everything a man could want. A glamorous wife, two beautiful daughters and a well-paid job with a large bank. Then, one day, his entire world collapses. In the wake of a high-profile financial scandal, he is summoned into his director’s office and accused of negligence. Rainier has no choice but to resign, but he soon realises that he has been made a scapegoat... [More...]

Armaguedon (1977)

Alain Jessua

After the death of his brother, Louis Carrier suddenly finds himself a very wealthy man. He gives up work and decides to make himself famous as part of a carefully conceived plan to avenge the death of his brother. With the help of a simpleton, Einstein, he arranges for himself to be noticed in various demonstrations across Europe... [More...]

The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

Joseph Losey

1940. One-time leader of the Soviet Revolution, Léon Trotsky, is living in exile in Mexico. The current Soviet leader, Stalin, is determined that he must die and sends an assassin, Frank Jacson, to kill him… [More...]

Les Assassins de l’ordre (1971)

Marcel Carné

Judge Level is investigating the death of a man named Saugeat, who died shortly after being arrested for a minor offence by two police inspectors one December morning. No one seems to want to offer any testimony, other than the prostitute Danièle Lebegue, who calls on Level as soon as she hears the news of Saugeat’s death... [More...]

L’Associé (1979)

René Gainville

When Julien Pardot loses his well-paid job in advertising he is at a loss over what to do next. With a wife and young child to support, he must find work quickly and so he decides to set himself up as a financial adviser. He anticipates that a friend will lend him a helping hand in winning his first client, but it is not to be... [More...]

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