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French cinema: 1980s (Page 1 of 11)

3 hommes et un couffin (1985)

Coline Serreau

Pierre, Jacques and Michel are three free-living bachelors who share a luxury flat in Paris. Their routine is abruptly disrupted when a baby girl is deposited on their door step. Whilst Pierre, the unwitting father, enjoys a three week holiday in Thailand, his flatmates are left holding the fort, taking turns to look after the baby... [More...]

36 fillette (1988)

Catherine Breillat

Whilst on a camping holiday in Biarritz with her family, a 14 year old girl, Lili, becomes obsessed with losing her virginity. She meets a middle-aged playboy, Maurice, and alternately flaunts with him and taunts him. Although he is strongly attracted towards her, Lili is disgusted at the idea of losing her virginity to him, but she cannot stand being a virgin..... [More...]

37°2 le matin (1986)

Jean-Jacques Beineix

Zorg and Betty eke out an existence maintaining seaside holiday bungalows in the South of France. After a dispute with Zorg’s boss, the two return to Paris to start a new life. Having chanced upon the manuscript of a novel that Zorg wrote before meeting her, Betty is convinced that her lover has a promising career as a writer and pushes him to submit his novel for publication... [More...]

Le 4ème pouvoir (1985)

Serge Leroy

Catherine Carré presents the French evening news with charm and an irreproachable professionalism. However, her personal ambitions and journalistic integrity come into conflict when news reporter Yves Dorget, an old flame of hers, uncovers evidence that the French government has been complicit in the illegal sale of arms to a developing country... [More...]

La 7ème cible (1984)

Claude Pinoteau

A retired journalist, Bastien Grimaldi, finds himself the victim of unknown assailants. First he is ambushed and beaten up one evening; then he begins to receive threatening phone calls. Neither he nor his entourage can understand this. Bastien has no known enemies and is hardly a political target. He reports this to the police but they prove ineffectual... [More...]

À nos amours (1983)

Maurice Pialat

15 years old, Suzanne goes out with boys, and sleeps with whoever she fancies, except the boy who actually love her – despite objections from her parents and over-protective brother. Then, one day, her father announces that he is going to leave home... [More...]

À notre regrettable époux (1988)

Serge Korber

On learning of the death of her husband, Hermione learns that he was both a bigamist and a master criminal. Somewhere in the rundown castle where she now lives her husband has hidden his ill-gotten gains in the form of gold bars. But where are they...? [More...]

L’Africain (1983)

Philippe de Broca

Far from the hustle and bustle of modern civilisation, Victor, a keen conservationist, has settled in an unspoiled area of East Africa. One day, his ex-wife Charlotte arrives in the area to assess whether it is suitable for development as a holiday village. Naturally Victor is opposed to the project, so he flies Charlotte and her devoted assistant Planchet to a remote area where he abandons them... [More...]

Agent trouble (1987)

Jean-Pierre Mocky

One sunny winter’s morning a coach laden with tourists careers off the road and plunges into an icy lake in the Pyrenees. Fifty are killed. But this is not a straightforward road accident; it is an execution authorised by someone high up in the interest of national security. The only witness to the mass killing is Victorien, who saw that the passengers were gassed before they drowned... [More...]

Allons z’enfants (1981)

Yves Boisset

In 1935, at the age of 13, Simon Chalumot is enrolled in a military school by his father. His reluctance to become a soldier is apparent to all and he is bullied and abused by the military staff and his fellow pupils. At 15, he runs away, but is captured and returned to the school by his father, a patriotic veteran of the last war... [More...]

L’Ami de mon amie (1987)

Eric Rohmer

In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa. Whilst Léa has a steady boyfriend, Fabien, Blanche has not had a relationship for some time, but she instantly falls in love when she meets a handsome engineer, Alexandre... [More...]

L’Amour à mort (1984)

Alain Resnais

During an archaeological survey, Simon meets and falls in love with Elisabeth. They share a few months of passionate love before Simon has a seizure and is proclaimed dead by his doctor. Miraculously, Simon is revived but he is changed by his near-death experience. Elizabeth is terrified of losing Simon for good, but Simon refuses to have any medical examinations... [More...]

L’Année prochaine... si tout va bien (1981)

Jean-Loup Hubert

Maxime, a comic book artist, lives with his girlfriend, Isabelle, a level-headed professional. Although she is happy with the arrangement, Isabelle makes every effort to keep from her parents the fact that she is living with a self-centred, somewhat immature young man who has no income and no desire to lead a conventional life... [More...]

L’Argent (1983)

Robert Bresson

When he fails to get money from his parents, schoolboy Norbert agrees to use counterfeit notes provided by a classmate. He passes the forged money onto a photographic shop owner, who, later realising they are forged, palms them off on an unsuspecting fuel delivery man, Yvon. The latter is arrested when he unwittingly tries to pass the fake money on to a restaurateur... [More...]

L’As des as (1982)

Gérard Oury

Jo Cavalier is the coach for the French boxing team at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. On the train to Berlin, he is accosted by a ten year old Jewish boy, Simon, who asks for his autograph – previously Jo was a flying hero who served in the flying corps during World War I. Simon was meant to join his family in Berlin, but when they do not meet him at the station, Jo takes him under his wing... [More...]

Au revoir, les enfants (1987)

Louis Malle

At the time of the Nazi occupation of France in 1944, a young boy, Julien, is evacuated from his home in Paris to a Catholic boarding school in the country. He is teased by the other boys because, unlike them, he takes his lessons seriously and wins the praise of his teachers. However, he has a rival, the quiet boy Jean Bonnet, who is teased even more than he is... [More...]

L’Avare (1980)

Louis de Funès

Harpagon lives a frugal life although he has accumulated a fortune, which he has buried in his garden. The old man is ruthlessly tight-fisted and, to further his wealthy, he intends to marry his daughter off to a wealthy man whilst he himself marries a wealthy heiress. Unfortunately, his daughter is in love with another young man, whilst the woman he plans to marry is already beloved, by his son..... [More...]

La Balance (1982)

Bob Swaim

When their main informer is gunned down, the vice squad policing a crime-riddled suburb of Paris are forced to recruit a pimp, Dédé, to help ensnare a gangland boss, Massini. When Dédé refuses to cooperate, the police squad, headed by the ruthless Palouzi, put pressure on his prostitute girl friend to force his hand..... [More...]

La Banquière (1980)

Francis Girod

Towards the end of the 1920s, Emma Eckhert has become one of the most talked about women in France. Not only is she stunningly beautiful and a staunch supporter of moral campaigns, she is also a hugely successful banker. Having made a fortune speculating on the stock exchange, she intends to share her wealth with her investors, offering them a far higher rate of interest than her competitors... [More...]

Banzaï (1983)

Claude Zidi

Michel Bernardin works for Planète Assistance, an insurance company which instantly sends help to travellers no matter where in the world they may be. Michel is office bound, which suits him because he is terrified of flying. Ironically, his fiancée, Isabelle is an air hostess, although she has promised Michel she will give up her job since they are soon to be married... [More...]

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