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French cinema: Drama (Page 8 of 72)

Les Autres filles (2000)

Caroline Vignal

Solange is a 16 year old girl who lives with her parents in a village near to Toulouse. She is training to be a hairdresser but is mainly preoccupied with losing her virginity. She is fascinated by her friend Gary, an African girl who seems to be fully emancipated and who appears to offer her a prefect role model… ... [More...]

Aux yeux de tous (2012)

Arnaud Duprey

In France, there are over half a million security cameras and webcams. An anonymous hacker has found a way to access all of these cameras and amuses himself by spying on the illicit habits of the Parisians. Nothing escapes his all-seeing eye, least of all a terrorist attack at the Gare d’Austerlitz... [More...]

Aux yeux du monde (1990)

Eric Rochant

A slightly unbalanced young man, Bruno, hijacks a bus carrying school children. Threatening to kill his hostages with a pistol, he orders the driver to take him to where his girlfriend lives. There is no malice behind this act. Bruno is doing it just to prove to his girlfriend that he loves her. Unfortunately, the police view his act of bravado with less romantic eyes… ... [More...]

Aux yeux du souvenir (1948)

Jean Delannoy

A small private aeroplane crashes in the desert, not far from Dakar. It is a miracle that the pilot, Jacques Forestier, and his mechanic, Paul Marcadour, survived, since both were drunk when they lost control of the plane. With the help of a friend, Pierre Aubry, they are able to return to Paris on an Air France flight... [More...]

Avant l’aube (2011)

Raphaël Jacoulot

Frédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a luxurious mountain hotel. When one of the hotel guests disappears one evening and is later found dead, Frédéric suspects he may have been killed by the family who employ him. But rather than betray his boss, Jacques Couvreur, he makes up his mind to protect him... [More...]

Avant le déluge (1954)

André Cayatte

Richard, Philippe and Jean are three friends who are in the same class at school. The son of a former collaborator, Richard has grown up to hate Jews. He is in love with Liliane, the daughter of his teacher, Professor Noblet. Philippe attempts to extort money from his mother because he knows she is having an affair with Montessan, a smuggler who does business with Phlippe’s father... [More...]

Avant que j’oublie (2007)

Jacques Nolot

Pierre, 58, is coming to terms with the changes in his life, with illness and with death. A stranger in the modern world, he shuts himself away and ponders in solemn isolation. His inner demons continue to torment him. Lacking inspiration, he cannot write. He thinks of the dear friend who died so suddenly... [More...]

L’Aventurier (1934)

Marcel L’Herbier

Étienne Ranson is the black sheep of his family. Having made his fortune in Tunisia, he returns to France and receives a cool reception from his uncle, Achille Guéroy, the owner of a glove factory in Grenoble. Guéroy is astounded when his nephew returns the money he had lent him and immediately looks at Étienne in a new light when it becomes apparent that he is now a very wealthy man... [More...]

Les Aventuriers (1967)

Robert Enrico

Whilst looking for materials for her next sculpture, Laetitia makes friends with Roland, a former racing driver, and Manu, a flying instructor. All three suffers a cruel setback – Manu fails to win a bet, Roland manages to wreck his racing car and Laetitia’s sculpture impresses no one. They then hear about a plane that crashed into the sea off the coast of Africa some years ago, carrying a fortune in jewels... [More...]

L’Aveu (1970)

Costa-Gavras

Gérard has been a loyal supporter of communism for all his adult life, serving in the French Resistance during the Second World War and supporting the civil war in Spain. Now, in 1951, he is the deputy minister for foreign affairs in Czechoslovakia. One day, he discovers that he is being followed, and, shortly after he is arrested and taken away to a makeshift prison... [More...]

Les Aveux les plus doux (1971)

Edouard Molinaro

Jean Dubreuil agrees to help a friend rob a circus. Jean manages to get the money as planned but everything goes wrong when his friend badly injures a circus employee who ran after them. Whilst his friend escapes, Jean is arrested. Inspectors Muller and Borelli are put in charge of the case. Jean pretends to be innocent, insisting that his friend is the sole culprit... [More...]

L’Avocat (2011)

Cédric Anger

Léo Demarsan has barely qualified as a lawyer before he secures a prestigious client who is keen to exploit his flair for business law. But Paul Vanoni is not the reputable businessman he appears to be. He is in fact a ruthless gangster who intends to use Léo to deflect attention from his illicit activities and reinforce the image of respectability that keeps him out of jail... [More...]

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972)

René Vautier

In 1961, a group of pacifist Bretons are sent to fight in France’s war against Algeria. Reluctant warriors, they are moulded into killing machines by the inspirational lieutenant Perrin and soon find their first taste of conflict. One of the group continues to rebel against the folly of the war and goes on the run with an Algerian prisoner... [More...]

Avril (2006)

Gérald Hustache-Mathieu

Avril has spent her entire life in a convent. Shortly after she was born, she was given up to the mother superior, Marie-Josèphe, who agreed to take charge of her upbringing. Now, aged 21, Avril is about to take the vows that will sanctify her life-long vocation as a nun. Before she does so, her friend sister Bernadette tries to persuade her to reconsider, to think about a life outside the convent... [More...]

Backstage (2005)

Emmanuelle Bercot

Lucie, a typical 17-year-old girl, is obsessed with her pop idol, Lauren Waks. How then should she react when, one evening, the pop star should walk into her living room and sing a song for her benefit? Joy, shock, bewilderment – a whole tide of emotions hits her and she flees to her bedroom. The publicity stunt over, Lauren leaves with her entourage of cameramen, sound technicians and personal minders, leaving Lucie confused and bereft... [More...]

La Baie des anges (1963)

Jacques Demy

Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino. When he wins a small fortune at roulette, Jean immediately becomes hooked on gambling and makes a snap decision to spend his holiday in Nice – much to the disgust of his father who believes that he will ruin himself... [More...]

Baise-moi (2000)

Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi

One evening, two jaded young women meet at a railway station and form an instant bond. Both have been abused and humiliated by a society that treats them with contempt. Not any longer. Manu has just killed her brother. Nadine has just killed her flatmate. Neither woman has anything to lose. They have a gun... [More...]

Le Bal du comte d’Orgel (1970)

Marc Allégret

In the aftermath of WWI, the people of Paris have just one thought: to enjoy life and forget all those lost years. Two such merrymakers are the Count of Orgel and his wife, the Countess Mahé. At the circus one evening, this couple meet François de Seyrieuse and invite him and his friend Paul Robin to one of the lavish soirées at their castle... [More...]

La Bandera (1935)

Julien Duvivier

Having killed a man in Paris, Pierre Gilieth flees to Barcelona where he enlists in the Spanish Foreign Legion. Here, in the ranks of the Third Bandera, he meets up with fellow countrymen Mulot and Lucas, and the three men become close friends. Visiting a local inn, Pierre immediately falls under the spell of a beautiful Moroccan girl, Aïscha, and resolves to take her as his bride... [More...]

Banqueroute (2000)

Antoine Desrosières

Nicolas Lanson is an unscrupulous young stockbroker who wallows in a life of excessive wealth and luxury. But he comes crashing down to Earth when one of his riskier initiatives ruins the bank he works for. When he learns that there is a high price on his head, Nicolas goes on the run. In his flight to Switzerland, he picks up a young hitchhiker, Charlotte, who has just been ejected by her boyfriend after finding out she is pregnant... [More...]

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