The films of
Julien Guiomar
Le Roi de coeur (1966)
Philippe de Broca 		  Le Voleur (1967)
Louis Malle 		  La Fiancée du pirate (1969)
Nelly Kaplan 		 
     
Le Roi de coeur is an amazing film, one of those rare fanciful comedies that dares to tackle a genuine social or political issue and makes its point with a simplicity that is totally effective...  [More...]   Sadly underrated, Le Voleur is one of Louis Malle’s most attractive films, an entertaining and beautifully crafted comedy which gleefully satirises the attitudes of the nouveaux riches...  [More...]   Argentinean born writer Nelly Kaplan won instant acclaim for this, a distinctly individual film which marked her directorial debut. Kaplan had previously worked with Abel Gance on his later films and had rubbed shoulders...  [More...]  
La Voie lactée (1969)
Luis Buñuel 		  Z (1969)
Costa-Gavras 		  Borsalino (1970)
Jacques Deray 		 
     
Often cited as Luis Buñuel’s most overtly religious works, La Voie lactée is certainly one of his most intellectually demanding and shamelessly irreverent...  [More...]   Winner of two oscars in 1969 (for best foreign picture, best editing) and awards at Cannes (the jury prize and best actor for Trintignant), Z is the film that took 1969 by storm...  [More...]   Borsalino, one of the most lavish French thrillers of the 1970s, sees rival actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon (at the time, the two most popular actors in France) sharing the limelight...  [More...]  
La Horse (1970)
Pierre Granier-Deferre 		  Les Mariés de l'an II (1971)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau 		  La Moutarde me monte au nez (1974)
Claude Zidi 		 
     
Whilst much of the last decade of Jean Gabin’s career is generally pretty lacklustre there are a few films in which the actor distinguishes himself with some pretty remarkable performances...  [More...]   Les Mariés de l’an II is typical of the ebullient and witty period drama which French cinema has been consistently good at producing for many decades...  [More...]   Pierre Richard teams up with Jane Birkin in this rip-roaring comedy, a laugh-a-minute farce which is filled with gloriously over-the-top comic situations...  [More...]  
Adieu, poulet (1975)
Pierre Granier-Deferre 		  L'Incorrigible (1975)
Philippe de Broca 		  Souvenirs d'en France (1975)
André Téchiné 		 
     
This French police drama focuses mainly on the politics of the police department and the often dubious relationship between police, criminals and politicians...  [More...]   L’Incorrigible was the fifth collaboration between director Philippe de Broca and French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo, who had previously enjoyed phenomenal success with such films as L’Homme de Rio (1964)...  [More...]   Téchiné’s second film is a curious mix of black comedy, romantic drama and nostalgia, told in an unsettling inconsistent style. The film begins as what appears to be a straightforward provincial romance...  [More...]  
Barocco (1976)
André Téchiné 		  L'Aile ou la cuisse (1976)
Claude Zidi 		  Mado (1976)
Claude Sautet 		 
     
Barocco is in essence a great film which has been savagely mutilated through a combination of not entirely convincing acting and excessively self-conscious photography...  [More...]   Haute cuisine takes on the might of prêt-à-manger in this spirited satirical farce which serves up a mouth-watering double portion of comic genius in the shape of Louis de Funès and Coluche...  [More...]   Another exquisitely composed portrait of mid-life crisis from Claude Sautet, Mado is an absorbing work which engages the spectator by solidly locking onto the personal traumas of its well-drawn characters...  [More...]  

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