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French cinema: Romance (Page 18 of 34)

Je préfère qu’on reste amis (2005)

Olivier Nakache

Thirty-something and chronically lacking in self-confidence, IT expert Claude Mendelbaum pines in solitude for the soul mate he knows he will never have. He once had a girlfriend, but that relationship ended some time ago, and in doing so virtually destroyed the last vestiges of his stunted self-esteem... [More...]

Je reste! (2003)

Diane Kurys

Marie-Do and Bertrand have been married for 15 years. They have a young son and appear to be the model couple. But, for Marie-Do, the strain of pandering to her self-centred, cycling-obsessed husband is starting to show. Then she meets Antoine, a lonely scriptwriter who, unlike Bertrand, shows her respect and understanding... [More...]

Je t’aime moi non plus (1976)

Serge Gainsbourg

Immigrant gay lovers Krassky and Padovan eke out a living in France by transporting refuse to a rubbish dump in the middle of nowhere. On one of their trips, they stop off at a remote bar-café for rest and refreshment. Here, Krassky is drawn to an attractive young bartender, Johnny; he is disappointed when he realises she is a young woman... [More...]

Je vais te manquer (2009)

Amanda Sthers

A young girl intends to find a princess for her father, a recently divorced young man. A schoolteacher decides to give up her job and start a new life in Quebec. Knowing that she has an incurable disease, Julia sets out on her last voyage. Marcel, a jaded writer who is obsessed with his book sales, wallows in solitude... [More...]

Je vous aime (1980)

Claude Berri

After breaking up with her latest boyfriend, Alice looks back on her life and remembers her past loves. Although she is still only in her mid-thirties, Alice has had many partners, all of whom she has loved intensely, for a while. There was Simon, a temperamental singer-songwriter, who helped her to rear her son Jérôme... [More...]

Je vous trouve très beau (2005)

Isabelle Mergault

When his wife dies in a terrible accident, farmer Aymé Pigrenet soon discovers he needs a replacement. It isn’t so much affection that he craves but someone who can take on the thousand-and-one jobs that his wife did and for which he is manifestly ill-equipped – complex, highly specialised tasks such as operating the washing machine without drowning his cat... [More...]

Jenny (1936)

Marcel Carné

When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of attractive young women... [More...]

Les Jeunes loups (1968)

Marcel Carné

Alain is a flashy, opportunistic young man who prides himself on the ease with which he can lure beautiful women into bed. Sylvie is an easy conquest. Although she is outgoing and confident, she has never had a lover before and so she offers no resistance when Alain works his seductive charms on her... [More...]

Jeux d’enfants (2003)

Yann Samuell

Aware that his mother is dying from cancer, an eight-year old boy Julien strikes up a friendship with a young Polish girl of his own age, Sophie. The two children cope with their daily traumas by playing a dare game, which inevitably gets them into trouble. Ten years later, Julien and Sophie remain firm friends, but their dare games have taken on a cruel edge... [More...]

Les Jeux sont faits (1947)

Jean Delannoy

Eve Charlier is poisoned by her husband, an unscrupulous state official, so that he can marry her younger sister. At the same moment that she dies, a political agitator, Pierre Dumaine is shot dead by a police informer on the eve of an uprising against the state. Eve and Pierre meet up in the afterlife, where they can observe the world of the living but cannot alter anything... [More...]

Joseph et la fille (2010)

Xavier De Choudens

Having completed a twenty year stretch in prison, Joseph immediately sets about preparing the ultimate hold-up. But he needs an accomplice if the robbery is to succeed. Unable to trust anyone, he decides to initiate 20-year-old Julie in his crime... [More...]

Joueuse (2009)

Caroline Bottaro

In a small Corsican village, Hélène leads an uneventful but contented life. In her early forties, she is happily married, has a teenage daughter and works as a chambermaid in a hotel. One day, she sees a couple playing chess in a hotel room and becomes fascinated by the game. With the help of Monsieur Kröger, a strange old man, Hélène not only learns the rules of the game but soon becomes a talented player... [More...]

Le Jour et l’heure (1963)

René Clément

During WWII, Thérèse Dutheil refuses to have any interest in politics, even though her husband is being held a prisoner-of-war in Germany. Arriving in the village where she was born, Thérèse learns that an American aeroplane has been shot down and that the Germans are looking for the three airmen who parachuted out to safety before the plane crashed... [More...]

Le Jour et la nuit (1997)

Bernard-Henri Lévy

A film producer, Filippi, and his leading actress, Laure, arrive in a region of Mexico to try to persuade a retired writer, Alexandre, to agree to a film adaptation of his first novel. Alexandre lives in a sumptuous hacienda with his young wife, her lover, and an odd assortment of old friends and acquaintances... [More...]

Le Jour se lève (1939)

Marcel Carné

François, an ordinary factory worker, barricades himself in his one-room lodgings, after shooting dead another man. He ignores the cries from his neighbours and the police who surround him and who threaten to bring him to justice. As night falls, François begins to recall the chain of circumstances that led him to kill another man... [More...]

Jules et Jim (1962)

François Truffaut

It is in Paris, in around 1910, that Jules, a German, and Jim, a Frenchmen, meet and become the closest of friends. Aspiring writers, they have a shared interest in literature, art and women. Having encountered a statue of a woman’s head with a beguiling smile, the two young men are surprised when they meet a young woman named Catherine with the same smile... [More...]

Julietta (1953)

Marc Allégret

Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d’Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone. However, Julietta has no interest in money and fame so she is reluctant to participate in her mother’s game. When they are travelling back to Paris by train, Julietta finds a cigarette holder belonging to a man who has just left the train... [More...]

Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951)

Marcel Carné

Having been caught stealing money from his employer to pay for a holiday with his girlfriend Juliette, Michel finds himself in a prison cell. He falls into a deep sleep and awakes to find the door of his cell open. Stepping through the doorway, he finds himself in the most beautiful sun-drenched countryside... [More...]

Le Jumeau (1984)

Yves Robert

Whilst holidaying on the Côte d’Azur, Matthias Duval makes the acquaintance of two wealthy American heiresses, Liz and Betty. He adores both of them, and so, realising that he cannot have the two for himself, he pretends he has twin brother, Mathieu. Whilst Lis is occupied with Matthias, the extrovert adventurer, Betty gets engaged to the timid intellectual Mathieu... [More...]

Lac aux dames (1934)

Marc Allégret

Éric Heller, an unemployed engineer, finds work as a swimming instructor at a popular Austrian resort beside the alluring Lac-aux-dames lake. Éric’s good looks and manly physique make him especially popular with the lady tourists, particularly Dany, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist named Lyssenhop... [More...]

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