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French cinema: Romance/Comedy (Page 1 of 7)

À bout de souffle (1960)

Jean-Luc Godard

Michel Poiccard is a small-time crook who is on the run after having shot dead a policeman. Hoping to recover some money he is owed by some shady associates of his, Michel returns to Paris. Here, he meets up with Patricia, a young student and aspiring journalist with whom he had enjoyed a brief affair in Nice... [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...]

L’Affaire d’une nuit (1960)

Henri Verneuil

One day, Michel Ferréol reluctantly meets up with an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco. Michel didn’t like Antoine much when they were at school and tries to get away by making an excuse. He changes his mind when Antoine introduces him to his wife, a beautiful brunette named Christine. From the latter’s revelations about her husband, Michel suspects that she may be willing to spend a night with him... [More...]

L’Âge d’homme... maintenant ou jamais! (2007)

Raphael Fejtö

Samuel is a 30-year-old filmmaker who, until a year ago, was a diehard bachelor. It was a life that suited him, with no commitments, no heartache and no broken china. But then he met Tina, a gorgeous photographer, and now he has been in a relationship with her for a full twelve months. Samuel realises he must make a decision, either to get engaged or put an end to the relationship... [More...]

L’Âge de raison (2010)

Yann Samuell

On her 40th birthday, Margaret, a successful businesswoman, receives a letter - from herself. She wrote the letter when she was seven years old, to remind her of what she hoped to become when she was a little girl... [More...]

Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)

Julien Duvivier

Lily is in love, but with a man she has never seen. She and Erich both work as switchboard operators, she in Paris, he in Berlin. They talk to each other every day and now they are hopelessly in love. Finally, they decide to meet up in Paris. Lily has a photograph of Erich and so is surprised when the man who meets her at the station looks nothing like the man she had been expecting... [More...]

L’Amour dure trois ans (2012)

Frédéric Beigbeder

Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years. His own experiences bear this out. Having recently divorced, he published a pamphlet in which he puts a compelling case for his thesis. Then he meets Alice... [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, c’est mieux à deux (2010)

Dominique Farrugia

Michel and Vincent have been friends since childhood but they have diametrically opposed views when it comes to romance. Whereas Michel believes in true love, the kind that arrives by chance and strikes like a thunderbolt, Vincent is firmly of the opinion that a man’s brain is merely an extension of his penis... [More...]

Andalousie (1951)

Robert Vernay

Popular bullfighter Juanito returns to his village in Andalousie and promises his girlfriend Dolorès that he will give up his dangerous career after his next tour if she will give up dancing. Whilst Juanito is in Madrid, he meets a beautiful cabaret singer, Fanny Miller, who instantly falls in love with him... [More...]

Angel-A (2005)

Luc Besson

28 year-old con artist André lies so easily that he has even convinced himself he is the model citizen. In reality, he is the type that would sell his grandmother for a packet of cigarettes. After winning a Green Card in the lottery, he can’t stop boating that he is an American citizen, which is probably not a good thing at a time when (in the wake of the Iraq War) most French people regard all Americans as the spawn of Satan... [More...]

L’Appartement des filles (1963)

Michel Deville

Tibère is not a man to sit behind a desk all day from 9 till 5. Having discovered a taste for adventure, he decides to give up his humdrum life and become a gold smuggler. His job is to recruit beautiful young air hostesses who will secretly transport gold to Bombay. His first choice is Elena who, unaware of the dangers, accepts the assignment without hesitation because she finds Tibère’s charms irresistible... [More...]

L’Arnacoeur (2010)

Pascal Chaumeil

Is your daughter going out with the wrong kind of guy? Is your sister the victim of an amour fou, trapped in a torrid relationship that can only end badly? If so, then Alex is your man. He is a professional couple breaker. By using his unrivalled powers of seduction he is guaranteed to unhook any woman from any good-for-nothing louse... [More...]

L’Art d’aimer (2011)

Emmanuel Mouret

At the exact moment that one falls in love, one becomes aware of a very distinctive music, an ethereal sonata that seems to speak of eternity and promise all the delights of paradise. This peculiar air is different for everyone and can enter our consciousness at the most unexpected of moments... ... [More...]

L’Art de séduire (2011)

Guy Mazarguil

Jean-François is a psychotherapist who is in love with one of his patients. When the patient ends her course of treatment, Jean-François feels that he is now free to seduce her. Unfortunately, his attempts at seduction prove to be pretty inept, and so he turns to another of his patients to help him out... [More...]

The Artist (2011)

Michel Hazanavicius

Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin is a star of silent cinema on whom the sun has never ceased to shine. But the arrival of sound looks set to send him into obscurity. Meanwhile, Peppy Miller, a young bit-player, is about to be propelled to stardom. This is the story of two tender souls who fall in love but who face being torn apart by fame, fortune and pride as cinema stands on the threshold of a new era..... [More...]

Au secours, j’ai trente ans! (2004)

Marie-Anne Chazel

Tara, Kathy and Yann have remained friends since they were children. Now in their early thirties, the time has come to reappraise their lives. Yann has settled down into a seemingly happy relationship with his gay partner; Tara is cohabiting with her boyfriend, an unsympathetic teacher who badly neglects her; and Kathy seems incapable of having a long-term relationship with any man, in spite of the fact that she is the most attractive of the three and has no difficulty attracting admirers... [More...]

L’Auberge espagnole (2002)

Cédric Klapisch

A young economics student, Xavier, decides to spend the final year of his university course at Barcelona so that he can learn Spanish and thereby secure a job at the French Ministry of Finance. Leaving behind his girlfriend, Martine, and his anxious mother, he sets out for Barcelona and his first problem is to find somewhere to live... [More...]

Baby Blues (2008)

Diane Bertrand

Alex and Fabrizio form an ideal couple. High-fliers, they haven’t yet got around to starting a family, but they content themselves with their dog, Esperanza. When Alex is offered a post in New York, she is initially delighted, but soon has second thoughts. If she accepts the job, she will have to give up the idea of having a child of her own... [More...]

Baisers volés (1968)

François Truffaut

After having being discharged from the army for lapses of discipline, a 20-year old Antoine Doinel seems ill-equipped to cope with civilian life. He first gets a job as a night watchman in a hotel, but is soon given the sack. He is then recruited as a private detective by an agency, his first assignment being to trail a magician with a secret love life... [More...]

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