French cinema: 1954
L'Air de Paris (1954)
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion...
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Marcel Carné
Le Blé en herbe (1954)
Claude Autant-Lara
Some time in the 1920s, the Ferrets and their two daughters, Vinca and Lisette, spend their summer holiday on the coast of Brittany...
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Claude Autant-Lara
French Cancan (1954)
Jean Renoir
Nini, a pretty laundry worker, is recruited by Monsieur Danglard, along with a number of other attractive young women, to join his theatre company...
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Jean Renoir
Le Guérisseur (1954)
Yves Ciampi
Stricken with a sudden heart attack, Madame Mériadec, a woman in her fifties, is as good as dead until Pierre Laurent shows up at her bedside and applies his unique method of treatment...
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Yves Ciampi
Huis clos (1954)
Jacqueline Audry
On leaving an elevator, a diverse group of people find themselves in the lobby of what looks like a plush hotel. The receptionist deals with the new arrivals with a cold professionalism and, one by one, they are directed to their rooms...
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Jacqueline Audry
J'y suis... j'y reste (1954)
Maurice Labro
Nénette, the owner of a downmarket bar-café, has decided to marry her barman, Jules, but it seems she is already married without her knowledge - to the Baron Hubert de Mont-Vermeil... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Nénette, the owner of a downmarket bar-café, has decided to marry her barman, Jules, but it seems she is already married without her knowledge - to the Baron Hubert de Mont-Vermeil... [More...]
Les Lettres de mon moulin (1954)
Marcel Pagnol
Alphonse Daudet, purchases a windmill in Pampérigouste, an attractive region of rural France, so that he can write a series of short stories about country folk... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Alphonse Daudet, purchases a windmill in Pampérigouste, an attractive region of rural France, so that he can write a series of short stories about country folk... [More...]
Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954)
Henri Verneuil
Trézignan is a sleepy little town in the southeast of France. Anxious to raise the profile of the town and draw in more visitors, the mayor decides to hold a celebratory fête in honour of a set of quintuplets who were born in the town exactly forty years ago... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Trézignan is a sleepy little town in the southeast of France. Anxious to raise the profile of the town and draw in more visitors, the mayor decides to hold a celebratory fête in honour of a set of quintuplets who were born in the town exactly forty years ago... [More...]
Le Rouge et le noir (1954)
Claude Autant-Lara
Before a court of law, Julien Sorel confesses to the attempted murder of the woman he loved and asks that he be condemned to death... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Before a court of law, Julien Sorel confesses to the attempted murder of the woman he loved and asks that he be condemned to death... [More...]
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Jacques Becker
Max and Riton are two ageing gangsters who have just pulled off a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. Both men hope to retire gracefully on their ill-gotten gains but their plans are jeopardised when Riton says more than he should to his mistress Josy... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Max and Riton are two ageing gangsters who have just pulled off a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. Both men hope to retire gracefully on their ill-gotten gains but their plans are jeopardised when Riton says more than he should to his mistress Josy... [More...]