French cinema: 1960s
Une femme douce (1969)
Robert Bresson
Shortly after her husband has left their Parisian apartment, a young woman commits suicide by leaping from a balcony. As the smashed body of the dead woman lies before him, the bereaved husband recollects their shared history together in an attempt to understand what drove her to such a drastic act...
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Robert Bresson
Une femme est une femme (1961)
Jean-Luc Godard
Angela is an attractive nightclub striptease artist who shares a small Parisian apartment with her boyfriend Emile. One day, on the spur of the moment, she decides that she must have a baby...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Une femme mariée (1964)
Jean-Luc Godard
Married to Pierre, an airline pilot, Charlotte leads a settled middle-class existence and couldn't be happier. She has a son she adores, Nicolas, and has plenty to occupy her...
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Jean-Luc Godard
Le Vampire de Düsseldorf (1965)
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman...
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Robert Hossein
La Vérité (1960)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of her lover Gilbert Tellier. Public sympathy is not on her side and the jury is not expected to decide in her favour...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
La Vie de château (1966)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
Le Vieil homme et l'enfant (1967)
Claude Berri
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, a Jewish couple decide to send their young son, Claude, to live in the country, where they hope he will be safe from arrest... [More...]
Claude Berri
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, a Jewish couple decide to send their young son, Claude, to live in the country, where they hope he will be safe from arrest... [More...]
La Vieille dame indigne (1965)
René Allio
Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies. She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles... [More...]
René Allio
Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies. She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles... [More...]
Les Vieux de la vieille (1960)
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Vive le Tour (1962)
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year... [More...]
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year... [More...]
Vivre pour vivre (1967)
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Vivre sa vie (1962)
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
La Voie lactée (1969)
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Le Voleur (1967)
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Week End (1967)
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Yoyo (1965)
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Zazie dans le métro (1960)
Louis Malle
During a two-day stay in Paris, 11-year old Zazie is foisted on her uncle, Gabriel, whilst her mother goes off with a new boyfriend... [More...]
Louis Malle
During a two-day stay in Paris, 11-year old Zazie is foisted on her uncle, Gabriel, whilst her mother goes off with a new boyfriend... [More...]