French cinema: 1966
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Robert Bresson
Shortly after he is born in a rural part of France, a donkey is adopted by a small girl named Marie, who christens him Balthazar and treats him as a treasured plaything...
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Robert Bresson
Brigitte et Brigitte (1966)
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has just arrived in Paris from the provinces to start her first year at university. So too has Brigitte. The two Brigittes are dressed identically and arrive at the same train station - which is where they meet...
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Luc Moullet
Les Créatures (1966)
Agnès Varda
Still suffering from the trauma of a road accident, a writer named Edgar finds himself afflicted with a mild case of writer's block...
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Agnès Varda
Le Deuxième souffle (1966)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Eight years into his prison sentence, a notorious gangster named Gustave Minda (nicknamed Gu) escapes and returns to Paris...
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Jean-Pierre Melville
Le Grand restaurant (1966)
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant...
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Jacques Besnard
La Grande vadrouille (1966)
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Les Grandes gueules (1966)
Robert Enrico
After his father's death, Hector Valentin returns to Vosges in the northeast of France to take charge of his father's ailing timber business... [More...]
Robert Enrico
After his father's death, Hector Valentin returns to Vosges in the northeast of France to take charge of his father's ailing timber business... [More...]
La Ligne de démarcation (1966)
Claude Chabrol
During the Second World War, a small village in the Jura is split in two by the river Loue, which marks the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and the Free Zone... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
During the Second World War, a small village in the Jura is split in two by the river Loue, which marks the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and the Free Zone... [More...]
Made in U.S.A. (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin... [More...]
Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Ne nous fâchons pas (1966)
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Paris, 1966. Richau, a former captain in the French paratroop regiment, has just been released from prison after serving a term for participating in an uprising during the Algerian War... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Paris, 1966. Richau, a former captain in the French paratroop regiment, has just been released from prison after serving a term for participating in an uprising during the Algerian War... [More...]
La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966)
Roberto Rossellini
France, 1661. As the once powerful Cardinal Mazarin lies dying in his bedroom at Vincennes, the young Louis XIV readies himself to take over the reins of power and guide his country's destiny like his fathers before him... [More...]
Roberto Rossellini
France, 1661. As the once powerful Cardinal Mazarin lies dying in his bedroom at Vincennes, the young Louis XIV readies himself to take over the reins of power and guide his country's destiny like his fathers before him... [More...]
La Religieuse (1966)
Jacques Rivette
Suzanne Simonin is forced by her parents to enter a convent at the age of 16. Traumatised by the harassment she receives from her Mother Superior, she starts to rebel and is transferred to another convent... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Suzanne Simonin is forced by her parents to enter a convent at the age of 16. Traumatised by the harassment she receives from her Mother Superior, she starts to rebel and is transferred to another convent... [More...]
Le Roi de coeur (1966)
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A writer-director meets up with his film producer and production secretary at Paris's busy Gare du Nord and together they take the Trans-Europ Express to the Belgian town of Antwerp... [More...]
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A writer-director meets up with his film producer and production secretary at Paris's busy Gare du Nord and together they take the Trans-Europ Express to the Belgian town of Antwerp... [More...]
Un homme et une femme (1966)
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Louis Duroc is a racing car driver. Anne Gauthier is a script-girl. Both are in their mid-thirties, recently widowed and have a small child... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Jean-Louis Duroc is a racing car driver. Anne Gauthier is a script-girl. Both are in their mid-thirties, recently widowed and have a small child... [More...]
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...]