French cinema: 1970s
Du côté d'Orouët (1973)
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast...
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Jacques Rozier
Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers...
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Jacques Rivette
Élise ou la vraie vie (1970)
Michel Drach
It is 1957 and France has been at war with Algeria for three years. Elise, a young woman in her early twenties, live in Bordeaux with her family in a cramped apartment...
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Michel Drach
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal...
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Michel Audiard
L'Emmerdeur (1973)
Edouard Molinaro
François Pignon is a man who has lost the will to live. After his wife Louise deserted him for her lover, this pathetic little salesman has only one thought: to hang himself...
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Edouard Molinaro
L'Enfant sauvage (1970)
François Truffaut
Summer, 1798. In the forests of a rural area of southern France, a party of hunters discover and capture a 12 year old boy who appears to have spent his life living like a wild animal... [More...]
François Truffaut
Summer, 1798. In the forests of a rural area of southern France, a party of hunters discover and capture a 12 year old boy who appears to have spent his life living like a wild animal... [More...]
État de siège (1972)
Costa-Gavras
Michael Santore is working in South America as a communications officer for an international aid agency when he is abducted by a gang of extreme leftwing revolutionaries who call themselves the Tupamaros... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Michael Santore is working in South America as a communications officer for an international aid agency when he is abducted by a gang of extreme leftwing revolutionaries who call themselves the Tupamaros... [More...]
L'Étrangleur (1972)
Paul Vecchiali
As a child, Émile is walking through the streets after dark when he encounters a stranger. The latter takes his white woollen scarf and uses it to strangle an attractive young woman... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
As a child, Émile is walking through the streets after dark when he encounters a stranger. The latter takes his white woollen scarf and uses it to strangle an attractive young woman... [More...]
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
La Faute de l'abbé Mouret (1970)
Georges Franju
Serge Mouret has recently taken up his first position as parish priest in the Provençal village of Artauds. The locals have little interest in religion and for most of the time Mouret is giving sermons to an empty church... [More...]
Georges Franju
Serge Mouret has recently taken up his first position as parish priest in the Provençal village of Artauds. The locals have little interest in religion and for most of the time Mouret is giving sermons to an empty church... [More...]
Femmes femmes (1974)
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Flic Story (1975)
Jacques Deray
Paris, 1947. Roger Borniche sees himself as the star cop of the Sûreté nationale, but he despises the brutal methods used by his colleagues... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Paris, 1947. Roger Borniche sees himself as the star cop of the Sûreté nationale, but he despises the brutal methods used by his colleagues... [More...]
La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Les Galettes de Pont-Aven (1975)
Joël Séria
Peacefully nestled in the Loire Valley in the west of France is the picturesque town of Samur. This is home to Henri Serin, a modest umbrella salesman who devotes his free time to his two main pleasures in life - women and painting... [More...]
Joël Séria
Peacefully nestled in the Loire Valley in the west of France is the picturesque town of Samur. This is home to Henri Serin, a modest umbrella salesman who devotes his free time to his two main pleasures in life - women and painting... [More...]
Le Genou de Claire (1970)
Eric Rohmer
A 35 year old diplomat, Jérôme, takes a summer holiday in the picturesque French lakeside resort where he spent his childhood... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
A 35 year old diplomat, Jérôme, takes a summer holiday in the picturesque French lakeside resort where he spent his childhood... [More...]
Le Gitan (1975)
José Giovanni
For two years, Hugo Sennart has been busy settling old scores with a society that has persecuted his gypsy brothers and sisters for decades... [More...]
José Giovanni
For two years, Hugo Sennart has been busy settling old scores with a society that has persecuted his gypsy brothers and sisters for decades... [More...]
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career... [More...]
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career... [More...]
La Guerre des polices (1979)
Robin Davis
In the early hours of the morning, police superintendent Ballestrat is about to arrest Hector Sarlat, the most wanted criminal in France, when a rival police squad led by Jacques Fush puts in an unexpected and unwelcome appearance... [More...]
Robin Davis
In the early hours of the morning, police superintendent Ballestrat is about to arrest Hector Sarlat, the most wanted criminal in France, when a rival police squad led by Jacques Fush puts in an unexpected and unwelcome appearance... [More...]
Les Guichets du Louvre (1974)
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital... [More...]
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital... [More...]
Heureux qui comme Ulysse (1970)
Henri Colpi
Antonin is an ageing farmhand who leads a peaceful existence in a small village in Provence. One day, his employer gives him an errand that he would rather not discharge - to take his old farm horse Ulysse to Arles, to end his days in the bullring... [More...]
Henri Colpi
Antonin is an ageing farmhand who leads a peaceful existence in a small village in Provence. One day, his employer gives him an errand that he would rather not discharge - to take his old farm horse Ulysse to Arles, to end his days in the bullring... [More...]
L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)
François Truffaut
A young woman arrives in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, in 1863, and immediately sets about looking for the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
François Truffaut
A young woman arrives in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, in 1863, and immediately sets about looking for the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)
François Truffaut
Before his abrupt, tragic and somewhat farcical death in his mid-forties, Bernard Morane was the most inveterate of skirt chasers... [More...]
François Truffaut
Before his abrupt, tragic and somewhat farcical death in his mid-forties, Bernard Morane was the most inveterate of skirt chasers... [More...]
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
I... comme Icare (1979)
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
L'Ibis rouge (1975)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Il Conformista (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
L'Important c'est d'aimer (1975)
Andrzej Zulawski
A freelance photographer, Servais Mont, falls in love with Nadine Chevalier, an aspiring actress who, having failed to make the big time, has no other option than to appear in cheap exploitative movies... [More...]
Andrzej Zulawski
A freelance photographer, Servais Mont, falls in love with Nadine Chevalier, an aspiring actress who, having failed to make the big time, has no other option than to appear in cheap exploitative movies... [More...]
L'Invitation (1973)
Claude Goretta
Rémy Placet is a humble office employee who has worked for the same insurance company for the past twenty years. When his mother dies, he is given two months' compassionate leave, during which time he sells his city centre house in Geneva and acquires a much larger property, with ample gardens, in the countryside just outside the city... [More...]
Claude Goretta
Rémy Placet is a humble office employee who has worked for the same insurance company for the past twenty years. When his mother dies, he is given two months' compassionate leave, during which time he sells his city centre house in Geneva and acquires a much larger property, with ample gardens, in the countryside just outside the city... [More...]
Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976)
Alain Tanner
In Geneva in the mid-1970s, Mathieu struggles to find work to support himself and his pregnant wife Mathilde. Another couple, Marcel and Marguerite, come to their rescue, offering them a place to live and work on their farm... [More...]
Alain Tanner
In Geneva in the mid-1970s, Mathieu struggles to find work to support himself and his pregnant wife Mathilde. Another couple, Marcel and Marguerite, come to their rescue, offering them a place to live and work on their farm... [More...]