L'Amour l'après-midi (1972)
Eric Rohmer

Frédéric had thought that by marrying Hélène he would never again be tempted by another woman...   [More...]

L'Attentat (1972)
Yves Boisset

In the immediate aftermath of a coup d'état in an unnamed North African state, a progressive member of the opposition, Sadiel, fears for his life and is forced to flee to Switzerland...   [More...]

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972)
René Vautier

It is 1961 and France is locked into a seemingly interminable war with its North African colony of Algeria. The French government of course does not recognise this as a war as such, but rather a 'campaign of pacification'...   [More...]

Blaise Pascal (1972)
Roberto Rossellini

Blaise Pascal is 16 years old when his family moves to Rouen in 1639 so that his father Étienne can take up his new position as the king's commissioner of taxes...   [More...]

César et Rosalie (1972)
Claude Sautet

After her divorce, 30-something Rosalie decides to live with César, a wealthy scrap-metal dealer who is prone to violent bursts...   [More...]

Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)
Luis Buñuel

Monsieur and Madame Senechal have invited their friends, the Thevenots and Don Rafael, the Ambassador of a South American republic, to dinner, but, owing to a misunderstanding, their guests turn up a day early...   [More...]

Coup pour coup (1972)
Marin Karmitz

When two of their colleagues are dismissed for unruly behaviour, the mostly female staff of a French textiles factory decide to go on strike to demand better pay and the reinstatement of their sacked co-workers...   [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...]

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...]

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...]

Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Bernardo Bertolucci

Paul is a 45-year-old American who is coming to terms with his wife's seemingly inexplicable suicide. Jeanne is a 20-something Parisian who is engaged to Tom, an aspiring filmmaker who intends making her the star of his next film...   [More...]

Ludwig (1972)
Luchino Visconti

Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state...   [More...]

Nathalie Granger (1972)
Marguerite Duras

Isabelle Granger is a young woman who lives with her husband and daughter Nathalie in a large house in the Yvelines district of Paris...   [More...]

Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972)
Maurice Pialat

For the past six years, Jean, a struggling filmmaker in his forties, has been pursuing a turbulent love affair with a much younger woman, Catherine...   [More...]

Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972)
Jean Yanne

Christian Gerber is a reporter for Radio-Plus, France's most popular radio station. Whilst he attempts to accurately report the peaceful revolution taking place in a Latin American country, his colleagues fabricate their reports in an attempt to draw a larger audience...   [More...]

Un flic (1972)
Jean-Pierre Melville

A gang of crooks raid a bank in a windswept coastal town on the west coast of France. In the course of the robbery, one member of the gang sustains a gunshot wound and must be taken to a clinic for treatment...   [More...]