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French cinema: All genres
Évolution (2016)
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Somewhere on a remote stretch of coast there lives a community of women and young boys. Nicolas is an eleven-year-old who lives with his mother and is beginning to ask himself questions about the life he is leading...
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Lucile Hadzihalilovic
L'Exercice de l'État (2011)
Pierre Schoeller
Bertrand Saint-Jean is France's Minister of Transport, an ambitious man who manages to keep his head in an emergency - or so he thinks...
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Pierre Schoeller
Extension du domaine de la lutte (1999)
Philippe Harel
A lonely computer programmer reflects on the empty meaningless of his loveless, solitary existence. Since his partner walked out on him two years ago, he does nothing at weekends and regards his work as a monotonous chore...
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Philippe Harel
Extérieur, nuit (1980)
Jacques Bral
Léo and Bony are two friends who both seem to have arrived at a crossroads in their lives. They belong to the May '68 generation who believed they could change the world, only to be disillusioned by what followed...
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Jacques Bral
La Fabrique des sentiments (2008)
Jean-Marc Moutout
To all appearances, Eloïse, 37, has made a success of her life. Her job as a property lawyer in Paris gives her a decent income, independence and a chic apartment...
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Jean-Marc Moutout
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The victim of an unhappy and lonely childhood, Amélie Poulain attains adulthood with a strong sense of justice and a willingness to help others, a strange set of qualifications for a modest waitress in a Montmarte café... [More...]
Fais-moi plaisir! (2009)
Emmanuel Mouret
Convinced that her partner, Jean-Jacques, is showing an interest in another woman, Ariane coerces him into having an affair with her, believing that this is the best way to save their relationship... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Convinced that her partner, Jean-Jacques, is showing an interest in another woman, Ariane coerces him into having an affair with her, believing that this is the best way to save their relationship... [More...]
Falbalas (1945)
Jacques Becker
Philippe Clarence is the genius couturier who runs one of the most successful fashion houses in Paris. His unsurpassed talent for design is matched only by the ease with which he draws women towards him, women he toys with whilst they amuse him, and then casually discards at his leisure... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Philippe Clarence is the genius couturier who runs one of the most successful fashion houses in Paris. His unsurpassed talent for design is matched only by the ease with which he draws women towards him, women he toys with whilst they amuse him, and then casually discards at his leisure... [More...]
La Famille Duraton (1939)
Christian Stengel
The Martins are an ordinary French family who live a simple but contented life in the country. When a stranger, Sammy Walter, injures himself in a car accident just outside their front door they naturally come to his help... [More...]
Christian Stengel
The Martins are an ordinary French family who live a simple but contented life in the country. When a stranger, Sammy Walter, injures himself in a car accident just outside their front door they naturally come to his help... [More...]
La Famille Wolberg (2009)
Axelle Ropert
Simon Wolberg is the mayor of a small provincial town in France. A devoted husband and loving father, his two main obsessions in life are listening to American soul music and interfering in the lives of others... [More...]
Axelle Ropert
Simon Wolberg is the mayor of a small provincial town in France. A devoted husband and loving father, his two main obsessions in life are listening to American soul music and interfering in the lives of others... [More...]
Les Fanatiques (1957)
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Alex Joffé
When he learns that a revolution has broken out in his own country whilst he is away in France, South American dictator Ribera decides to return home in a private plane, accompanied by his wife and some security guards... [More...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Fanny (1932)
Marc Allégret
Such is the status accorded to single mothers in France of the 1930s that Fanny has no choice but to surrender herself to a marriage of convenience... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Such is the status accorded to single mothers in France of the 1930s that Fanny has no choice but to surrender herself to a marriage of convenience... [More...]
Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine (1913)
Louis Feuillade
When a valuable pearl necklace is stolen from the Princess Danidoff at the Royal Palace Hotel in Paris, Inspector Juve soon discovers the identity of the thief... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
When a valuable pearl necklace is stolen from the Princess Danidoff at the Royal Palace Hotel in Paris, Inspector Juve soon discovers the identity of the thief... [More...]
Fantômas contre Fantômas (1914)
Louis Feuillade
For years, the redoubtable Inspector Juve has been engaged on a personal crusade to bring the arch-criminal Fantômas to justice - in vain... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
For years, the redoubtable Inspector Juve has been engaged on a personal crusade to bring the arch-criminal Fantômas to justice - in vain... [More...]
Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949)
Robert Vernay
Brutally rejected by his one true love Irène de Charras, the renowned surgeon François de Bréval commits suicide by crashing his car into a tree at high speed... [More...]
Robert Vernay
Brutally rejected by his one true love Irène de Charras, the renowned surgeon François de Bréval commits suicide by crashing his car into a tree at high speed... [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...]
Les Fantômes d'Ismaël (2017)
Arnaud Desplechin
Ismaël Vuillard is a fifty-something filmmaker who is struggling to complete a film inspired by the real-life spy exploits of his brother, Ivan Dédalus... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Ismaël Vuillard is a fifty-something filmmaker who is struggling to complete a film inspired by the real-life spy exploits of his brother, Ivan Dédalus... [More...]
Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons (1946)
Georges Rouquier
The Aveyron district of southern France is noted for its high rocky plateaus which give the countryside a distinctive, almost Neolithic character... [More...]
Georges Rouquier
The Aveyron district of southern France is noted for its high rocky plateaus which give the countryside a distinctive, almost Neolithic character... [More...]
Faut que ça danse! (2007)
Noémie Lvovsky
When busy 30-something Sarah discovers she is pregnant, she soon realises that she has more than she can cope with. She already has enough on her plate, with the demands of her partner François, her over-active father Salomon and her withdrawn mother Geneviève... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
When busy 30-something Sarah discovers she is pregnant, she soon realises that she has more than she can cope with. She already has enough on her plate, with the demands of her partner François, her over-active father Salomon and her withdrawn mother Geneviève... [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...]
Le Fauve est lâché (1959)
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
La Fayette (1962)
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
La Fée (2011)
Dominique Abel
Dom is a night watchman at a small hotel in the French coastal town of Le Havre. One evening, a strange woman appears in reception, without any luggage and with no shoes on her feet... [More...]
Dominique Abel
Dom is a night watchman at a small hotel in the French coastal town of Le Havre. One evening, a strange woman appears in reception, without any luggage and with no shoes on her feet... [More...]
Les Félins (1964)
René Clément
French playboy Marc has a nasty surprise waiting for him when he returns to his hotel room after a game of tennis. A gang of thuggish hitmen lie in wait, acting on the instructions of an American gangland boss who intends to repay Marc for carrying on a clandestine love affair with his wife... [More...]
René Clément
French playboy Marc has a nasty surprise waiting for him when he returns to his hotel room after a game of tennis. A gang of thuggish hitmen lie in wait, acting on the instructions of an American gangland boss who intends to repay Marc for carrying on a clandestine love affair with his wife... [More...]
La Femme d'à côté (1981)
François Truffaut
Bernard and Arlette Coudray are a young couple who live with their infant son at a remote country house near to Grenoble... [More...]
François Truffaut
Bernard and Arlette Coudray are a young couple who live with their infant son at a remote country house near to Grenoble... [More...]
La Femme de l'aviateur (1980)
Eric Rohmer
A postal worker, François, is about to visit his girlfriend, Anne, early one morning, when he sees another man leaving her apartment... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
A postal worker, François, is about to visit his girlfriend, Anne, early one morning, when he sees another man leaving her apartment... [More...]
La Femme de ma vie (1986)
Régis Wargnier
Simon was once an acclaimed virtuoso violinist, before he became a alcoholic and sank into the mire of depression. His life is ruined, and even his wife Laura can do nothing for him... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
Simon was once an acclaimed virtuoso violinist, before he became a alcoholic and sank into the mire of depression. His life is ruined, and even his wife Laura can do nothing for him... [More...]
La Femme de nulle part (1922)
Louis Delluc
At a house in the country not far Genoa, a husband tells his younger wife that he must spend the next twenty-four hours away from home to take his leave of a friend at the seaport... [More...]
Louis Delluc
At a house in the country not far Genoa, a husband tells his younger wife that he must spend the next twenty-four hours away from home to take his leave of a friend at the seaport... [More...]
La Femme du boulanger (1938)
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted... [More...]