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French cinema: All genres
Musée haut, musée bas (2008)
Jean-Michel Ribes
Just what exactly is a museum? Tourists hasten from one exhibition to another, devouring assorted fragments of culture like pigs gorging on scraps...
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Jean-Michel Ribes
Les Musiciens du ciel (1940)
Georges Lacombe
In Paris, Victor makes a dishonest living as a petty criminal. When his partner in crime is arrested for manufacturing forged coins, Victor begins begging on the street, pretending he is blind...
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Georges Lacombe
My Little Princess (2011)
Eva Ionesco
In the 1970s, Violetta Giurgiu becomes one of the focal points of the trendy Parisian art world - quite an achievement for a little girl who is not yet a teenager...
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Eva Ionesco
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (2003)
Bruno Podalydès
Accompanied by his loyal friend Sinclair, the reporter and amateur sleuth Joseph Rouletabille arrives at château Glandier to investigate one of his most bizarre cases yet...
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Bruno Podalydès
Le Mystère de la tour Eiffel (1928)
Julien Duvivier
With their 'Siamese Twins' dance act, the Mironton Brothers - Achille Saturnin and his exact double - are one of the main attractions at a popular Parisian fairground...
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Julien Duvivier
Le Mystère des roches de Kador (1912)
Léonce Perret
When the Marquis de Kéranic dies, he leaves his entire estate to his niece Suzanne de Lormel. Under the terms of the will, Suzane will only receive her inheritance on her eighteenth birthday and, if she should die, go mad or enter a convent before this date, it will pass to her cousin, Count Fernand de Kéranic... [More...]
Léonce Perret
When the Marquis de Kéranic dies, he leaves his entire estate to his niece Suzanne de Lormel. Under the terms of the will, Suzane will only receive her inheritance on her eighteenth birthday and, if she should die, go mad or enter a convent before this date, it will pass to her cousin, Count Fernand de Kéranic... [More...]
Le Mystère Picasso (1956)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot is a renowned French film maker, best known for his pessimistic suspense thrillers. At the age of 75, Pablo Picasso is a legendary artist, one of the most celebrated creative talents of the 20th century... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot is a renowned French film maker, best known for his pessimistic suspense thrillers. At the age of 75, Pablo Picasso is a legendary artist, one of the most celebrated creative talents of the 20th century... [More...]
Les Mystères du château de Dé (1929)
Man Ray
The hand of a carved wooden mannequin holds a pair of dice, as if to remind us of Stéphane Mallarmé's words: 'A throw of the dice will never abolish chance'... [More...]
Man Ray
The hand of a carved wooden mannequin holds a pair of dice, as if to remind us of Stéphane Mallarmé's words: 'A throw of the dice will never abolish chance'... [More...]
Naissance des pieuvres (2007)
Céline Sciamma
One summer will forever change the lives of three 15-year-old girls. Whilst watching a synchronised swimming event, Marie becomes obsessed with one of the swimmers, Floriane... [More...]
Céline Sciamma
One summer will forever change the lives of three 15-year-old girls. Whilst watching a synchronised swimming event, Marie becomes obsessed with one of the swimmers, Floriane... [More...]
Nana (1926)
Jean Renoir
A proud but talentless young actress, Nana, dreams of a better life for herself, away from the tawdry slums of Paris. She gets her chance when a government official, Count Muffat, falls under her spell having watched her performance at the theatre... [More...]
Jean Renoir
A proud but talentless young actress, Nana, dreams of a better life for herself, away from the tawdry slums of Paris. She gets her chance when a government official, Count Muffat, falls under her spell having watched her performance at the theatre... [More...]
Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart (2010)
René Féret
In a rickety carriage, a family of musicians are making their way across a wintry landscape, snuggled together for comfort as they await their arrival at the next palace on their itinerary... [More...]
René Féret
In a rickety carriage, a family of musicians are making their way across a wintry landscape, snuggled together for comfort as they await their arrival at the next palace on their itinerary... [More...]
Napoléon (1927)
Abel Gance
Napoleon Bonaparte is just 14 years old when his potential as a great military commander first becomes apparent. In the winter of 1783, whilst attending an elite military school, Brienne College, he gets into a fierce snowball fight with his enemies and scores a prodigious victory... [More...]
Abel Gance
Napoleon Bonaparte is just 14 years old when his potential as a great military commander first becomes apparent. In the winter of 1783, whilst attending an elite military school, Brienne College, he gets into a fierce snowball fight with his enemies and scores a prodigious victory... [More...]
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [More...]
Abel Gance
France, 1815. On the eve of Napoléon Bonaparte's escape from Elba and his triumphant return to Paris, the writer Stendhal reflects on the heroic life of the Emperor with those who were personally acquainted with him... [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...]
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...]
Nationale 7 (2000)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
After a full and active life, a middle-aged man, René, is struck by a muscle-wasting disease and finds himself in a care home for the mentally and physically disabled... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
After a full and active life, a middle-aged man, René, is struck by a muscle-wasting disease and finds himself in a care home for the mentally and physically disabled... [More...]
Ne le dis à personne (2006)
Guillaume Canet
Over the past eight years, there has not been a single day when Alex has not thought about Margot, the childhood sweetheart that became his wife... [More...]
Guillaume Canet
Over the past eight years, there has not been a single day when Alex has not thought about Margot, the childhood sweetheart that became his wife... [More...]
Ne me libérez pas, je m'en charge (2009)
Fabienne Godet
Michel Vaujour is one of France's most notorious criminals, although he is more famous for his prison break-outs than his robberies... [More...]
Fabienne Godet
Michel Vaujour is one of France's most notorious criminals, although he is more famous for his prison break-outs than his robberies... [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...]
Ne touchez pas la hache (2007)
Jacques Rivette
General Armand de Montriveau arrives on a Spanish island as part of a French expedition to re-establish the rule of Ferdinand VII... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
General Armand de Montriveau arrives on a Spanish island as part of a French expedition to re-establish the rule of Ferdinand VII... [More...]
Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro (2011)
Robert Guédiguian
In Marseille, Michel is a committed trade unionist who has been happily married to Marie-Claire for thirty years. When he learns that his employer is about to make several redundancies, he organises lots to decide who will lose their jobs... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
In Marseille, Michel is a committed trade unionist who has been happily married to Marie-Claire for thirty years. When he learns that his employer is about to make several redundancies, he organises lots to decide who will lose their jobs... [More...]
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Through a meeting with a friend, Nelly is introduced to a wealthy retired business man, Monsieur Arnaud. Nelly talks a little about her life - she is married to an unemployed layabout and, having lost a well-paid job, she is now heavily in arrears on her rent... [More...]
Nénette et Boni (1996)
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Claire Denis
Since his mother's death a few years ago, Boni, 19, has led a mostly dull life, living in the pokey Marseille flat he inherited from his mother and earning a pittance as a pizza seller... [More...]
Nettoyage à sec (1997)
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
For the past 15 years a married couple, Jean-Marie and Nicole Kunstler, have run their own dry cleaning business in a French provincial town... [More...]
Le Nez dans le ruisseau (2012)
Christophe Chevalier
Tasked with making a documentary to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie, a television journalist, visits the Swiss town of Confignon which he once visited... [More...]
Christophe Chevalier
Tasked with making a documentary to commemorate the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie, a television journalist, visits the Swiss town of Confignon which he once visited... [More...]
Ni le ciel ni la terre (2015)
Clément Cogitore
As the deadline for the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan fast approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu is assigned with his unit to a surveillance mission in a remote valley in Wakhan on the border with Pakistan... [More...]
Clément Cogitore
As the deadline for the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan fast approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu is assigned with his unit to a surveillance mission in a remote valley in Wakhan on the border with Pakistan... [More...]
Nocturama (2016)
Bertrand Bonello
It is a morning in Paris like any other. The streets and the Metro are crowded as usual with people rushing in to work, scarcely noticing the world around them... [More...]
Bertrand Bonello
It is a morning in Paris like any other. The streets and the Metro are crowded as usual with people rushing in to work, scarcely noticing the world around them... [More...]
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche (1929)
Marcel Carné
It is a fine Sunday morning and already the exodus has begun - from the oppressively dreary streets of Paris to the leafy riverside suburb of Nogent-sur-Marne... [More...]
Marcel Carné
It is a fine Sunday morning and already the exodus has begun - from the oppressively dreary streets of Paris to the leafy riverside suburb of Nogent-sur-Marne... [More...]
Noir et blanc (1986)
Claire Devers
Antoine is a boring young accountant who leads a boring humdrum existence. For his latest assignment, he is sent to a sports centre to sort out the company's accounts... [More...]
Claire Devers
Antoine is a boring young accountant who leads a boring humdrum existence. For his latest assignment, he is sent to a sports centre to sort out the company's accounts... [More...]
Le Nom des gens (2010)
Michel Leclerc
Bahia Benmahmoud is an extroverted young woman who takes her political activism seriously. She has no scruples over sleeping with the enemy, not if she can convert him to her cause... [More...]
Michel Leclerc
Bahia Benmahmoud is an extroverted young woman who takes her political activism seriously. She has no scruples over sleeping with the enemy, not if she can convert him to her cause... [More...]
Non coupable (1947)
Henri Decoin
Michel Ancelin was once a respected surgeon but now, an embittered alcoholic, he lives out his declining years as a family doctor in a dull provincial town in the company of his mistress, Madeleine... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Michel Ancelin was once a respected surgeon but now, an embittered alcoholic, he lives out his declining years as a family doctor in a dull provincial town in the company of his mistress, Madeleine... [More...]