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French cinema: All genres
Péril en la demeure (1985)
Michel Deville
A young teacher, David Aurphet, agrees to give guitar lessons to Vivianne, the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois couple. Straight away, David finds himself the object of unbridled desire for Vivianne's mother, Julia...
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Michel Deville
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Cédric Klapisch
Former classmates Bruno, Alain, Momo and Léon find themselves reunited in a hospital several years after leaving school...
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Cédric Klapisch
La Permission de minuit (2011)
Delphine Gleize
Romain is a thirteen-year-old boy who suffers from an exceedingly rare skin condition that makes it impossible for him to tolerate natural light...
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Delphine Gleize
Persécution (2009)
Patrice Chéreau
Daniel, a man in his mid-thirties, becomes concerned when he realises he is being spied on by an older man he has never met before...
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Patrice Chéreau
Persepolis (2007)
Vincent Paronnaud
Teheran, 1978. The dreams of 8-year-old Marjane are fractured but not crushed when the Shah is deposed and the Islamic Revolution begins...
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Vincent Paronnaud
Le Petit chose (1938)
Maurice Cloche
The 1848 revolution in France brings ruin to the Eyssette family, which is forced to sell a once prosperous business and move to Lyon... [More...]
Maurice Cloche
The 1848 revolution in France brings ruin to the Eyssette family, which is forced to sell a once prosperous business and move to Lyon... [More...]
Le Petit lieutenant (2005)
Xavier Beauvois
As soon as he graduates from police training college, the young Antoine Derouère chooses Paris as his first posting... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
As soon as he graduates from police training college, the young Antoine Derouère chooses Paris as his first posting... [More...]
Le Petit prince a dit (1992)
Christine Pascal
After the separation of her parents, Adam and Mélanie, 10-year old Violette is cared for by her grandmother, only seeing her busy parents when they have the time... [More...]
Christine Pascal
After the separation of her parents, Adam and Mélanie, 10-year old Violette is cared for by her grandmother, only seeing her busy parents when they have the time... [More...]
Le Petit soldat (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
It is 1958, at the height of France's war with Algeria. A deserter from the French army, Bruno Forestier, belongs to an extreme right-wing terrorist cell operating in Geneva... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
It is 1958, at the height of France's war with Algeria. A deserter from the French army, Bruno Forestier, belongs to an extreme right-wing terrorist cell operating in Geneva... [More...]
Le Petit théâtre de Jean Renoir (1970)
Jean Renoir
Le dernier réveillon: one Christmas Eve, a tramp is paid to mournfully watch a party of revellers enjoying themselves at an expensive restaurant... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Le dernier réveillon: one Christmas Eve, a tramp is paid to mournfully watch a party of revellers enjoying themselves at an expensive restaurant... [More...]
La Petite chambre (2011)
Stéphanie Chuat
Despite his advanced age and the fact that he suffers from diabetes, Edmond is determined to hold onto his independence. He refuses to move into a retirement home and stubbornly rejects the support of Rose, the young nurse who tries to care for him in his own home... [More...]
Stéphanie Chuat
Despite his advanced age and the fact that he suffers from diabetes, Edmond is determined to hold onto his independence. He refuses to move into a retirement home and stubbornly rejects the support of Rose, the young nurse who tries to care for him in his own home... [More...]
La Petite Lise (1930)
Jean Grémillon
Victor Berthier's punishment for murdering his odious wife is a ten-year stretch in a crowded prison in French Guiana. Released for good behaviour, Victor returns to Paris with one intention - to start a new life with his grown-up daughter Lise... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Victor Berthier's punishment for murdering his odious wife is a ten-year stretch in a crowded prison in French Guiana. Released for good behaviour, Victor returns to Paris with one intention - to start a new life with his grown-up daughter Lise... [More...]
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
Marc Allégret
After his wife walked out on him, Frédéric Grimaud was left to bring up his four daughters single-handedly... [More...]
Marc Allégret
After his wife walked out on him, Frédéric Grimaud was left to bring up his four daughters single-handedly... [More...]
Les Petits mouchoirs (2010)
Guillaume Canet
A group of close friends are deeply shaken when a friend of theirs is badly injured in an accident, but they still decide to go ahead with their usual annual holiday by the sea... [More...]
Guillaume Canet
A group of close friends are deeply shaken when a friend of theirs is badly injured in an accident, but they still decide to go ahead with their usual annual holiday by the sea... [More...]
Les Petits ruisseaux (2010)
Pascal Rabaté
After the death of his wife, Emile now leads a peaceful file in contented retirement. He is happy to let the days slip by as he fishes peacefully on the verdant banks of the Loire with his good friend Edmond... [More...]
Pascal Rabaté
After the death of his wife, Emile now leads a peaceful file in contented retirement. He is happy to let the days slip by as he fishes peacefully on the verdant banks of the Loire with his good friend Edmond... [More...]
Peur sur la ville (1975)
Henri Verneuil
After receiving a series of threatening phone calls, Nora Elmer falls to her death from a high-rised apartment. The death is investigated by police inspector Jean Letellier, who soon receives a mysterious phone call from someone calling himself Minos and who claims to want to purge Paris of loose women... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
After receiving a series of threatening phone calls, Nora Elmer falls to her death from a high-rised apartment. The death is investigated by police inspector Jean Letellier, who soon receives a mysterious phone call from someone calling himself Minos and who claims to want to purge Paris of loose women... [More...]
La Pianiste (2001)
Michael Haneke
Erika Kohut is a brilliant pianist who gives master class piano lessons in Vienna. Although in her forties, she still lives with her dominating mother and apparently has no interest in men... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Erika Kohut is a brilliant pianist who gives master class piano lessons in Vienna. Although in her forties, she still lives with her dominating mother and apparently has no interest in men... [More...]
Pickpocket (1959)
Robert Bresson
As he stands in the crowds at a horse race, a solitary young man named Michel yields to an uncontrollable impulse to steal from a woman's handbag... [More...]
Robert Bresson
As he stands in the crowds at a horse race, a solitary young man named Michel yields to an uncontrollable impulse to steal from a woman's handbag... [More...]
La Pièce manquante (2014)
Nicolas Birkenstock
One morning, Paula leaves the family home, abandoning her husband André and their two children, Violette and Pierre... [More...]
Nicolas Birkenstock
One morning, Paula leaves the family home, abandoning her husband André and their two children, Violette and Pierre... [More...]
Pierrot le fou (1965)
Jean-Luc Godard
Weary of his comfortable bourgeois life, Ferdinand Griffon leaves his wife and elopes with his baby sitter, Marianne, with whom he once had a love affair... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Weary of his comfortable bourgeois life, Ferdinand Griffon leaves his wife and elopes with his baby sitter, Marianne, with whom he once had a love affair... [More...]
Pile ou face (1980)
Robert Enrico
Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others... [More...]
Robert Enrico
Since his wife died, Inspector Louis Baroni has become a virtual recluse, preferring the solitude of his quiet house to the company of others... [More...]
La Piscine (1969)
Jacques Deray
Jean-Paul, a failed writer turned advertising executive, is enjoying a month's holiday at a Saint-Tropez villa, in the company of Marianne, his partner of two years' standing... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Jean-Paul, a failed writer turned advertising executive, is enjoying a month's holiday at a Saint-Tropez villa, in the company of Marianne, his partner of two years' standing... [More...]
Plaire, aimer et courir vite (2018)
Christophe Honoré
In 1993, Arthur Prigent is a twenty-year-old student living in the Breton town of Rennes. Jacques Tondelli is a successful writer who lives in Paris with his young son... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
In 1993, Arthur Prigent is a twenty-year-old student living in the Breton town of Rennes. Jacques Tondelli is a successful writer who lives in Paris with his young son... [More...]
Le Plaisir (1952)
Max Ophüls
The writer Guy de Maupassant recounts three of his short stories to show that pleasure should not be confused with happiness... [More...]
Max Ophüls
The writer Guy de Maupassant recounts three of his short stories to show that pleasure should not be confused with happiness... [More...]
Playtime (1967)
Jacques Tati
Paris is not what it once was, as a party of American tourists soon discover when they arrive in the capital. To their disappointment, the city has become just like any other they are familiar with... [More...]
Jacques Tati
Paris is not what it once was, as a party of American tourists soon discover when they arrive in the capital. To their disappointment, the city has become just like any other they are familiar with... [More...]
Plein soleil (1960)
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business... [More...]
René Clément
An impoverished young American, Tom Ripley, is offered a handsome reward by a wealthy businessman to bring his son, Philippe Greenleaf, back home to take over the family business... [More...]
Plein sud (2009)
Sébastien Lifshitz
One summer, 27-year-old Sam takes to the road in his car, his direction: south. On the way, he picks up a brother and sister, Mathieu and Léa... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
One summer, 27-year-old Sam takes to the road in his car, his direction: south. On the way, he picks up a brother and sister, Mathieu and Léa... [More...]
Pleins feux sur l'assassin (1961)
Georges Franju
Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau... [More...]
Georges Franju
Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau... [More...]
Le Plus bel âge... (1995)
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Didier Haudepin
A few weeks into a preparatory course for entry to the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, Delphine witnesses the suicide of a fellow student, Claude... [More...]
Plus qu'hier moins que demain (1998)
Laurent Achard
16 year old Françoise lives with her parents and her younger brother Julian in a rural French community. Françoise is in love with Bernard, the son of the owner of a successful canning factory... [More...]
Laurent Achard
16 year old Françoise lives with her parents and her younger brother Julian in a rural French community. Françoise is in love with Bernard, the son of the owner of a successful canning factory... [More...]