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French cinema: All genres
Une si jolie petite plage (1949)
Yves Allégret
It is not the most welcoming of places - a barren stretch of coastline in northern France, made more inhospitable by the pounding rain and howling sea breeze...
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Yves Allégret
Une vie (2016)
Stéphane Brizé
In 1819, a young woman named Jeanne Le Perthuis des Vauds leaves the content where she has been educated since childhood and returns to live with her parents on the family estate in Normandy...
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Stéphane Brizé
Une vie meilleure (2012)
Cédric Kahn
Yann and Nadia are a couple who are deeply in love. They finally get to realise their dream of running their own business when they open a restaurant on the banks of a lake...
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Cédric Kahn
Une vieille maîtresse (2007)
Catherine Breillat
Paris, 1835. High society awaits with some trepidation the impending marriage of Ryno de Marigny, a notorious libertine, with Hermangarde, the unsullied daughter of the Marquis de Flers...
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Catherine Breillat
L'Univers de Jacques Demy (1995)
Agnès Varda
An engaging portrait of Jacques Demy, one of the France's most significant film directors, seen through the eyes of his widow, Agnès Varda...
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Agnès Varda
Les Uns et les autres (1981)
Claude Lelouch
Forty-five years of turmoil, passion and tragedy, seen through the eyes of two generations of four families. In Moscow, 1936, an aspiring dancer Tatiana marries a man, Boris, who will give her a son just before he is killed during World War II... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Forty-five years of turmoil, passion and tragedy, seen through the eyes of two generations of four families. In Moscow, 1936, an aspiring dancer Tatiana marries a man, Boris, who will give her a son just before he is killed during World War II... [More...]
Uranus (1990)
Claude Berri
Little by little, normality returns to a small French town after World War II. The town is as scarred by the petty recriminations between its inhabitants as by the very evident signs of bombings... [More...]
Claude Berri
Little by little, normality returns to a small French town after World War II. The town is as scarred by the petty recriminations between its inhabitants as by the very evident signs of bombings... [More...]
Urgences (1988)
Raymond Depardon
The outward grandeur of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris betrays nothing of the human dramas being played out within its austere walls... [More...]
Raymond Depardon
The outward grandeur of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris betrays nothing of the human dramas being played out within its austere walls... [More...]
Va savoir (2001)
Jacques Rivette
Camille returns to Paris, after three years in Italy, as the leading actress in a production of Pirandello's play Come tu me vuoi... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Camille returns to Paris, after three years in Italy, as the leading actress in a production of Pirandello's play Come tu me vuoi... [More...]
Va voir maman, papa travaille (1978)
François Leterrier
Agnès Lucas is a busy career woman in her mid-thirties who finds fulfilment through her work as a decorator and still manages to find time to bring up her seven-year old son, Jérôme... [More...]
François Leterrier
Agnès Lucas is a busy career woman in her mid-thirties who finds fulfilment through her work as a decorator and still manages to find time to bring up her seven-year old son, Jérôme... [More...]
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot sets out for his summer holiday at the peaceful seaside resort of St. Marc-Sur-Mer. No sooner has he arrived, in his trusty old jalopy, than the nightmare of his fellow holiday-makers begins... [More...]
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot sets out for his summer holiday at the peaceful seaside resort of St. Marc-Sur-Mer. No sooner has he arrived, in his trusty old jalopy, than the nightmare of his fellow holiday-makers begins... [More...]
La Vache et le prisonnier (1959)
Henri Verneuil
In 1943, Charles Bailly is an unhappy prisoner-of-war on a farm in Nazi Germany. After two years of captivity, he makes up his mind to escape and return to his hometown of Marseille... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
In 1943, Charles Bailly is an unhappy prisoner-of-war on a farm in Nazi Germany. After two years of captivity, he makes up his mind to escape and return to his hometown of Marseille... [More...]
Le Val d'enfer (1943)
Maurice Tourneur
The foreman of a quarry in the Haute-Provence region of France, Noël Bienvenu lives with his elderly parents after the death of his wife... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
The foreman of a quarry in the Haute-Provence region of France, Noël Bienvenu lives with his elderly parents after the death of his wife... [More...]
La Vallée fantôme (1987)
Alain Tanner
In Geneva, Paul, a filmmaker in his fifties, has lost interest in his profession. He wants to make another film, but he lacks inspiration and cannot decide either on the subject or the location... [More...]
Alain Tanner
In Geneva, Paul, a filmmaker in his fifties, has lost interest in his profession. He wants to make another film, but he lacks inspiration and cannot decide either on the subject or the location... [More...]
La Valse de Paris (1950)
Marcel Achard
Paris, in the mid-1800s. Hortense Schneider is an aspiring young actress who is keen to appear in Jacques Offenbach's next operetta... [More...]
Marcel Achard
Paris, in the mid-1800s. Hortense Schneider is an aspiring young actress who is keen to appear in Jacques Offenbach's next operetta... [More...]
Les Valseuses (1974)
Bertrand Blier
Jean-Claude and Pierrot are two long-haired social drop-outs who kill time by committing petty crimes and harassing women... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Jean-Claude and Pierrot are two long-haired social drop-outs who kill time by committing petty crimes and harassing women... [More...]
Le Vampire de Düsseldorf (1965)
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman... [More...]
Robert Hossein
In the 1930s, chaos and misery reign over Düsseldorf as the Nazis begin their campaign of terror. But the city is afflicted by another menace, a serial killer who writes a letter to the police every time he murders a young woman... [More...]
Les Vampires (1915)
Louis Feuillade
Paris is in the grip of an unseen, nameless, terror, against which the police are powerless to act. A criminal organisation known as the Vampires create fear and mayhem, killing, looting, abducting - no crime is too daring, or too despicable... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
Paris is in the grip of an unseen, nameless, terror, against which the police are powerless to act. A criminal organisation known as the Vampires create fear and mayhem, killing, looting, abducting - no crime is too daring, or too despicable... [More...]
Van Gogh (1948)
Alain Resnais
Today, Vincent Van Gogh is considered one of the most important artists in western culture. His output was phenomenal and he leaves behind an impressive body of work that includes over eight hundred oil paintings... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Today, Vincent Van Gogh is considered one of the most important artists in western culture. His output was phenomenal and he leaves behind an impressive body of work that includes over eight hundred oil paintings... [More...]
Van Gogh (1991)
Maurice Pialat
In the spring of 1890, the impoverished artist Vincent Van Gogh moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, not far from Paris. He stays at a modest inn and places himself under the care of the kindly Dr Gachet... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
In the spring of 1890, the impoverished artist Vincent Van Gogh moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, not far from Paris. He stays at a modest inn and places himself under the care of the kindly Dr Gachet... [More...]
La Vanité (2015)
Lionel Baier
David Miller is a retired architect afflicted with an inoperable cancer who has made up his mind to die. To that end, he contacts an association in Switzerland that offers an assisted suicide service and arranges a time and a place for the event to take place... [More...]
Lionel Baier
David Miller is a retired architect afflicted with an inoperable cancer who has made up his mind to die. To that end, he contacts an association in Switzerland that offers an assisted suicide service and arranges a time and a place for the event to take place... [More...]
Vendredi ou un autre jour (2005)
Yvan Le Moine
In 1759, the celebrated actor Philippe De Nohan sets sail on La Virginie with a French theatre troupe to make a tour of the New World... [More...]
Yvan Le Moine
In 1759, the celebrated actor Philippe De Nohan sets sail on La Virginie with a French theatre troupe to make a tour of the New World... [More...]
La Vengeance d'une femme (1990)
Jacques Doillon
A young woman, Suzy, returns to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, André. By chance, she meets up with André's wife, Cecile, and the two open their hearts to share each other's grief... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
A young woman, Suzy, returns to Paris to attend the funeral of her lover, André. By chance, she meets up with André's wife, Cecile, and the two open their hearts to share each other's grief... [More...]
Le Vent de la nuit (1999)
Philippe Garrel
For some time, Paul, a 30-something arts student, has been having an affair with an older married woman, Hélène... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
For some time, Paul, a 30-something arts student, has been having an affair with an older married woman, Hélène... [More...]
Le Ventre de Juliette (2003)
Martin Provost
In Marseilles, Juliette and Mathias, both from rough, working class backgrounds, are madly in love. But when Juliette reveals that she is pregnant, Mathias is shocked and ends their relationship... [More...]
Martin Provost
In Marseilles, Juliette and Mathias, both from rough, working class backgrounds, are madly in love. But when Juliette reveals that she is pregnant, Mathias is shocked and ends their relationship... [More...]
La Vénus à la fourrure (2013)
Roman Polanski
Alone in a Paris theatre, Thomas laments the fact that he has not been able to find an actress for the lead role of his next play... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Alone in a Paris theatre, Thomas laments the fact that he has not been able to find an actress for the lead role of his next play... [More...]
Vénus beauté (institut) (1999)
Tonie Marshall
Angèle is a middle-aged beautician who refuses to settle down with a man, preferring a string of one night stands and short-term relationships... [More...]
Tonie Marshall
Angèle is a middle-aged beautician who refuses to settle down with a man, preferring a string of one night stands and short-term relationships... [More...]
Vénus et Fleur (2004)
Emmanuel Mouret
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, Fleur, a shy Parisian, meets an out-going Russian named Vénus... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, Fleur, a shy Parisian, meets an out-going Russian named Vénus... [More...]
Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928)
Léon Poirier
Early in 1916, a young French soldier returns home to break the news to his mother that he is soon to be sent to the front near Verdun, an area that has so far been untouched by the conflict... [More...]
Léon Poirier
Early in 1916, a young French soldier returns home to break the news to his mother that he is soon to be sent to the front near Verdun, an area that has so far been untouched by the conflict... [More...]
La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (1952)
Henri Decoin
François Donge, a wealthy industrialist, is seriously ill in hospital. He knows that he has been poisoned by his young wife Bébé, but he bears her no recriminations... [More...]
Henri Decoin
François Donge, a wealthy industrialist, is seriously ill in hospital. He knows that he has been poisoned by his young wife Bébé, but he bears her no recriminations... [More...]