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French cinema: Comedy
Je crois que je l'aime (2007)
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas is 43, a successful businessman who is used to being in control and getting what he wants. He hasn't yet come to terms with his wife leaving him, so he his is far from ready to start another relationship...
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Pierre Jolivet
Je suis avec toi (1943)
Henri Decoin
As she is on her way to New York by ocean liner to sort out an inheritance, Elisabeth La Ferrière is convinced that her husband François will take advantage of her absence to start an extramarital affair...
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Henri Decoin
Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis (2015)
Guillaume Malandrin
A band of ageing bearded hairy rockers are psyched up for their first American tour when tragedy strikes. Their lead singer, Jipé, meets his end in a stupid accident, but rather than let their friend's death get them down the four remaining rockers agree to go ahead with their tour as planned, with Jipé's cremated remains taking pride of place on their stage...
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Guillaume Malandrin
Jim la houlette (1935)
André Berthomieu
Jacques Moluchet is the author of several best selling romantic novels, but unfortunately he receives no credit for this as his work is published under the name of his unscrupulous employer Philippe Bretonneau, who makes himself rich at his expense...
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André Berthomieu
Jour de fête (1949)
Jacques Tati
It is 14th July and the arrival of a travelling fair in the sleepy French country town of Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre is greeted with enthusiasm by the locals, especially the children... [More...]
Jacques Tati
It is 14th July and the arrival of a travelling fair in the sleepy French country town of Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre is greeted with enthusiasm by the locals, especially the children... [More...]
Julietta (1953)
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
La Kermesse héroïque (1935)
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Let My People Go! (2011)
Mikael Buch
Ruban enjoys an idyllic existence in Finland, content with his job as a village postman and happily settled with his boyfriend Teemu... [More...]
Mikael Buch
Ruban enjoys an idyllic existence in Finland, content with his job as a village postman and happily settled with his boyfriend Teemu... [More...]
Liberté-Oléron (2001)
Bruno Podalydès
Jacques is determined to make the most of his summer holidays on the island of Oléron. His wife Albertine may be content to lounge around on the beach and dream of ways to improve their second home, but he is a man of action and intends to make this an adventure that he and his four children will remember for the rest of their lives... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Jacques is determined to make the most of his summer holidays on the island of Oléron. His wife Albertine may be content to lounge around on the beach and dream of ways to improve their second home, but he is a man of action and intends to make this an adventure that he and his four children will remember for the rest of their lives... [More...]
Le Locataire diabolique (1909)
Georges Méliès
An old man with the air of a learned professor arrives at a boarding house and asks the concierge for a room. It so happens there is a room available, but it is unfurnished and in the process of being decorated... [More...]
Georges Méliès
An old man with the air of a learned professor arrives at a boarding house and asks the concierge for a room. It so happens there is a room available, but it is unfurnished and in the process of being decorated... [More...]
Le Locataire (1976)
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Louise-Michel (2008)
Gustave de Kervern
Jobs are increasingly hard to come by in northern France, which is why the workers at a textiles factory in Picardy become anxious when a nasty rumour begins to circulate in the town... [More...]
Gustave de Kervern
Jobs are increasingly hard to come by in northern France, which is why the workers at a textiles factory in Picardy become anxious when a nasty rumour begins to circulate in the town... [More...]
Lucky Jo (1964)
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]
Michel Deville
Lucky Jo is a crook for whom nothing ever seems to go right. He is an amiable sort of guy, always means to do good, but somehow the gods are never on his side - as his gang discovers when he wrecks their criminal exploits... [More...]
Ma Loute (2016)
Bruno Dumont
In the summer of 1910, as is their custom, the Van Peteghems, a wealthy family from Lille, come to Slack Bay in northern France for their holidays... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
In the summer of 1910, as is their custom, the Van Peteghems, a wealthy family from Lille, come to Slack Bay in northern France for their holidays... [More...]
Mademoiselle ma mère (1936)
Henri Decoin
In her search for the perfect husband, Jacqueline Vignolle is slowly driving her parents to distraction. After fourteen failed engagements, Jacqueline still hasn't found her beau idéal, and so she decides to marry the next eligible man she meets... [More...]
Henri Decoin
In her search for the perfect husband, Jacqueline Vignolle is slowly driving her parents to distraction. After fourteen failed engagements, Jacqueline still hasn't found her beau idéal, and so she decides to marry the next eligible man she meets... [More...]
Le Magnifique (1973)
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Max victime du quinquina (1911)
Max Linder
Lacking his usual vitality, Max consults his doctor, who advises him to take a glass of Bordeaux quinine every day. Back home, Max takes the bottle of medicine and pours it into one large glass... [More...]
Max Linder
Lacking his usual vitality, Max consults his doctor, who advises him to take a glass of Bordeaux quinine every day. Back home, Max takes the bottle of medicine and pours it into one large glass... [More...]
Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... (2004)
Laurent Tirard
Raphaël is a 30-something writer who earns a crust churning out insipid autobiographies for the latest trendy, empty-headed celebrities... [More...]
Laurent Tirard
Raphaël is a 30-something writer who earns a crust churning out insipid autobiographies for the latest trendy, empty-headed celebrities... [More...]
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Three small-time crooks - Edmond, Arthur and Rouquemoute - are planning to mount a small-time heist. To buy the equipment needed for this adventure, they trick notorious art thief Alphonse to lend them some money in exchange for a share in the booty... [More...]
Microbe et Gasoil (2015)
Michel Gondry
Daniel, nicknamed Microbe on account of his puny build and long hair, finds an unlikely friend in Théo, a free-spirited loner whose love of petrol-driven engines has earned him the soubriquet Gasoil... [More...]
Michel Gondry
Daniel, nicknamed Microbe on account of his puny build and long hair, finds an unlikely friend in Théo, a free-spirited loner whose love of petrol-driven engines has earned him the soubriquet Gasoil... [More...]
Le Million (1931)
René Clair
A penniless artist, Michel, is pursued by creditors when he discovers he has won the million florin lottery. He realises that he left the winning lottery ticket in his jacket, which he gave to his girlfriend, Béatrice, to repair... [More...]
René Clair
A penniless artist, Michel, is pursued by creditors when he discovers he has won the million florin lottery. He realises that he left the winning lottery ticket in his jacket, which he gave to his girlfriend, Béatrice, to repair... [More...]
Minne, l'ingénue libertine (1950)
Jacqueline Audry
Minnie is a flighty young woman who, bored with her mundane bourgeois existence, takes refuge in her childish fantasies. On her wedding night, she regales her husband Antoine with a lurid account of a passionate liaison she once had with a hoodlum... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
Minnie is a flighty young woman who, bored with her mundane bourgeois existence, takes refuge in her childish fantasies. On her wedding night, she regales her husband Antoine with a lurid account of a passionate liaison she once had with a hoodlum... [More...]
Miquette et sa mère (1950)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In 1900, 18-year-old Miquette Grandier lives in a small provincial town with her widowed mother, Madame Grandier, the owner of a tobacco shop... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
In 1900, 18-year-old Miquette Grandier lives in a small provincial town with her widowed mother, Madame Grandier, the owner of a tobacco shop... [More...]
Mirages de Paris (1933)
Fyodor Otsep
Convinced that she has what it takes to become a great star of the stage Madeleine Duchanel runs away from her strictly run provincial boarding school and heads for the bright lights of Paris... [More...]
Fyodor Otsep
Convinced that she has what it takes to become a great star of the stage Madeleine Duchanel runs away from her strictly run provincial boarding school and heads for the bright lights of Paris... [More...]
Mon oncle (1958)
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot rents a modest rooftop apartment in an old part of Paris, where traders sell their goods in the streets and young boys play games on unsuspecting passers-by... [More...]
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot rents a modest rooftop apartment in an old part of Paris, where traders sell their goods in the streets and young boys play games on unsuspecting passers-by... [More...]
Monsieur Coccinelle (1938)
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Alfred Coccinelle is a humdrum civil servant who leads a humdrum middle class existence with his wife Mélanie and old maiden aunt Aurore... [More...]
Dominique Bernard-Deschamps
Alfred Coccinelle is a humdrum civil servant who leads a humdrum middle class existence with his wife Mélanie and old maiden aunt Aurore... [More...]
Mortelle randonnée (1983)
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Claude Miller
Haunted by a past that he does his best to bury, fifty-something Louis Beauvoir leads a solitary life in which there is no place for sentiment or intimate human contact... [More...]
Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954)
Henri Verneuil
Trézignan is a sleepy little town in the southeast of France. Anxious to raise the profile of the town and draw in more visitors, the mayor decides to hold a celebratory fête in honour of a set of quintuplets who were born in the town exactly forty years ago... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Trézignan is a sleepy little town in the southeast of France. Anxious to raise the profile of the town and draw in more visitors, the mayor decides to hold a celebratory fête in honour of a set of quintuplets who were born in the town exactly forty years ago... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]