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French cinema: Romance
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...
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Bruno Dumont
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis is a devout Catholic who discovers his ideal partner, an attractive blonde student named Françoise, whilst attending mass one evening...
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Eric Rohmer
Macao, l'enfer du jeu (1939)
Jean Delannoy
In the late 1930s, China and Japan are locked in a fierce military conflict. Mireille, a French actress, is one of many hundreds of westerners who are desperately seeking a safe way out of war-torn China...
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Jean Delannoy
Madame de... (1953)
Max Ophüls
A wealthy Countess decides to sell her earrings to pay off a small debt, leading her husband, an important general, to believe that the jewels have been lost...
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Max Ophüls
Mademoiselle (2001)
Philippe Lioret
Claire is proud of the fact that she is one of life's highfliers. She is married, with two adorable children, and has a successful career with a major pharmaceuticals company...
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Philippe Lioret
Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
Jean is a man in his forties who could not be more content with the way his life is going. He is happily married with a son and enjoys his work as a mason... [More...]
Mademoiselle de Joncquières (2018)
Emmanuel Mouret
France, in the mid-1700s. After the death of her husband, Madame de La Pommeraye lives a secluded life at her large country estate... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
France, in the mid-1700s. After the death of her husband, Madame de La Pommeraye lives a secluded life at her large country estate... [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...]
La Maison des Bories (1970)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Julien Durras is a highly regarded geologist who lives with his younger wife Isabelle and their two children, Laurent and Lise, at a remote country villa in Provence known as the House of the Bories... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Julien Durras is a highly regarded geologist who lives with his younger wife Isabelle and their two children, Laurent and Lise, at a remote country villa in Provence known as the House of the Bories... [More...]
Maîtresse (1976)
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Maldone (1928)
Jean Grémillon
For twenty years, Olivier Maldone has lived the life of an itinerant labourer, content to earn his meagre wage by toiling on the land and the canals... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
For twenty years, Olivier Maldone has lived the life of an itinerant labourer, content to earn his meagre wage by toiling on the land and the canals... [More...]
Maman Colibri (1929)
Julien Duvivier
Married to a wealthy baron, Irène de Rysbergue leads a privileged life but she still sees herself as a carefree ingénue, attending parties and generally have a good time... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Married to a wealthy baron, Irène de Rysbergue leads a privileged life but she still sees herself as a carefree ingénue, attending parties and generally have a good time... [More...]
La Maman et la putain (1973)
Jean Eustache
Alexandre is an unemployed intellectual who, having no money of his own, sponges off his lover, Marie, with whom he lives... [More...]
Jean Eustache
Alexandre is an unemployed intellectual who, having no money of his own, sponges off his lover, Marie, with whom he lives... [More...]
Manon (1949)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A cargo ship leaves Marseilles loaded with Jews, survivors of the Holocaust who hope to begin a new life in the recently founded state of Israel... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
A cargo ship leaves Marseilles loaded with Jews, survivors of the Holocaust who hope to begin a new life in the recently founded state of Israel... [More...]
Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990)
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In middle-age, Antoine looks back on his life and recalls happy times when he was a little boy holidaying in Luc-sur-Mer with his brother... [More...]
Maria Chapdelaine (1934)
Julien Duvivier
Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Maria Chapdelaine lives with her parents and siblings in a remote corner of Quebec. The nearest town is Peribonka, where, one fine spring day, Maria meets François Paradis, an introverted but likeable hunter... [More...]
Le Mariage à trois (2010)
Jacques Doillon
Auguste is a playwright in his fifties who is struggling to put the finishing touches to his latest magnum opus. A few details still need to be worked through, so to help him he invites two actors to his house in the country to help bring the play to life... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Auguste is a playwright in his fifties who is struggling to put the finishing touches to his latest magnum opus. A few details still need to be worked through, so to help him he invites two actors to his house in the country to help bring the play to life... [More...]
Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927)
Julien Duvivier
In Brussels, Ferdinand Beulemans is the proud owner of one of the city's leading breweries. He has high hopes of being elected Honorary President of the Brewers' Society, his only serious rival being Monsieur Meulemeester whose son Séraphím is promised in marriage to the Beulemans' beautiful daughter Suzanne... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In Brussels, Ferdinand Beulemans is the proud owner of one of the city's leading breweries. He has high hopes of being elected Honorary President of the Brewers' Society, his only serious rival being Monsieur Meulemeester whose son Séraphím is promised in marriage to the Beulemans' beautiful daughter Suzanne... [More...]
Marianne de ma jeunesse (1955)
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
La Marie du port (1950)
Marcel Carné
In 1949, Odile le Flem, a woman in her mid-thirties, makes a reluctant return to the small Normandy town where she grew up, Port-en-Bessin, to attend the funeral of her recently deceased father... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In 1949, Odile le Flem, a woman in her mid-thirties, makes a reluctant return to the small Normandy town where she grew up, Port-en-Bessin, to attend the funeral of her recently deceased father... [More...]
Marius (1931)
Alexander Korda
César is the owner of a café in the French port of Marseilles, which he runs with his twenty-year-old son Marius... [More...]
Alexander Korda
César is the owner of a café in the French port of Marseilles, which he runs with his twenty-year-old son Marius... [More...]
Marius et Jeannette (1997)
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Jeannette is a single mother who is struggling to bring up her children on a meagre salary in Estaque, a working class district of Marseilles... [More...]
Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Mauprat (1926)
Jean Epstein
Hubert de Mauprat is an ageing French nobleman who leads a quiet life at his castle of Saint Sévère in the company of his daughter Edmée... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Hubert de Mauprat is an ageing French nobleman who leads a quiet life at his castle of Saint Sévère in the company of his daughter Edmée... [More...]
Mauvais garçon (1993)
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Immediately after being released from prison, where he has served a short stretch for petty larceny, 30-something Thomas returns to his girlfriend, only to find she is in bed with another man... [More...]
Mauvais sang (1986)
Leos Carax
Paris, 1986. As Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the capital is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave... [More...]
Leos Carax
Paris, 1986. As Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the capital is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave... [More...]
Maxime (1958)
Henri Verneuil
Paris, 1914. Maxime Cherpray is an ageing Don Juan who, despite being well-bred and well-educated, has little money and lives in a small apartment... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Paris, 1914. Maxime Cherpray is an ageing Don Juan who, despite being well-bred and well-educated, has little money and lives in a small apartment... [More...]
Maya (1949)
Raymond Bernard
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
When the cargo ship Saint-Jacques docks at a seaport, the crew waste no time going ashore to enjoy the distractions offered by the town... [More...]
Mayerling (1936)
Anatole Litvak
In the late 1880s, Archduke Rudolph is the crown prince of Austria, a rebellious young man who prefers the company of ordinary folk to that of the nobility... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
In the late 1880s, Archduke Rudolph is the crown prince of Austria, a rebellious young man who prefers the company of ordinary folk to that of the nobility... [More...]