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French cinema: Romance
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...
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Jacques Deray
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...
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Christophe Honoré
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...
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Max Ophüls
Pola X (1999)
Leos Carax
Pierre is a successful young writer who enjoys a privileged, carefree existence with his mother Marie at their grand Normandy château...
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Leos Carax
Police (1985)
Maurice Pialat
Based in an ordinary police station in Paris, Mangin is a driven police inspector who is on a personal crusade to smash a ring of drugs traffickers that is operating between Marseille and Paris...
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Maurice Pialat
Le Port du désir (1955)
Edmond T. Gréville
As a sunken ship risks blocking the entrance to the port of Marseille, Captain Le Quévic is instructed by the naval authorities to raise the vessel and tow it away... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
As a sunken ship risks blocking the entrance to the port of Marseille, Captain Le Quévic is instructed by the naval authorities to raise the vessel and tow it away... [More...]
Les Portes de la nuit (1946)
Marcel Carné
In February 1945, Jean Diego is tasked with breaking the news to the wife of a friend of his, Pierre, that her husband has been executed by the Nazis... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In February 1945, Jean Diego is tasked with breaking the news to the wife of a friend of his, Pierre, that her husband has been executed by the Nazis... [More...]
Pot-Bouille (1957)
Julien Duvivier
Paris, 1865. Octave Mouret is a young man filled with great ambitions. He is also a consummate Don Juan and it his talent for seducing members of the opposite sex which he intends using to make a rapid ascent of the social scale... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Paris, 1865. Octave Mouret is a young man filled with great ambitions. He is also a consummate Don Juan and it his talent for seducing members of the opposite sex which he intends using to make a rapid ascent of the social scale... [More...]
Le Premier venu (2008)
Jacques Doillon
Bored with her predictable bourgeois existence, 20-something Camille makes up her mind to fall in love with the next eligible young man she comes across... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Bored with her predictable bourgeois existence, 20-something Camille makes up her mind to fall in love with the next eligible young man she comes across... [More...]
Les Premiers outrages (1955)
Jean Gourguet
In her exercise book, Bichette, a girl in her mid-teens, records her first amorous experience. The object of her juvenile infatuation was a handsome lad named Kiki, the son of the innkeeper in the little village where she spent her summer holidays... [More...]
Jean Gourguet
In her exercise book, Bichette, a girl in her mid-teens, records her first amorous experience. The object of her juvenile infatuation was a handsome lad named Kiki, the son of the innkeeper in the little village where she spent her summer holidays... [More...]
Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
Bertrand Blier
Raoul has tried everything he can think of to cure his wife Solange of her habitual melancholia, but in vain. In desperation, he coerces a stranger he meets in a restaurant into sleeping with her... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Raoul has tried everything he can think of to cure his wife Solange of her habitual melancholia, but in vain. In desperation, he coerces a stranger he meets in a restaurant into sleeping with her... [More...]
Presque rien (2000)
Sébastien Lifshitz
Whilst on holiday in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornichet one summer, 19 year old Mathieu finds himself attracted to a muscular boy of his own age, Cédric... [More...]
Sébastien Lifshitz
Whilst on holiday in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornichet one summer, 19 year old Mathieu finds himself attracted to a muscular boy of his own age, Cédric... [More...]
Prête-moi ta main (2006)
Eric Lartigau
Ever since an adolescent love affair ended in a humiliating break-up, Luis Costa has remained a dedicated bachelor, devoted to his career as a perfumer... [More...]
Eric Lartigau
Ever since an adolescent love affair ended in a humiliating break-up, Luis Costa has remained a dedicated bachelor, devoted to his career as a perfumer... [More...]
La Princesse de Montpensier (2010)
Bertrand Tavernier
1562. Under the reign of Charles IX, religious wars continue to rage across France. From an early age, Marie de Mézières has been in love with Henri, Duc de Guise, but her father compels her to marry the Prince de Montpensier... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
1562. Under the reign of Charles IX, religious wars continue to rage across France. From an early age, Marie de Mézières has been in love with Henri, Duc de Guise, but her father compels her to marry the Prince de Montpensier... [More...]
La Prisonnière (1968)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Stanislas Hessler is an art dealer and owner of a modern art gallery in Paris which is presently promoting the work of up-and-coming artist Gilbert Moreau... [More...]
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Stanislas Hessler is an art dealer and owner of a modern art gallery in Paris which is presently promoting the work of up-and-coming artist Gilbert Moreau... [More...]
Prix de beauté (1930)
Augusto Genina
Lucienne, a typist for a Parisian newspaper, decides to a enter a beauty competition, despite her boyfriend André's fierce objections... [More...]
Augusto Genina
Lucienne, a typist for a Parisian newspaper, decides to a enter a beauty competition, despite her boyfriend André's fierce objections... [More...]
La Proie du vent (1927)
René Clair
Pierre Vignal is on a flying mission over a country in Eastern Europe when his aeroplane gets caught in a violent wind storm which forces him to effect an emergency landing on the densely wooded grounds of a large country estate... [More...]
René Clair
Pierre Vignal is on a flying mission over a country in Eastern Europe when his aeroplane gets caught in a violent wind storm which forces him to effect an emergency landing on the densely wooded grounds of a large country estate... [More...]
Le Quai des brumes (1938)
Marcel Carné
Jean, a deserter from the French colonial army, arrives in the misty port of Le Havre where he immediately strikes up a rapport with the owner of an inn frequented by the town's lowlife... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Jean, a deserter from the French colonial army, arrives in the misty port of Le Havre where he immediately strikes up a rapport with the owner of an inn frequented by the town's lowlife... [More...]
Quand j'étais chanteur (2006)
Xavier Giannoli
Alain Moreau is a singer in his fifties who earns a modest crust by performing at private functions and lonely heart clubs in his home town, Clermont-Ferrand... [More...]
Xavier Giannoli
Alain Moreau is a singer in his fifties who earns a modest crust by performing at private functions and lonely heart clubs in his home town, Clermont-Ferrand... [More...]
Quand la mer monte... (2004)
Yolande Moreau
Irène, a travelling stage performer in her early fifties, is touring northern France with her subversive one-woman show... [More...]
Yolande Moreau
Irène, a travelling stage performer in her early fifties, is touring northern France with her subversive one-woman show... [More...]
Quand on a 17 ans (2016)
André Téchiné
In the Pyrenees, 17-year-old Damien lives alone with his mother Marianne, a dedicated doctor, whilst his father Nathan is away serving as an army pilot in a war-torn country far away... [More...]
André Téchiné
In the Pyrenees, 17-year-old Damien lives alone with his mother Marianne, a dedicated doctor, whilst his father Nathan is away serving as an army pilot in a war-torn country far away... [More...]
Quatorze Juillet (1933)
René Clair
Anna, a modest flower seller, is in love with Jean, a Paris taxi driver. They plan to spend the evening of the 14th of July in each other's arms, dancing the night away at an open air ball... [More...]
René Clair
Anna, a modest flower seller, is in love with Jean, a Paris taxi driver. They plan to spend the evening of the 14th of July in each other's arms, dancing the night away at an open air ball... [More...]
Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (1971)
Robert Bresson
One night, a young painter, Jacques comes across a young woman, Marthe, who is about to commit suicide by jumping off the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris... [More...]
Robert Bresson
One night, a young painter, Jacques comes across a young woman, Marthe, who is about to commit suicide by jumping off the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris... [More...]
Les Randonneurs (1997)
Philippe Harel
Five 30-something friends decide to take a break from their busy Parisian lives and head off on an arduous walking tour in the beautiful mountains of Corsica... [More...]
Philippe Harel
Five 30-something friends decide to take a break from their busy Parisian lives and head off on an arduous walking tour in the beautiful mountains of Corsica... [More...]
Raphaël ou le débauché (1971)
Michel Deville
In 1830, Aurore de Chéroy is a young widow who lives a simple but contented life on her country estate in France. A devout Christian, she devotes herself to charitable works and spurns proposals of marriage from such men as the selfish and cynical Horace de Granville... [More...]
Michel Deville
In 1830, Aurore de Chéroy is a young widow who lives a simple but contented life on her country estate in France. A devout Christian, she devotes herself to charitable works and spurns proposals of marriage from such men as the selfish and cynical Horace de Granville... [More...]
Rapt (1934)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
High up in the Swiss mountains, two close-knit village communities sit opposite one another, separated by language and a wide valley that neither is inclined to cross... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
High up in the Swiss mountains, two close-knit village communities sit opposite one another, separated by language and a wide valley that neither is inclined to cross... [More...]
Recours en grâce (1960)
Laslo Benedek
Mario Di Donati, an Italian immigrant, is leading an idyllic life in France, happily settled with his lover Germaine Tourier and her infant daughter from an earlier failed relationship... [More...]
Laslo Benedek
Mario Di Donati, an Italian immigrant, is leading an idyllic life in France, happily settled with his lover Germaine Tourier and her infant daughter from an earlier failed relationship... [More...]
La Règle du jeu (1939)
Jean Renoir
The aviator André Jurieux returns to France after a record-breaking flight, but is heart-broken when the woman he loves, Christine de la Chesnaye, is not there to meet him... [More...]
Jean Renoir
The aviator André Jurieux returns to France after a record-breaking flight, but is heart-broken when the woman he loves, Christine de la Chesnaye, is not there to meet him... [More...]
Les Regrets (2009)
Cédric Kahn
Mathieu Lievin is a 40-year-old architect living in Paris. When he learns that his mother has been hospitalised, he makes a hasty return to the provincial town in which he grew up... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Mathieu Lievin is a 40-year-old architect living in Paris. When he learns that his mother has been hospitalised, he makes a hasty return to the provincial town in which he grew up... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]