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French cinema: Romance
Belle de jour (1967)
Luis Buñuel
Although she is loved by her husband Pierre, Séverine Serizy cannot bring herself to have a physical relationship with him...
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Luis Buñuel
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country...
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Jean Cocteau
La Belle meunière (1948)
Marcel Pagnol
Tired of Vienna and his lack of success as a composer, Franz Schubert goes in search of inspiration by taking a walking holiday in the countryside around Salzburg...
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Marcel Pagnol
La Belle Nivernaise (1924)
Jean Epstein
Louveau is the owner of an old barge, La Belle Nivernaise, which ships coal along the Nivernaise canal in central France...
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Jean Epstein
La Belle personne (2008)
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto...
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Christophe Honoré
La Belle saison (2015)
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Benvenuta (1983)
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
La Bête à l'affût (1959)
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
La Bête humaine (1938)
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Les Biches (1968)
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Les Bien-aimés (2011)
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Le Blé en herbe (1954)
Claude Autant-Lara
Some time in the 1920s, the Ferrets and their two daughters, Vinca and Lisette, spend their summer holiday on the coast of Brittany... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Some time in the 1920s, the Ferrets and their two daughters, Vinca and Lisette, spend their summer holiday on the coast of Brittany... [More...]
Boléro (1942)
Jean Boyer
Afflicted with a severe throat infection, Rémi Courmont finds himself confined to his Parisian apartment but his hopes of a peaceful recuperation are dashed by his downstairs neighbour, Anne-Marie Houillier... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Afflicted with a severe throat infection, Rémi Courmont finds himself confined to his Parisian apartment but his hopes of a peaceful recuperation are dashed by his downstairs neighbour, Anne-Marie Houillier... [More...]
Le Bonheur (1965)
Agnès Varda
François has an idyllic life and cannot imagine how he could be happier. He enjoys working as a carpenter with his older brother... [More...]
Agnès Varda
François has an idyllic life and cannot imagine how he could be happier. He enjoys working as a carpenter with his older brother... [More...]
La Bonne année (1973)
Claude Lelouch
Simon is released from prison after having served a seven year stretch for an audacious jewel robbery at Cannes in 1966. He returns to Paris, hoping to meet up with his accomplice, Charlot (who managed to escape with the stolen jewels) and a young antique dealer, Françoise, with whom he is hoping to start a new life... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Simon is released from prison after having served a seven year stretch for an audacious jewel robbery at Cannes in 1966. He returns to Paris, hoping to meet up with his accomplice, Charlot (who managed to escape with the stolen jewels) and a young antique dealer, Françoise, with whom he is hoping to start a new life... [More...]
Les Bonnes femmes (1960)
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives... [More...]
Le Boucher (1970)
Claude Chabrol
After serving in both the Indochina and Algerian wars, Paul Thomas returns to his home village in a provincial backwater of France and takes over his father's butcher's shop... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
After serving in both the Indochina and Algerian wars, Paul Thomas returns to his home village in a provincial backwater of France and takes over his father's butcher's shop... [More...]
Cages (2008)
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity... [More...]
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity... [More...]
Cagliostro (1929)
Richard Oswald
In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller... [More...]
Richard Oswald
In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller... [More...]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1929)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night... [More...]
Caprice (2015)
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life... [More...]
Carmen (1926)
Jacques Feyder
After killing a man in a duel, Don José Lizzarabengoa is forced to flee his home in Navarre. On his arrival in Castille, he enlists in the army and soon becomes a sergeant in the regiment at Almanza... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
After killing a man in a duel, Don José Lizzarabengoa is forced to flee his home in Navarre. On his arrival in Castille, he enlists in the army and soon becomes a sergeant in the regiment at Almanza... [More...]
Le Carrosse d'or (1953)
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Casque d'or (1952)
Jacques Becker
The setting is the Belleville district of Paris circa 1900. At a riverside guinguette, carpenter Georges Manda meets an attractive young woman named Marie and immediately falls under her spell... [More...]
Jacques Becker
The setting is the Belleville district of Paris circa 1900. At a riverside guinguette, carpenter Georges Manda meets an attractive young woman named Marie and immediately falls under her spell... [More...]
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979)
Edouard Molinaro
François Perrin is a radio reporter who is coping badly with living by himself after his divorce. One evening, the solitude becomes so unbearable that he picks up the telephone and dials a number at random... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
François Perrin is a radio reporter who is coping badly with living by himself after his divorce. One evening, the solitude becomes so unbearable that he picks up the telephone and dials a number at random... [More...]
Cavalcade d'amour (1940)
Raymond Bernard
For hundreds of years, the château de Maupré has brought misfortune to its inhabitants, as those who choose to wed within its walls are destined to wed unhappily... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
For hundreds of years, the château de Maupré has brought misfortune to its inhabitants, as those who choose to wed within its walls are destined to wed unhappily... [More...]
Ce soir ou jamais (1961)
Michel Deville
Laurent is a poster designer who is about to begin rehearsals for his first stage play, a musical comedy. To celebrate this auspicious event, he holds a party at his apartment, to which his best friends are all invited... [More...]
Michel Deville
Laurent is a poster designer who is about to begin rehearsals for his first stage play, a musical comedy. To celebrate this auspicious event, he holds a party at his apartment, to which his best friends are all invited... [More...]
César (1936)
Marcel Pagnol
Twenty years after her first sweetheart Marius abandoned her to seek adventure on the high seas, Fanny is still married to Panisse and her son Césariot remains ignorant as to the identity of his real father... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Twenty years after her first sweetheart Marius abandoned her to seek adventure on the high seas, Fanny is still married to Panisse and her son Césariot remains ignorant as to the identity of his real father... [More...]
César et Rosalie (1972)
Claude Sautet
After her divorce, 30-something Rosalie decides to live with César, a wealthy scrap-metal dealer who is prone to violent bursts... [More...]
Claude Sautet
After her divorce, 30-something Rosalie decides to live with César, a wealthy scrap-metal dealer who is prone to violent bursts... [More...]