French cinema: 1959
125 rue Montmartre (1959)
Gilles Grangier
Pascal makes a modest living selling newspapers on the streets of Paris. He may have a surly temperament but he is a good natured soul at heart, always ready to help a fellow creature if he can...
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Gilles Grangier
À double tour (1959)
Claude Chabrol
Henri Marcoux is a fully paid up member of the French bourgeoisie. He owns a large private estate in Provence, where he lives with his wife Thérèse and two grown-up children, Richard and Elisabeth...
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Claude Chabrol
Les Amants de demain (1959)
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down...
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Marcel Blistène
Archimède, le clochard (1959)
Gilles Grangier
Archimède is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Not for him the penury of sleeping under bridges and scrounging for scraps in dustbins...
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Gilles Grangier
Asphalte (1959)
Hervé Bromberger
Being married to a rich and successful businessman does not guarantee happiness, as Nicole soon discovers. Comfortable she may be, but she is bored with the never-ending round of excursions, business dinners and polite conversation with strangers...
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Hervé Bromberger
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (1959)
Christian-Jaque
In 1941, not long after France has fallen to Nazi Germany, a young French woman named Babette works as a housekeeper for Lieutenant Gérard de Crécy at the London Headquarters of Free France... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In 1941, not long after France has fallen to Nazi Germany, a young French woman named Babette works as a housekeeper for Lieutenant Gérard de Crécy at the London Headquarters of Free France... [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...]
Ce corps tant désiré (1959)
Luis Saslavsky
In a small village on the Etang de Thau in southern France, two families, the Ferauds and the Messardiers, make their living by harvesting mussels in the saltwater lagoons... [More...]
Luis Saslavsky
In a small village on the Etang de Thau in southern France, two families, the Ferauds and the Messardiers, make their living by harvesting mussels in the saltwater lagoons... [More...]
Le Chemin des écoliers (1959)
Michel Boisrond
Paris, 1943. With the country still under Nazi occupation and commodities severely rationed, ordinary French people muddle through as best they can... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Paris, 1943. With the country still under Nazi occupation and commodities severely rationed, ordinary French people muddle through as best they can... [More...]
Le Confident de ces dames (1959)
Jean Boyer
Owing to a shortage of doctors, the inhabitants of the little Italian town Figuerol look to their veterinary Julien Goberti to treat their ailments as well as those of their pets... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Owing to a shortage of doctors, the inhabitants of the little Italian town Figuerol look to their veterinary Julien Goberti to treat their ailments as well as those of their pets... [More...]
Les Cousins (1959)
Claude Chabrol
Against the wishes of his adoring mother, Charles leaves his home in the provinces so that he can study law in Paris. Accommodation is provided by his cousin Paul Thomas, who presently occupies a spacious luxury apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine belonging to a wealthy relative... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Against the wishes of his adoring mother, Charles leaves his home in the provinces so that he can study law in Paris. Accommodation is provided by his cousin Paul Thomas, who presently occupies a spacious luxury apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine belonging to a wealthy relative... [More...]
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1959)
Jean Renoir
Étienne Alexis, the man most likely to be elected President of the United States of Europe, is a famous biologist who believes that society will be vastly improved if the human species is propagated by artificial insemination... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Étienne Alexis, the man most likely to be elected President of the United States of Europe, is a famous biologist who believes that society will be vastly improved if the human species is propagated by artificial insemination... [More...]
Deux hommes dans Manhattan (1959)
Jean-Pierre Melville
When Fèvre-Berthier, an important French diplomat, goes missing in New York, a French journalist, Moreau, is sent to investigate what became of him... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
When Fèvre-Berthier, an important French diplomat, goes missing in New York, a French journalist, Moreau, is sent to investigate what became of him... [More...]
Les Dragueurs (1959)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One Saturday night, two young men named Freddy and Joseph meet by chance on the banks of the River Seine. Both have the same objective in mind: chasing women... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One Saturday night, two young men named Freddy and Joseph meet by chance on the banks of the River Seine. Both have the same objective in mind: chasing women... [More...]
Ein Engel auf Erden (1959)
Géza von Radványi
When his bride-to-be jilts him at the alter and runs off with a singer, racing driver Pierre Chaillot decides to drown his sorrows in alcohol and then kill himself... [More...]
Géza von Radványi
When his bride-to-be jilts him at the alter and runs off with a singer, racing driver Pierre Chaillot decides to drown his sorrows in alcohol and then kill himself... [More...]
Le Fauve est lâché (1959)
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
Maurice Labro
Once a gangster and secret services operative, Paul Lamiani now leads a respectable life as a restaurateur and family man... [More...]
La Fièvre monte à El Pao (1959)
Luis Buñuel
In El Pao, the capital city of the prison island of Odeja, the governor Mariano Vargas resides in his luxurious palace, ruling his people with a steely ruthlessness that has made him unpopular with the masses... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In El Pao, the capital city of the prison island of Odeja, the governor Mariano Vargas resides in his luxurious palace, ruling his people with a steely ruthlessness that has made him unpopular with the masses... [More...]
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Alain Resnais
In the summer of 1957, an aspiring French actress travels to Hiroshima in Japan to work on an anti-war film. The city was totally destroyed when the Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on it at the end of the Second World War, but now it has been rebuilt and shows little sign of the past devastation... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In the summer of 1957, an aspiring French actress travels to Hiroshima in Japan to work on an anti-war film. The city was totally destroyed when the Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on it at the end of the Second World War, but now it has been rebuilt and shows little sign of the past devastation... [More...]
J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (1959)
Michel Gast
In the southern United States in the 1950s, 18-year-old Sonny Grant confides in his half-blood brother Joe that he is in love with a white girl... [More...]
Michel Gast
In the southern United States in the 1950s, 18-year-old Sonny Grant confides in his half-blood brother Joe that he is in love with a white girl... [More...]
La Jument verte (1959)
Claude Autant-Lara
During the Second French Empire, a modest farmer Jules Haudouin makes his fortune thanks to his green-skinned mare. Haudouin hires an artist to paint a portrait of his treasured horse, and the painting continues to bring good luck after the horse's death... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
During the Second French Empire, a modest farmer Jules Haudouin makes his fortune thanks to his green-skinned mare. Haudouin hires an artist to paint a portrait of his treasured horse, and the painting continues to bring good luck after the horse's death... [More...]
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
Roger Vadim
In modern day France, Juliette de Merteuil is a well-regarded society belle who is happily married to the Vicomte de Valmont, a distinguished diplomat... [More...]
Roger Vadim
In modern day France, Juliette de Merteuil is a well-regarded society belle who is happily married to the Vicomte de Valmont, a distinguished diplomat... [More...]
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Jean Delannoy
Recently returned to his home town of Moulins, Superintendent Maigret is happily reminiscing on his past when he receives an unexpected telephone call from the Countess of Saint-Fiacre... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
Recently returned to his home town of Moulins, Superintendent Maigret is happily reminiscing on his past when he receives an unexpected telephone call from the Countess of Saint-Fiacre... [More...]
Marie-Octobre (1959)
Julien Duvivier
Marie-Hélène Dumoufin, formerly known as Marie-Octobre, hosts a party at her house with the aim of concluding some unfinished business... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Marie-Hélène Dumoufin, formerly known as Marie-Octobre, hosts a party at her house with the aim of concluding some unfinished business... [More...]
La Marraine de Charley (1959)
Pierre Chevalier
Charley Rivoire, a mature student in architecture at the university of Paris, is grateful for the two-room apartment that his godmother, the wealthy Gabrielle de la Motte, has put at his disposal... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
Charley Rivoire, a mature student in architecture at the university of Paris, is grateful for the two-room apartment that his godmother, the wealthy Gabrielle de la Motte, has put at his disposal... [More...]
Messieurs les ronds de cuir (1959)
Henri Diamant-Berger
In 1906, Monsieur Boudin takes advantage of the laxity of his employers by repeatedly failing to show up for work at the government department which sends him a paycheck each month... [More...]
Henri Diamant-Berger
In 1906, Monsieur Boudin takes advantage of the laxity of his employers by repeatedly failing to show up for work at the government department which sends him a paycheck each month... [More...]
Meurtre en 45 tours (1959)
Etienne Périer
With songs composed by her husband Maurice, Ève Faugères has become a hugely successful singer. Ève's career may be on the up but her marriage is heading for the rocks... [More...]
Etienne Périer
With songs composed by her husband Maurice, Ève Faugères has become a hugely successful singer. Ève's career may be on the up but her marriage is heading for the rocks... [More...]
Mon pote le gitan (1959)
François Gir
The Védrines are a perfectly respectable middleclass family who lead a perfectly respectable middleclass life - until the rebellious son Théo manages to get a gypsy girl pregnant... [More...]
François Gir
The Védrines are a perfectly respectable middleclass family who lead a perfectly respectable middleclass life - until the rebellious son Théo manages to get a gypsy girl pregnant... [More...]
Nathalie, agent secret (1959)
Henri Decoin
Nathalie and Pivoine are two models who are taking part in a fashion show at the Royal de Megève. Pivoine has a crush on engineer François Pellec, the inventor of an atomic powered car engine... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Nathalie and Pivoine are two models who are taking part in a fashion show at the Royal de Megève. Pivoine has a crush on engineer François Pellec, the inventor of an atomic powered car engine... [More...]
Pickpocket (1959)
Robert Bresson
As he stands in the crowds at a horse race, a solitary young man named Michel yields to an uncontrollable impulse to steal from a woman's handbag... [More...]
Robert Bresson
As he stands in the crowds at a horse race, a solitary young man named Michel yields to an uncontrollable impulse to steal from a woman's handbag... [More...]
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (1959)
Henri Decoin
Catherine Ferrier is a well-known lawyer who specialises in cases involving alcoholism. One evening, she meets photographer Walter Hermelin, who has just been involved in a minor car accident... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Catherine Ferrier is a well-known lawyer who specialises in cases involving alcoholism. One evening, she meets photographer Walter Hermelin, who has just been involved in a minor car accident... [More...]