French cinema: 1970s
Et la tendresse?... Bordel! (1979)
Patrick Schulmann
Three couples from three different backgrounds have three very different ideas about romance. Businessman François, the master seducer and man of power, regards women as mere objects to satisfy his over-inflated libido, a situation which his partner Carole accepts with resignation...
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Patrick Schulmann
L'Étalon (1970)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
William Chaminade would hardly have thought of himself as a great benefactor of the female sex, but this is what he becomes, thanks to a chance incident during his well-deserved holiday in the south of France...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
État de siège (1972)
Costa-Gavras
Michael Santore is working in South America as a communications officer for an international aid agency when he is abducted by a gang of extreme leftwing revolutionaries who call themselves the Tupamaros...
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Costa-Gavras
L'Étrangleur (1972)
Paul Vecchiali
As a child, Émile is walking through the streets after dark when he encounters a stranger. The latter takes his white woollen scarf and uses it to strangle an attractive young woman...
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Paul Vecchiali
L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune (1973)
Jacques Demy
Marco Mazetti is a driving instructor who leads a happy and harmonious life with his attractive girlfriend Irène, the owner of a hairdressing salon...
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Jacques Demy
F... comme Fairbanks (1976)
Maurice Dugowson
André Fragman (baptised “Fairbanks” by his cinema projectionist father) returns from his military service with a diploma in chemistry... [More...]
Maurice Dugowson
André Fragman (baptised “Fairbanks” by his cinema projectionist father) returns from his military service with a diploma in chemistry... [More...]
Fantasia chez les ploucs (1971)
Gérard Pirès
Sagamore Noonan is the owner of a small farm in the southern United States, although his main preoccupation is distilling whisky illegally, which he tries to keep from the attention of the local sheriff... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
Sagamore Noonan is the owner of a small farm in the southern United States, although his main preoccupation is distilling whisky illegally, which he tries to keep from the attention of the local sheriff... [More...]
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Far West (1973)
Jacques Brel
Dressed as a cowboy, 40-year-old Jacques makes his way across present-day Belgium in pursuit of a dream. He wants to go to the Far West and begin a new life... [More...]
Jacques Brel
Dressed as a cowboy, 40-year-old Jacques makes his way across present-day Belgium in pursuit of a dream. He wants to go to the Far West and begin a new life... [More...]
Faustine et le bel été (1972)
Nina Companéez
Faustine is 16 years old and has yet to experience her first romantic adventure. Whilst staying at her grandparents' country farm one summer she becomes fascinated by the inhabitants of a neighbouring country house... [More...]
Nina Companéez
Faustine is 16 years old and has yet to experience her first romantic adventure. Whilst staying at her grandparents' country farm one summer she becomes fascinated by the inhabitants of a neighbouring country house... [More...]
La Faute de l'abbé Mouret (1970)
Georges Franju
Serge Mouret has recently taken up his first position as parish priest in the Provençal village of Artauds. The locals have little interest in religion and for most of the time Mouret is giving sermons to an empty church... [More...]
Georges Franju
Serge Mouret has recently taken up his first position as parish priest in the Provençal village of Artauds. The locals have little interest in religion and for most of the time Mouret is giving sermons to an empty church... [More...]
La Femme en bleu (1973)
Michel Deville
Pierre, a music critic in his forties, has enjoyed many liaisons with the opposite sex but somehow his ideal partner has always managed to elude him - until the day he catches a glimpse of a mysterious woman dressed in blue... [More...]
Michel Deville
Pierre, a music critic in his forties, has enjoyed many liaisons with the opposite sex but somehow his ideal partner has always managed to elude him - until the day he catches a glimpse of a mysterious woman dressed in blue... [More...]
Femmes femmes (1974)
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Les Feux de la chandeleur (1972)
Serge Korber
Alexandre and Marie-Louise Boursault are a married couple who are deeply in love but cannot come to terms with each other's politics... [More...]
Serge Korber
Alexandre and Marie-Louise Boursault are a married couple who are deeply in love but cannot come to terms with each other's politics... [More...]
Le Fils (1973)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Ange Orahona is a renowned gangster who decides to take a break from his criminal exploits in New York and returns to his rural hometown of Montemaggiore on the island of Corsica... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Ange Orahona is a renowned gangster who decides to take a break from his criminal exploits in New York and returns to his rural hometown of Montemaggiore on the island of Corsica... [More...]
Flic ou voyou (1979)
Georges Lautner
The town of Nice is completely under the control of two rival criminal gangs led by Musart and Volfoni, two hoodlums the police would dearly love to have behind bars... [More...]
Georges Lautner
The town of Nice is completely under the control of two rival criminal gangs led by Musart and Volfoni, two hoodlums the police would dearly love to have behind bars... [More...]
Flic Story (1975)
Jacques Deray
Paris, 1947. Roger Borniche sees himself as the star cop of the Sûreté nationale, but he despises the brutal methods used by his colleagues... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Paris, 1947. Roger Borniche sees himself as the star cop of the Sûreté nationale, but he despises the brutal methods used by his colleagues... [More...]
La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Folle à tuer (1975)
Yves Boisset
After spending five years in a psychiatric clinic, Julie Ballenger seems to have made a full recovery and gladly accepts an offer of work from the rich businessman Mostri... [More...]
Yves Boisset
After spending five years in a psychiatric clinic, Julie Ballenger seems to have made a full recovery and gladly accepts an offer of work from the rich businessman Mostri... [More...]
Les Fous du stade (1972)
Claude Zidi
As a nearby village makes ready to welcome the torch carrier of the International Games, four friends - Jean-Guy, Phil, Gérard and Jean - are enjoying a stress-free holiday in Provence... [More...]
Claude Zidi
As a nearby village makes ready to welcome the torch carrier of the International Games, four friends - Jean-Guy, Phil, Gérard and Jean - are enjoying a stress-free holiday in Provence... [More...]
Le Franc-tireur (1972)
Jean-Max Causse
Whilst the Allied forces arrive in the North to liberate the French nation from German Occupation, the South is still very much in the grip of Nazi control... [More...]
Jean-Max Causse
Whilst the Allied forces arrive in the North to liberate the French nation from German Occupation, the South is still very much in the grip of Nazi control... [More...]
Franz (1971)
Jacques Brel
A boarding house at a Belgian seaside resort serves as a rest home for a number of civil servants convalescing from various illnesses... [More...]
Jacques Brel
A boarding house at a Belgian seaside resort serves as a rest home for a number of civil servants convalescing from various illnesses... [More...]
Les Galettes de Pont-Aven (1975)
Joël Séria
Peacefully nestled in the Loire Valley in the west of France is the picturesque town of Samur. This is home to Henri Serin, a modest umbrella salesman who devotes his free time to his two main pleasures in life - women and painting... [More...]
Joël Séria
Peacefully nestled in the Loire Valley in the west of France is the picturesque town of Samur. This is home to Henri Serin, a modest umbrella salesman who devotes his free time to his two main pleasures in life - women and painting... [More...]
Le Gang (1977)
Jacques Deray
In the aftermath of World War II, France is in a state of confusion, and the police are fighting an uphill battle to re-impose the rule of law on a nation still scarred by its sorry period of Nazi Occupation... [More...]
Jacques Deray
In the aftermath of World War II, France is in a state of confusion, and the police are fighting an uphill battle to re-impose the rule of law on a nation still scarred by its sorry period of Nazi Occupation... [More...]
Les Gaspards (1974)
Pierre Tchernia
Jean-Paul Rondin, the owner of a bookshop in the Latin Quarter of Paris, is just one of the many thousands of people to be vexed by endless construction projects that are changing the face of the French capital... [More...]
Pierre Tchernia
Jean-Paul Rondin, the owner of a bookshop in the Latin Quarter of Paris, is just one of the many thousands of people to be vexed by endless construction projects that are changing the face of the French capital... [More...]
Le Gendarme en balade (1970)
Jean Girault
To their dismay, the entire gendarmerie of St Tropez find themselves retired, replaced by a team of younger, fitter gendarmes... [More...]
Jean Girault
To their dismay, the entire gendarmerie of St Tropez find themselves retired, replaced by a team of younger, fitter gendarmes... [More...]
Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979)
Jean Girault
On his home turf of St-Tropez, Cruchot is out on routine patrols with his latest recruit Beaupied when his jeep suddenly breaks down... [More...]
Jean Girault
On his home turf of St-Tropez, Cruchot is out on routine patrols with his latest recruit Beaupied when his jeep suddenly breaks down... [More...]
Le Genou de Claire (1970)
Eric Rohmer
A 35 year old diplomat, Jérôme, takes a summer holiday in the picturesque French lakeside resort where he spent his childhood... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
A 35 year old diplomat, Jérôme, takes a summer holiday in the picturesque French lakeside resort where he spent his childhood... [More...]
La Gifle (1974)
Claude Pinoteau
Jean Doulean is a 50-something geography teacher who lives in Paris with his 18-year-old daughter Isabelle. It has been several years since Jean's wife Hélène left him and settled in England with her new partner... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
Jean Doulean is a 50-something geography teacher who lives in Paris with his 18-year-old daughter Isabelle. It has been several years since Jean's wife Hélène left him and settled in England with her new partner... [More...]
Le Gitan (1975)
José Giovanni
For two years, Hugo Sennart has been busy settling old scores with a society that has persecuted his gypsy brothers and sisters for decades... [More...]
José Giovanni
For two years, Hugo Sennart has been busy settling old scores with a society that has persecuted his gypsy brothers and sisters for decades... [More...]