French cinema: 1970s
Le Grand bazar (1973)
Claude Zidi
Gérard, Jean-Guy, Phil and Jean are four friends in their early twenties who live in the same high-rise apartment block in one of the less salubrious districts of town...
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Claude Zidi
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Yves Robert
Colonel Louis Toulouse, a senior operative in the French security service, has become so fed up with his ambitious rival, Milan, that he decides to send him off on a wild goose chase, in the hope that it will ruin his career...
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Yves Robert
La Grande bouffe (1973)
Marco Ferreri
One winter, four well-off middle-aged men who have grown tired of life decide to kill themselves. For Marcello, an Italian airline pilot with an over-developed libido, life has become intolerable now that he is impotent...
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Marco Ferreri
Les Granges brulées (1973)
Jean Chapot
Les Granges Brûlées is the name of an isolated farm in the snow-capped Haut Doubs mountains of the Jura which is home to Rose, a strong-willed woman in her fifties, her husband Pierre and their two grown-up sons, Paul and Louis...
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Jean Chapot
La Guerre des polices (1979)
Robin Davis
In the early hours of the morning, police superintendent Ballestrat is about to arrest Hector Sarlat, the most wanted criminal in France, when a rival police squad led by Jacques Fush puts in an unexpected and unwelcome appearance...
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Robin Davis
La Gueule de l'autre (1979)
Pierre Tchernia
An election campaign is well under way in Paris when one of the candidates, Martial Perrin, the leader of a right-wing political party, is thrown into a sudden panic... [More...]
Pierre Tchernia
An election campaign is well under way in Paris when one of the candidates, Martial Perrin, the leader of a right-wing political party, is thrown into a sudden panic... [More...]
Les Guichets du Louvre (1974)
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital... [More...]
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital... [More...]
L'Héritier (1973)
Philippe Labro
When his father, an incredibly wealthy magnate, dies in an aeroplane crash, Bart Cordell finds himself at the head a vast business empire... [More...]
Philippe Labro
When his father, an incredibly wealthy magnate, dies in an aeroplane crash, Bart Cordell finds himself at the head a vast business empire... [More...]
Heureux qui comme Ulysse (1970)
Henri Colpi
Antonin is an ageing farmhand who leads a peaceful existence in a small village in Provence. One day, his employer gives him an errand that he would rather not discharge - to take his old farm horse Ulysse to Arles, to end his days in the bullring... [More...]
Henri Colpi
Antonin is an ageing farmhand who leads a peaceful existence in a small village in Provence. One day, his employer gives him an errand that he would rather not discharge - to take his old farm horse Ulysse to Arles, to end his days in the bullring... [More...]
L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)
François Truffaut
A young woman arrives in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, in 1863, and immediately sets about looking for the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
François Truffaut
A young woman arrives in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, in 1863, and immediately sets about looking for the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
Histoire d'O (1975)
Just Jaeckin
The story of O begins with a beautiful young woman agreeing to be taken to a house in the country, Château Roissy, by her devoted boyfriend René... [More...]
Just Jaeckin
The story of O begins with a beautiful young woman agreeing to be taken to a house in the country, Château Roissy, by her devoted boyfriend René... [More...]
L'Homme en colère (1979)
Claude Pinoteau
When he is informed of the death of his son Julien, Romain Dupré goes to Canada to identify the body. The dead man turns out not be Dupré's son, but a stranger who, for some reason, is carrying Julien's identification papers... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
When he is informed of the death of his son Julien, Romain Dupré goes to Canada to identify the body. The dead man turns out not be Dupré's son, but a stranger who, for some reason, is carrying Julien's identification papers... [More...]
L'Homme orchestre (1970)
Serge Korber
The world famous choreographer Evan Evans and his famous ballet company are in Monaco completing their rehearsals ahead of an important European tour... [More...]
Serge Korber
The world famous choreographer Evan Evans and his famous ballet company are in Monaco completing their rehearsals ahead of an important European tour... [More...]
L'Homme pressé (1977)
Edouard Molinaro
Pierre Niox is a busy man. Life is too short to waste on inconsequentialities, so Pierre gallops along like a hyperactive steeplechaser, spending no more time than is necessary on every aspect of his existence... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Pierre Niox is a busy man. Life is too short to waste on inconsequentialities, so Pierre gallops along like a hyperactive steeplechaser, spending no more time than is necessary on every aspect of his existence... [More...]
L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977)
François Truffaut
Before his abrupt, tragic and somewhat farcical death in his mid-forties, Bernard Morane was the most inveterate of skirt chasers... [More...]
François Truffaut
Before his abrupt, tragic and somewhat farcical death in his mid-forties, Bernard Morane was the most inveterate of skirt chasers... [More...]
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
L'Horoscope (1978)
Jean Girault
It is only when he sets foot in the church where he is to be married that Antoine Fromont comes to his senses and realises that he is making a terrible mistake... [More...]
Jean Girault
It is only when he sets foot in the church where he is to be married that Antoine Fromont comes to his senses and realises that he is making a terrible mistake... [More...]
La Horse (1970)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Auguste Maroilleur is a man in his sixties who is proud of his heritage and has no intention of letting it slip from his grasp... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Auguste Maroilleur is a man in his sixties who is proud of his heritage and has no intention of letting it slip from his grasp... [More...]
L'Hôtel de la plage (1978)
Michel Lang
The arrival of August, the month of long summer holidays offering freedom from school and work, is eagerly awaited by every man, woman and child in France... [More...]
Michel Lang
The arrival of August, the month of long summer holidays offering freedom from school and work, is eagerly awaited by every man, woman and child in France... [More...]
I... comme Icare (1979)
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
L'Ibis rouge (1975)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
A serial killer is at large in Paris, in the vicinity of the canal Saint-Martin. The victims, all attractive young women, have been strangled by someone the police would least suspect - a mild-mannered social security employee named Jérémie... [More...]
Il Conformista (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Bernardo Bertolucci
In 1930s Italy, Marcello Clerici makes the decision to join the Fascist secret police. Eager to prove himself, Clerici agrees to assassinate his former teacher Professor Quadri, an anti-Fascist intellectual who is now living in exile in Paris... [More...]
Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975)
Claude Makovski
Once a police inspector in the vice squad, Richard Diquet now earns his crust as a private detective. Presently he is concerned with the mysterious death of another detective, Edouard Lory, whose body appears to have been thrown from a train... [More...]
Claude Makovski
Once a police inspector in the vice squad, Richard Diquet now earns his crust as a private detective. Presently he is concerned with the mysterious death of another detective, Edouard Lory, whose body appears to have been thrown from a train... [More...]
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
André Cayatte
With no serious contender to oppose him, Joseph Boussard is confident that he will be re-elected as mayor of Chavigny, a small town on the outskirts of Paris... [More...]
André Cayatte
With no serious contender to oppose him, Joseph Boussard is confident that he will be re-elected as mayor of Chavigny, a small town on the outskirts of Paris... [More...]
L'Important c'est d'aimer (1975)
Andrzej Zulawski
A freelance photographer, Servais Mont, falls in love with Nadine Chevalier, an aspiring actress who, having failed to make the big time, has no other option than to appear in cheap exploitative movies... [More...]
Andrzej Zulawski
A freelance photographer, Servais Mont, falls in love with Nadine Chevalier, an aspiring actress who, having failed to make the big time, has no other option than to appear in cheap exploitative movies... [More...]
L'Incorrigible (1975)
Philippe de Broca
Within minutes of being released from prison, Victor Vautier resumes his career as a confidence trickster and crook. An incorrigible liar and master of disguise, he rents his former girlfriend's luxury apartment to an American ambassador and sells non-existent military aircraft to an African state... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Within minutes of being released from prison, Victor Vautier resumes his career as a confidence trickster and crook. An incorrigible liar and master of disguise, he rents his former girlfriend's luxury apartment to an American ambassador and sells non-existent military aircraft to an African state... [More...]
India Song (1975)
Marguerite Duras
India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of the French ambassador, has a comfortable existence in Calcutta but, with so few things to occupy her, she soon becomes hopelessly bored... [More...]
Marguerite Duras
India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of the French ambassador, has a comfortable existence in Calcutta but, with so few things to occupy her, she soon becomes hopelessly bored... [More...]
Les Innocents aux mains sales (1975)
Claude Chabrol
Forced into earlier retirement after a near-fatal heart attack, hard-nosed businessman Louis Wormser now leads a peaceful existence with his young wife Julie on the French Riviera... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Forced into earlier retirement after a near-fatal heart attack, hard-nosed businessman Louis Wormser now leads a peaceful existence with his young wife Julie on the French Riviera... [More...]
L'Insolent (1973)
Jean-Claude Roy
Emmanuel Ristack, a ruthless American gangster nicknamed 'L'Insolent', succeeds in escaping from the Santé prison... [More...]
Jean-Claude Roy
Emmanuel Ristack, a ruthless American gangster nicknamed 'L'Insolent', succeeds in escaping from the Santé prison... [More...]
L'Invitation (1973)
Claude Goretta
Rémy Placet is a humble office employee who has worked for the same insurance company for the past twenty years. When his mother dies, he is given two months' compassionate leave, during which time he sells his city centre house in Geneva and acquires a much larger property, with ample gardens, in the countryside just outside the city... [More...]
Claude Goretta
Rémy Placet is a humble office employee who has worked for the same insurance company for the past twenty years. When his mother dies, he is given two months' compassionate leave, during which time he sells his city centre house in Geneva and acquires a much larger property, with ample gardens, in the countryside just outside the city... [More...]