French cinema: 1976
À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976)
Michel Lang
France, 1959. Jean-Pierre and Alain's reward for failing their final year exams is to have their trip to St Tropez cancelled...
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Michel Lang
L'Aile ou la cuisse (1976)
Claude Zidi
At 60, Charles Duchemin is the most revered of France's culinary experts. Not only is he a food critic of some considerable renown, he is also the author of the country's most popular restaurant guide...
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Claude Zidi
L'Alpagueur (1976)
Philippe Labro
"L'Alpagueur" is the code name for Roger Pilard, a bounty hunter who works for the French security services on cases where "conventional" police methods have failed...
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Philippe Labro
L'Année sainte (1976)
Jean Girault
Former gangster chief, Max Lambert, escapes from a Paris prison with his cell-mate, Pierre Bizet. They travel to Rome and intend to profit from the mass pilgrimage of the Holy Year to recover Max's hidden stash of money...
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Jean Girault
L'Argent de poche (1976)
François Truffaut
In the picturesque French town of Thiers, several primary school children are learning some important lessons in life as the end of the school term approaches...
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François Truffaut
Barocco (1976)
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash... [More...]
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash... [More...]
Bartleby (1976)
Maurice Ronet
With a backlog of paperwork accumulating around him, a Parisian bailiff is relieved when someone turns up in his office in response to his job advertisement... [More...]
Maurice Ronet
With a backlog of paperwork accumulating around him, a Parisian bailiff is relieved when someone turns up in his office in response to his job advertisement... [More...]
Le Bon et les méchants (1976)
Claude Lelouch
This is the story of Jacques, a young car mechanic who dreams of becoming a professional boxer, and his kind-hearted Jewish friend, Simon... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
This is the story of Jacques, a young car mechanic who dreams of becoming a professional boxer, and his kind-hearted Jewish friend, Simon... [More...]
Calmos (1976)
Bertrand Blier
Paul Dufour is a middle-aged doctor whose wife's conjugal demands on him are beginning to get him down. One day he meets another man, Albert, who is in the same predicament... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Paul Dufour is a middle-aged doctor whose wife's conjugal demands on him are beginning to get him down. One day he meets another man, Albert, who is in the same predicament... [More...]
Comme un boomerang (1976)
José Giovanni
Whilst under the influence of drugs at a party, the son of a wealthy industrialist accidentally shoots a passing policeman... [More...]
José Giovanni
Whilst under the influence of drugs at a party, the son of a wealthy industrialist accidentally shoots a passing policeman... [More...]
Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976)
Henri Verneuil
François Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
François Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit... [More...]
Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976)
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
In the course of her career, Françoise Gailland has earned herself a reputation as a formidable medical practitioner, highly respected at the Paris hospital where she works... [More...]
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
In the course of her career, Françoise Gailland has earned herself a reputation as a formidable medical practitioner, highly respected at the Paris hospital where she works... [More...]
Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers... [More...]
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...]
Je t'aime moi non plus (1976)
Serge Gainsbourg
Immigrant gay lovers Krassky and Padovan eke out a living in France by transporting refuse to a rubbish dump in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Serge Gainsbourg
Immigrant gay lovers Krassky and Padovan eke out a living in France by transporting refuse to a rubbish dump in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976)
Alain Tanner
In Geneva in the mid-1970s, Mathieu struggles to find work to support himself and his pregnant wife Mathilde. Another couple, Marcel and Marguerite, come to their rescue, offering them a place to live and work on their farm... [More...]
Alain Tanner
In Geneva in the mid-1970s, Mathieu struggles to find work to support himself and his pregnant wife Mathilde. Another couple, Marcel and Marguerite, come to their rescue, offering them a place to live and work on their farm... [More...]
Le Jouet (1976)
Francis Veber
Unemployed for nearly two years, journalist François Perrin is all too eager to accept an offer of a job on a Parisian magazine... [More...]
Francis Veber
Unemployed for nearly two years, journalist François Perrin is all too eager to accept an offer of a job on a Parisian magazine... [More...]
Le Juge et l'assassin (1976)
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself... [More...]
Le Locataire (1976)
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Mado (1976)
Claude Sautet
Simon Léotard is a 50-something real estate financier who finds himself in dire straits when his business partner of many years, Julien, commits suicide... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Simon Léotard is a 50-something real estate financier who finds himself in dire straits when his business partner of many years, Julien, commits suicide... [More...]
Maîtresse (1976)
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Marie-poupée (1976)
Joël Séria
Marie is a naive 17-year-old orphan who lives with her grandparents. One day, she enters a dolls shop and immediately attracts the attention of its owner, a charming young man named Claude... [More...]
Joël Séria
Marie is a naive 17-year-old orphan who lives with her grandparents. One day, she enters a dolls shop and immediately attracts the attention of its owner, a charming young man named Claude... [More...]
La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976)
Claude Miller
In the summer of 1960, Marc and Philippe work as supervisors in a French summer camp for boys. Their different methods of treating their young charges reflect their different personalities... [More...]
Claude Miller
In the summer of 1960, Marc and Philippe work as supervisors in a French summer camp for boys. Their different methods of treating their young charges reflect their different personalities... [More...]
Moi, Pierre Rivière... (1976)
René Allio
The third of June 1835 was an eventful day in the life of the twenty-year old Normandy peasant Pierre Rivière. On this day, he chose to slit the throats of his mother, his sister and his younger brother with a hand scythe... [More...]
René Allio
The third of June 1835 was an eventful day in the life of the twenty-year old Normandy peasant Pierre Rivière. On this day, he chose to slit the throats of his mother, his sister and his younger brother with a hand scythe... [More...]
Monsieur Klein (1976)
Joseph Losey
Paris, January 1942. Robert Klein is an art dealer who has grown rich by trading in valuable art treasures sold by Jews who are desperate to raise cash to escape deportation to Nazi Germany... [More...]
Joseph Losey
Paris, January 1942. Robert Klein is an art dealer who has grown rich by trading in valuable art treasures sold by Jews who are desperate to raise cash to escape deportation to Nazi Germany... [More...]
Noirs et blancs en couleur (1976)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
January, 1915. Far from the battlefields of Europe, a small group of French nationals live an uneventful life in a village on the Ivory Coast... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
January, 1915. Far from the battlefields of Europe, a small group of French nationals live an uneventful life in a village on the Ivory Coast... [More...]
Police Python 357 (1976)
Alain Corneau
Orléans police inspector Marc Ferrot leads a focused, solitary existence. With no family and few friends, he devotes himself to his work and his interest in firearms... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Orléans police inspector Marc Ferrot leads a focused, solitary existence. With no family and few friends, he devotes himself to his work and his interest in firearms... [More...]
René la canne (1976)
Francis Girod
Paris, 1942. Even though France is under Nazi occupation, René Bornier, better known as René la Canne, is making a reasonable living for himself as a small-time crook... [More...]
Francis Girod
Paris, 1942. Even though France is under Nazi occupation, René Bornier, better known as René la Canne, is making a reasonable living for himself as a small-time crook... [More...]
Si c'était à refaire (1976)
Claude Lelouch
Aged 35, Catherine Berger leaves prison after having completed a 15 year prison sentence for complicity in the murder of her employer... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Aged 35, Catherine Berger leaves prison after having completed a 15 year prison sentence for complicity in the murder of her employer... [More...]
La Situation est grave... mais pas désespérée (1976)
Jacques Besnard
Bertrand Duvenois is a property developer with great ambitions. To secure the go-ahead for a new construction project, he invites Jean-Pierre Mazard, the Minister of Quality and Culture, to spend a weekend with him and his wife, Sophie de Valrude, at their sprawling country estate... [More...]
Jacques Besnard
Bertrand Duvenois is a property developer with great ambitions. To secure the go-ahead for a new construction project, he invites Jean-Pierre Mazard, the Minister of Quality and Culture, to spend a weekend with him and his wife, Sophie de Valrude, at their sprawling country estate... [More...]