Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Simon Werner a disparu... (2010)
Fabrice Gobert
In March 1992, a small town just outside Paris is seized by fear and suspicion as a result of a series of seemingly inexplicable disappearances...
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Fabrice Gobert
Simple mortel (1991)
Pierre Jolivet
Stéphane Marais, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive bizarre radio messages in one of the languages he is studying...
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Pierre Jolivet
Simplet (1942)
Fernandel
Miéjour and Rocamour are two neighbouring villages in Provence that have been separated by mutual loathing for longer than anyone can remember...
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Fernandel
Simplette (1919)
René Hervil
Marie Pasque leads a hard life in the country, the daughter of a rough and greedy farmer. Her only true friend is her godmother Madame Rouvière, who hopes that one day she will marry her nephew Robert...
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René Hervil
La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)
François Truffaut
Louis Mahé, the wealthy owner of a tobacco plantation on the island of Réunion, decides to get married - to Julie Roussel, a woman he found through the personal ads pages of his newspaper...
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François Truffaut
La Sirène rouge (2002)
Olivier Megaton
Brought up by a cruel and domineering mother, Alice is a deeply disturbed 12-year-old who lives in perpetual fear - and with good reason... [More...]
Olivier Megaton
Brought up by a cruel and domineering mother, Alice is a deeply disturbed 12-year-old who lives in perpetual fear - and with good reason... [More...]
Sitcom (1998)
François Ozon
Once upon a time there was a respectable bourgeois family, living a harmonious and respectable bourgeois life in a typically respectable bourgeois house... [More...]
François Ozon
Once upon a time there was a respectable bourgeois family, living a harmonious and respectable bourgeois life in a typically respectable bourgeois house... [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...]
Six et demi, onze (1927)
Jean Epstein
Jérôme de Ners is a renowned doctor who lives with his younger brother Jean after their parents' death. Recently, Jérôme has been aware of his brother's agitation and is concerned when, one day, he suddenly disappears without leaving a clue as to his whereabouts... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Jérôme de Ners is a renowned doctor who lives with his younger brother Jean after their parents' death. Recently, Jérôme has been aware of his brother's agitation and is concerned when, one day, he suddenly disappears without leaving a clue as to his whereabouts... [More...]
Six heures à perdre (1947)
Alex Joffé
Breaking his long train journey in Paris, a traveller finds he has six hours at his disposal so he decides to wander around the city... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Breaking his long train journey in Paris, a traveller finds he has six hours at his disposal so he decides to wander around the city... [More...]
Slogan (1969)
Pierre Grimblat
Serge Faberger is a forty-something publicity director who does not allow his keen interest in the opposite sex to get in the way of a highly successful career... [More...]
Pierre Grimblat
Serge Faberger is a forty-something publicity director who does not allow his keen interest in the opposite sex to get in the way of a highly successful career... [More...]
La Smala (1984)
Jean-Loup Hubert
When his wife leaves him to pursue an affair with a riot police officer, Robert, a former violinist who has been without work for years, is left to bring up their five demanding offspring by himself... [More...]
Jean-Loup Hubert
When his wife leaves him to pursue an affair with a riot police officer, Robert, a former violinist who has been without work for years, is left to bring up their five demanding offspring by himself... [More...]
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
Alain Resnais
In a village in Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, the wife of a school headmaster, is busy with her spring cleaning. Venturing out into her garden, she considers whether she should light a cigarette or not... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In a village in Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, the wife of a school headmaster, is busy with her spring cleaning. Venturing out into her garden, she considers whether she should light a cigarette or not... [More...]
Snobs! (1962)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When the president of a dairy farmers' cooperative in Normandy drowns in a vat of milk, elections are soon arranged to find his replacement... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
When the president of a dairy farmers' cooperative in Normandy drowns in a vat of milk, elections are soon arranged to find his replacement... [More...]
Soeur Sourire (2009)
Stijn Coninx
Jeannine Deckers, better known as Soeur Sourire or The Singing Nun, became an international pop star in the 1960s. Her albums sold by the millions and in 1963 her hit song Dominque overtook the Beatles and Elvis Presley in the charts... [More...]
Stijn Coninx
Jeannine Deckers, better known as Soeur Sourire or The Singing Nun, became an international pop star in the 1960s. Her albums sold by the millions and in 1963 her hit song Dominque overtook the Beatles and Elvis Presley in the charts... [More...]
Les Soeurs Brontë (1979)
André Téchiné
After the death of his wife, the pastor Patrick Brontë lives in the small village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, with his three daughters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - and his one son Branwell... [More...]
André Téchiné
After the death of his wife, the pastor Patrick Brontë lives in the small village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, with his three daughters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - and his one son Branwell... [More...]
Les Soeurs fâchées (2004)
Alexandra Leclère
Louise is an aspiring author who currently works in a beauty parlour in Le Mans. Bubbling with optimism and trepidation, she takes the train to Paris for a meeting with a publisher who has expressed an interest in her first novel... [More...]
Alexandra Leclère
Louise is an aspiring author who currently works in a beauty parlour in Le Mans. Bubbling with optimism and trepidation, she takes the train to Paris for a meeting with a publisher who has expressed an interest in her first novel... [More...]
La Soif de l'or (1993)
Gérard Oury
Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to evade a fine for tax evasion... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Urbain Donnadieu's first love is money. It's also his second, third and fourth love. The only reason he married - a tax inspector named Fleurette - was to evade a fine for tax evasion... [More...]
Sois belle et tais-toi (1958)
Marc Allégret
After escaping from a strict Catholic reform school, Virginie Dumaillet goes on the run and ends up joining a gang of adolescent petty criminals led by a wild young hoodlum named Loulou... [More...]
Marc Allégret
After escaping from a strict Catholic reform school, Virginie Dumaillet goes on the run and ends up joining a gang of adolescent petty criminals led by a wild young hoodlum named Loulou... [More...]
Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête (1975)
Michel Gérard
In 1944, a regiment of gallant French soldiers is preparing to liberate the northern French town of Senlis from its occupying Germans, but before they can do so the Americans show up in force and do the job for them... [More...]
Michel Gérard
In 1944, a regiment of gallant French soldiers is preparing to liberate the northern French town of Senlis from its occupying Germans, but before they can do so the Americans show up in force and do the job for them... [More...]
Le Soleil au-dessus des nuages (2001)
Eric Le Roch
For Jean, a fifty-something bachelor, his only pleasure is to make life unbearable for those around him. He insults his neighbour, is rude to strangers, and treats his colleagues at work with contempt... [More...]
Eric Le Roch
For Jean, a fifty-something bachelor, his only pleasure is to make life unbearable for those around him. He insults his neighbour, is rude to strangers, and treats his colleagues at work with contempt... [More...]
Le Soleil des voyous (1967)
Jean Delannoy
After a life of crime, Denis Farrand has retired to a provincial town where he runs a chic bar, which just happens to be opposite a bank... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
After a life of crime, Denis Farrand has retired to a provincial town where he runs a chic bar, which just happens to be opposite a bank... [More...]
Les Soleils de l'Ile de Pâques (1972)
Pierre Kast
The purpose of the famous stone statues on Easter Island, the moai, has long been a source of speculation and controversy... [More...]
Pierre Kast
The purpose of the famous stone statues on Easter Island, the moai, has long been a source of speculation and controversy... [More...]
Le Solitaire (1987)
Jacques Deray
A jaundiced police commissioner, Stan Jalard, is planning to start a new life, running a hotel in the Antilles with best friend... [More...]
Jacques Deray
A jaundiced police commissioner, Stan Jalard, is planning to start a new life, running a hotel in the Antilles with best friend... [More...]
Solo (1970)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Vincent Cabral, a violinist and occasional jewel thief, returns to France hoping to renew his acquaintance with his younger brother Virgile, whom he has not seen for three years... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Vincent Cabral, a violinist and occasional jewel thief, returns to France hoping to renew his acquaintance with his younger brother Virgile, whom he has not seen for three years... [More...]
Sombre (1998)
Philippe Grandrieux
Following the route of the Tour de France, a solitary motorist Jean periodically stops off to pick up and brutally kill a prostitute... [More...]
Philippe Grandrieux
Following the route of the Tour de France, a solitary motorist Jean periodically stops off to pick up and brutally kill a prostitute... [More...]
Son frère (2003)
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease... [More...]
Sophie et le crime (1955)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Sophie Brulard is a feisty young Parisian who is keen to make her mark as a journalist on the gossip magazine she works for, Tel Quel... [More...]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
Sophie Brulard is a feisty young Parisian who is keen to make her mark as a journalist on the gossip magazine she works for, Tel Quel... [More...]
Le Sorcier du ciel (1949)
Marcel Blistène
One day in 1818, a humble village priest in his early thirties is making his way down a country road to his new parish, in the town of Ars... [More...]
Marcel Blistène
One day in 1818, a humble village priest in his early thirties is making his way down a country road to his new parish, in the town of Ars... [More...]
Le Souffle au coeur (1971)
Louis Malle
France, 1954. Laurent Chevalier is a 14-year old boy who enjoys a comfortable, cosseted existence with his affluent middleclass family in Dijon... [More...]
Louis Malle
France, 1954. Laurent Chevalier is a 14-year old boy who enjoys a comfortable, cosseted existence with his affluent middleclass family in Dijon... [More...]