Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Le Souffle (2001)
Damien Odoul
David, a 15-year old city boy, spends his summer holiday on his uncle's farm in the Limousin region of France. He passes the time doing chores, listening to music on his personal headphones and relieving himself in the fields...
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Damien Odoul
La Soupe aux choux (1981)
Jean Girault
In the remote French countryside, two old men - Le Glaude and Le Bombé - live out their solitary retirement, contenting themselves with their friendship, their wine and their irresistible cabbage soup...
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Jean Girault
Le Souper (1992)
Edouard Molinaro
France, 1815. With Napoleon in exile after his defeat at Waterloo, the Royalists seize the moment and take control of Paris, intending to restore the monarchy...
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Edouard Molinaro
La Souriante Madame Beudet (1923)
Germaine Dulac
Madame Beudet leads a melancholic and unfulfilled life, trapped in a loveless marriage to a draper who neglects and subjugates her...
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Germaine Dulac
Le Sourire (1994)
Claude Miller
Pierre François Le Clainche is a sixty-something neuro-psychiatrist who has just survived a near-fatal heart attack...
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Claude Miller
Sous le ciel de Paris (1951)
Julien Duvivier
In a small garret in Paris's sixth arrondissement, Mademoiselle Perrier lives with her numerous cats. To feed her treasured pets, the old woman needs to find 64 francs, so she sets out one morning to see if some kind soul will give her the money... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In a small garret in Paris's sixth arrondissement, Mademoiselle Perrier lives with her numerous cats. To feed her treasured pets, the old woman needs to find 64 francs, so she sets out one morning to see if some kind soul will give her the money... [More...]
Sous le figuier (2013)
Anne-Marie Etienne
Nathalie, Christophe and Joëlle are all in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Nathalie has given up on men and devotes herself religiously to her work as a chef... [More...]
Anne-Marie Etienne
Nathalie, Christophe and Joëlle are all in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Nathalie has given up on men and devotes herself religiously to her work as a chef... [More...]
Sous le sable (2000)
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
Sous le signe du taureau (1968)
Gilles Grangier
The industrialist Albert Raynal has high hopes for his latest project, a revolutionary new missile, the SR01. Unfortunately, the missile explodes on its first test flight and Raynal's financial bankers, one of whom is his brother-in-law Jérôme Laprade, withdraw their support for any further research and development... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
The industrialist Albert Raynal has high hopes for his latest project, a revolutionary new missile, the SR01. Unfortunately, the missile explodes on its first test flight and Raynal's financial bankers, one of whom is his brother-in-law Jérôme Laprade, withdraw their support for any further research and development... [More...]
Sous le soleil de Satan (1987)
Maurice Pialat
In a rural village in the north of France in the 1920s, an inexperienced Catholic priest, Donissan, is beginning to have doubts about his suitability for the priesthood... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
In a rural village in the north of France in the 1920s, an inexperienced Catholic priest, Donissan, is beginning to have doubts about his suitability for the priesthood... [More...]
Sous les jupes des filles (2014)
Audrey Dana
Rose, a high-flying businesswoman, has sacrificed everything for the sake of her career. Now, anxious to find herself a man and start a family before it is too late, she becomes concerned over her abnormally high testosterone level... [More...]
Audrey Dana
Rose, a high-flying businesswoman, has sacrificed everything for the sake of her career. Now, anxious to find herself a man and start a family before it is too late, she becomes concerned over her abnormally high testosterone level... [More...]
Sous les pieds des femmes (1997)
Rachida Krim
Aya and Moncef are an Algerian couple who have made France their home. In 1996, Aya is reunited with her former lover, whom she has not seen for 35 years... [More...]
Rachida Krim
Aya and Moncef are an Algerian couple who have made France their home. In 1996, Aya is reunited with her former lover, whom she has not seen for 35 years... [More...]
Sous les toits de Paris (1930)
René Clair
In a working class district of Paris in 1930, a young man named Albert makes a modest living as a street singer. One day, he meets an attractive young Rumanian woman, Pola, and instantly falls in love with her... [More...]
René Clair
In a working class district of Paris in 1930, a young man named Albert makes a modest living as a street singer. One day, he meets an attractive young Rumanian woman, Pola, and instantly falls in love with her... [More...]
Sous les yeux d'occident (1936)
Marc Allégret
In Russia during the early 1900s, Razumov is a brilliant student with a dazzling career ahead of him. He has no interest in politics and is unmoved when he learns that the Prime Minister has just been shot dead... [More...]
Marc Allégret
In Russia during the early 1900s, Razumov is a brilliant student with a dazzling career ahead of him. He has no interest in politics and is unmoved when he learns that the Prime Minister has just been shot dead... [More...]
Les Sous-doués en vacances (1982)
Claude Zidi
Bébel is looking forward to his holiday with his American girlfriend, but when she dumps him at the airport he ends up living in a tent in Paris... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Bébel is looking forward to his holiday with his American girlfriend, but when she dumps him at the airport he ends up living in a tent in Paris... [More...]
Les Sous-doués (1980)
Claude Zidi
Madame Jumaucourt has the dubious honour of being the head mistress of one of the worst performing schools in the whole of France... [More...]
Claude Zidi
Madame Jumaucourt has the dubious honour of being the head mistress of one of the worst performing schools in the whole of France... [More...]
Souvenir (2016)
Bavo Defurne
In middle-age, Liliane appears content with her monotonous solitary life. By day she works in a meat factory, by night she soaks up trashy television programmes... [More...]
Bavo Defurne
In middle-age, Liliane appears content with her monotonous solitary life. By day she works in a meat factory, by night she soaks up trashy television programmes... [More...]
Souvenirs d'en France (1975)
André Téchiné
In a small French provincial town of the 1930s, Pierre arrives at a factory owned by the wealthy businessman Pedret desperately in search of work... [More...]
André Téchiné
In a small French provincial town of the 1930s, Pierre arrives at a factory owned by the wealthy businessman Pedret desperately in search of work... [More...]
Souvenirs perdus (1950)
Christian-Jaque
Four forgotten objects in a lost property office each has a story to tell. An Egyptian statue was a present that Philippe once gave to his lover Florence... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Four forgotten objects in a lost property office each has a story to tell. An Egyptian statue was a present that Philippe once gave to his lover Florence... [More...]
Les Souvenirs (2015)
Jean-Paul Rouve
Romain, 23, has hopes of pursuing a career as a writer, but for the time being he works as a night porter in a Parisian hotel... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rouve
Romain, 23, has hopes of pursuing a career as a writer, but for the time being he works as a night porter in a Parisian hotel... [More...]
Spécial police (1985)
Michel Vianey
By hiding herself in the cellar, Isabelle Rodin just manages to avoid the fate of her brother Robin and his wife, both murdered by unknown assassins one evening... [More...]
Michel Vianey
By hiding herself in the cellar, Isabelle Rodin just manages to avoid the fate of her brother Robin and his wife, both murdered by unknown assassins one evening... [More...]
Les Spécialistes (1985)
Patrice Leconte
Whilst being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Whilst being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape... [More...]
Das Spielzeug von Paris (1925)
Michael Curtiz
Célimène, a beautiful young music hall dancer, rapidly becomes the main attraction in Paris. One of her most fervent admirers is Miles Seward, an English diplomat... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
Célimène, a beautiful young music hall dancer, rapidly becomes the main attraction in Paris. One of her most fervent admirers is Miles Seward, an English diplomat... [More...]
Stand-by (2000)
Roch Stéphanik
Having been together for eight years, Gérard and Hélène appear settled in their relationship. Now they are preparing to embark on a new life in Argentina... [More...]
Roch Stéphanik
Having been together for eight years, Gérard and Hélène appear settled in their relationship. Now they are preparing to embark on a new life in Argentina... [More...]
Les Statues meurent aussi (1953)
Chris Marker
Today when we see an African sculpture made in a previous century we are likely to be fascinated by it, perhaps mesmerised by its unfamiliar exotic beauty... [More...]
Chris Marker
Today when we see an African sculpture made in a previous century we are likely to be fascinated by it, perhaps mesmerised by its unfamiliar exotic beauty... [More...]
Stavisky (1974)
Alain Resnais
France, 1933. Serge Alexandre is a high-flying businessman who seems to have the Midas touch when it comes to making money... [More...]
Alain Resnais
France, 1933. Serge Alexandre is a high-flying businessman who seems to have the Midas touch when it comes to making money... [More...]
Stupeur et tremblements (2003)
Alain Corneau
Having completed her studies, a twenty-year old Belgian girl, Amélie, returns to Japan, the country where she spent the first five years of her life... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Having completed her studies, a twenty-year old Belgian girl, Amélie, returns to Japan, the country where she spent the first five years of her life... [More...]
Subway (1985)
Luc Besson
Helena, the beautiful young wife of a wealthy businessman, invites a stranger Fred to her party. Fred repays her by stealing compromising documents from her husband's safe, with the aim of blackmailing the couple... [More...]
Luc Besson
Helena, the beautiful young wife of a wealthy businessman, invites a stranger Fred to her party. Fred repays her by stealing compromising documents from her husband's safe, with the aim of blackmailing the couple... [More...]
Le Sucre (1978)
Jacques Rouffio
Adrien Courtois is a tax inspector in his late fifties who has the good fortune to be married to a wealthy woman, Hilda. After a series of generous inheritances, the couple are sufficiently well-off to retire and settle in Paris, where Adrien hopes to make some wise investments that will make him even richer... [More...]
Jacques Rouffio
Adrien Courtois is a tax inspector in his late fifties who has the good fortune to be married to a wealthy woman, Hilda. After a series of generous inheritances, the couple are sufficiently well-off to retire and settle in Paris, where Adrien hopes to make some wise investments that will make him even richer... [More...]
Suivez-moi jeune homme (1958)
Guy Lefranc
Aristide Oranos, a wealthy ship owner, is in love with Françoise, a shop assistant in a jeweller's shop. When the young woman rejects him several times, Aristide becomes convinced that she already has a man in her life and hires a private detective, Michel Corbier, to spy on her... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Aristide Oranos, a wealthy ship owner, is in love with Françoise, a shop assistant in a jeweller's shop. When the young woman rejects him several times, Aristide becomes convinced that she already has a man in her life and hires a private detective, Michel Corbier, to spy on her... [More...]