Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Un amour de Swann (1984)
Volker Schlöndorff
Jewish intellectual Charles Swann has overcome prejudice and now occupies a prominent position in society, enjoying the friendship of such notables as the Baron de Charlus...
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Volker Schlöndorff
Un amour impossible (2018)
Catherine Corsini
Towards the end of the 1950s, Rachel is a modest office worker in her early twenties who lives in the central French town of Châteauroux...
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Catherine Corsini
Un ange (2001)
Miguel Courtois
As she walks out of prison, Léa's only thought is to make a fresh start in life, far from the father who has no interest in her and the brother, Samy, whose criminal exploits got her arrested and sent away...
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Miguel Courtois
Un assassin qui passe (1981)
Michel Vianey
Jacques, a modest bank employee in Paris, finds it hard to enter into any kind of normal relationship with the opposite sex...
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Michel Vianey
Un baiser papillon (2011)
Karine Silla
Billie is a settled forty year old who is devoted to her husband Louis. She is happily married with two children and life couldn't be better for her...
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Karine Silla
Un baiser s'il vous plaît (2007)
Emmanuel Mouret
During a business trip to Nantes, Emilie loses her way and asks a stranger, Gabriel, for directions. Gabriel feels instantly drawn to the attractive young woman and offers her a lift in his van... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
During a business trip to Nantes, Emilie loses her way and asks a stranger, Gabriel, for directions. Gabriel feels instantly drawn to the attractive young woman and offers her a lift in his van... [More...]
Un balcon sur la mer (2010)
Nicole Garcia
Marc Palestro leads an idyllic life in Aix-en-Provence in the sunny south of France. A 40-something estate agent, he has a beautiful house and an even more beautiful family... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
Marc Palestro leads an idyllic life in Aix-en-Provence in the sunny south of France. A 40-something estate agent, he has a beautiful house and an even more beautiful family... [More...]
Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (2009)
Rithy Panh
Indochina in 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a middle-aged mother is struggling to get by with her two children, Joseph and Suzanne, who are 20 and 16 respectively... [More...]
Rithy Panh
Indochina in 1931. In the Gulf of Siam, a middle-aged mother is struggling to get by with her two children, Joseph and Suzanne, who are 20 and 16 respectively... [More...]
Un beau dimanche (2014)
Nicole Garcia
Baptiste is a loner. A teacher in the south of France, he has never occupied a single post for more than one term. One weekend, he finds himself in charge of Mathias, one of his pupils, who has been left behind by his neglectful father... [More...]
Nicole Garcia
Baptiste is a loner. A teacher in the south of France, he has never occupied a single post for more than one term. One weekend, he finds himself in charge of Mathias, one of his pupils, who has been left behind by his neglectful father... [More...]
Un beau soleil intérieur (2017)
Claire Denis
After breaking up with her husband, Isabelle, a Parisian artist, is torn between her new quest for love and her desire to live life to the fullest extent... [More...]
Claire Denis
After breaking up with her husband, Isabelle, a Parisian artist, is torn between her new quest for love and her desire to live life to the fullest extent... [More...]
Un carnet de bal (1937)
Julien Duvivier
To take her mind off the recent death of her husband, Christine de Guérande begins sorting through her old possessions and is surprised to find her dance card for her coming out ball many years ago... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
To take her mind off the recent death of her husband, Christine de Guérande begins sorting through her old possessions and is surprised to find her dance card for her coming out ball many years ago... [More...]
Un certain Monsieur Jo (1958)
René Jolivet
Jo Guardini, known to everyone as Monsieur Jo, leads a quiet, honest life running an inn on an island on the River Marne... [More...]
René Jolivet
Jo Guardini, known to everyone as Monsieur Jo, leads a quiet, honest life running an inn on an island on the River Marne... [More...]
Un chant d'amour (1950)
Jean Genet
In a French prison, two inmates in solitary cells try to communicate with one another. One is young, clean and handsome; the other somewhat older, unshaved and unkempt... [More...]
Jean Genet
In a French prison, two inmates in solitary cells try to communicate with one another. One is young, clean and handsome; the other somewhat older, unshaved and unkempt... [More...]
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1928)
René Clair
The year is 1895. Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse picks up and eats a straw hat. The owner of the hat is a married woman who, at the time, is in the embrace of a French officer, Lieutenant Tavernier... [More...]
René Clair
The year is 1895. Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse picks up and eats a straw hat. The owner of the hat is a married woman who, at the time, is in the embrace of a French officer, Lieutenant Tavernier... [More...]
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1944)
Maurice Cammage
On the morning of his wedding to the beautiful Hélène, Fadinard goes for a ride in his horse and cart. Disaster strikes unexpectedly when his horse devours a straw hat belonging to a young married woman named Anaïs Beaupertuis, who is out for a stroll with a male friend... [More...]
Maurice Cammage
On the morning of his wedding to the beautiful Hélène, Fadinard goes for a ride in his horse and cart. Disaster strikes unexpectedly when his horse devours a straw hat belonging to a young married woman named Anaïs Beaupertuis, who is out for a stroll with a male friend... [More...]
Un cheval pour deux (1962)
Jean-Marc Thibault
On the very day that Paris is liberated by the Allies, 24th August 1944, a young man named Maurice is glad to be released from prison... [More...]
Jean-Marc Thibault
On the very day that Paris is liberated by the Allies, 24th August 1944, a young man named Maurice is glad to be released from prison... [More...]
Un chien andalou (1929)
Luis Buñuel
One night, a man sharpens his cut-throat razor before using it to slice open a young woman's eye... Eight years later, the same woman invites a man into her apartment... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
One night, a man sharpens his cut-throat razor before using it to slice open a young woman's eye... Eight years later, the same woman invites a man into her apartment... [More...]
Un chien qui rapporte (1932)
Jean Choux
Whilst Josyane Plaisir is content with her lot as a cabaret artiste, two things are missing in her life: love and wealth... [More...]
Jean Choux
Whilst Josyane Plaisir is content with her lot as a cabaret artiste, two things are missing in her life: love and wealth... [More...]
Un coeur en hiver (1992)
Claude Sautet
Stéphane and Maxime are partners in a successful business that makes and repairs violins. Stéphane is surprised when, one day, Maxime announces he is in love and plans to marry one of his clients, an attractive young violinist named Camille... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Stéphane and Maxime are partners in a successful business that makes and repairs violins. Stéphane is surprised when, one day, Maxime announces he is in love and plans to marry one of his clients, an attractive young violinist named Camille... [More...]
Un coeur simple (2008)
Marion Laine
Félicité may have the appearance of a simpleton but she is a young woman of the purest heart, born to love others even if they cannot love her with the same sincerity... [More...]
Marion Laine
Félicité may have the appearance of a simpleton but she is a young woman of the purest heart, born to love others even if they cannot love her with the same sincerity... [More...]
Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (1956)
Robert Bresson
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, Lieutenant Fontaine is arrested by the Gestapo for his involvement with the Resistance... [More...]
Robert Bresson
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, Lieutenant Fontaine is arrested by the Gestapo for his involvement with the Resistance... [More...]
Un condé (1970)
Yves Boisset
Transferred to another police department after running into difficulties with his superiors, Inspector Favenin is paired up with a younger, more inexperienced colleague Barnero in the pursuit of a notorious drugs trafficker Tavernier, known to his associates as Le Mandarin... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Transferred to another police department after running into difficulties with his superiors, Inspector Favenin is paired up with a younger, more inexperienced colleague Barnero in the pursuit of a notorious drugs trafficker Tavernier, known to his associates as Le Mandarin... [More...]
Un conte de Noël (2008)
Arnaud Desplechin
Abel and Junon Vuillard are a happily married couple with three children who could not be more different. Although a great deal of water has passed under the bridge since, early in their marriage the couple suffered a terrible tragedy which time still hasn't healed... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Abel and Junon Vuillard are a happily married couple with three children who could not be more different. Although a great deal of water has passed under the bridge since, early in their marriage the couple suffered a terrible tragedy which time still hasn't healed... [More...]
Un couple épatant (2002)
Lucas Belvaux
After a medical examination, Alain Costes manages to convince himself that he has an incurable illness. His attempt to conceal his mounting anxiety and depression causes his wife, Cécile, to think that he may be having an affair with another woman... [More...]
Lucas Belvaux
After a medical examination, Alain Costes manages to convince himself that he has an incurable illness. His attempt to conceal his mounting anxiety and depression causes his wife, Cécile, to think that he may be having an affair with another woman... [More...]
Un couteau dans le coeur (2018)
Yann Gonzalez
In the late 1970s, Anne Parèze is a 40-something producer of low-budget porn movies based in Paris. As her career wanes, she turns to drink and becomes increasingly emotionally unstable... [More...]
Yann Gonzalez
In the late 1970s, Anne Parèze is a 40-something producer of low-budget porn movies based in Paris. As her career wanes, she turns to drink and becomes increasingly emotionally unstable... [More...]
Un crime (1993)
Jacques Deray
Fifteen months after being arrested for the murder of his wealthy parents, Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel is acquitted on evidence provided by his girlfriend, Franca Miller... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Fifteen months after being arrested for the murder of his wealthy parents, Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel is acquitted on evidence provided by his girlfriend, Franca Miller... [More...]
Un crime au paradis (2001)
Jean Becker
After twenty years of marriage Hell, goatherd Jojo Braconnier has finally turned his thoughts to ridding himself of his odious wife Lulu... [More...]
Jean Becker
After twenty years of marriage Hell, goatherd Jojo Braconnier has finally turned his thoughts to ridding himself of his odious wife Lulu... [More...]
Un de la Canebière (1937)
René Pujol
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible are three friends who lead an amiable existence as humble fishermen in the sunny port of Marseille... [More...]
René Pujol
Toinet, Girelle and Pénible are three friends who lead an amiable existence as humble fishermen in the sunny port of Marseille... [More...]
Un de la légion (1936)
Christian-Jaque
Fernand Espitalion is a timid man who quietly accepts the humiliations heaped on him by his domineering wife Antoinette. Theirs is a marriage of convenience not mutual tenderness... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Fernand Espitalion is a timid man who quietly accepts the humiliations heaped on him by his domineering wife Antoinette. Theirs is a marriage of convenience not mutual tenderness... [More...]
Un dimanche à la campagne (1984)
Bertrand Tavernier
Monsieur Ladmiral is an ageing painter who lives alone in his large country house, cared for by his loyal housekeeper Mercédès... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Monsieur Ladmiral is an ageing painter who lives alone in his large country house, cared for by his loyal housekeeper Mercédès... [More...]