Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Les Vierges (1963)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Five young women from very different backgrounds in the 1960s experience their first romantic coupling: Marie Claude flirts with two young men, François and Rémy, but she gives herself to a total stranger at the fairground...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
Les Vieux de la vieille (1960)
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière...
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Gilles Grangier
Le Vieux fusil (1975)
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat...
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Robert Enrico
Les Vignes du Seigneur (1958)
Jean Boyer
After an interval of eighteen months, Henri returns to his old friend Count Hubert of Kardec with the news that he is completely cured of his dipsomania...
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Jean Boyer
Le Vilain (2009)
Albert Dupontel
An elderly widow, Maniette Thomas, is surprised when a wild-looking stranger turns up on her doorstep. She can hardly believe it is her son Sidney, the little rascal she hasn't seen for twenty years...
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Albert Dupontel
Villa Amalia (2009)
Benoît Jacquot
Ann Hidewitz is so shocked when she sees her husband kiss another woman that her whole world collapses in an instant. Abandoning her career as a world class musician, she disposes of everything she possesses and embarks on a long journey across Europe... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Ann Hidewitz is so shocked when she sees her husband kiss another woman that her whole world collapses in an instant. Abandoning her career as a world class musician, she disposes of everything she possesses and embarks on a long journey across Europe... [More...]
Ville à vendre (1992)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor... [More...]
La Ville est tranquille (2000)
Robert Guédiguian
On the surface, Marseilles appears to be a town at ease with itself, yet social problems run ever deeper and, for its inhabitants, life is anything but tranquil... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
On the surface, Marseilles appears to be a town at ease with itself, yet social problems run ever deeper and, for its inhabitants, life is anything but tranquil... [More...]
La Ville-bidon (1973)
Jacques Baratier
With the help of an architect and a real estate agent, a deputy mayor plans to build a new town on a site that is presently occupied by a slum and a rubbish tip... [More...]
Jacques Baratier
With the help of an architect and a real estate agent, a deputy mayor plans to build a new town on a site that is presently occupied by a slum and a rubbish tip... [More...]
Vincent n'a pas d'écailles (2015)
Thomas Salvador
On the spur of the moment, Vincent leaves the city and heads south to Provence in search of a new life. Here, he finds work as a labourer on a construction site and takes time out to go swimming in the region's bountiful lakes and rivers... [More...]
Thomas Salvador
On the spur of the moment, Vincent leaves the city and heads south to Provence in search of a new life. Here, he finds work as a labourer on a construction site and takes time out to go swimming in the region's bountiful lakes and rivers... [More...]
Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974)
Claude Sautet
Every weekend without fail, three old friends - Vincent, François and Paul - meet up to take their mind off their personal and professional anxieties... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Every weekend without fail, three old friends - Vincent, François and Paul - meet up to take their mind off their personal and professional anxieties... [More...]
Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré (2003)
Jean-Marc Moutout
A young business graduate, Philippe Seigner, can hardly believe his good fortune when he lands a job with an exclusive firm of management consultants, based in Paris... [More...]
Jean-Marc Moutout
A young business graduate, Philippe Seigner, can hardly believe his good fortune when he lands a job with an exclusive firm of management consultants, based in Paris... [More...]
Violette (2013)
Martin Provost
Violette Leduc, a woman born outside of wedlock at the start of the last century, meets the intellectual Simone de Beauvoir in St-Germain-des-Prés shortly after the war... [More...]
Martin Provost
Violette Leduc, a woman born outside of wedlock at the start of the last century, meets the intellectual Simone de Beauvoir in St-Germain-des-Prés shortly after the war... [More...]
Violette & François (1977)
Jacques Rouffio
Violette loses her job in a bank after a heated argument with her boss. Her good-for-nothing boyfriend François is unable to hold a job down for more than a few days and so is unable to make up the shortfall in their household income... [More...]
Jacques Rouffio
Violette loses her job in a bank after a heated argument with her boss. Her good-for-nothing boyfriend François is unable to hold a job down for more than a few days and so is unable to make up the shortfall in their household income... [More...]
Violette Nozière (1978)
Claude Chabrol
In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, leads a respectable middleclass existence with her father Baptiste, a railway engineer, and mother Germaine... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, leads a respectable middleclass existence with her father Baptiste, a railway engineer, and mother Germaine... [More...]
Vipère au poing (2004)
Philippe de Broca
In middle-age, Jean Rezeau recalls his eventful childhood, beginning with the death of his grandmother in 1926. Hitherto, Jean and his elder brother Freddie had enjoyed a happy life in the family's country estate, cherished by their grandmother and their servants... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
In middle-age, Jean Rezeau recalls his eventful childhood, beginning with the death of his grandmother in 1926. Hitherto, Jean and his elder brother Freddie had enjoyed a happy life in the family's country estate, cherished by their grandmother and their servants... [More...]
Virgile (1953)
Carlo Rim
François Virgile is a likeable young man but his attempts to make something of his life are continually thwarted by a curse which, he believes, has brought misery and misfortune to generations of his family... [More...]
Carlo Rim
François Virgile is a likeable young man but his attempts to make something of his life are continually thwarted by a curse which, he believes, has brought misery and misfortune to generations of his family... [More...]
Visages d'enfants (1925)
Jacques Feyder
In Saint-Luc, a remote village in the Swiss Alps, the president, Pierre Amsler, mourns the death of his wife. Whilst his 4-year old daughter Pierrette is seemingly unaffected, his 11-year old son Jean is traumatised by this tragic loss... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
In Saint-Luc, a remote village in the Swiss Alps, the president, Pierre Amsler, mourns the death of his wife. Whilst his 4-year old daughter Pierrette is seemingly unaffected, his 11-year old son Jean is traumatised by this tragic loss... [More...]
Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]
Les Visiteurs (1993)
Jean-Marie Poiré
The year is 1122 and the kingdom of the Franks is locked in a seemingly interminable war against the Norman kings of England... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
The year is 1122 and the kingdom of the Franks is locked in a seemingly interminable war against the Norman kings of England... [More...]
Viva Maria! (1965)
Louis Malle
In 1907, Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley finds herself alone in Central America. Her father, an Irish political agitator, has just been killed in his latest terrorist strike against the British Empire... [More...]
Louis Malle
In 1907, Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley finds herself alone in Central America. Her father, an Irish political agitator, has just been killed in his latest terrorist strike against the British Empire... [More...]
Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour! (1961)
Claude Autant-Lara
In his 56th year, King Henri IV, Count of Navarre, is having problems with his wife, Marie de Medicis. Marie has many reasons to be jealous of the king's two mistresses, Jacqueline de Bueil and Henriette d'Entrague, particularly as the latter has borne him children... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In his 56th year, King Henri IV, Count of Navarre, is having problems with his wife, Marie de Medicis. Marie has many reasons to be jealous of the king's two mistresses, Jacqueline de Bueil and Henriette d'Entrague, particularly as the latter has borne him children... [More...]
Vive la France (2013)
Michaël Youn
Who has heard of Taboulistan? That's the problem: nobody! This is a tiny speck of a country in Asia that no one outside of Taboulistan has ever heard of - and this is something that the patriotic son of the country's president intends to put right... [More...]
Michaël Youn
Who has heard of Taboulistan? That's the problem: nobody! This is a tiny speck of a country in Asia that no one outside of Taboulistan has ever heard of - and this is something that the patriotic son of the country's president intends to put right... [More...]
Vive le Tour (1962)
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year... [More...]
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year... [More...]
Vive nous! (2000)
Camille de Casabianca
When her husband, Yves, suddenly reveals that he has been having an affair, his wife and business partner Valérie is taken aback... [More...]
Camille de Casabianca
When her husband, Yves, suddenly reveals that he has been having an affair, his wife and business partner Valérie is taken aback... [More...]
Vivement dimanche! (1983)
François Truffaut
When a man named Massoulier is shot dead, estate agent Julien Vercel is arrested as his fingerprints are on the dead man's car... [More...]
François Truffaut
When a man named Massoulier is shot dead, estate agent Julien Vercel is arrested as his fingerprints are on the dead man's car... [More...]
Vivre me tue (2002)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Paul Smaïl, 27, is an ambitious young man of Arab descent living in Paris with his parents and younger brother Daniel... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Paul Smaïl, 27, is an ambitious young man of Arab descent living in Paris with his parents and younger brother Daniel... [More...]
Vivre pour vivre (1967)
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Vivre sa vie (1962)
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Voici le temps des assassins (1956)
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]