Film Index
French cinema: All genres
La Cage aux rossignols (1945)
Jean Dréville
Clément Mathieu has written a book, La Cage aux Rossignols, which recounts his recent experiences as a teacher in a typical French boys' school...
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Jean Dréville
La Cage (1975)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Julien, a successful property developer, gets more than he bargained for when he accepts an invitation to dinner with his ex-wife Hélène at her detached residence in the suburbs of Paris...
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Pierre Granier-Deferre
Cages (2008)
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity...
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Olivier Masset-Depasse
Cagliostro (1929)
Richard Oswald
In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller...
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Richard Oswald
Le Caïd (1960)
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs...
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Bernard Borderie
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...]
Calvaire (2004)
Fabrice Du Welz
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Fabrice Du Welz
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Caméléone (1996)
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection... [More...]
Benoît Cohen
One night, Léa, a former prostitute, shoots dead a man who has been stalking her. The killing is witnessed by two newspaper delivery men, Luc and Jean, who offer Léa protection... [More...]
Camille Claudel (1988)
Bruno Nuytten
In the early 1880s, Camille Claudel settles in Paris with her family, and with the support of her mother and brother Paul she is able to devote herself to her art with the hope of becoming a great sculptor... [More...]
Bruno Nuytten
In the early 1880s, Camille Claudel settles in Paris with her family, and with the support of her mother and brother Paul she is able to devote herself to her art with the hope of becoming a great sculptor... [More...]
Camille Claudel, 1915 (2013)
Bruno Dumont
Winter 1915. The renowned sculptor Camille Claudel finds herself incarcerated in an asylum in the south of France. Her family have given up on her and it seems that after a turbulent life she will be forced to live out the rest of her days as a pitiful recluse... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
Winter 1915. The renowned sculptor Camille Claudel finds herself incarcerated in an asylum in the south of France. Her family have given up on her and it seems that after a turbulent life she will be forced to live out the rest of her days as a pitiful recluse... [More...]
Camille redouble (2012)
Noémie Lvovsky
Camille, a 40-something actress, gets an unexpected shock when she returns home one day to find her husband Eric packing his bags... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
Camille, a 40-something actress, gets an unexpected shock when she returns home one day to find her husband Eric packing his bags... [More...]
Camping (2006)
Fabien Onteniente
Every August for the last thirty years, Jacky and Laurette Pic have spent their summer holiday near the same stretch of French coast, pitching their caravan in exactly the same spot in the same camp site, Les Flots Bleus... [More...]
Fabien Onteniente
Every August for the last thirty years, Jacky and Laurette Pic have spent their summer holiday near the same stretch of French coast, pitching their caravan in exactly the same spot in the same camp site, Les Flots Bleus... [More...]
Camping 2 (2010)
Fabien Onteniente
Jean-Pierre Savelli is in the midst of a mid-life crisis. A forty-something insurance broker from Clermont-Ferrand, he is stunned when his wife Valérie tells him she wants to put their relationship on hold for a while... [More...]
Fabien Onteniente
Jean-Pierre Savelli is in the midst of a mid-life crisis. A forty-something insurance broker from Clermont-Ferrand, he is stunned when his wife Valérie tells him she wants to put their relationship on hold for a while... [More...]
Camping à la ferme (2005)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Six juvenile delinquents from inner city Paris are offered an alternative to the usual short sharp shock of a prison sentence - a month in the country doing odd jobs for the community... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Six juvenile delinquents from inner city Paris are offered an alternative to the usual short sharp shock of a prison sentence - a month in the country doing odd jobs for the community... [More...]
Le Cancre (2016)
Paul Vecchiali
Rodolphe is a man in his eighties who stubbornly insists on continuing to live on his own at his house in the south of France... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
Rodolphe is a man in his eighties who stubbornly insists on continuing to live on his own at his house in the south of France... [More...]
Le Candidat (2007)
Niels Arestrup
On the eve of a presidential election, Michel Dedieu is called upon to replace his party leader. As an army of political advisors close in on him, Dedieu struggles to create a positive image for himself, ahead of a crucial televised debate with his opponent...... [More...]
Niels Arestrup
On the eve of a presidential election, Michel Dedieu is called upon to replace his party leader. As an army of political advisors close in on him, Dedieu struggles to create a positive image for himself, ahead of a crucial televised debate with his opponent...... [More...]
Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Canicule (1984)
Yves Boisset
Jimmy Cobb is an ageing American gangster whose attempt to raid a bank in Orleans goes badly wrong. Pursued by the police, he manages to escape to the country with his ill-gotten gains, which he buries in a wheatfield... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Jimmy Cobb is an ageing American gangster whose attempt to raid a bank in Orleans goes badly wrong. Pursued by the police, he manages to escape to the country with his ill-gotten gains, which he buries in a wheatfield... [More...]
Cannabis (1970)
Pierre Koralnik
Serge Morgan is a hitman in the employ of the American Mafia. Having fulfilled his latest contract, he takes a plane to Paris... [More...]
Pierre Koralnik
Serge Morgan is a hitman in the employ of the American Mafia. Having fulfilled his latest contract, he takes a plane to Paris... [More...]
Le Cantinier de la coloniale (1938)
Henry Wulschleger
After a long career in the French infantry, Piéchu ends up confined to barracks as a lowly canteen worker. One day, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited a vast fortune, but the prospect of sudden wealth brings with it only a host of worries... [More...]
Henry Wulschleger
After a long career in the French infantry, Piéchu ends up confined to barracks as a lowly canteen worker. One day, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited a vast fortune, but the prospect of sudden wealth brings with it only a host of worries... [More...]
Le Cap de l'espérance (1951)
Raymond Bernard
Bob Legeay, a failed lawyer, ends up in a Mediterranean port where he becomes mixed up with a gang of crooks whilst sponging off his mistress Lyna, an older woman who runs a popular bar in the locality... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Bob Legeay, a failed lawyer, ends up in a Mediterranean port where he becomes mixed up with a gang of crooks whilst sponging off his mistress Lyna, an older woman who runs a popular bar in the locality... [More...]
Capitaine Achab (2008)
Philippe Ramos
Captain Achab is the most famous seaman of the 19th century, but who exactly was he and why do we remember him? Five people who knew him well conjure up their memories of this great man - his father, his aunt, a priest, a sailor and his beloved Anna... [More...]
Philippe Ramos
Captain Achab is the most famous seaman of the 19th century, but who exactly was he and why do we remember him? Five people who knew him well conjure up their memories of this great man - his father, his aunt, a priest, a sailor and his beloved Anna... [More...]
Capitaine Conan (1996)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1929)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night... [More...]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1943)
Abel Gance
Penniless and alone, the young Baron of Cigognac is ready to join his ancestors in the family vault beneath his run-down chateau... [More...]
Abel Gance
Penniless and alone, the young Baron of Cigognac is ready to join his ancestors in the family vault beneath his run-down chateau... [More...]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1961)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
It is 17th century France. The impoverished baron de Sigognac allows a band of travelling actors to spend the night in his run-down castle... [More...]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
It is 17th century France. The impoverished baron de Sigognac allows a band of travelling actors to spend the night in his run-down castle... [More...]
Capitaine Pantoufle (1953)
Guy Lefranc
Emmanuel Bonnavent, a modest bank clerk who is fed up with his monotonous existence, likes to imagine how much happier he would be if he had the money to buy an expensive car or depart on an ocean cruise to some exotic clime... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Emmanuel Bonnavent, a modest bank clerk who is fed up with his monotonous existence, likes to imagine how much happier he would be if he had the money to buy an expensive car or depart on an ocean cruise to some exotic clime... [More...]
Le Capital (2012)
Costa-Gavras
Marmande is the CEO of Phénix Bank, Europe's leading financial institution. When he is diagnosed with testicular cancer, he immediately appoints a rank outsider, Marc Tourneuil, as his acting successor... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Marmande is the CEO of Phénix Bank, Europe's leading financial institution. When he is diagnosed with testicular cancer, he immediately appoints a rank outsider, Marc Tourneuil, as his acting successor... [More...]
Le Capitan (1960)
André Hunebelle
France, 1616. After the assassination of Henri IV, the queen mother Marie de Médicis governs France in the name of the young king, Louis XIII... [More...]
André Hunebelle
France, 1616. After the assassination of Henri IV, the queen mother Marie de Médicis governs France in the name of the young king, Louis XIII... [More...]
Le Caporal épinglé (1962)
Jean Renoir
June, 1940. In a German prisoner-of-war camp in North-East France, three soldiers are united by their desire to escape and return to their ordinary civilian lives... [More...]
Jean Renoir
June, 1940. In a German prisoner-of-war camp in North-East France, three soldiers are united by their desire to escape and return to their ordinary civilian lives... [More...]