Film Index
French cinema: All genres
Caprice (2015)
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life...
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Emmanuel Mouret
Caprices (1942)
Léo Joannon
Lise and Philippe are two comfortably off young people who, to relieve their crushing boredom, resort to what they believe is some harmless playacting...
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Léo Joannon
Les Caprices d'un fleuve (1996)
Bernard Giraudeau
In 1786, Jean-François de la Plaine, a friend of King Louis XVI of France, kills a man in a duel. By way of punishment, he is sent into exile and made governor of a small French trading post in West Africa, Port Saint-Louis...
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Bernard Giraudeau
Captifs (2010)
Yann Gozlan
Carole, Samir and Dr Mathias make up a medical team that has been carrying out essential humanitarian work in the Balkans during the Yugoslav conflict...
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Yann Gozlan
La Captive (2000)
Chantal Akerman
Simon is a cultivated young writer who is morbidly obsessed with knowing everything about his girlfriend Ariane. Even though they cohabit, living in adjacent rooms in a large Parisian apartment belonging to Simon's grandmother, they seem unable to connect fully...
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Chantal Akerman
Les Carabiniers (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Carambolages (1963)
Marcel Bluwal
Paul Martin may be a lowly groundfloor employee of a leisure events company but he has big ambitions, and you can see why... [More...]
Marcel Bluwal
Paul Martin may be a lowly groundfloor employee of a leisure events company but he has big ambitions, and you can see why... [More...]
La Carapate (1978)
Gérard Oury
May 1968. Sentenced to death for murder, Martial Gaulard is being held in a prison in Lyons. Convinced of his innocence, his lawyer - Jean-Philippe Duroc - is sure he can get the death sentence commuted by “presidential grace”... [More...]
Gérard Oury
May 1968. Sentenced to death for murder, Martial Gaulard is being held in a prison in Lyons. Convinced of his innocence, his lawyer - Jean-Philippe Duroc - is sure he can get the death sentence commuted by “presidential grace”... [More...]
La Carcasse et le tord-cou (1948)
René Chanas
Tord-Cou is a misanthropic drunken old man who scrapes a living as a country policeman in a little village on the Grand Vau plateau in the remote depths of rural France... [More...]
René Chanas
Tord-Cou is a misanthropic drunken old man who scrapes a living as a country policeman in a little village on the Grand Vau plateau in the remote depths of rural France... [More...]
Cargaison blanche (1937)
Robert Siodmak
In Spain, Blanco is the boss of a notorious white slavery ring which lures attractive young women with the promise of a dancing career and ships them off to Brazil to be sold as prostitutes... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In Spain, Blanco is the boss of a notorious white slavery ring which lures attractive young women with the promise of a dancing career and ships them off to Brazil to be sold as prostitutes... [More...]
Cargaison blanche (1958)
Georges Lacombe
After her colleague Jean is killed in a road accident, aspiring reporter Françoise soon suspects he may have been the victim of foul play and begins her own investigation... [More...]
Georges Lacombe
After her colleague Jean is killed in a road accident, aspiring reporter Françoise soon suspects he may have been the victim of foul play and begins her own investigation... [More...]
Carlos (2010)
Olivier Assayas
A legend in his own lifetime, Carlos the Jackal (né Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) was at the epicentre of international terrorism in the 1970s and '80s... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
A legend in his own lifetime, Carlos the Jackal (né Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) was at the epicentre of international terrorism in the 1970s and '80s... [More...]
Carmen (1926)
Jacques Feyder
After killing a man in a duel, Don José Lizzarabengoa is forced to flee his home in Navarre. On his arrival in Castille, he enlists in the army and soon becomes a sergeant in the regiment at Almanza... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
After killing a man in a duel, Don José Lizzarabengoa is forced to flee his home in Navarre. On his arrival in Castille, he enlists in the army and soon becomes a sergeant in the regiment at Almanza... [More...]
Carmen (1945)
Christian-Jaque
Seville, Spain. As soon as Don José, a naive young lieutenant, sets eyes on the dark haired beauty Carmen he makes himself her slave, like so many men before him... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Seville, Spain. As soon as Don José, a naive young lieutenant, sets eyes on the dark haired beauty Carmen he makes himself her slave, like so many men before him... [More...]
Carnaval (1953)
Henri Verneuil
Dardamelle, an architect living in Aix-en-Provence, is blissfully unaware that his wife, Francine, is having an affair with another man... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Dardamelle, an architect living in Aix-en-Provence, is blissfully unaware that his wife, Francine, is having an affair with another man... [More...]
Caroline chérie (1951)
Richard Pottier
July, 1789. On the eve of the French Revolution, Caroline de Bièvre is sixteen years old. Arriving in Paris to complete her education, she is disappointed to find that her intended, Gaston de Sallanches, has a mistress... [More...]
Richard Pottier
July, 1789. On the eve of the French Revolution, Caroline de Bièvre is sixteen years old. Arriving in Paris to complete her education, she is disappointed to find that her intended, Gaston de Sallanches, has a mistress... [More...]
Caroline chérie (1968)
Denys de La Patellière
France, July, 1789. The French Revolution has just started to get under way but, oblivious to the tempest that is heading their way, a group of aristocrats amuse themselves one sunny day in the Bois de Vincennes... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
France, July, 1789. The French Revolution has just started to get under way but, oblivious to the tempest that is heading their way, a group of aristocrats amuse themselves one sunny day in the Bois de Vincennes... [More...]
Carré de valets (1947)
André Berthomieu
Madame de La Bastide has high hopes that her son Jacques will follow in his father's footsteps and become a highly respected lawyer... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Madame de La Bastide has high hopes that her son Jacques will follow in his father's footsteps and become a highly respected lawyer... [More...]
Carrefour (1938)
Curtis Bernhardt
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vétheuil, finds himself in court, charged with being an impostor. Twenty years ago, whilst serving in WWI, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in him losing his memory... [More...]
Curtis Bernhardt
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vétheuil, finds himself in court, charged with being an impostor. Twenty years ago, whilst serving in WWI, he suffered a severe head wound which resulted in him losing his memory... [More...]
Le Carrefour des enfants perdus (1944)
Léo Joannon
Marseille, 1940. In the chaotic aftermath of France's capitulation to Nazi Germany, three former inmates of a reform school meet up by chance... [More...]
Léo Joannon
Marseille, 1940. In the chaotic aftermath of France's capitulation to Nazi Germany, three former inmates of a reform school meet up by chance... [More...]
Carrément à l'Ouest (2001)
Jacques Doillon
Alex is a drug-dealer and swindler with a violent streak. When one of his clients, a student named François, fails to give him the money he is owed, he reacts as he always reacts, by beating up his debtor... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Alex is a drug-dealer and swindler with a violent streak. When one of his clients, a student named François, fails to give him the money he is owed, he reacts as he always reacts, by beating up his debtor... [More...]
La Carrière de Suzanne (1963)
Eric Rohmer
Bertrand and Guillaume, two students at university in Paris, are very different in both their temperament and their attitude... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Bertrand and Guillaume, two students at university in Paris, are very different in both their temperament and their attitude... [More...]
Le Carrosse d'or (1953)
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla... [More...]
Cartouche (1962)
Philippe de Broca
France in the early 1700s. Calling himself Cartouche, Louis Dominique Bourguignon belongs to a gang of Parisian thieves led by the tyrannical Malichot... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
France in the early 1700s. Calling himself Cartouche, Louis Dominique Bourguignon belongs to a gang of Parisian thieves led by the tyrannical Malichot... [More...]
Le Cas du Dr Laurent (1957)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Docteur Laurent leaves Paris to start a new practice in a French mountain community. At first, he is treated as an outsider and shunned by the locals... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Docteur Laurent leaves Paris to start a new practice in a French mountain community. At first, he is treated as an outsider and shunned by the locals... [More...]
Cash (2008)
Eric Besnard
When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own... [More...]
Eric Besnard
When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own... [More...]
Casimir (1950)
Richard Pottier
Success may so far have eluded him in his chosen career but Casimir is certain that he will soon make enough money as a travelling salesman to allow him to marry his beloved fiancée... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Success may so far have eluded him in his chosen career but Casimir is certain that he will soon make enough money as a travelling salesman to allow him to marry his beloved fiancée... [More...]
Casque bleu (1994)
Gérard Jugnot
Bordeaux winegrower Patrick Ponsac finds himself on the receiving end of his jealous wife's ire when he dares to start an affair with another woman... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
Bordeaux winegrower Patrick Ponsac finds himself on the receiving end of his jealous wife's ire when he dares to start an affair with another woman... [More...]
Casque d'or (1952)
Jacques Becker
The setting is the Belleville district of Paris circa 1900. At a riverside guinguette, carpenter Georges Manda meets an attractive young woman named Marie and immediately falls under her spell... [More...]
Jacques Becker
The setting is the Belleville district of Paris circa 1900. At a riverside guinguette, carpenter Georges Manda meets an attractive young woman named Marie and immediately falls under her spell... [More...]
Casse-tête chinois (2013)
Cédric Klapisch
Now that he has reached the grand old age of 40, Xavier finds that his life is getting more and more complicated. The father of two children, his mania for travel has taken him to New York, Chinatown to be precise... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
Now that he has reached the grand old age of 40, Xavier finds that his life is getting more and more complicated. The father of two children, his mania for travel has taken him to New York, Chinatown to be precise... [More...]