Film Index
French cinema: All genres
La Collectionneuse (1967)
Eric Rohmer
On the pretext of buying a painting for his new art gallery, Adrien heads off to the south of France for his summer holidays at a villa belonging to a friend, whilst his girlfriend Mijanou is away in London...
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Eric Rohmer
Le Colonel Chabert (1943)
René Le Hénaff
Paris, 1817. The wealthy Countess Ferraud is distressed when she begins to receive letters from her husband, Colonel Chabert, who was reported to have died during the Napoleonic wars ten years before...
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René Le Hénaff
Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
Yves Angelo
Colonel Chabert is mistaken for dead during the Napoleonic war with Russia. When he returns to Paris some years later, he finds that his wife, Anne, has married the Count Ferraud, and is using Chabert's wealth to finance Ferraud's social advancement...
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Yves Angelo
Le Colonel est de la revue (1957)
Maurice Labro
Calla and his darling wife Cora are members of a society gathering that meets up from time to time to play at being gangsters...
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Maurice Labro
Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec (2008)
Antoine de Caunes
In 1980, Coluche is one of the most popular comic performers in France. He attracts the size of audience other comedians can only dream of, be it on stage, on television or on the radio...
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Antoine de Caunes
Le Combat dans l'île (1962)
Alain Cavalier
Clément Lesser belongs to a clandestine group of rightwing political extremists who have no time for democracy and who believe in taking political power by force... [More...]
Alain Cavalier
Clément Lesser belongs to a clandestine group of rightwing political extremists who have no time for democracy and who believe in taking political power by force... [More...]
Le Combat ordinaire (2015)
Laurent Tuel
Marco is a young thirty-something who may appear a tad surly but he is always full of good intentions. Once a war photographer, he now leads a tormented existence as he sets about trying to rebuild his life... [More...]
Laurent Tuel
Marco is a young thirty-something who may appear a tad surly but he is always full of good intentions. Once a war photographer, he now leads a tormented existence as he sets about trying to rebuild his life... [More...]
Combien tu m'aimes? (2005)
Bertrand Blier
The star attraction at Charly's popular nightclub in Pigalle is Daniela, an Italian prostitute that no man can resist, apparently... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
The star attraction at Charly's popular nightclub in Pigalle is Daniela, an Italian prostitute that no man can resist, apparently... [More...]
Les Combinards (1966)
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Comédie de l'innocence (2001)
Raoul Ruiz
On his ninth birthday, Camille casually tells his mother, Arianne, that she is not his real mother and that he desperately wants to go home, to his real home... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
On his ninth birthday, Camille casually tells his mother, Arianne, that she is not his real mother and that he desperately wants to go home, to his real home... [More...]
La Comédie du bonheur (1942)
Marcel L'Herbier
When the wealthy banker François Jourdain acquires a taste for spendthrift philanthropy, his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic, in the hope of saving what remains of their inheritance... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
When the wealthy banker François Jourdain acquires a taste for spendthrift philanthropy, his relatives have him committed to a psychiatric clinic, in the hope of saving what remains of their inheritance... [More...]
Le Comédien (1948)
Sacha Guitry
At the age of eight, Lucien Guitry has already made up his mind to become an actor. The son of a shopkeeper, he plays truant from school so that he can memorise the great classics of the French stage... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
At the age of eight, Lucien Guitry has already made up his mind to become an actor. The son of a shopkeeper, he plays truant from school so that he can memorise the great classics of the French stage... [More...]
Comme elle respire (1998)
Pierre Salvadori
Jeanne is a mythomaniac, lying constantly to anyone she meets. She arrives in Paris and gets work as a waitress, where she meets an old woman, Madeleine, who recruits her as a housekeeper... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Jeanne is a mythomaniac, lying constantly to anyone she meets. She arrives in Paris and gets work as a waitress, where she meets an old woman, Madeleine, who recruits her as a housekeeper... [More...]
Comme la lune (1977)
Joël Séria
Roger Pouplard, a forty-something refrigerator repairman with Alpha Male tendencies, leaves his respectable wife and daughter so that he can live with his nubile young mistress Nadia... [More...]
Joël Séria
Roger Pouplard, a forty-something refrigerator repairman with Alpha Male tendencies, leaves his respectable wife and daughter so that he can live with his nubile young mistress Nadia... [More...]
Comme les autres (2008)
Vincent Garenq
Emmanuel has everything a man could want. A good job, a nice apartment and a steady relationship with the man of his dreams, Philippe... [More...]
Vincent Garenq
Emmanuel has everything a man could want. A good job, a nice apartment and a steady relationship with the man of his dreams, Philippe... [More...]
Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
Alexandre Arcady
After the fateful day when her husband was murdered Suzie Hayoun was forced to bring up her five sons by herself. The one thing she managed to drill into them was the importance of solidarity... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
After the fateful day when her husband was murdered Suzie Hayoun was forced to bring up her five sons by herself. The one thing she managed to drill into them was the importance of solidarity... [More...]
Comme un avion (2002)
Marie-France Pisier
Lola Forestier is a 23-year-old law student who lives in Paris. Home for her is a studio flat which is situated just beneath the small apartment where her mother Claire lives with her 15-year-old brother... [More...]
Marie-France Pisier
Lola Forestier is a 23-year-old law student who lives in Paris. Home for her is a studio flat which is situated just beneath the small apartment where her mother Claire lives with her 15-year-old brother... [More...]
Comme un avion (2015)
Bruno Podalydès
Michel is a graphics designer in his fifties. He dreams of the French aviator Jean Mermoz when he takes to his scooter, and yet he has never piloted an aeroplane... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Michel is a graphics designer in his fifties. He dreams of the French aviator Jean Mermoz when he takes to his scooter, and yet he has never piloted an aeroplane... [More...]
Comme un boomerang (1976)
José Giovanni
Whilst under the influence of drugs at a party, the son of a wealthy industrialist accidentally shoots a passing policeman... [More...]
José Giovanni
Whilst under the influence of drugs at a party, the son of a wealthy industrialist accidentally shoots a passing policeman... [More...]
Comme un cheveu sur la soupe (1957)
Maurice Régamey
Rejected by his beloved Wanda, depressed at his failure to find success as a songwriter, Pierre Cousin decides to commit suicide... [More...]
Maurice Régamey
Rejected by his beloved Wanda, depressed at his failure to find success as a songwriter, Pierre Cousin decides to commit suicide... [More...]
Comme un homme (2012)
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Comme une image (2004)
Agnès Jaoui
Lolita is the twenty-year-old daughter of busy publisher Etienne Cassard, a man who is so wrapped up in himself that he fails to notice anything outside his own personal ambit... [More...]
Agnès Jaoui
Lolita is the twenty-year-old daughter of busy publisher Etienne Cassard, a man who is so wrapped up in himself that he fails to notice anything outside his own personal ambit... [More...]
Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
Michel Boisrond
Philippe Lambert tries not to let his tendency to be an inveterate womaniser interfere with his professional duties as a ministerial attaché... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Philippe Lambert tries not to let his tendency to be an inveterate womaniser interfere with his professional duties as a ministerial attaché... [More...]
Comment j'ai détesté les maths (2013)
Olivier Peyon
So you've always hated maths? You're not alone - it is a subject that has brought misery to countless schoolchildren and left irreparable scars... [More...]
Olivier Peyon
So you've always hated maths? You're not alone - it is a subject that has brought misery to countless schoolchildren and left irreparable scars... [More...]
Comment j'ai tué mon père (2001)
Anne Fontaine
Jean-Luc has made a successful career in private medicine, specialising in anti-ageing treatments. He appears to have it all: his own gerontology clinic at Versailles, which brings him wealth and esteem, and a beautiful young wife Isa... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Jean-Luc has made a successful career in private medicine, specialising in anti-ageing treatments. He appears to have it all: his own gerontology clinic at Versailles, which brings him wealth and esteem, and a beautiful young wife Isa... [More...]
Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1996)
Arnaud Desplechin
Paul Dédalus is fast approaching thirty when he realises the mess he has made of his life. Saddled with an assistant teaching job at Nanterre university that he has come to loathe, he struggles to complete his thesis whilst agonising over whether he should end his relationship with Esther, the woman he has been living with for ten years... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Paul Dédalus is fast approaching thirty when he realises the mess he has made of his life. Saddled with an assistant teaching job at Nanterre university that he has come to loathe, he struggles to complete his thesis whilst agonising over whether he should end his relationship with Esther, the woman he has been living with for ten years... [More...]
Comment qu'elle est! (1960)
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives from the USA, his mission to uncover a dangerous spy named Varley. The French secret services, led by the anti-American General Rupert, are engaged on the same assignment and agree reluctantly to work with him... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution arrives from the USA, his mission to uncover a dangerous spy named Varley. The French secret services, led by the anti-American General Rupert, are engaged on the same assignment and agree reluctantly to work with him... [More...]
Comment se faire réformer (1978)
Philippe Clair
Two rebellious young men are prepared to resort to any means possible to escape their military service. Neither has any intention of serving under his country's colours for the stipulatory whole year, so as a last resort they decide to open fire on their superiors' tent during a firing exercise...... [More...]
Philippe Clair
Two rebellious young men are prepared to resort to any means possible to escape their military service. Neither has any intention of serving under his country's colours for the stipulatory whole year, so as a last resort they decide to open fire on their superiors' tent during a firing exercise...... [More...]
Commis d'office (2009)
Hannelore Cayre
Antoine Lahoud has just turned forty when he realises he has lost his enthusiasm for his work as a criminal lawyer. It galls him that he receives so little remuneration and even less gratitude for the work he does for the betterment of society... [More...]
Hannelore Cayre
Antoine Lahoud has just turned forty when he realises he has lost his enthusiasm for his work as a criminal lawyer. It galls him that he receives so little remuneration and even less gratitude for the work he does for the betterment of society... [More...]
La Communion solennelle (1977)
René Féret
Towards the mid-1970s, a large family get-together is arranged at a tranquil spot in the north of France. Attending the out-of-doors communion dinner are around thirty people who span three generations, their life stories stretching right back to the 1890s... [More...]
René Féret
Towards the mid-1970s, a large family get-together is arranged at a tranquil spot in the north of France. Attending the out-of-doors communion dinner are around thirty people who span three generations, their life stories stretching right back to the 1890s... [More...]