Film Index
French cinema: All genres
La Femme défendue (1997)
Philippe Harel
François and Muriel meet at a mutual friend's party. He is 39, a businessman, married with a son. She is 22 and lives alone, although she has a boyfriend, Pascal...
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Philippe Harel
La Femme du boulanger (1938)
Marcel Pagnol
The baker Aimable Castenet has recently settled into the small Provençal village of Sainte Cécile and soon makes himself popular with the locals with his delicious bread, the finest they have ever tasted...
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Marcel Pagnol
La Femme du cosmonaute (1998)
Jacques Monnet
Anna can hardly believe her good fortune when her astronaut husband, Jean-Paul, is selected for a solo space mission which will take him out of her life for six whole months...
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Jacques Monnet
La Femme en bleu (1973)
Michel Deville
Pierre, a music critic in his forties, has enjoyed many liaisons with the opposite sex but somehow his ideal partner has always managed to elude him - until the day he catches a glimpse of a mysterious woman dressed in blue...
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Michel Deville
La Femme fardée (1990)
José Pinheiro
As a cruise liner sets out to sea its passengers can have no idea of the stormy passage that lies ahead. Armand Bautet-Lebrêche, a powerful magnate, is accompanied by his stunning wife Edma, who amuses herself with her fellow passengers - Éric Lethuillier, the owner of a leftwing newspaper who likes to taunt his wife Clarisse, an alcoholic heiress who overdoes the make-up; Simon Béjard, a populist filmmaker travelling with aspiring actress Olga; Andréas Fayard, a professional gigolo in search of a fortune; and Julien Peyrat, a louche auctioneer...
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José Pinheiro
La Femme flic (1980)
Yves Boisset
A young female police inspector, Corinne Levasseur, is re-assigned to a provincial town after having implicated a public figure in a drugs scandal... [More...]
Yves Boisset
A young female police inspector, Corinne Levasseur, is re-assigned to a provincial town after having implicated a public figure in a drugs scandal... [More...]
La Femme infidèle (1969)
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris... [More...]
La Femme invisible (2009)
Agathe Teyssier
Lili is an ordinary 30-something who suddenly realises that she has become invisible. At first, she thought that people were simply ignoring her... [More...]
Agathe Teyssier
Lili is an ordinary 30-something who suddenly realises that she has become invisible. At first, she thought that people were simply ignoring her... [More...]
La Femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942)
Robert Vernay
Claude is unhappy at having just broken up with the woman of his life. Over dinner one evening his five friends try to lift his spirits by relating their own amorous misfortunes... [More...]
Robert Vernay
Claude is unhappy at having just broken up with the woman of his life. Over dinner one evening his five friends try to lift his spirits by relating their own amorous misfortunes... [More...]
La Femme secrète (1986)
Sébastien Grall
Learning of his wife death's, Antoine Béraud abandons his work on an experimental submarine in the North Sea and returns to his home in Paris... [More...]
Sébastien Grall
Learning of his wife death's, Antoine Béraud abandons his work on an experimental submarine in the North Sea and returns to his home in Paris... [More...]
Les Femmes de l'ombre (2008)
Jean-Paul Salomé
France, on the eve of the allied invasion during WWII. When her husband is killed whilst mounting an ambush against the Nazis, resistance member Louise leaves France and heads for Britain... [More...]
Jean-Paul Salomé
France, on the eve of the allied invasion during WWII. When her husband is killed whilst mounting an ambush against the Nazis, resistance member Louise leaves France and heads for Britain... [More...]
Femmes de Paris (1953)
Jean Boyer
Charles Buisson, a Nobel Prize winning professor of astronomy, is delighted when, one evening, he observes a new supernova through his telescope... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Charles Buisson, a Nobel Prize winning professor of astronomy, is delighted when, one evening, he observes a new supernova through his telescope... [More...]
Femmes de personne (1984)
Christopher Frank
Cécile, Isabelle and Adeline, three women who work in the same radiology department at a hospital in Paris, are each coming to grips with an unwelcome attack of mid-life crisis... [More...]
Christopher Frank
Cécile, Isabelle and Adeline, three women who work in the same radiology department at a hospital in Paris, are each coming to grips with an unwelcome attack of mid-life crisis... [More...]
Les Femmes du 6ème étage (2011)
Philippe Le Guay
In the 1960s, Jean-Louis Joubert is a 40-something stockbroker who lives in an upmarket Parisian apartment block with his wife Suzanne... [More...]
Philippe Le Guay
In the 1960s, Jean-Louis Joubert is a 40-something stockbroker who lives in an upmarket Parisian apartment block with his wife Suzanne... [More...]
Femmes femmes (1974)
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Les Femmes s'en balancent (1954)
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution investigates the mysterious death of Gransworth Anmes, a wealthy night club owner. Anmes apparently committed suicide by driving his car off a partially completed bridge shortly after having given his wife a huge sum in forged bank notes... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
FBI agent Lemmy Caution investigates the mysterious death of Gransworth Anmes, a wealthy night club owner. Anmes apparently committed suicide by driving his car off a partially completed bridge shortly after having given his wife a huge sum in forged bank notes... [More...]
Ferdinand le noceur (1935)
René Sti
An employee in a pharmaceuticals laboratory, Ferdinand is obsessed with coming up with a pill that will allow easily cowed men like him to overcome their crippling timidity... [More...]
René Sti
An employee in a pharmaceuticals laboratory, Ferdinand is obsessed with coming up with a pill that will allow easily cowed men like him to overcome their crippling timidity... [More...]
La Ferme du pendu (1945)
Jean Dréville
The scene is the Vendée, an agricultural region of France in the 1930s. After the death of his father, François Raimondeau has one thought in mind - to prevent the family farm from being broken up and sold... [More...]
Jean Dréville
The scene is the Vendée, an agricultural region of France in the 1930s. After the death of his father, François Raimondeau has one thought in mind - to prevent the family farm from being broken up and sold... [More...]
Fernand cow-boy (1956)
Guy Lefranc
When he learns that a rich uncle has bequeathed him a bar-hotel in the Far West, Fernand Mignot leaves his home in France and is soon on his way to Carson City, USA... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
When he learns that a rich uncle has bequeathed him a bar-hotel in the Far West, Fernand Mignot leaves his home in France and is soon on his way to Carson City, USA... [More...]
La Fête à Henriette (1952)
Julien Duvivier
When the censor rejects their latest script two screenwriters set about developing the scenario for a new film. They soon decide on their main characters - a young Parisian dressmaker named Henriette and her fiancé, a photo-journalist named Robert... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
When the censor rejects their latest script two screenwriters set about developing the scenario for a new film. They soon decide on their main characters - a young Parisian dressmaker named Henriette and her fiancé, a photo-journalist named Robert... [More...]
Les Fêtes galantes (1965)
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
Le Feu aux poudres (1957)
Henri Decoin
At the request of Albatrasse, Ludovic orders a large consignment of rifles from Pedro Wassewich, a notorious gunrunner. Pedro lives with his wife Lola in a villa, the basement of which is filled with armaments... [More...]
Henri Decoin
At the request of Albatrasse, Ludovic orders a large consignment of rifles from Pedro Wassewich, a notorious gunrunner. Pedro lives with his wife Lola in a villa, the basement of which is filled with armaments... [More...]
Le Feu follet (1963)
Louis Malle
At a private clinic near to Paris, a burnt-out writer, Alain Leroy, is being treated for alcoholism. Despite being almost cured of his addiction, Alain, in his mid-thirties, has recurring bouts of depression and has resolved to kill himself in a few days' time... [More...]
Louis Malle
At a private clinic near to Paris, a burnt-out writer, Alain Leroy, is being treated for alcoholism. Despite being almost cured of his addiction, Alain, in his mid-thirties, has recurring bouts of depression and has resolved to kill himself in a few days' time... [More...]
Feu Mathias Pascal (1926)
Marcel L'Herbier
After the death of his father, Mathias Pascal learns that his family is in dire financial straits. He must abandon his dreams of an unfettered, carefree existence and finds work as an assistant librarian in the little town where he lives, Miragno... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
After the death of his father, Mathias Pascal learns that his family is in dire financial straits. He must abandon his dreams of an unfettered, carefree existence and finds work as an assistant librarian in the little town where he lives, Miragno... [More...]
Les Feux de la chandeleur (1972)
Serge Korber
Alexandre and Marie-Louise Boursault are a married couple who are deeply in love but cannot come to terms with each other's politics... [More...]
Serge Korber
Alexandre and Marie-Louise Boursault are a married couple who are deeply in love but cannot come to terms with each other's politics... [More...]
Feux rouges (2004)
Cédric Kahn
At the start of a busy weekend on the roads, stressed insurance agent Antoine and his wife Hélène set out from Paris to collect their two children from a holiday colony in the south-west of France... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
At the start of a busy weekend on the roads, stressed insurance agent Antoine and his wife Hélène set out from Paris to collect their two children from a holiday colony in the south-west of France... [More...]
Fever (2015)
Raphaël Neal
Damien and Pierre, two gifted high school students living in Paris, wonder if it is possible to feel guilt if you commit a random killing... [More...]
Raphaël Neal
Damien and Pierre, two gifted high school students living in Paris, wonder if it is possible to feel guilt if you commit a random killing... [More...]
La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945)
Serge de Poligny
The composer Roland Samblaca returns to his home town Carcassonne in the South of France with his family. Whilst visiting an ancient castle, he meets and is enchanted by a young woman, Sylvie, who lives in the castle with her adoptive guardian, Monsieur Toulzac... [More...]
Serge de Poligny
The composer Roland Samblaca returns to his home town Carcassonne in the South of France with his family. Whilst visiting an ancient castle, he meets and is enchanted by a young woman, Sylvie, who lives in the castle with her adoptive guardian, Monsieur Toulzac... [More...]
La Fiancée du pirate (1969)
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper... [More...]
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper... [More...]
Fièvre (1921)
Louis Delluc
In the busy French port of Marseille, a rough Corsican named Topinelli runs a popular bar with his wife Sarah. A party of sailors recently returned from the Far East invade the bar, intent on an evening of carousing and dancing with the women of the town... [More...]
Louis Delluc
In the busy French port of Marseille, a rough Corsican named Topinelli runs a popular bar with his wife Sarah. A party of sailors recently returned from the Far East invade the bar, intent on an evening of carousing and dancing with the women of the town... [More...]