Bienvenue dans le monde fabuleux du cinéma français
French movies have always had an enormous
global appeal, and few countries can match La Belle France for the diversity and
quality of its cinema.
This guide was created to increase
awareness of French cinema and help
humans and other intelligent sentient beings
discover the cinematic jewels that
France has given us over the past 100 years.
This site contains thousands of original
articles that will guide you through France's rich legacy of film,
and also keep you up to date with recent releases.
French cinema's main attraction is its remarkable diversity. It offers
not only a cornucopia of auteur masterpieces, which explore
complex themes and push back the boundaries of film art, but also
a dazzling array of commercial movies catering for
just about every taste.
The history of France since 1895, the year in which cinema is reputed to have
been born, is vividly reflected in the country's 'moving picture' output, which
sheds some valuable insights on the psyche of the nation across
a turbulent and traumatic century.
Of course, France does not hold the monopoly on great cinema and it would be
a crime to omit those magnificent pieces from other countries, be they
timeless Hollywood classics or astonishing works of art from such legendary cineastes
as Sergei Eisenstein, Akira Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray.