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French cinema: Drama
11.6 (2013)
Philippe Godeau
For ten years, Toni Musulin has worked as a security guard, delivering money without incident and without arousing the slightest suspicion...
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Philippe Godeau
125 rue Montmartre (1959)
Gilles Grangier
Pascal makes a modest living selling newspapers on the streets of Paris. He may have a surly temperament but he is a good natured soul at heart, always ready to help a fellow creature if he can...
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Gilles Grangier
13 Tzameti (2005)
Géla Babluani
A young immigrant Sébastien arrives in France and gets work repairing the roof of a house belonging to a strange couple...
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Géla Babluani
17 fois Cécile Cassard (2002)
Christophe Honoré
Traumatised by the tragic death of her husband, Cécile Cassard asks her friend Edith to take care of her infant son whilst she tries to piece her life back together...
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Christophe Honoré
3 coeurs (2014)
Benoît Jacquot
Late one evening, Marc, a tax inspector, finds himself stranded in a provincial town after missing the last train back to Paris...
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Benoît Jacquot
La 317e section (1965)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In 1954, at the height of the Indochina War, a French platoon comprising four French soldiers and around forty Laotians is instructed to abandon Luong Ba, an outpost on the border with Laos, and relieve Lao Tsaï, a town 150 kilometres to the south... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
In 1954, at the height of the Indochina War, a French platoon comprising four French soldiers and around forty Laotians is instructed to abandon Luong Ba, an outpost on the border with Laos, and relieve Lao Tsaï, a town 150 kilometres to the south... [More...]
35 rhums (2008)
Claire Denis
Lionel has had a hard life. A black immigrant who lost his wife many years ago, he has struggled to bring up his daughter, Joséphine, alone on the modest pay he earns as a train driver... [More...]
Claire Denis
Lionel has had a hard life. A black immigrant who lost his wife many years ago, he has struggled to bring up his daughter, Joséphine, alone on the modest pay he earns as a train driver... [More...]
36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004)
Olivier Marchal
For the past few months, Paris has been assailed by a series of increasingly violent armoured car robberies. Mindful of public opinion, the chief of police, Robert Mancini, is determined that the culprits be brought to book as quickly as possible and to that end he offers a personal challenge to two of his best men - Léo Vrinks and Denis Klein... [More...]
Olivier Marchal
For the past few months, Paris has been assailed by a series of increasingly violent armoured car robberies. Mindful of public opinion, the chief of police, Robert Mancini, is determined that the culprits be brought to book as quickly as possible and to that end he offers a personal challenge to two of his best men - Léo Vrinks and Denis Klein... [More...]
37°2 le matin (1986)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Zorg is a free-spirited thirty-something who earns a modest wage repairing holiday bungalows in the south of France. One day, he meets Betty, an impulsive young woman to whom he is instantly attracted... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Zorg is a free-spirited thirty-something who earns a modest wage repairing holiday bungalows in the south of France. One day, he meets Betty, an impulsive young woman to whom he is instantly attracted... [More...]
38 témoins (2012)
Lucas Belvaux
Louise Morvand returns from a business trip to China and finds that the street where she lives in Le Havre is in a state of shock... [More...]
Lucas Belvaux
Louise Morvand returns from a business trip to China and finds that the street where she lives in Le Havre is in a state of shock... [More...]
5x2 (2004)
François Ozon
Marion and Gilles have been together for many years but now they have arrived at the mutual decision to end their marriage... [More...]
François Ozon
Marion and Gilles have been together for many years but now they have arrived at the mutual decision to end their marriage... [More...]
7 ans (2007)
Jean-Pascal Hattu
Maïté and Vincent are a young couple who find it hard to bear their enforced separation. Recently, Vincent has been convicted of a crime and sent to prison for seven years... [More...]
Jean-Pascal Hattu
Maïté and Vincent are a young couple who find it hard to bear their enforced separation. Recently, Vincent has been convicted of a crime and sent to prison for seven years... [More...]
La 7ème cible (1984)
Claude Pinoteau
Bastien Grimaldi, a former journalist now in his fifties, leads a tranquil existence until one night he becomes the victim of three unknown assailants... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
Bastien Grimaldi, a former journalist now in his fifties, leads a tranquil existence until one night he becomes the victim of three unknown assailants... [More...]
À bout portant (2010)
Fred Cavayé
Everything was going so well for Samuel. He was about to qualify as a nurse and his wife Nadia was expecting their first child... [More...]
Fred Cavayé
Everything was going so well for Samuel. He was about to qualify as a nurse and his wife Nadia was expecting their first child... [More...]
À chacun son enfer (1977)
André Cayatte
A desperate woman makes a mad dash to the television studios, anxious not to waste one second of the air time she has been granted... [More...]
André Cayatte
A desperate woman makes a mad dash to the television studios, anxious not to waste one second of the air time she has been granted... [More...]
À l'origine (2009)
Xavier Giannoli
Ex-convict Philippe Miller makes his living as a confidence trickster, something he is particularly adept at. Seeing an abandoned road works, he sees an opportunity to make some easy money... [More...]
Xavier Giannoli
Ex-convict Philippe Miller makes his living as a confidence trickster, something he is particularly adept at. Seeing an abandoned road works, he sees an opportunity to make some easy money... [More...]
À la petite semaine (2003)
Sam Karmann
Having served a five year stretch in jail, fifty-something Jacques returns to his old friends in Saint-Ouen, hoping to make a fresh start... [More...]
Sam Karmann
Having served a five year stretch in jail, fifty-something Jacques returns to his old friends in Saint-Ouen, hoping to make a fresh start... [More...]
À la place du coeur (1998)
Robert Guédiguian
Bébé and Clémentine are a mixed race couple who live in a poor district of Marseille. They are deeply in love and even though they are still in their teens they intend to marry as soon as they can... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Bébé and Clémentine are a mixed race couple who live in a poor district of Marseille. They are deeply in love and even though they are still in their teens they intend to marry as soon as they can... [More...]
À moi seule (2012)
Frédéric Videau
For eight years, Gaëlle has been held captive by Vincent. During this time, she has seen no one else - he was her entire world... [More...]
Frédéric Videau
For eight years, Gaëlle has been held captive by Vincent. During this time, she has seen no one else - he was her entire world... [More...]
À nos amours (1983)
Maurice Pialat
Suzanne is a free-spirited 15-year-old who, along with her best friend Anne, is having a hard time coping with the upheavals of early adolescence... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
Suzanne is a free-spirited 15-year-old who, along with her best friend Anne, is having a hard time coping with the upheavals of early adolescence... [More...]
À pas de loup (2012)
Olivier Ringer
Cathy is a six-year-old girl who believes that she cannot be seen by her parents. She has a chance to test her theory at the end of a weekend at the family's country retreat... [More...]
Olivier Ringer
Cathy is a six-year-old girl who believes that she cannot be seen by her parents. She has a chance to test her theory at the end of a weekend at the family's country retreat... [More...]
À perdre la raison (2012)
Joachim Lafosse
Murielle and Mounir are a young couple who desperately want to get married and start a family. Fortunately, they have a kindly benefactor in Dr Pinget, the man who has looked after Mounir since he was a small boy and come to regard him as his own son... [More...]
Joachim Lafosse
Murielle and Mounir are a young couple who desperately want to get married and start a family. Fortunately, they have a kindly benefactor in Dr Pinget, the man who has looked after Mounir since he was a small boy and come to regard him as his own son... [More...]
À tout de suite (2004)
Benoît Jacquot
Paris, 1975. Lili, a 19-year old arts student, comes from a privileged family and her life so far has been without incident... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Paris, 1975. Lili, a 19-year old arts student, comes from a privileged family and her life so far has been without incident... [More...]
Abus de confiance (1937)
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Lydia is a promising law student who is struggling to get by after her grandmother's death. She has barely enough money to buy her evening meal and now, to cap it all, her landlord is threatening to evict her... [More...]
L'Adieu à la nuit (2019)
André Téchiné
When her teenage grandson Alex comes to visit her, Muriel is over the moon. It seems he is about to head off to Canada to start a new life, but before he goes he wants to spend a few peaceful days with the one relative he is still on good terms with... [More...]
André Téchiné
When her teenage grandson Alex comes to visit her, Muriel is over the moon. It seems he is about to head off to Canada to start a new life, but before he goes he wants to spend a few peaceful days with the one relative he is still on good terms with... [More...]
Adieu Philippine (1962)
Jacques Rozier
Paris, in the summer of 1960. Michel is a young Frenchman who, just before he is due to start his military service in Algeria, works as a television studio trainee... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
Paris, in the summer of 1960. Michel is a young Frenchman who, just before he is due to start his military service in Algeria, works as a television studio trainee... [More...]
Les Adieux à la reine (2012)
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, life at the Palace of Versailles continues in its carefree vein, far from the tumult that is starting to overtake Paris... [More...]
L'Affaire Dominici (1973)
Claude Bernard-Aubert
In August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their ten-year-old daughter are taking a holiday in the Haute Provence region of France... [More...]
Claude Bernard-Aubert
In August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their ten-year-old daughter are taking a holiday in the Haute Provence region of France... [More...]
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1899)
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]
Georges Méliès
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is tried before a military court and found guilty of high treason, having passed sensitive documents to a foreign power... [More...]