Film Index

French cinema: Comedy/Drama

1 Journée (2009)
Jacob Berger

Serge, a radio presenter, begins his daily routine by leaving his family apartment at the crack of dawn so that he can pay his mistress a brief call before setting out for work...   [More...]

10 jours en or (2012)
Nicolas Brossette

Marc Bajau works for a well-known clothes manufacturer and enjoys the freedom his job offers him. Used to travelling all over the country, he gets to know a wide range of people and enjoy the occasional one night stand...   [More...]

17 filles (2011)
Delphine Coulin

In the small Brittany coastal town of Lorient, Camille, a 16-year-old school girl, is surprised when she discovers that she is pregnant...   [More...]

2 automnes 3 hivers (2013)
Sébastien Betbeder

Arman is 33, lives in Paris and is ready for a change in his life. Things begin to look up for him when he runs into Amélie, a woman of his own age, whilst out jogging...   [More...]

2 Days in Paris (2007)
Julie Delpy

Fearing that the spark may be going out of their relationship, a New York couple, Marion and Jack, take a holiday in Venice...   [More...]

25 degrés en hiver (2004)
Stéphane Vuillet

Miguel is a Spanish immigrant who has settled in Brussels. He works for his brother, the owner of a travel agency shop, and is bringing up his young daughter alone after his wife left him to pursue a singing career in America...   [More...]

27 rue de la Paix (1937)
Richard Pottier

Gloria Grand is in love with a respected barrister Maître Jean Bernard and hopes that one day they will marry. The only thing standing in the way of their future connubial bliss is Gloria's present husband, the philandering scoundrel Denis Grand...   [More...]

36 vues du Pic Saint-Loup (2009)
Jacques Rivette

A small circus troupe is about to embark on its summer season when its owner dies suddenly. Realising that their livelihoods are in peril, the members of the circus get in touch with their boss's estranged daughter Kate and urge her to take over the management of the circus...   [More...]

3x3D (2014)
Jean-Luc Godard

In the ancient Portuguese city of Guimarães, three internationally renowned filmmakers - Peter Greenaway, Edgard Pêra and Jean-Luc Godard - come together to explore the exciting new phenomenon of 3D cinema and its impact on our perception of the seventh art through three short and highly innovative films...   [More...]

48 heures par jour (2008)
Catherine Castel

Marianne is determined to make a success of her career in advertising. Unfortunately, her ambitions look set to be thwarted by her high-flying husband, Bruno, who expects her to look after their children and take on all the household duties...   [More...]

57000 km entre nous (2008)
Delphine Kreuter

Margot and Michel are a married couple who feel they have a mission to show the world that theirs is the perfect happy family...   [More...]

7 jours pas plus (2017)
Héctor Cabello Reyes

Pierre is a 50-something ironmonger who leads a contented life running the family business in a town in northern France. One day, whilst walking around the port, he runs into Ajit, a young Indian man in his thirties who has just come to shore on a cargo vessel and is desperately looking for his uncle...   [More...]

À ce soir (2005)
Laure Duthilleul

Awaking early one morning, Nelly finds her husband Manuel is still asleep. A hardworking doctor, Manuel deserves a lie in, so Nelly leaves him in peace...   [More...]

À demain (1992)
Didier Martiny

Whenever he has occasion to look back on his childhood, Pierre does so with great affection. His private sanctuary is his warm bedroom in a grand house in Paris, where he lives an idyllic childhood with his extended family - his sister, his parents, his grandparents, and his great-grandmother...   [More...]

À l'attaque! (2000)
Robert Guédiguian

Two writers are busy trying to hammer out the screenplay for their next film. As they do so, they make a valiant effort to combine popular romantic comedy with hard-edged social issues and important political concerns...   [More...]

À la folie... pas du tout (2002)
Laetitia Colombani

Angélique, a twenty year old arts student, falls in love with Loïc, a distinguished heart specialist. The problem is that he is already married and expects to be a father in the not too distant future...   [More...]

À la vie, à la mort! (1995)
Robert Guédiguian

In Estaque, the working class district of north Marseilles, a family of Spanish immigrants struggles to survive. Marie-Sol's job as a housekeeper provides both an income and a modest home, but her husband Patrick has been unemployed for years...   [More...]

Abus de faiblesse (2014)
Catherine Breillat

Having suffered a brain haemorrhage, Maud wakes up one morning to find that she is paralysed on one side of her body. Bedridden but determined not to give up her career as a filmmaker, she finds an ideal subject for her next film whilst watching a television talk show...   [More...]

Les Acteurs anonymes (2001)
Benoît Cohen

Been bitten by the acting bug? Had your life totally ruined by the compulsive need to regurgitate words that are not your own in front of an audience or camera...   [More...]

Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951)
Fernandel

No matter where he goes or what he does, Adhémar Pomme finds that he cannot help being a laugh stock. The cause of his affliction is his distinctive appearance, namely his horse-like face...   [More...]

Adieu Gary (2009)
Nassim Amaouche

Samir returns to his hometown in the Ardèche after completing a lengthy stretch in prison for trafficking. The town has practically become a wasteland after the closure of a large factory where Samir's father Francis once worked...   [More...]

Adieu, plancher des vaches! (1999)
Otar Iosseliani

One day, Nicholas, a rich young man, decides to give up his privileged life and see for himself how ordinary folk live. He gets a job washing up dishes in a Parisian café, befriends a beggar and tries to court a barmaid, without success...   [More...]

Les Adoptés (2011)
Mélanie Laurent

Lisa, an aspiring musician in her early thirties, lives in the French town of Lyon with Marie, her adopted sister, and their over-protective mother...   [More...]

L'Affaire du Grand Hôtel (1946)
André Hugon

In the busy French port of Marseille, a young man named Tonin becomes interested in the comings and goings of a suspicious group of men led by the distinguished-looking Monsieur Léon...   [More...]

L'Affaire Marcorelle (2000)
Serge Le Péron

At the end of a solitary evening, François Marcorelle, a respected magistrate, finds himself in the bedroom of a young Polish woman, whom he met at a Turkish restaurant...   [More...]

Les Affaires sont les affaires (1942)
Jean Dréville

Through his single-minded pursuit of wealth, Isidore Lechat has become one of the richest men in France, a fact to which his vast country estate is testament...   [More...]

Agantuk (1991)
Satyajit Ray

Anila Bose lives in Calcutta with her husband Sudhindra and their young son Satyaki. The family is comfortably off and live in a grand house which they have inherited...   [More...]

Alors voilà, (1997)
Michel Piccoli

Constantin is a patriarchal grandfather who insists that his three sons bring their families to his home for a meal each week...   [More...]

L'Amant de cinq jours (1961)
Philippe de Broca

Madeleine and Claire are two close friends who live in Paris. Madeleine runs a well-known fashion house, while Claire lives with her husband Georges and their two children in an upmarket residence...   [More...]

Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947)
Henri Decoin

On the banks of the River Rhône, Alcide Garonne ekes out a modest existence as a ferryman and poacher. He lives in a threadbare abode with his partner Maryse, an extravagant vagabond from Paris who is drunk most of the time...   [More...]



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