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Actor... Alain Delon Arletty Bourvil Brigitte Bardot Catherine Deneuve Daniel Auteuil Danielle Darrieux Fernandel Gérard Depardieu Gérard Philipe Isabelle Huppert Jean Gabin Jean-Paul Belmondo Jeanne Moreau Juliette Binoche Lino Ventura Louis de Funès Michel Simon Pierre Richard Philippe Noiret Romy Schneider Yves Montand

Director... Abel Gance Alain Resnais André Téchiné Bertrand Blier Bertrand Tavernier Claude Chabrol Claude Lelouch Eric Rohmer François Truffaut Gérard Oury Jacques Demy Jacques Deray Jacques Tati Jean Renoir Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Melville Julien Duvivier Louis Malle Luis Buñuel Marcel Carné Marcel Pagnol René Clair

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Marius (1931) Alexander Korda   Fanny (1932) Marc Allégret   César (1936) Marcel Pagnol         Mariusis the first film in arguably the most well known and best trilogy in cinema history (followed by Fanny and César). All three films were written and produced by Marcel Pagnol...  [More...]   The second film in Pagnol’s celebrated Marius-Fanny-César trilogy follows on directly from the first film. Now it is the turn of Orane Demazis to take centre-stage in an emotionally charged and moving portrayal...  [More...]   The final instalment in Marcel Pagnol’s famous romantic trilogy provides a fitting conclusion to a remarkable and entertaining series of films...  [More...]   La Belle équipe (1936) Julien Duvivier   Ignace (1937) Pierre Colombier   Pépé le Moko (1937) Julien Duvivier         La Belle équipe is one of director Julien Duvivier’s most enduring and popular films. Although it is not quite his best work, it has several moments of brilliance which easily afford it the status of a masterpiece...  [More...]   Ignace is a good example of the popular burlesque comedy of its time, with some eccentric comic performances and several songs, one of which, the title song Ignace ...  [More...]   An undisputed classic of French cinema, Pépé le Moko combines poetic realism with gangster thriller, making this one of the earliest and best examples of the French film noir genre...  [More...]   La Femme du boulanger (1938) Marcel Pagnol   Le Schpountz (1938) Marcel Pagnol   Les Otages (1938) Raymond Bernard         La Femme du boulanger is widely considered to be Marcel Pagnol’s best film, not least because of the unforgettable acting performances from Raimu and Ginette Leclerc...  [More...]   Marcel Pagnol uses this engaging comic farce as an effective vehicle with which to satirise the film industry. In the role of the star-struck country boy is Fernandel...  [More...]   This engaging wartime comedy-drama from director Raymond Bernard features two of the most well-known actors of the 1930s: Charpin and Saturnin Fabre...  [More...]   La Fille du puisatier (1940) Marcel Pagnol   La Nuit merveilleuse (1940) Jean-Paul Paulin   La Fiancée des ténèbres (1945) Serge de Poligny         La Fille du puisatier is an engaging drama which exudes poignancy, primarily because of the excellent acting performances. The film’s length (nearly three hours for the complete version) does make it a marathon...  [More...]    [More...]   With its unsettling mix of neo-realistic photography and fairy-tale like settings, La Fiancée des ténèbres is an impressive example of the fantasy genre in French cinema of the 1940s...  [More...]   Les Caves du Majestic (1945) Richard Pottier             Albert Préjean stars as the famed Parisian detective created by Georges Simenon in this, the third and last of the Maigret films made by Continental Films during the Nazi Occupation of France...  [More...]