Film Index
French cinema: Musical
8 femmes (2002)
François Ozon
In the 1950s, rich society belle Gaby lives with her family at their comfortable country residence, tended to by her faithful maids Louise and Madame Chanel...
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François Ozon
À nous la liberté (1931)
René Clair
Émile is serving a stretch in prison when he strikes up a friendship with fellow prisoner Louis. Together, the two men attempt a break-out which results in Émile's re-capture...
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René Clair
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...
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André Hugon
Amour et compagnie (1950)
Gilles Grangier
Claude Andrieux, a young accountant for an insurance company, is about to dismissed by his boss when he is charged with a most delicate mission - to prevent a wealthy client from committing suicide...
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Gilles Grangier
Andalousie (1951)
Robert Vernay
In present day Spain, Juanito is earning a modest living as a pottery merchant when he is suddenly plucked from obscurity and finds fame as a bullfighter...
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Robert Vernay
Au soleil de Marseille (1938)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Cassis is the owner of a soap factory in Marseille. He has good reason to be wary of his staff because most of them would rather be indulging in their favourite sport, football, than manning his dreary production lines... [More...]
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Cassis is the owner of a soap factory in Marseille. He has good reason to be wary of his staff because most of them would rather be indulging in their favourite sport, football, than manning his dreary production lines... [More...]
Au son des guitares (1936)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Jeannot and Pierrot are two young fishermen who lead a contented but modest life on the island of Corsica. A woman tourist attracts their attention and when she returns to Paris, they follow her, hoping to make their fortune in the city... [More...]
Pierre-Jean Ducis
Jeannot and Pierrot are two young fishermen who lead a contented but modest life on the island of Corsica. A woman tourist attracts their attention and when she returns to Paris, they follow her, hoping to make their fortune in the city... [More...]
La Belle meunière (1948)
Marcel Pagnol
Tired of Vienna and his lack of success as a composer, Franz Schubert goes in search of inspiration by taking a walking holiday in the countryside around Salzburg... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Tired of Vienna and his lack of success as a composer, Franz Schubert goes in search of inspiration by taking a walking holiday in the countryside around Salzburg... [More...]
Les Bien-aimés (2011)
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
In the early 1960s, Madeleine makes a living in Paris as a prostitute. She cannot help falling in love with one of her clients, a young Czechoslovakian doctor named Jaromil, and within no time they are married and beginning a new life together in Prague... [More...]
Botta e risposta (1950)
Mario Soldati
Suzy, a well-known singer, is on her way to Rome to attend an audience with the Pope. During the train journey from Paris, her costume and jewels are stolen... [More...]
Mario Soldati
Suzy, a well-known singer, is on her way to Rome to attend an audience with the Pope. During the train journey from Paris, her costume and jewels are stolen... [More...]
Boum sur Paris (1954)
Maurice de Canonge
Gilbert Sestrières works in a laboratory that simultaneously manufactures a leading brand of perfume, named Boum, whilst developing a new and incredibly powerful form of explosive... [More...]
Maurice de Canonge
Gilbert Sestrières works in a laboratory that simultaneously manufactures a leading brand of perfume, named Boum, whilst developing a new and incredibly powerful form of explosive... [More...]
Chacun sa chance (1930)
René Pujol
Marcel Grivot may be a modest sales assistant in one of Paris's more exclusive department stores but he dreams of living the high life... [More...]
René Pujol
Marcel Grivot may be a modest sales assistant in one of Paris's more exclusive department stores but he dreams of living the high life... [More...]
Les Chansons d'amour (2007)
Christophe Honoré
Ismaël and Julie are a young couple living in Paris. To spice up their ailing love life, they invite another young woman, Alice, to share their bed... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
Ismaël and Julie are a young couple living in Paris. To spice up their ailing love life, they invite another young woman, Alice, to share their bed... [More...]
Le Chanteur de Mexico (1956)
Richard Pottier
Monsieur Cartoni, an important impresario, is organising a lavish operetta in Mexico when he runs into serious difficulties... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Monsieur Cartoni, an important impresario, is organising a lavish operetta in Mexico when he runs into serious difficulties... [More...]
Chobizenesse (1975)
Jean Yanne
Clément Mastard is the owner of a revue theatre who is fighting a losing battle against bankruptcy. In a desperate attempt to stave off financial ruin he enters into a business agreement with a group of hardnosed businessmen who insist that their industry, the manufacture and exploitation of steel, be represented in Mastard's next show... [More...]
Jean Yanne
Clément Mastard is the owner of a revue theatre who is fighting a losing battle against bankruptcy. In a desperate attempt to stave off financial ruin he enters into a business agreement with a group of hardnosed businessmen who insist that their industry, the manufacture and exploitation of steel, be represented in Mastard's next show... [More...]
Coeurs joyeux (1932)
Hanns Schwarz
Charles is a young man who works as a projectionist at a small cinema. One night, he is abducted by a gang of crooks and forced to repair a film projector... [More...]
Hanns Schwarz
Charles is a young man who works as a projectionist at a small cinema. One night, he is abducted by a gang of crooks and forced to repair a film projector... [More...]
La Crise est finie (1934)
Robert Siodmak
A theatrical troupe is making a tour of the provinces when a bust up occurs. Unable to tolerate the caprices of the leading lady, the rest of troupe decide to form a new group and head off for Paris to mount a show... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
A theatrical troupe is making a tour of the provinces when a bust up occurs. Unable to tolerate the caprices of the leading lady, the rest of troupe decide to form a new group and head off for Paris to mount a show... [More...]
Crustacés et coquillages (2005)
Olivier Ducastel
One year, 40-something Marc decides to spend his long summer holiday in the region of the South of France where he grew up... [More...]
Olivier Ducastel
One year, 40-something Marc decides to spend his long summer holiday in the region of the South of France where he grew up... [More...]
Le Curé de Saint-Amour (1952)
Émile Couzinet
On the day she is supposed to marry the respectable baron she is affianced to, Nicole elopes with the man she really loves, Jacques... [More...]
Émile Couzinet
On the day she is supposed to marry the respectable baron she is affianced to, Nicole elopes with the man she really loves, Jacques... [More...]
Dans tes rêves (2005)
Denis Thybaud
Ixe's one passion in his life is rap music. His ambition is to be a professional rap artist, but since he lives on a poor housing estate and has no chance of meeting anyone in the music business, the likelihood of this happening is minimal... [More...]
Denis Thybaud
Ixe's one passion in his life is rap music. His ambition is to be a professional rap artist, but since he lives on a poor housing estate and has no chance of meeting anyone in the music business, the likelihood of this happening is minimal... [More...]
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)
Jacques Demy
Delphine and Solange are twin sisters living in the French town of Rochefort. Delphine gives ballet lessons whilst Solange teaches music... [More...]
Jacques Demy
Delphine and Solange are twin sisters living in the French town of Rochefort. Delphine gives ballet lessons whilst Solange teaches music... [More...]
Destins (1946)
Richard Pottier
Thanks to his impresario, the singer André Cartier soon becomes a huge music hall star in Paris. The pride of his life is his five-year-old son Jacky, whom he brings up with the help of his nurse Malika and secretary Jacqueline... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Thanks to his impresario, the singer André Cartier soon becomes a huge music hall star in Paris. The pride of his life is his five-year-old son Jacky, whom he brings up with the help of his nurse Malika and secretary Jacqueline... [More...]
Édith et Marcel (1983)
Claude Lelouch
Before World War II, Edith Piaf and Marcel Cerdan were both on their way to becoming legends in their own lifetimes. From humble begins in the streets of Paris, Piaf is one of the most well-known and successful singers in the world, renowned for her tragic love songs; Cerdan is a boxing champion who has acquired a reputation for being unbeatable... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Before World War II, Edith Piaf and Marcel Cerdan were both on their way to becoming legends in their own lifetimes. From humble begins in the streets of Paris, Piaf is one of the most well-known and successful singers in the world, renowned for her tragic love songs; Cerdan is a boxing champion who has acquired a reputation for being unbeatable... [More...]
Fatal (2010)
Michaël Youn
Fatal Bazooka is more surprised than anyone by his amazing success as a musician. After selling over fifteen thousand discs he has become the most successful rapper in history... [More...]
Michaël Youn
Fatal Bazooka is more surprised than anyone by his amazing success as a musician. After selling over fifteen thousand discs he has become the most successful rapper in history... [More...]
Faubourg 36 (2008)
Christophe Barratier
France, 1936. The election of the Popular Front government brings hope to a depressed nation but are the expectations of a workers' revolution justified or unreasonably optimistic... [More...]
Christophe Barratier
France, 1936. The election of the Popular Front government brings hope to a depressed nation but are the expectations of a workers' revolution justified or unreasonably optimistic... [More...]
Fièvres (1942)
Jean Delannoy
A man on the run from the police takes refuge in a monastery where one of the monks takes pity on him and tells him the story of Brother Marco... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
A man on the run from the police takes refuge in a monastery where one of the monks takes pity on him and tells him the story of Brother Marco... [More...]
Frédérica (1942)
Jean Boyer
Gilbert Legrant, a successful singer-songwriter, is about to get married to Lilette, without much in the way of enthusiasm... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Gilbert Legrant, a successful singer-songwriter, is about to get married to Lilette, without much in the way of enthusiasm... [More...]
Frou-Frou (1955)
Augusto Genina
At a busy airport, Antoinette Dubois tries in vain to prevent her teenage daughter Michèle from jetting off to start a new life far away with the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
Augusto Genina
At a busy airport, Antoinette Dubois tries in vain to prevent her teenage daughter Michèle from jetting off to start a new life far away with the man she has lost her heart to... [More...]
Les Gangsters du château d'If (1939)
René Pujol
In Marseille, Jean Mariol publishes a magazine that is devoted to hunting, fishing and tall stories. Jean and his former mistress Odette Paradis, an aspiring young author, have agreed to go their separate ways, but as a publicity stunt the two stage a fake kidnapping so that Odette can obtain a fat cheque from a publisher for her latest novel, The Daughter of Monte Cristo... [More...]
René Pujol
In Marseille, Jean Mariol publishes a magazine that is devoted to hunting, fishing and tall stories. Jean and his former mistress Odette Paradis, an aspiring young author, have agreed to go their separate ways, but as a publicity stunt the two stage a fake kidnapping so that Odette can obtain a fat cheque from a publisher for her latest novel, The Daughter of Monte Cristo... [More...]
Le Gardian (1946)
Jean de Marguenat
In the Camargue region of southern France, Renaud is a cowboy who intends to marry Livette, the young daughter of a wealthy farmer, against the wishes of her parents... [More...]
Jean de Marguenat
In the Camargue region of southern France, Renaud is a cowboy who intends to marry Livette, the young daughter of a wealthy farmer, against the wishes of her parents... [More...]