French cinema: 1970s
Le Juge et l'assassin (1976)
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself...
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Bertrand Tavernier
Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977)
Yves Boisset
Jean-Marie Fayard is an incorruptible young judge who appears determined to live up to his nickname 'Le Shériff'. His present investigation into a series of deaths linked to a prominent businessman brings him into conflict with his superiors, who are keen to see him redirect his efforts towards less problematic cases...
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Yves Boisset
Juste avant la nuit (1971)
Claude Chabrol
Charles Masson is a successful advertising executive who has a devoted wife, Hélène, and two adorable children...
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Claude Chabrol
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation...
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Louis Malle
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
Robert Bresson
Their number reduced through countless skirmishes in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, weary and defeated...
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Robert Bresson
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Bernardo Bertolucci
Paul is a 45-year-old American who is coming to terms with his wife's seemingly inexplicable suicide. Jeanne is a 20-something Parisian who is engaged to Tom, an aspiring filmmaker who intends making her the star of his next film... [More...]
Bernardo Bertolucci
Paul is a 45-year-old American who is coming to terms with his wife's seemingly inexplicable suicide. Jeanne is a 20-something Parisian who is engaged to Tom, an aspiring filmmaker who intends making her the star of his next film... [More...]
Le Locataire (1976)
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Trelkovsky is a shy office clerk who is about to take up residence in an old apartment block in Paris. When he learns that the previous tenant tried to kill herself by jumping from an upstairs window, he feels compelled to visit her in hospital... [More...]
Ludwig (1972)
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state... [More...]
Mado (1976)
Claude Sautet
Simon Léotard is a 50-something real estate financier who finds himself in dire straits when his business partner of many years, Julien, commits suicide... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Simon Léotard is a 50-something real estate financier who finds himself in dire straits when his business partner of many years, Julien, commits suicide... [More...]
Le Magnifique (1973)
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (1971)
Joël Séria
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are the best of friends. Both come from respectable bourgeois families and they share the same propensity for mischief-making at the strict convent school where they are reluctant boarders... [More...]
Joël Séria
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are the best of friends. Both come from respectable bourgeois families and they share the same propensity for mischief-making at the strict convent school where they are reluctant boarders... [More...]
La Maison des Bories (1970)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Julien Durras is a highly regarded geologist who lives with his younger wife Isabelle and their two children, Laurent and Lise, at a remote country villa in Provence known as the House of the Bories... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Julien Durras is a highly regarded geologist who lives with his younger wife Isabelle and their two children, Laurent and Lise, at a remote country villa in Provence known as the House of the Bories... [More...]
Maîtresse (1976)
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
Barbet Schroeder
Olivier, a thirty-something from the provinces, arrives in Paris and through a friend finds work as a door-to-door book salesman... [More...]
La Maman et la putain (1973)
Jean Eustache
Alexandre is an unemployed intellectual who, having no money of his own, sponges off his lover, Marie, with whom he lives... [More...]
Jean Eustache
Alexandre is an unemployed intellectual who, having no money of his own, sponges off his lover, Marie, with whom he lives... [More...]
Marie-poupée (1976)
Joël Séria
Marie is a naive 17-year-old orphan who lives with her grandparents. One day, she enters a dolls shop and immediately attracts the attention of its owner, a charming young man named Claude... [More...]
Joël Séria
Marie is a naive 17-year-old orphan who lives with her grandparents. One day, she enters a dolls shop and immediately attracts the attention of its owner, a charming young man named Claude... [More...]
La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976)
Claude Miller
In the summer of 1960, Marc and Philippe work as supervisors in a French summer camp for boys. Their different methods of treating their young charges reflect their different personalities... [More...]
Claude Miller
In the summer of 1960, Marc and Philippe work as supervisors in a French summer camp for boys. Their different methods of treating their young charges reflect their different personalities... [More...]
La Menace (1977)
Alain Corneau
Dominique Montlaure owns a substantial trucking business near to Bordeaux, which she runs with the help of her boyfriend, Henri Savin... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Dominique Montlaure owns a substantial trucking business near to Bordeaux, which she runs with the help of her boyfriend, Henri Savin... [More...]
Messidor (1979)
Alain Tanner
Tired of her dull urban life, Jeanne, a young history student, decides to abandon her studies and take a break in the country... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Tired of her dull urban life, Jeanne, a young history student, decides to abandon her studies and take a break in the country... [More...]
Le Milieu du monde (1974)
Alain Tanner
Paul, a high-flying engineer, is proud to have been born in a Swiss town the locals refer to as the Centre of the World. He is running for a local election when he meets Adriana, a young Italian waitress in a café... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Paul, a high-flying engineer, is proud to have been born in a Swiss town the locals refer to as the Centre of the World. He is running for a local election when he meets Adriana, a young Italian waitress in a café... [More...]
Moi, Pierre Rivière... (1976)
René Allio
The third of June 1835 was an eventful day in the life of the twenty-year old Normandy peasant Pierre Rivière. On this day, he chose to slit the throats of his mother, his sister and his younger brother with a hand scythe... [More...]
René Allio
The third of June 1835 was an eventful day in the life of the twenty-year old Normandy peasant Pierre Rivière. On this day, he chose to slit the throats of his mother, his sister and his younger brother with a hand scythe... [More...]
Monsieur Klein (1976)
Joseph Losey
Paris, January 1942. Robert Klein is an art dealer who has grown rich by trading in valuable art treasures sold by Jews who are desperate to raise cash to escape deportation to Nazi Germany... [More...]
Joseph Losey
Paris, January 1942. Robert Klein is an art dealer who has grown rich by trading in valuable art treasures sold by Jews who are desperate to raise cash to escape deportation to Nazi Germany... [More...]
Mort d'un pourri (1977)
Georges Lautner
Xavier Maréchal agrees to provide his friend Philippe Dubaye with an alibi when the latter confesses to him that he has just murdered a business associate, Serrano... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Xavier Maréchal agrees to provide his friend Philippe Dubaye with an alibi when the latter confesses to him that he has just murdered a business associate, Serrano... [More...]
Mourir d'aimer (1971)
André Cayatte
In 1968, Danièle teaches literature at a high school in Rouen. A staunch advocate of modern teaching methods, she invites her pupils back to her home and makes no distinction between her private and professional lives... [More...]
André Cayatte
In 1968, Danièle teaches literature at a high school in Rouen. A staunch advocate of modern teaching methods, she invites her pupils back to her home and makes no distinction between her private and professional lives... [More...]
Le Mouton enragé (1974)
Michel Deville
Nicolas Mallet is a modest bank employee whose lack of personal ambition is matched by a crippling lack of self-confidence... [More...]
Michel Deville
Nicolas Mallet is a modest bank employee whose lack of personal ambition is matched by a crippling lack of self-confidence... [More...]
Nathalie Granger (1972)
Marguerite Duras
Isabelle Granger is a young woman who lives with her husband and daughter Nathalie in a large house in the Yvelines district of Paris... [More...]
Marguerite Duras
Isabelle Granger is a young woman who lives with her husband and daughter Nathalie in a large house in the Yvelines district of Paris... [More...]
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972)
Maurice Pialat
For the past six years, Jean, a struggling filmmaker in his forties, has been pursuing a turbulent love affair with a much younger woman, Catherine... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
For the past six years, Jean, a struggling filmmaker in his forties, has been pursuing a turbulent love affair with a much younger woman, Catherine... [More...]
La Nuit américaine (1973)
François Truffaut
A film company is shooting the film Je vous présente Pamela in the south of France. The tensions and problems that arise during the filming greatly surpass the drama of the film being made... [More...]
François Truffaut
A film company is shooting the film Je vous présente Pamela in the south of France. The tensions and problems that arise during the filming greatly surpass the drama of the film being made... [More...]
Nuits rouges (1974)
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
Out 1: Noli me Tangere (1971)
Jacques Rivette
In Paris in the late 1960s, two theatrical companies are immersed in rehearsing performances of two well-known works by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
In Paris in the late 1960s, two theatrical companies are immersed in rehearsing performances of two well-known works by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes... [More...]
Parade (1974)
Jacques Tati
An excited audience of men, women and children take their seats in a circus tent, eager for the spectacle to begin. The genial Monsieur Loyal greets everyone with an invitation that all are welcome to join in the show... [More...]
Jacques Tati
An excited audience of men, women and children take their seats in a circus tent, eager for the spectacle to begin. The genial Monsieur Loyal greets everyone with an invitation that all are welcome to join in the show... [More...]