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French cinema: 1986

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...]

The Beekeeper (1986)
Theodoros Angelopoulos

After giving up his job as a schoolteacher 60-year-old Spiros needs a hobby to occupy him, so he decides to take up beekeeping...   [More...]

La Femme de ma vie (1986)
Régis Wargnier

Simon was once an acclaimed virtuoso violinist, before he became a alcoholic and sank into the mire of depression. His life is ruined, and even his wife Laura can do nothing for him...   [More...]

Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
Claude Chabrol

In a small town on a drab stretch of the Brittany coastline, the renowned Catholic writer Raoul Mons leads an exemplary life, intent on upholding moral standards in the district...   [More...]

Jean de Florette (1986)
Claude Berri

Early in the 1920s, tax collector Jean Cadoret gives up his life in the city to make a fresh start in Provence, with his wife Aimée and young daughter Manon...   [More...]

Le Lieu du crime (1986)
André Téchiné

In rural France, a 13 year old boy, Thomas, runs into an escaped convict who orders him to return with some money. Thomas is on holiday from the boarding school he loathes and is staying with his mother Lili after her recent divorce from his father Maurice...   [More...]

Manon des sources (1986)
Claude Berri

After the tragic death of his neighbour Jean Cadoret, César Soubeyran purchases his land so that his nephew Ugolin Soubeyran can grow carnations on an industrial scale...   [More...]

Mauvais sang (1986)
Leos Carax

Paris, 1986. As Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the capital is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave...   [More...]

Mélo (1986)
Alain Resnais

Two old friends, Marcel and Pierre, get together one evening for a meal and to reminisce on old times. Marcel is now a world famous virtuoso violinist whilst Pierre has settled down for a quiet life with his wife, Romaine...   [More...]

Noir et blanc (1986)
Claire Devers

Antoine is a boring young accountant who leads a boring humdrum existence. For his latest assignment, he is sent to a sports centre to sort out the company's accounts...   [More...]

Le Paltoquet (1986)
Michel Deville

Each evening, four men - a doctor, a journalist, a professor and a merchant - meet up in a deserted bar to play cards. As they play, the bar's owner, her downtrodden barman (nicknamed “le paltoquet”) and a strange woman in white watch from a distance...   [More...]

Le Rayon vert (1986)
Eric Rohmer

The start of July marks the beginning of the summer holidays for Delphine, a young secretary living in Paris, but her plans are ruined when her fiancé Jean-Pierre breaks off their engagement...   [More...]

The Sacrifice (1986)
Andrey Tarkovskiy

Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island...   [More...]

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