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French cinema: All genres
Versailles Rive-Gauche (1992)
Bruno Podalydès
Arnaud is determined to make a good impression on his new girlfriend Claire. He has spent hours tidying his tiny apartment on the rue Carnot in Versailles and now everything is prepared for the most perfect of evenings...
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Bruno Podalydès
Le Vertige (1926)
Marcel L'Herbier
Russia, March 1917. With a fierce revolution threatening to engulf the entire country, the Petrograd estate of General Svirsky is hours away from being overrun by the peasant mob...
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Marcel L'Herbier
La Veuve Couderc (1971)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
France, in the mid-1930s. Tati Couderc is a severe-looking woman in her fifties who single-handedly manages a small farm in a remote backwater of rural France...
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Pierre Granier-Deferre
La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000)
Patrice Leconte
In 1849, the calm of a small community on the bleak island St Pierre, off the coast of French Canada, is disrupted when a drunk stabs another man to death...
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Patrice Leconte
Victor... pendant qu'il est trop tard (1998)
Sandrine Veysset
Victor is a troubled ten-year-old boy who has had enough of his neglectful parents. One evening, he runs away from home and takes refuge amid the hustle and bustle of a busy funfair...
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Sandrine Veysset
Victoria (2016)
Justine Triet
Since her egocentric husband David walked out on her, Victoria Spick has been left to bring up their two young children alone - not an easy task when you have a high-pressured career as a criminal lawyer... [More...]
Justine Triet
Since her egocentric husband David walked out on her, Victoria Spick has been left to bring up their two young children alone - not an easy task when you have a high-pressured career as a criminal lawyer... [More...]
La Vie continue (1981)
Moshé Mizrahi
Jeanne Lemaire leads a simple but contented life with her husband Gérard and their three children. Her cosy routine is thrown into a turmoil one Sunday morning when her husband suffers a fatal heart attack... [More...]
Moshé Mizrahi
Jeanne Lemaire leads a simple but contented life with her husband Gérard and their three children. Her cosy routine is thrown into a turmoil one Sunday morning when her husband suffers a fatal heart attack... [More...]
La Vie d'Adèle (2013)
Abdellatif Kechiche
15-year-old Adèle is a girl like any other, and like any girl of her age going out with boys is a habit she soon gets into... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
15-year-old Adèle is a girl like any other, and like any girl of her age going out with boys is a habit she soon gets into... [More...]
La Vie d'artiste (2007)
Marc Fitoussi
Three people in search of fame and fortune... Alice has ambitions of becoming a well-known actress but must content herself with lending her voice to a character in a Japanese cartoon... [More...]
Marc Fitoussi
Three people in search of fame and fortune... Alice has ambitions of becoming a well-known actress but must content herself with lending her voice to a character in a Japanese cartoon... [More...]
La Vie d'un honnête homme (1953)
Sacha Guitry
Through a combination of hard work and ruthlessness, Albert Ménard-Lacoste has become a wealthy businessman, although his austerity prevents him from being loved, even by his family... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
Through a combination of hard work and ruthlessness, Albert Ménard-Lacoste has become a wealthy businessman, although his austerity prevents him from being loved, even by his family... [More...]
La Vie de bohème (1945)
Marcel L'Herbier
Paris in the 1840s. Schaunard, Colline, Marcel and Rodolphe are four young artists who are determined to make a name for themselves... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Paris in the 1840s. Schaunard, Colline, Marcel and Rodolphe are four young artists who are determined to make a name for themselves... [More...]
La Vie de château (1966)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
La Vie de famille (1985)
Jacques Doillon
Emmanuel lives in Aix-en-Provence with his second wife Mara and the latter's teenage daughter Natacha. Emmanuel's relationship with his stepdaughter is strained... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Emmanuel lives in Aix-en-Provence with his second wife Mara and the latter's teenage daughter Natacha. Emmanuel's relationship with his stepdaughter is strained... [More...]
La Vie de Jésus (1997)
Bruno Dumont
For Freddy, an unemployed young man suffering from autism, life is one long round of unending monotony. Living in Bailleul, a small backwater town in Northern France, there is nothing for him to do other than to listlessly roam the district on his motorbike with his gang of friends... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
For Freddy, an unemployed young man suffering from autism, life is one long round of unending monotony. Living in Bailleul, a small backwater town in Northern France, there is nothing for him to do other than to listlessly roam the district on his motorbike with his gang of friends... [More...]
La Vie des morts (1991)
Arnaud Desplechin
Deciding that life is not worth living, Patrick, a depressed 20-year-old man, attempts suicide by putting a bullet in his head... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Deciding that life is not worth living, Patrick, a depressed 20-year-old man, attempts suicide by putting a bullet in his head... [More...]
La Vie devant soi (1977)
Moshé Mizrahi
In her younger days, Madame Rosa used to make a decent living for herself as a prostitute in a popular district of Paris... [More...]
Moshé Mizrahi
In her younger days, Madame Rosa used to make a decent living for herself as a prostitute in a popular district of Paris... [More...]
La Vie du Christ (1906)
Alice Guy
Starting with the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable in Bethlehem, the life and death of Christ are presented in a series of tableaux representing scenes taken from the New Testament... [More...]
Alice Guy
Starting with the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable in Bethlehem, the life and death of Christ are presented in a series of tableaux representing scenes taken from the New Testament... [More...]
La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille (1988)
Étienne Chatiliez
When she breaks up with her boyfriend, a paediatric surgeon, a nurse reveals that, twelve years ago, she switched two babies just after their birth... [More...]
Étienne Chatiliez
When she breaks up with her boyfriend, a paediatric surgeon, a nurse reveals that, twelve years ago, she switched two babies just after their birth... [More...]
La Vie est un roman (1983)
Alain Resnais
On the eve of the First World War, a wealthy count, Forbek, builds a rocco pleasure dome in the French countryside. He invites his wife and his friends to live a life of idyllic seclusion inside the dome... [More...]
Alain Resnais
On the eve of the First World War, a wealthy count, Forbek, builds a rocco pleasure dome in the French countryside. He invites his wife and his friends to live a life of idyllic seclusion inside the dome... [More...]
La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (1903)
Lucien Nonguet
The life and passion of Jesus Christ, presented as a series of tableaux taken from the four gospels of the New Testament... [More...]
Lucien Nonguet
The life and passion of Jesus Christ, presented as a series of tableaux taken from the four gospels of the New Testament... [More...]
La Vie et rien d'autre (1989)
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1920. It is two years since the signing of the Armistice that brought an end to the First World War, but the clearing up still continues... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1920. It is two years since the signing of the Armistice that brought an end to the First World War, but the clearing up still continues... [More...]
La Vie rêvée des anges (1998)
Erick Zonca
A young woman, Isa, arrives in Lille, with no job, no money, and nowhere to live. She meets up with Marie, a girl of her own age, and the two become friends... [More...]
Erick Zonca
A young woman, Isa, arrives in Lille, with no job, no money, and nowhere to live. She meets up with Marie, a girl of her own age, and the two become friends... [More...]
Le Vieil homme et l'enfant (1967)
Claude Berri
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, a Jewish couple decide to send their young son, Claude, to live in the country, where they hope he will be safe from arrest... [More...]
Claude Berri
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, a Jewish couple decide to send their young son, Claude, to live in the country, where they hope he will be safe from arrest... [More...]
La Vieille dame indigne (1965)
René Allio
Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies. She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles... [More...]
René Allio
Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies. She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles... [More...]
Les Vieux de la vieille (1960)
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Le Vieux fusil (1975)
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat... [More...]
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat... [More...]
Villa Amalia (2009)
Benoît Jacquot
Ann Hidewitz is so shocked when she sees her husband kiss another woman that her whole world collapses in an instant. Abandoning her career as a world class musician, she disposes of everything she possesses and embarks on a long journey across Europe... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Ann Hidewitz is so shocked when she sees her husband kiss another woman that her whole world collapses in an instant. Abandoning her career as a world class musician, she disposes of everything she possesses and embarks on a long journey across Europe... [More...]
Vincent n'a pas d'écailles (2015)
Thomas Salvador
On the spur of the moment, Vincent leaves the city and heads south to Provence in search of a new life. Here, he finds work as a labourer on a construction site and takes time out to go swimming in the region's bountiful lakes and rivers... [More...]
Thomas Salvador
On the spur of the moment, Vincent leaves the city and heads south to Provence in search of a new life. Here, he finds work as a labourer on a construction site and takes time out to go swimming in the region's bountiful lakes and rivers... [More...]
Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974)
Claude Sautet
Every weekend without fail, three old friends - Vincent, François and Paul - meet up to take their mind off their personal and professional anxieties... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Every weekend without fail, three old friends - Vincent, François and Paul - meet up to take their mind off their personal and professional anxieties... [More...]
Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré (2003)
Jean-Marc Moutout
A young business graduate, Philippe Seigner, can hardly believe his good fortune when he lands a job with an exclusive firm of management consultants, based in Paris... [More...]
Jean-Marc Moutout
A young business graduate, Philippe Seigner, can hardly believe his good fortune when he lands a job with an exclusive firm of management consultants, based in Paris... [More...]