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French cinema: All genres
Violette (2013)
Martin Provost
Violette Leduc, a woman born outside of wedlock at the start of the last century, meets the intellectual Simone de Beauvoir in St-Germain-des-Prés shortly after the war...
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Martin Provost
Violette Nozière (1978)
Claude Chabrol
In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, leads a respectable middleclass existence with her father Baptiste, a railway engineer, and mother Germaine...
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Claude Chabrol
Visages d'enfants (1925)
Jacques Feyder
In Saint-Luc, a remote village in the Swiss Alps, the president, Pierre Amsler, mourns the death of his wife. Whilst his 4-year old daughter Pierrette is seemingly unaffected, his 11-year old son Jean is traumatised by this tragic loss...
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Jacques Feyder
Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud...
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Marcel Carné
Vive le Tour (1962)
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year...
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Louis Malle
Vivement dimanche! (1983)
François Truffaut
When a man named Massoulier is shot dead, estate agent Julien Vercel is arrested as his fingerprints are on the dead man's car... [More...]
François Truffaut
When a man named Massoulier is shot dead, estate agent Julien Vercel is arrested as his fingerprints are on the dead man's car... [More...]
Vivre pour vivre (1967)
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Vivre sa vie (1962)
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Voici le temps des assassins (1956)
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]
La Voie lactée (1969)
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Voie rapide (2012)
Christophe Sahr
Alex is 25, lives with his girlfriend Rachel on a housing estate and has a two-year-old daughter. The couple both work in a nearby supermarket, but even with their combined income it is a struggle to make ends meet, particularly as Alex fritters away most of his money on his hobby, souping up his Honda Civic... [More...]
Christophe Sahr
Alex is 25, lives with his girlfriend Rachel on a housing estate and has a two-year-old daughter. The couple both work in a nearby supermarket, but even with their combined income it is a struggle to make ends meet, particularly as Alex fritters away most of his money on his hobby, souping up his Honda Civic... [More...]
Le Voleur (1967)
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Voleurs de chevaux (2007)
Micha Wald
Ukraine, 1810. Two young Cossack brothers, Jakub and Vladimir, join the Russian army hoping to find relief from the misery of their existences... [More...]
Micha Wald
Ukraine, 1810. Two young Cossack brothers, Jakub and Vladimir, join the Russian army hoping to find relief from the misery of their existences... [More...]
Les Voleurs (1996)
André Téchiné
After the sudden death of his brother Ivan, Lyon-based cop Alex returns to the family home in the Rhône-Alpes with his girlfriend Juliette... [More...]
André Téchiné
After the sudden death of his brother Ivan, Lyon-based cop Alex returns to the family home in the Rhône-Alpes with his girlfriend Juliette... [More...]
Volpone (1941)
Maurice Tourneur
Volpone is one of the wealthiest merchants in Venice, but when his ships laden with cargo fail to arrive on time he faces an ignoble ruin... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Volpone is one of the wealthiest merchants in Venice, but when his ships laden with cargo fail to arrive on time he faces an ignoble ruin... [More...]
Vous n'avez encore rien vu (2012)
Alain Resnais
After his death, the famous playwright Antoine d'Anthac summons thirteen actors he once worked with to his large house for a special mission... [More...]
Alain Resnais
After his death, the famous playwright Antoine d'Anthac summons thirteen actors he once worked with to his large house for a special mission... [More...]
Le Voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)
Georges Méliès
A group of highly eminent scientists meet up to make preparations for a continent-spanning expedition, the like of which the world has never seen before... [More...]
Georges Méliès
A group of highly eminent scientists meet up to make preparations for a continent-spanning expedition, the like of which the world has never seen before... [More...]
Le Voyage dans la lune (1902)
Georges Méliès
At a meeting of the astronomy club, Professor Barbenfouillis announces his next venture: to lead a manned expedition to the moon... [More...]
Georges Méliès
At a meeting of the astronomy club, Professor Barbenfouillis announces his next venture: to lead a manned expedition to the moon... [More...]
Le Voyage imaginaire (1926)
René Clair
Jean, a modest bank clerk, is in love with his boss's secretary, Lucie, but he is too shy to impose his feelings on the angelic being who has stolen his heart... [More...]
René Clair
Jean, a modest bank clerk, is in love with his boss's secretary, Lucie, but he is too shy to impose his feelings on the angelic being who has stolen his heart... [More...]
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943)
Louis Daquin
After the death of his parents, Gilles Mauvoisin returns to his hometown of La Rochelle. On his arrival, he is surprised to learn that his uncle, the successful businessman Octave Mauvoisin, has recently died and left him his entire fortune... [More...]
Louis Daquin
After the death of his parents, Gilles Mauvoisin returns to his hometown of La Rochelle. On his arrival, he is surprised to learn that his uncle, the successful businessman Octave Mauvoisin, has recently died and left him his entire fortune... [More...]
Week End (1967)
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Welcome (2009)
Philippe Lioret
Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish man, arrives illegally at Calais, hoping to swim across the Channel to England. If he succeeds, he intends to look for the girlfriend he hasn't seen for a long time and train to become a footballer... [More...]
Philippe Lioret
Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish man, arrives illegally at Calais, hoping to swim across the Channel to England. If he succeeds, he intends to look for the girlfriend he hasn't seen for a long time and train to become a footballer... [More...]
Wesh wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe? (2001)
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Having completed a stretch in prison for drugs trafficking, Kamel, an illegal immigrant, returns to his Algerian family in the rundown suburbs of Paris and tries to make a fresh start... [More...]
Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Having completed a stretch in prison for drugs trafficking, Kamel, an illegal immigrant, returns to his Algerian family in the rundown suburbs of Paris and tries to make a fresh start... [More...]
Western (1997)
Manuel Poirier
When a Spanish sales rep Paco Cazale gives a lift to a Russian hitch-hiker, Nino, his life takes an unexpected turn. First he is stranded when Nino drives off with his car... [More...]
Manuel Poirier
When a Spanish sales rep Paco Cazale gives a lift to a Russian hitch-hiker, Nino, his life takes an unexpected turn. First he is stranded when Nino drives off with his car... [More...]
White Material (2010)
Claire Denis
Somewhere in Africa, in a region plagued by civil war, Maria refuses to abandon her coffee plantation before the end of the harvest... [More...]
Claire Denis
Somewhere in Africa, in a region plagued by civil war, Maria refuses to abandon her coffee plantation before the end of the harvest... [More...]
Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël? (1996)
Sandrine Veysset
In the south of France, a young woman works all hours on her common-law husband's market garden farm whilst struggling to bring up her seven young children... [More...]
Sandrine Veysset
In the south of France, a young woman works all hours on her common-law husband's market garden farm whilst struggling to bring up her seven young children... [More...]
Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Yoyo (1965)
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Yuki et Nina (2009)
Hippolyte Girardot
When Yuki, a 9-year-old Franco-Japanese girl, learns that her parents are about to separate, she realises that she must accompany her mother to Japan... [More...]
Hippolyte Girardot
When Yuki, a 9-year-old Franco-Japanese girl, learns that her parents are about to separate, she realises that she must accompany her mother to Japan... [More...]