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French cinema: Drama
Le Sang d'un poète (1930)
Jean Cocteau
A factory chimney is just about to fall down... In May 1745, a bare-chested artist is painting a portrait of a woman. When the portrait's mouth suddenly comes to life, the artist attempts to erase it...
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Jean Cocteau
Sans famille (1934)
Marc Allégret
London. After the funeral of Lord Mulligan, his brother James intends that he will inherit his fortune. To do so, he hires a crook named Driscoll to abduct and kill Mulligan's rightful heir, three-year-old Robert...
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Marc Allégret
Sans rancune (2009)
Yves Hanchar
Whilst attending a Belgian boarding school in the 1950s, 17-year-old Laurent Matagne suspects that his French teacher, Vapeur, might be his father, who is thought to have died in an air raid in 1940...
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Yves Hanchar
Sans toit ni loi (1985)
Agnès Varda
One cold winter's morning, a farm worker is surprised to come across the body of a young woman in a ditch. From her appearance - her clothes are torn and dirty, her hair and face filthy - it is at once apparent that she has been living rough for some time before she died...
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Agnès Varda
Sauvage (2018)
Camille Vidal-Naquet
Léo is a vulnerable 22-year-old man who is used to living on the streets. To make the money he needs to get by, he is willing to do anything, even selling his body to men he encounters on the streets of Strasbourg and its wooded environs...
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Camille Vidal-Naquet
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007)
Julian Schnabel
Chief editor of the fashion magazine Elle and father of two children, Jean-Dominique Bauby is a man to whom life could not have been kinder... [More...]
Julian Schnabel
Chief editor of the fashion magazine Elle and father of two children, Jean-Dominique Bauby is a man to whom life could not have been kinder... [More...]
Le Secret de Mayerling (1949)
Jean Delannoy
In the early hours of 30th January 1889, the Archduke Rudolph, crown prince of Austria, is found dead in his hunting lodge at Mayerling, lying on his bed beside his 17-year-old lover Marie Vetsera... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
In the early hours of 30th January 1889, the Archduke Rudolph, crown prince of Austria, is found dead in his hunting lodge at Mayerling, lying on his bed beside his 17-year-old lover Marie Vetsera... [More...]
Secret défense (1998)
Jacques Rivette
Sylvie, a young biologist, receives an impromptu visit from her brother who claims to have proof that their father was murdered by Walser, his right-hand man... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Sylvie, a young biologist, receives an impromptu visit from her brother who claims to have proof that their father was murdered by Walser, his right-hand man... [More...]
Le Secret (1974)
Robert Enrico
In a mysterious secure establishment, a prisoner named David effects a remarkable escape. Convinced that he is being pursued, he flees to the open countryside... [More...]
Robert Enrico
In a mysterious secure establishment, a prisoner named David effects a remarkable escape. Convinced that he is being pursued, he flees to the open countryside... [More...]
Selon Matthieu (2000)
Xavier Beauvois
Matthieu and Éric are brothers who work at the same factory in Le Havre as their 53-year-old father. It on the night of Éric's wedding that Matthieu learns that his father has just been sacked on the most trivial of grounds - for smoking a cigarette inside the factory... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
Matthieu and Éric are brothers who work at the same factory in Le Havre as their 53-year-old father. It on the night of Éric's wedding that Matthieu learns that his father has just been sacked on the most trivial of grounds - for smoking a cigarette inside the factory... [More...]
La Sentence (1959)
Jean Valère
As the Allies begin their invasion of Northern France in the summer of 1944, four members of the French Resistance are arrested after an attempt to assassinate a German officer... [More...]
Jean Valère
As the Allies begin their invasion of Northern France in the summer of 1944, four members of the French Resistance are arrested after an attempt to assassinate a German officer... [More...]
La Sentinelle (1992)
Arnaud Desplechin
Mathias, the son of diplomat in Berlin, is about to begin his training as a pathologist in Paris. Whilst crossing the Franco-German border on a train, he is singled out and harassed by customs officials... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Mathias, the son of diplomat in Berlin, is about to begin his training as a pathologist in Paris. Whilst crossing the Franco-German border on a train, he is singled out and harassed by customs officials... [More...]
La Séparation (1994)
Christian Vincent
Pierre and Anne are a young couple in their thirties who have been together for several years. They have enjoyed a harmonious and loving relationship for some time, living together in their cosy apartment with their two-year-old son Loulou... [More...]
Christian Vincent
Pierre and Anne are a young couple in their thirties who have been together for several years. They have enjoyed a harmonious and loving relationship for some time, living together in their cosy apartment with their two-year-old son Loulou... [More...]
Sept jours ailleurs (1969)
Marin Karmitz
Jacques is a 30-something musician who is married, has a young daughter, but is far from fulfilled. Trapped in a sterile marriage, he welcomes the opportunity to spend seven days on tour with a modern dance company in the south of France... [More...]
Marin Karmitz
Jacques is a 30-something musician who is married, has a young daughter, but is far from fulfilled. Trapped in a sterile marriage, he welcomes the opportunity to spend seven days on tour with a modern dance company in the south of France... [More...]
Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975)
Jacques Rouffio
Dr Pierre Losseray works at a clinic in a French provincial town and is married to the lovely Muriel. When he suffers a heart attack, his rivals are quick to exploit the situation... [More...]
Jacques Rouffio
Dr Pierre Losseray works at a clinic in a French provincial town and is married to the lovely Muriel. When he suffers a heart attack, his rivals are quick to exploit the situation... [More...]
Le Septième juré (1962)
Georges Lautner
In a moment of madness, Grégoire Duval, a respectable pharmacist, kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake... [More...]
Georges Lautner
In a moment of madness, Grégoire Duval, a respectable pharmacist, kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake... [More...]
Séraphine (2008)
Martin Provost
On the eve of the First World War, the German art dealer Wilhelm Uhde rents an apartment in a small French town where he hopes to write and take stock of his life... [More...]
Martin Provost
On the eve of the First World War, the German art dealer Wilhelm Uhde rents an apartment in a small French town where he hopes to write and take stock of his life... [More...]
Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque (2010)
Joann Sfar
In the 1940s, with Paris under Nazi occupation, a young boy named Lucien Ginsburg grows up and finds he shares his father's artistic leanings... [More...]
Joann Sfar
In the 1940s, with Paris under Nazi occupation, a young boy named Lucien Ginsburg grows up and finds he shares his father's artistic leanings... [More...]
Shéhérazade (2018)
Jean-Bernard Marlin
Zachary is a 17-year-old delinquent living in one of the roughest neighbourhoods of north Marseille. His petty criminal exploits have earned him a spell in a juvenile detention centre, but on leaving the centre he finds he has no home to return to... [More...]
Jean-Bernard Marlin
Zachary is a 17-year-old delinquent living in one of the roughest neighbourhoods of north Marseille. His petty criminal exploits have earned him a spell in a juvenile detention centre, but on leaving the centre he finds he has no home to return to... [More...]
Si j'étais un espion (1967)
Bertrand Blier
Dr Lefèvre is a widower who leads a peaceful life with his daughter Sylvie in the suburbs of Paris. One evening, he is called to visit one of his patients, a depressive named Guérin, but gets no reply when he rings the doorbell... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Dr Lefèvre is a widower who leads a peaceful life with his daughter Sylvie in the suburbs of Paris. One evening, he is called to visit one of his patients, a depressive named Guérin, but gets no reply when he rings the doorbell... [More...]
Si tous les gars du monde (1956)
Christian-Jaque
When the crew of a Breton fishing boat in the North Sea begin to fall mysteriously ill, the captain, La Guellec, tries to summon help via radio... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
When the crew of a Breton fishing boat in the North Sea begin to fall mysteriously ill, the captain, La Guellec, tries to summon help via radio... [More...]
Le Silence de la mer (1949)
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the winter of 1941, a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac, is billeted to a house in a small town in Nazi occupied France... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
In the winter of 1941, a German officer, Werner von Ebrennac, is billeted to a house in a small town in Nazi occupied France... [More...]
Le Silence de Lorna (2008)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Lorna is a young Albanian woman whose dream is to settle in Belgium with her boyfriend Sokol and open a snack bar. Through a gangster Fabio, she gains Belgian citizenship by marrying a Belgian drug addict, Claudy... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Lorna is a young Albanian woman whose dream is to settle in Belgium with her boyfriend Sokol and open a snack bar. Through a gangster Fabio, she gains Belgian citizenship by marrying a Belgian drug addict, Claudy... [More...]
La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)
François Truffaut
Louis Mahé, the wealthy owner of a tobacco plantation on the island of Réunion, decides to get married - to Julie Roussel, a woman he found through the personal ads pages of his newspaper... [More...]
François Truffaut
Louis Mahé, the wealthy owner of a tobacco plantation on the island of Réunion, decides to get married - to Julie Roussel, a woman he found through the personal ads pages of his newspaper... [More...]
Six et demi, onze (1927)
Jean Epstein
Jérôme de Ners is a renowned doctor who lives with his younger brother Jean after their parents' death. Recently, Jérôme has been aware of his brother's agitation and is concerned when, one day, he suddenly disappears without leaving a clue as to his whereabouts... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Jérôme de Ners is a renowned doctor who lives with his younger brother Jean after their parents' death. Recently, Jérôme has been aware of his brother's agitation and is concerned when, one day, he suddenly disappears without leaving a clue as to his whereabouts... [More...]
Les Soeurs Brontë (1979)
André Téchiné
After the death of his wife, the pastor Patrick Brontë lives in the small village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, with his three daughters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - and his one son Branwell... [More...]
André Téchiné
After the death of his wife, the pastor Patrick Brontë lives in the small village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, with his three daughters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - and his one son Branwell... [More...]
Solo (1970)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Vincent Cabral, a violinist and occasional jewel thief, returns to France hoping to renew his acquaintance with his younger brother Virgile, whom he has not seen for three years... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Vincent Cabral, a violinist and occasional jewel thief, returns to France hoping to renew his acquaintance with his younger brother Virgile, whom he has not seen for three years... [More...]
Son frère (2003)
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
After many years apart, 30-something Thomas returns to his brother Luc with the news that he is suffering from a potentially fatal blood disease... [More...]
Sous le sable (2000)
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
François Ozon
Marie Drillon, a woman in her early fifties, lectures in English literature at Paris university and has been happily married for twenty-five years... [More...]
Sous le soleil de Satan (1987)
Maurice Pialat
In a rural village in the north of France in the 1920s, an inexperienced Catholic priest, Donissan, is beginning to have doubts about his suitability for the priesthood... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
In a rural village in the north of France in the 1920s, an inexperienced Catholic priest, Donissan, is beginning to have doubts about his suitability for the priesthood... [More...]