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French cinema: Drama
Au bonheur des dames (1943)
André Cayatte
Paris, 1860. Baudu, an ageing shopkeeper, is none too pleased when a new department store named Au Bonheur des Dames opens on his doorstep and starts poaching his clientele...
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André Cayatte
Au coeur du mensonge (1999)
Claude Chabrol
René Sterne was a successful artist before a terrorist attack left him maimed for life. Now, beset with scars that are both physical and psychological, he struggles to regain his inspiration in a quiet fishing port on the coast of Brittany...
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Claude Chabrol
Au cul du loup (2012)
Pierre Duculot
Not yet thirty, Christina leads a humdrum existence in a humdrum town in Belgium, where she lives with her humdrum boyfriend Marco...
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Pierre Duculot
Au fond des bois (2010)
Benoît Jacquot
In 1865, Joséphine leads a comfortable but dull existence with her father, a successful physician. One day, a scruffy vagabond turns up on her father's doorstep asking for help...
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Benoît Jacquot
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Robert Bresson
Shortly after he is born in a rural part of France, a donkey is adopted by a small girl named Marie, who christens him Balthazar and treats him as a treasured plaything...
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Robert Bresson
Au nom de la loi (1932)
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
Inspector Clamart is confident that he can single-handedly deal with a drugs trafficking ring. The next day, his lifeless body is found floating in the Seine... [More...]
Au revoir, les enfants (1987)
Louis Malle
France, 1944, during the Nazi Occupation. The Christmas holidays over, 12-year-old Julien Quentin must leave his comfortable middleclass home in Paris and return to his Catholic boarding school in the country... [More...]
Louis Malle
France, 1944, during the Nazi Occupation. The Christmas holidays over, 12-year-old Julien Quentin must leave his comfortable middleclass home in Paris and return to his Catholic boarding school in the country... [More...]
Au royaume des cieux (1949)
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding... [More...]
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
L'Auberge espagnole (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
A young economics student, Xavier, decides to spend the final year of his university course at Barcelona so that he can learn Spanish and thereby secure a job at the French Ministry of Finance... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
A young economics student, Xavier, decides to spend the final year of his university course at Barcelona so that he can learn Spanish and thereby secure a job at the French Ministry of Finance... [More...]
L'Auberge rouge (1923)
Jean Epstein
One evening in 1825, a wealthy banker hosts a dinner party at his home in Paris. His guests include a well-known merchant, Hermann, and an arms supplier for the French army, Jean-Frédéric Taillefer... [More...]
Jean Epstein
One evening in 1825, a wealthy banker hosts a dinner party at his home in Paris. His guests include a well-known merchant, Hermann, and an arms supplier for the French army, Jean-Frédéric Taillefer... [More...]
L'Autre monde (2010)
Gilles Marchand
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, teen lovers Gaspard and Marion find a mobile phone which contains a series of cryptic messages... [More...]
Gilles Marchand
Whilst holidaying in the South of France one summer, teen lovers Gaspard and Marion find a mobile phone which contains a series of cryptic messages... [More...]
L'Autre (2009)
Patrick-Mario Bernard
Anne-Marie and Alex have been living together quite happily for several years, but now they have reached a stage in their relationship where they must decide whether they should commit themselves to each other... [More...]
Patrick-Mario Bernard
Anne-Marie and Alex have been living together quite happily for several years, but now they have reached a stage in their relationship where they must decide whether they should commit themselves to each other... [More...]
Avant l'aube (2011)
Raphaël Jacoulot
Frédéric Boissier believes he has put his troubled past behind him when he gets himself a respectable job as a night porter in a luxury mountain hotel... [More...]
Raphaël Jacoulot
Frédéric Boissier believes he has put his troubled past behind him when he gets himself a respectable job as a night porter in a luxury mountain hotel... [More...]
Avant l'hiver (2013)
Philippe Claudel
Paul is a successful brain surgeon who, since he married Lucie, has never known a day's unhappiness. He has a comfortable home, a loving family and a job he adores... [More...]
Philippe Claudel
Paul is a successful brain surgeon who, since he married Lucie, has never known a day's unhappiness. He has a comfortable home, a loving family and a job he adores... [More...]
L'Avenir (2016)
Mia Hansen-Løve
Nathalie appears comfortable in her settled life as a mother of two and a teacher of philosophy at a Parisian high school... [More...]
Mia Hansen-Løve
Nathalie appears comfortable in her settled life as a mother of two and a teacher of philosophy at a Parisian high school... [More...]
Les Aventures de Robert Macaire (1925)
Jean Epstein
In 1825, the itinerant thief and swindler Robert Macaire wends his way across France in the company of his faithful companion Bertrand, never passing up the opportunity to fleece any unsuspecting party they may come across in their travels... [More...]
Jean Epstein
In 1825, the itinerant thief and swindler Robert Macaire wends his way across France in the company of his faithful companion Bertrand, never passing up the opportunity to fleece any unsuspecting party they may come across in their travels... [More...]
L'Aveu (1970)
Costa-Gavras
Prague, 1951. A.L. is the deputy foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, a man with an impeccable record. Having fought on the side of the Brigadas Internacionales during the Spanish Civil War, and then with the French Resistance during WWII, A.L.'s devotion to communism seems to be beyond dispute... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Prague, 1951. A.L. is the deputy foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, a man with an impeccable record. Having fought on the side of the Brigadas Internacionales during the Spanish Civil War, and then with the French Resistance during WWII, A.L.'s devotion to communism seems to be beyond dispute... [More...]
Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972)
René Vautier
It is 1961 and France is locked into a seemingly interminable war with its North African colony of Algeria. The French government of course does not recognise this as a war as such, but rather a 'campaign of pacification'... [More...]
René Vautier
It is 1961 and France is locked into a seemingly interminable war with its North African colony of Algeria. The French government of course does not recognise this as a war as such, but rather a 'campaign of pacification'... [More...]
Avril (2006)
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Avril has spent her entire life in a convent. Shortly after she was born, she was given up to the mother superior, Marie-Josèphe, who agreed to take charge of her upbringing... [More...]
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Avril has spent her entire life in a convent. Shortly after she was born, she was given up to the mother superior, Marie-Josèphe, who agreed to take charge of her upbringing... [More...]
La Baie des anges (1963)
Jacques Demy
Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino... [More...]
Jacques Demy
Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino... [More...]
La Bande à Bonnot (1968)
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals... [More...]
La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion... [More...]
Bar des rails (1991)
Cédric Kahn
Richard leads a humdrum existence in a typically dull French provincial town. He is 16 and lives with his mother, who makes enough money to support them on her income as a dressmaker... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Richard leads a humdrum existence in a typically dull French provincial town. He is 16 and lives with his mother, who makes enough money to support them on her income as a dressmaker... [More...]
Barbe-bleue (1901)
Georges Méliès
The wealthy Lord Bluebeard has had seven wives - all have died in mysterious circumstances. Despite his great age, he decides to marry an eighth time and invites many nobles to his court to present their daughters to him... [More...]
Georges Méliès
The wealthy Lord Bluebeard has had seven wives - all have died in mysterious circumstances. Despite his great age, he decides to marry an eighth time and invites many nobles to his court to present their daughters to him... [More...]
Les Bas-fonds (1936)
Jean Renoir
Having been dismissed from his official post for embezzlement, a baron gambles away the last of his fortune at the card table... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Having been dismissed from his official post for embezzlement, a baron gambles away the last of his fortune at the card table... [More...]
La Bataille de l'eau lourde (1948)
Jean Dréville
Not long after Norway comes under Nazi Occupation at the start of World War II, the Germans commandeer a hydroelectric power plant in the mountains outside Rjukan... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Not long after Norway comes under Nazi Occupation at the start of World War II, the Germans commandeer a hydroelectric power plant in the mountains outside Rjukan... [More...]
La Bataille du rail (1946)
René Clément
This episodic film recounts the exploits of French railway workers supporting the activities of the French Resistance during the Second World War... [More...]
René Clément
This episodic film recounts the exploits of French railway workers supporting the activities of the French Resistance during the Second World War... [More...]
Le Bataillon du ciel (1947)
Alexander Esway
Spring, 1944: a decisive moment in the Second World War. Colonel Rouvier, a respected soldier who lost an arm in combat in Tunisia, is put in charge of training a parachute regiment of the French Free Forces in England... [More...]
Alexander Esway
Spring, 1944: a decisive moment in the Second World War. Colonel Rouvier, a respected soldier who lost an arm in combat in Tunisia, is put in charge of training a parachute regiment of the French Free Forces in England... [More...]
Le Beau Serge (1958)
Claude Chabrol
Stricken with tuberculosis, a young student named François returns to his home town of Sardent in the Creuse region of central France for a period of quiet convalescence... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Stricken with tuberculosis, a young student named François returns to his home town of Sardent in the Creuse region of central France for a period of quiet convalescence... [More...]