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French cinema: Drama
Charly (2007)
Isild Le Besco
Nicolas, a 14-year-old boy living with foster parents, is inexplicably disturbed when he sees a postcard of Belle-Île-en-Mer...
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Isild Le Besco
La Charrette fantôme (1939)
Julien Duvivier
He who hears the wheels of the Ghost Wagon knows he is soon going to die. Every year on New Year's Eve, the Wagon, driven by Death himself, comes to claim someone at midnight.....
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Julien Duvivier
La Chartreuse de Parme (1948)
Christian-Jaque
At the beginning of the 19th Century, the Marquis Fabrice del Dongo returns to Parma, his home town, after having completed his studies in Naples...
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Christian-Jaque
Le Chat (1971)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Julien and Clémence Bouin have been living together as man and wife for over twenty-five years. He is a retired typographer, she is a former trapeze artist who is now partly crippled after an accident...
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Pierre Granier-Deferre
Le Château de verre (1950)
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer...
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René Clément
La Chatte (1958)
Henri Decoin
Paris during the Nazi Occupation. A patrol of German soldiers raid a house from which illicit radio transmissions are being sent... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Paris during the Nazi Occupation. A patrol of German soldiers raid a house from which illicit radio transmissions are being sent... [More...]
Chéri (1950)
Pierre Billon
Paris, at the time of the Belle Époque... Known to his female admirers as Chéri, Fred Peloux is the son of the high-class courtesan Charlotte Peloux and spends most of his time in the company of his mother's friends, all fading prostitutes... [More...]
Pierre Billon
Paris, at the time of the Belle Époque... Known to his female admirers as Chéri, Fred Peloux is the son of the high-class courtesan Charlotte Peloux and spends most of his time in the company of his mother's friends, all fading prostitutes... [More...]
Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge (1914)
Albert Capellani
Paris, 1793. After four years of turmoil, the French Revolution has reached its bloodiest phase with the execution of King Louis XVI, the old monarchy replaced by a reign of terror... [More...]
Albert Capellani
Paris, 1793. After four years of turmoil, the French Revolution has reached its bloodiest phase with the execution of King Louis XVI, the old monarchy replaced by a reign of terror... [More...]
Les Chiens (1979)
Alain Jessua
Not long after arriving in a small provincial town, a young doctor, Henri Ferret, is struck by the mood of fear that pervades the region... [More...]
Alain Jessua
Not long after arriving in a small provincial town, a young doctor, Henri Ferret, is struck by the mood of fear that pervades the region... [More...]
Les Choses de la vie (1970)
Claude Sautet
Pierre Bérard, a 40-year-old architect, is on his way to a business appointment when his car collides with a lorry on a quiet country road... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Pierre Bérard, a 40-year-old architect, is on his way to a business appointment when his car collides with a lorry on a quiet country road... [More...]
La Chute de la maison Usher (1928)
Jean Epstein
Sir Roderick Usher and his wife Madeleine lead a solitary life, living in an ancient castle surrounded by sinister misty marshes in the most barren and forbidding of rural landscapes... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Sir Roderick Usher and his wife Madeleine lead a solitary life, living in an ancient castle surrounded by sinister misty marshes in the most barren and forbidding of rural landscapes... [More...]
Le Ciel est à vous (1944)
Jean Grémillon
Pierre Gauthier is proud of the fact that, during WWI, he was employed as a mechanic to the celebrated aviator Georges Guynemer... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
Pierre Gauthier is proud of the fact that, during WWI, he was employed as a mechanic to the celebrated aviator Georges Guynemer... [More...]
Le Clair de terre (1970)
Guy Gilles
Pierre Brumeu, 21, lives in Paris and has a strained relationship with his father, a widower who is still mourning the loss of his wife many years ago... [More...]
Guy Gilles
Pierre Brumeu, 21, lives in Paris and has a strained relationship with his father, a widower who is still mourning the loss of his wife many years ago... [More...]
Clara et moi (2004)
Arnaud Viard
Antoine is 33, a struggling actor living in Paris. Outwardly, he appears happy and satisfied with his life; inwardly, he is tortured by solitude... [More...]
Arnaud Viard
Antoine is 33, a struggling actor living in Paris. Outwardly, he appears happy and satisfied with his life; inwardly, he is tortured by solitude... [More...]
La Classe de neige (1998)
Claude Miller
Nicolas is a quiet 12 year old boy who goes on a school skiing trip with his classmates. Worried that there might be a coach accident, Nicholas' over-protective father insists on taking his son to the alpine chalet himself... [More...]
Claude Miller
Nicolas is a quiet 12 year old boy who goes on a school skiing trip with his classmates. Worried that there might be a coach accident, Nicholas' over-protective father insists on taking his son to the alpine chalet himself... [More...]
Classe tous risques (1960)
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Doggedly pursued by the police, seasoned gangster Abel Davos evades capture by fleeing to Italy with his wife Thérèse and their two young sons... [More...]
Clean (2004)
Olivier Assayas
Emily Wang and Lee Hauser have been in a relationship for many years. He is a 40-something rock singer who is past his prime; she is his promoter, and is finding it increasingly difficult to find him work... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Emily Wang and Lee Hauser have been in a relationship for many years. He is a 40-something rock singer who is past his prime; she is his promoter, and is finding it increasingly difficult to find him work... [More...]
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961)
Agnès Varda
Paris, 1960. Cléo is an attractive younger singer who is anxiously awaiting the results of a medical examination. She has already convinced herself that she has cancer and will soon die from the disease, so she thinks morbid thoughts over the next two hours as she drifts without purpose around the capital... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Paris, 1960. Cléo is an attractive younger singer who is anxiously awaiting the results of a medical examination. She has already convinced herself that she has cancer and will soon die from the disease, so she thinks morbid thoughts over the next two hours as she drifts without purpose around the capital... [More...]
Coco avant Chanel (2009)
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
In the 1890s, Gabrielle and her sister, two little orphan girls, find themselves in an austere convent school where they wait in vain for their father to collect them... [More...]
Coco Chanel et Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Jan Kounen
In Paris, 1913, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is beginning to make a name for herself as a couturiere. Meanwhile, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky is staging his avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring... [More...]
Jan Kounen
In Paris, 1913, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is beginning to make a name for herself as a couturiere. Meanwhile, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky is staging his avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring... [More...]
Coeur animal (2009)
Séverine Cornamusaz
In a remote region of rural Switzerland, a farmer and his wife eke out a harsh existence, appearing to live in a century far removed from our own... [More...]
Séverine Cornamusaz
In a remote region of rural Switzerland, a farmer and his wife eke out a harsh existence, appearing to live in a century far removed from our own... [More...]
Le Coeur et l'argent (1912)
Louis Feuillade
Suzanne Mauguiot has fallen in love with a penniless ferryman named Raymond, but her father, a prosperous innkeeper, has decided she must marry the wealthy Monsieur Vernier... [More...]
Louis Feuillade
Suzanne Mauguiot has fallen in love with a penniless ferryman named Raymond, but her father, a prosperous innkeeper, has decided she must marry the wealthy Monsieur Vernier... [More...]
Le Coeur fantôme (1996)
Philippe Garrel
Philippe, a middle-aged artist, leaves his wife and children when he learns that his wife has a lover. He consoles himself with the company of prostitutes until he meets Justine, a young woman who instantly falls in love with him... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
Philippe, a middle-aged artist, leaves his wife and children when he learns that his wife has a lover. He consoles himself with the company of prostitutes until he meets Justine, a young woman who instantly falls in love with him... [More...]
Coeur fidèle (1923)
Jean Epstein
In the port of Marseille, Marie works as a serving girl in a shabby bar owned by her cruel adopted parents, Monsieur and Madame Honchon... [More...]
Jean Epstein
In the port of Marseille, Marie works as a serving girl in a shabby bar owned by her cruel adopted parents, Monsieur and Madame Honchon... [More...]
Le Colonel Chabert (1943)
René Le Hénaff
Paris, 1817. The wealthy Countess Ferraud is distressed when she begins to receive letters from her husband, Colonel Chabert, who was reported to have died during the Napoleonic wars ten years before... [More...]
René Le Hénaff
Paris, 1817. The wealthy Countess Ferraud is distressed when she begins to receive letters from her husband, Colonel Chabert, who was reported to have died during the Napoleonic wars ten years before... [More...]
Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
Yves Angelo
Colonel Chabert is mistaken for dead during the Napoleonic war with Russia. When he returns to Paris some years later, he finds that his wife, Anne, has married the Count Ferraud, and is using Chabert's wealth to finance Ferraud's social advancement... [More...]
Yves Angelo
Colonel Chabert is mistaken for dead during the Napoleonic war with Russia. When he returns to Paris some years later, he finds that his wife, Anne, has married the Count Ferraud, and is using Chabert's wealth to finance Ferraud's social advancement... [More...]
Le Combat dans l'île (1962)
Alain Cavalier
Clément Lesser belongs to a clandestine group of rightwing political extremists who have no time for democracy and who believe in taking political power by force... [More...]
Alain Cavalier
Clément Lesser belongs to a clandestine group of rightwing political extremists who have no time for democracy and who believe in taking political power by force... [More...]
Comme un homme (2012)
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
Louis, 16, is the son of the headmaster at the school which he attends and has no history of trouble. His friend Greg, by contrast, is always get himself into deep water on account of his aggressive and rebellious character... [More...]
Comment j'ai tué mon père (2001)
Anne Fontaine
Jean-Luc has made a successful career in private medicine, specialising in anti-ageing treatments. He appears to have it all: his own gerontology clinic at Versailles, which brings him wealth and esteem, and a beautiful young wife Isa... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Jean-Luc has made a successful career in private medicine, specialising in anti-ageing treatments. He appears to have it all: his own gerontology clinic at Versailles, which brings him wealth and esteem, and a beautiful young wife Isa... [More...]
Complices (2010)
Frédéric Mermoud
The body of a teenage boy is fished out of the Rhone near to Lyon. He is Vincent, 17 years old, and apparently died from strangulation... [More...]
Frédéric Mermoud
The body of a teenage boy is fished out of the Rhone near to Lyon. He is Vincent, 17 years old, and apparently died from strangulation... [More...]