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French cinema: Drama
Danton (1983)
Andrzej Wajda
France, 1793. The newly established French Republic is threatened both from within and without. To prevent the Revolution from ending in ignominious failure the Committee for Public Safety, led by Maximilien Robespierre, has no option but to instigate a Reign of Terror...
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Andrzej Wajda
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president...
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Fred Zinnemann
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (2005)
Jacques Audiard
28 year old Tom Seyr is the son of a small time gangster and seems set to follow in his father's footsteps. He earns his crust through crooked real estate deals with his two thuggish associates Fabrice and Sami...
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Jacques Audiard
De bon matin (2011)
Jean-Marc Moutout
One Monday morning, Paul Wertret arrives at the bank where he works, just as he does any other day. But shortly after his arrival at 8 o'clock he takes out a gun and shoots dead two of his superiors...
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Jean-Marc Moutout
De bruit et de fureur (1988)
Jean-Claude Brisseau
After the death of his grandmother, 14-year-old Bruno goes to live with his mother on a low income housing estate on the outskirts of Paris...
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Jean-Claude Brisseau
De guerre lasse (1987)
Robert Enrico
May, 1942. After her husband, a Jewish surgeon, commits suicide, Alice leaves Nazi-controlled Austria with Jerôme, a diplomat... [More...]
Robert Enrico
May, 1942. After her husband, a Jewish surgeon, commits suicide, Alice leaves Nazi-controlled Austria with Jerôme, a diplomat... [More...]
De rouille et d'os (2012)
Jacques Audiard
Homeless and penniless, Ali has no other choice but to turn to his sister for help. Accompanied by his five-year-old son Sam, Ali makes his way to his sister's home in Antibes, confident that she will give him a place to stay whilst he tries to get back on his feet... [More...]
Jacques Audiard
Homeless and penniless, Ali has no other choice but to turn to his sister for help. Accompanied by his five-year-old son Sam, Ali makes his way to his sister's home in Antibes, confident that she will give him a place to stay whilst he tries to get back on his feet... [More...]
Dédée d'Anvers (1948)
Yves Allégret
The busy Belgian port of Antwerp is a haven for gangsters, pimps and traffickers. Sailors, tired after their long stretch at sea, come ashore in search of liquor and female company, both of which Monsieur René generously supplies at his popular bar... [More...]
Yves Allégret
The busy Belgian port of Antwerp is a haven for gangsters, pimps and traffickers. Sailors, tired after their long stretch at sea, come ashore in search of liquor and female company, both of which Monsieur René generously supplies at his popular bar... [More...]
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
Denis Dercourt
Paul and Mathieu are two brothers who have both allowed themselves to be overtaken by a childhood passion. Paul's obsession is historical battles, Mathieu's is music... [More...]
La Demoiselle d'honneur (2004)
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Since the death of his father, Philippe Tardieu has been the breadwinner and guardian angel for his mother Christine and sisters Patricia and Sophie... [More...]
La Dénonciation (1962)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
October 1961. Michel Jussieu, a successful film producer, returns to a Parisian nightclub he visited the previous night to collect a sweater... [More...]
La Dentellière (1977)
Claude Goretta
Pomme may be 19 but, in her outlook and behaviour, she is still a child. A trainee hairdresser in Paris, she lives in her dreams and makes no attempt to find herself a boyfriend... [More...]
Claude Goretta
Pomme may be 19 but, in her outlook and behaviour, she is still a child. A trainee hairdresser in Paris, she lives in her dreams and makes no attempt to find herself a boyfriend... [More...]
Les Dents de fer (1913)
Léonce Perret
One evening, Dr Brosny and his wife are hosting a lively dinner party at their château in the country when their little girl, Germaine, is suddenly taken ill... [More...]
Léonce Perret
One evening, Dr Brosny and his wife are hosting a lively dinner party at their château in the country when their little girl, Germaine, is suddenly taken ill... [More...]
Les Dents longues (1952)
Daniel Gélin
As he embarks on his journalistic career with a provincial newspaper, Louis Commandeur has high hopes of success, but his illusions are soon dispelled when his editor takes all of the credit for a scoop of his... [More...]
Daniel Gélin
As he embarks on his journalistic career with a provincial newspaper, Louis Commandeur has high hopes of success, but his illusions are soon dispelled when his editor takes all of the credit for a scoop of his... [More...]
Depuis qu'Otar est parti (2003)
Julie Bertuccelli
Whilst her brother Otar is illegally employed as a construction worker in Paris, Marina remains in her hometown of Tblisi, Georgia... [More...]
Julie Bertuccelli
Whilst her brother Otar is illegally employed as a construction worker in Paris, Marina remains in her hometown of Tblisi, Georgia... [More...]
Le Dernier coup de marteau (2015)
Alix Delaporte
Victor is a 13-year-old soccer enthusiast who lives with his mother Nadia in a trailer park by the sea in Montpellier. Money is short and, unbeknown to the teenager, Nadia has a life-threatening illness... [More...]
Alix Delaporte
Victor is a 13-year-old soccer enthusiast who lives with his mother Nadia in a trailer park by the sea in Montpellier. Money is short and, unbeknown to the teenager, Nadia has a life-threatening illness... [More...]
Le Dernier des fous (2007)
Laurent Achard
Growing up on his parents' farm in rural France, 10-year-old Martin becomes increasingly unsettled as he witnesses the slow disintegration of his family... [More...]
Laurent Achard
Growing up on his parents' farm in rural France, 10-year-old Martin becomes increasingly unsettled as he witnesses the slow disintegration of his family... [More...]
Dernier domicile connu (1970)
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
Le Dernier métro (1980)
François Truffaut
With France under Nazi occupation, the Jewish playwright and stage director Lucas Steiner fears being deported like so many of his race... [More...]
François Truffaut
With France under Nazi occupation, the Jewish playwright and stage director Lucas Steiner fears being deported like so many of his race... [More...]
Le Dernier pour la route (2009)
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva... [More...]
Philippe Godeau
Hervé, the head of a press agency, finds that his life and his career are being ruined by his alcohol addiction. Realising that he risks losing everything that he holds dear, he takes the decision to give up drinking and begins a course of detoxification at a specialist centre in Geneva... [More...]
Le Dernier tournant (1939)
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
Frank, a young drifter, arrives at a remote service station on a mountain road near to Marseille. Here, the kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he readily accepts... [More...]
Les Dernières vacances (1948)
Roger Leenhardt
For generations, the Torrignes family have lived in a splendid old house in the south of France. By the early 1930s, the family's fortune has dried up and there is no other recourse than to sell the house... [More...]
Roger Leenhardt
For generations, the Torrignes family have lived in a splendid old house in the south of France. By the early 1930s, the family's fortune has dried up and there is no other recourse than to sell the house... [More...]
Des gens sans importance (1955)
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Jean Viard is a long-distance lorry driver who makes a habit of stopping off at a roadside inn run by his friend Barchandeau during his frequent excursions between Paris and Bordeaux... [More...]
Des hommes et des dieux (2010)
Xavier Beauvois
In the 1990s, eight French Cistercian monks lead a peaceful existence in a monastery overlooking the village of Tibhirine in the mountainous hinterland of Algeria... [More...]
Xavier Beauvois
In the 1990s, eight French Cistercian monks lead a peaceful existence in a monastery overlooking the village of Tibhirine in the mountainous hinterland of Algeria... [More...]
La Désintégration (2012)
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Philippe Faucon
Ali, Nasser and Hamza are all in their twenties and live on a housing estate in the outskirts of Lille. They meet Djamel, a man who is ten years their senior and who is, in their eyes, someone to be looked up to... [More...]
Le Dessous des cartes (1948)
André Cayatte
His criminal activities exposed, a crooked financier named Géraudy takes flight and intends to make his escape across the alpine border with the help of a young smuggler, Manu... [More...]
André Cayatte
His criminal activities exposed, a crooked financier named Géraudy takes flight and intends to make his escape across the alpine border with the help of a young smuggler, Manu... [More...]
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery... [More...]
Deux amis (1946)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Paris is under siege and food is so scarce that its inhabitants are forced to eat their household pets and any rats they can catch... [More...]
Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971)
François Truffaut
Paris, 1899. It is whilst pursuing her studies in sculpture that Anne Brown, a dark-haired English woman who is not yet 20, falls under the spell of Claude Roc, a bourgeois French student of her own age... [More...]
François Truffaut
Paris, 1899. It is whilst pursuing her studies in sculpture that Anne Brown, a dark-haired English woman who is not yet 20, falls under the spell of Claude Roc, a bourgeois French student of her own age... [More...]
Les Deux orphelines (1933)
Maurice Tourneur
On the eve of the French Revolution, two orphan girls, Henriette and Louise, make their way to Paris. Henriette is kidnapped by a libertine marquis to participate in a debauched party, leaving her blind sister at the mercy of an unscrupulous hag, La Frochard... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
On the eve of the French Revolution, two orphan girls, Henriette and Louise, make their way to Paris. Henriette is kidnapped by a libertine marquis to participate in a debauched party, leaving her blind sister at the mercy of an unscrupulous hag, La Frochard... [More...]