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French cinema: Fantasy
Holy Motors (2012)
Leos Carax
Monsieur Oscar is a man of many faces. In the space of one day, he becomes a pathetic tramp, a ruthless killer, a grotesque sewer-dwelling monster, an erotic dancer, a family man, and more besides.....
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Leos Carax
L'Homme qui ment (1968)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down...
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Alain Robbe-Grillet
Hors Satan (2011)
Bruno Dumont
On the northern coast of France, between the marshes and the sand dunes, there lives a strange man who ekes out an existence like something from another century...
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Bruno Dumont
Huis clos (1954)
Jacqueline Audry
On leaving an elevator, a diverse group of people find themselves in the lobby of what looks like a plush hotel. The receptionist deals with the new arrivals with a cold professionalism and, one by one, they are directed to their rooms...
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Jacqueline Audry
L'Inhumaine (1924)
Marcel L'Herbier
Claire Lescot is a world famous opera singer who revels in the power she exerts over men. To her grand residence on the outskirts of Paris, she invites her many admirers, all of whom are determined to make her their own...
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Marcel L'Herbier
L'Invitation au voyage (1927)
Germaine Dulac
Tired of being ignored by her husband, a young woman heads off one evening to a nautical-themed nightclub that is frequented by rowdy sailors... [More...]
Germaine Dulac
Tired of being ignored by her husband, a young woman heads off one evening to a nautical-themed nightclub that is frequented by rowdy sailors... [More...]
Les Jeux sont faits (1947)
Jean Delannoy
Pierre Dumaine is the leader of a resistance movement in an unnamed police state. He is preparing an insurrection when he is shot dead by an informer... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
Pierre Dumaine is the leader of a resistance movement in an unnamed police state. He is preparing an insurrection when he is shot dead by an informer... [More...]
Le Locataire diabolique (1909)
Georges Méliès
An old man with the air of a learned professor arrives at a boarding house and asks the concierge for a room. It so happens there is a room available, but it is unfurnished and in the process of being decorated... [More...]
Georges Méliès
An old man with the air of a learned professor arrives at a boarding house and asks the concierge for a room. It so happens there is a room available, but it is unfurnished and in the process of being decorated... [More...]
La Main du diable (1943)
Maurice Tourneur
A man arrives at an isolated mountain inn clutching a small box. During a momentary power-cut the box suddenly goes missing, and its owner is stricken with terror... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
A man arrives at an isolated mountain inn clutching a small box. During a momentary power-cut the box suddenly goes missing, and its owner is stricken with terror... [More...]
Marianne de ma jeunesse (1955)
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The Heiligenstadt estate in Bavaria has become a private school for the male offspring of the well-to-do. There, the boys have organised themselves into two factions - the Sages, led by the sensible Manfred, and the Brigands, led by the hot-headed Alexis... [More...]
Le Mélomane (1903)
Georges Méliès
A wild-looking musician is delighted to find five equally spaced cables strung horizontally between two telegraph poles. This is just what he needed for his next magnum opus... [More...]
Georges Méliès
A wild-looking musician is delighted to find five equally spaced cables strung horizontally between two telegraph poles. This is just what he needed for his next magnum opus... [More...]
Les Mystères du château de Dé (1929)
Man Ray
The hand of a carved wooden mannequin holds a pair of dice, as if to remind us of Stéphane Mallarmé's words: 'A throw of the dice will never abolish chance'... [More...]
Man Ray
The hand of a carved wooden mannequin holds a pair of dice, as if to remind us of Stéphane Mallarmé's words: 'A throw of the dice will never abolish chance'... [More...]
Ni le ciel ni la terre (2015)
Clément Cogitore
As the deadline for the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan fast approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu is assigned with his unit to a surveillance mission in a remote valley in Wakhan on the border with Pakistan... [More...]
Clément Cogitore
As the deadline for the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan fast approaches, Captain Antarès Bonassieu is assigned with his unit to a surveillance mission in a remote valley in Wakhan on the border with Pakistan... [More...]
Noir et blanc (1986)
Claire Devers
Antoine is a boring young accountant who leads a boring humdrum existence. For his latest assignment, he is sent to a sports centre to sort out the company's accounts... [More...]
Claire Devers
Antoine is a boring young accountant who leads a boring humdrum existence. For his latest assignment, he is sent to a sports centre to sort out the company's accounts... [More...]
Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1900)
Georges Méliès
Two attractive young women are transformed into two male wresters who begin an extravagant wrestling match with relish. One combatant throws his opponent into the air and, when he recovers, the second wrestler knocks the first over and pulls off his arms and legs... [More...]
Georges Méliès
Two attractive young women are transformed into two male wresters who begin an extravagant wrestling match with relish. One combatant throws his opponent into the air and, when he recovers, the second wrestler knocks the first over and pulls off his arms and legs... [More...]
Nuits rouges (1974)
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
Orphée (1949)
Jean Cocteau
Orphée is a poet who arouses anger wherever he goes, even though his work is still greatly admired. At a street café, his most vociferous opponents, a group of young firebrands called the Bacchantes, start a fight... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
Orphée is a poet who arouses anger wherever he goes, even though his work is still greatly admired. At a street café, his most vociferous opponents, a group of young firebrands called the Bacchantes, start a fight... [More...]
Panique au village (2009)
Stéphane Aubier
Cowboy and Indian live happily together in a house in the country with their friend Horse. To celebrate Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian agree to organise a barbecue, but instead of the 50 bricks they ordered on the internet they somehow end up with 50 trillion... [More...]
Stéphane Aubier
Cowboy and Indian live happily together in a house in the country with their friend Horse. To celebrate Horse's birthday, Cowboy and Indian agree to organise a barbecue, but instead of the 50 bricks they ordered on the internet they somehow end up with 50 trillion... [More...]
Peau d'âne (1970)
Jacques Demy
On her deathbed, the queen of strange and distant land asks her husband, the king, never to marry again anyone less beautiful than she... [More...]
Jacques Demy
On her deathbed, the queen of strange and distant land asks her husband, the king, never to marry again anyone less beautiful than she... [More...]
Playtime (1967)
Jacques Tati
Paris is not what it once was, as a party of American tourists soon discover when they arrive in the capital. To their disappointment, the city has become just like any other they are familiar with... [More...]
Jacques Tati
Paris is not what it once was, as a party of American tourists soon discover when they arrive in the capital. To their disappointment, the city has become just like any other they are familiar with... [More...]
La Première nuit (1958)
Georges Franju
One evening, a ten year old boy follows a little girl home from school and loses himself in the Paris Métro. The crowds gradually disperse and eventually the boy finds himself alone in the seemingly endless subterranean tunnels... [More...]
Georges Franju
One evening, a ten year old boy follows a little girl home from school and loses himself in the Paris Métro. The crowds gradually disperse and eventually the boy finds himself alone in the seemingly endless subterranean tunnels... [More...]
Le Révélateur (1968)
Philippe Garrel
A couple and their child are on the run, as if pursued by a war that only shows itself in their faces. They flee from their house, then run across fields, down roads and through forests... [More...]
Philippe Garrel
A couple and their child are on the run, as if pursued by a war that only shows itself in their faces. They flee from their house, then run across fields, down roads and through forests... [More...]
Le Roi et l'oiseau (1980)
Paul Grimault
Charles, the King of Takicardie, is a cruel tyrant who likes nothing better than to go hunting birds. In this he is opposed by his most fervent enemy, a mockingbird who delights in embarrassing him... [More...]
Paul Grimault
Charles, the King of Takicardie, is a cruel tyrant who likes nothing better than to go hunting birds. In this he is opposed by his most fervent enemy, a mockingbird who delights in embarrassing him... [More...]
The Sacrifice (1986)
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
Andrey Tarkovskiy
Alexander is a man in his early sixties who leads a tranquil existence with his wife Adelaide, stepdaughter Marta and young son in a large house by the sea on a remote island... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
La Science des rêves (2006)
Michel Gondry
After the death of his father, Stéphane Miroux leaves his home in Mexico and returns to Paris to live with his mother, whom he has not seen since he was a child... [More...]
Michel Gondry
After the death of his father, Stéphane Miroux leaves his home in Mexico and returns to Paris to live with his mother, whom he has not seen since he was a child... [More...]
Les Sept péchés capitaux (1952)
Yves Allégret
At a busy fairground, a stallholder tries to drum up business by regaling passersby with stories illustrating each of the Seven Deadly Sins... [More...]
Yves Allégret
At a busy fairground, a stallholder tries to drum up business by regaling passersby with stories illustrating each of the Seven Deadly Sins... [More...]
Sylvie et le fantôme (1946)
Claude Autant-Lara
Sylvie is an imaginative 16 year old girl who has fallen in love with a man in an old portrait - Alain de Francigny, her grandmother's lover, who died many years ago in a duel... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Sylvie is an imaginative 16 year old girl who has fallen in love with a man in an old portrait - Alain de Francigny, her grandmother's lover, who died many years ago in a duel... [More...]
Le Tempestaire (1947)
Jean Epstein
On a small island off the coast of Brittany, a young woman and her grandmother are sitting at a spinning wheel when the door to their cottage suddenly opens of its own accord... [More...]
Jean Epstein
On a small island off the coast of Brittany, a young woman and her grandmother are sitting at a spinning wheel when the door to their cottage suddenly opens of its own accord... [More...]
Le Testament d'Orphée (1960)
Jean Cocteau
A poet from the 18th century somehow manages to lose himself in time and ends up two hundred years in the future. Here he searches for a professor who alone can end his torment, piercing him with a special temporal bullet that allows him to reborn in the world... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
A poet from the 18th century somehow manages to lose himself in time and ends up two hundred years in the future. Here he searches for a professor who alone can end his torment, piercing him with a special temporal bullet that allows him to reborn in the world... [More...]