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French cinema: Romance
L'Ange de la nuit (1944)
André Berthomieu
Paris, 1939. A group of impoverished students open a restaurant in the Latin Quarter, and give each other moral and material support, assisted by their kindly landlord Père Heurteloup...
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André Berthomieu
Angèle (1934)
Marcel Pagnol
Angèle is the daughter of a respectable farmer, Clarius, and lives with her parents and their valet Saturnin on their farm in the South of France...
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Marcel Pagnol
Angèle et Tony (2011)
Alix Delaporte
Angèle is a young woman who moves to a Normandy fishing town with the intention of starting a new life. For the past two years, she has been in prison and her one ambition now is to win back custody of her son, who is presently in the care of her deceased husband's parents...
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Alix Delaporte
Anna M. (2007)
Michel Spinosa
Anna M. is an unassuming young spinster who lives with her mother and spends her days meticulously restoring manuscripts for the Bibliothèque de France...
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Michel Spinosa
L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
Alain Resnais
The location is a sprawling baroque hotel set in beautiful sculptured gardens. At a large social gathering, a stranger, X, accosts a young woman, A, and tries to convince her that they have met before, one year ago, perhaps at Marienbad...
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Alain Resnais
L'Appartement (1996)
Gilles Mimouni
Max is about to set off for Tokyo, where he intends to get married to his fiancé and start a promising executive career... [More...]
Gilles Mimouni
Max is about to set off for Tokyo, where he intends to get married to his fiancé and start a promising executive career... [More...]
Après l'amour (1948)
Maurice Tourneur
At a reception in honour of her husband winning the Noble Prize for literature, Nicole Mézaule meets a former lover who has some news for her... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
At a reception in honour of her husband winning the Noble Prize for literature, Nicole Mézaule meets a former lover who has some news for her... [More...]
Après l'amour (1992)
Diane Kurys
For Lola, a 35-year-old writer of romantic fiction, the first pangs of mid-life crisis are beginning to bite. She leads a comfortable middleclass existence but is far from settled and seeks passion in her life... [More...]
Diane Kurys
For Lola, a 35-year-old writer of romantic fiction, the first pangs of mid-life crisis are beginning to bite. She leads a comfortable middleclass existence but is far from settled and seeks passion in her life... [More...]
L'Arlésienne (1908)
Albert Capellani
Frédéric, a young man from the country, arrives in the ancient city of Arles to attend a bullfight in the Roman amphitheatre... [More...]
Albert Capellani
Frédéric, a young man from the country, arrives in the ancient city of Arles to attend a bullfight in the Roman amphitheatre... [More...]
L'Art d'aimer (2011)
Emmanuel Mouret
At the exact moment that one falls in love, one becomes aware of a very distinctive music, an ethereal sonata that seems to speak of eternity and promise all the delights of paradise... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
At the exact moment that one falls in love, one becomes aware of a very distinctive music, an ethereal sonata that seems to speak of eternity and promise all the delights of paradise... [More...]
L'Astragale (2015)
Brigitte Sy
One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertine climbs over the wall of the prison where she has been serving a sentence for robbery... [More...]
Brigitte Sy
One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertine climbs over the wall of the prison where she has been serving a sentence for robbery... [More...]
L'Atalante (1934)
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Au p'tit zouave (1949)
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat... [More...]
Au pays des lits clos (1913)
Maurice Mariaud
One night, the peace of Saint-Ganolé, a sleepy Breton fishing village, is broken by an alarm notifying its inhabitants that a small vessel is in distress... [More...]
Maurice Mariaud
One night, the peace of Saint-Ganolé, a sleepy Breton fishing village, is broken by an alarm notifying its inhabitants that a small vessel is in distress... [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'Aventure commence demain (1948)
Richard Pottier
Clarence has everything she needs to be a successful adventuress - beauty, charm, cunning. Men are putty in her hands and yet Lady Luck never seems to be on her side - until the happy day when her path crosses that of Claude, a more enterprising con artist... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Clarence has everything she needs to be a successful adventuress - beauty, charm, cunning. Men are putty in her hands and yet Lady Luck never seems to be on her side - until the happy day when her path crosses that of Claude, a more enterprising con artist... [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...]
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...]
Baisers volés (1968)
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [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...]
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...]
Battement de coeur (1940)
Henri Decoin
On leaving a reformatory, Arlette finds herself alone and penniless in Paris. An orphan, she has no one to stay with and nowhere to go... [More...]
Henri Decoin
On leaving a reformatory, Arlette finds herself alone and penniless in Paris. An orphan, she has no one to stay with and nowhere to go... [More...]
Le Beau mariage (1982)
Eric Rohmer
Sabine is a 25 year old student in art history at Paris University. She is currently having an affair with a married man, Simon, but she suddenly decides to put an end to the relationship when she grows tired of the incessant phone calls from her lover's wife and children... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Sabine is a 25 year old student in art history at Paris University. She is currently having an affair with a married man, Simon, but she suddenly decides to put an end to the relationship when she grows tired of the incessant phone calls from her lover's wife and children... [More...]
Beau-père (1981)
Bertrand Blier
Rémi is a failed 30-something musician who ekes out a meagre existence playing the piano in upmarket nightclubs and restaurants... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Rémi is a failed 30-something musician who ekes out a meagre existence playing the piano in upmarket nightclubs and restaurants... [More...]
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]