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French cinema: Romance
La Double vie de Véronique (1991)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Weronika is a young concert singer who lives in Poland with her father. One day, she glimpses a woman on a coach who looks exactly like her...
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
Douce (1943)
Claude Autant-Lara
Paris, 1887. Engelbert de Bonafé is a wealthy man who lives in a splendid house with his hard-to-please mother, the Countess de Bonafé, and his 17-year-old daughter Douce, whose name reflects her gentle personality...
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Claude Autant-Lara
La Douleur (2018)
Emmanuel Finkiel
In June 1944, France is still under Nazi occupation. The 30-year-old writer Marguerite Antelme waits anxiously for news of her husband Robert after he is arrested and deported on account of his resistance activities...
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Emmanuel Finkiel
Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988)
François Dupeyron
Late one evening, an attractive woman in her mid-forties is brutally ejected from a car driven by her husband. They have had yet another row, but this time France has good reason to think that her marriage may be over as her irate husband drives off at speed, leaving her stranded by the side of the road...
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François Dupeyron
La Duchesse de Langeais (1942)
Jacques de Baroncelli
Paris, 1820. Antoinette, the Duchess of Langeais, is a prominent socialite who delights in flirting with men who seek in vain to win a place in her affections and her bed...
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Jacques de Baroncelli
L'Eau à la bouche (1960)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
L'Écume des jours (2013)
Michel Gondry
Colin is the archetypal happy bachelor. He has wealth and health and sees life as one perpetual party, his every need catered for by his faithful man-servant Nicolas... [More...]
Michel Gondry
Colin is the archetypal happy bachelor. He has wealth and health and sees life as one perpetual party, his every need catered for by his faithful man-servant Nicolas... [More...]
Édouard et Caroline (1951)
Jacques Becker
Édouard and Caroline are a young couple who believe they have found lasting happiness, even though they come from very different milieus... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Édouard and Caroline are a young couple who believe they have found lasting happiness, even though they come from very different milieus... [More...]
L'Effet aquatique (2016)
Sólveig Anspach
Samir is a 40-something who lives in Montreuil and works as a crane operator. One day, he notices an attractive widow named Agathe in a bar and finds himself strongly drawn to her... [More...]
Sólveig Anspach
Samir is a 40-something who lives in Montreuil and works as a crane operator. One day, he notices an attractive widow named Agathe in a bar and finds himself strongly drawn to her... [More...]
Élise ou la vraie vie (1970)
Michel Drach
It is 1957 and France has been at war with Algeria for three years. Elise, a young woman in her early twenties, live in Bordeaux with her family in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Michel Drach
It is 1957 and France has been at war with Algeria for three years. Elise, a young woman in her early twenties, live in Bordeaux with her family in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Elle et moi (1952)
Guy Lefranc
Jean Montaigu is a confirmed bachelor who loves the company of women but lives in mortal fear of getting snared in the matrimonial net... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Jean Montaigu is a confirmed bachelor who loves the company of women but lives in mortal fear of getting snared in the matrimonial net... [More...]
Éloge de l'amour (2001)
Jean-Luc Godard
A filmmaker Edgar is preparing to make a film about the four stages of love (meeting, passion, separation and reconciliation)... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
A filmmaker Edgar is preparing to make a film about the four stages of love (meeting, passion, separation and reconciliation)... [More...]
Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002)
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
L'Émigrante (1940)
Léo Joannon
Christiane is the owner of a popular night club whose habitués includes Monrozat, a sad wreck of a man who is desperately looking for a woman to accompany him to South America to start a new life... [More...]
Léo Joannon
Christiane is the owner of a popular night club whose habitués includes Monrozat, a sad wreck of a man who is desperately looking for a woman to accompany him to South America to start a new life... [More...]
Les Émotifs anonymes (2010)
Jean-Pierre Améris
Angélique has a passion and an instinct for the art of chocolate making that is virtually unrivalled. But she is also chronically shy, so when she goes for a job interview at a chocolate factory she is almost paralysed with fear... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Améris
Angélique has a passion and an instinct for the art of chocolate making that is virtually unrivalled. But she is also chronically shy, so when she goes for a job interview at a chocolate factory she is almost paralysed with fear... [More...]
En avoir (ou pas) (1995)
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life... [More...]
Laetitia Masson
When she loses her job at a fish canning factory, Alice, a young woman from a socially deprived background, decides to make some major changes in her life... [More...]
En cas de malheur (1958)
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Yvette Maudet is a 23-year-old prostitute who leads a reckless and carefree life in Paris. One day, she and her friend Noémie attempt to hold up a jeweller, but the scheme backfires when an old woman enters the shop and Yvette knocks her unconscious in a moment of panic... [More...]
En liberté! (2018)
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Yvonne Santi, a young police officer, is still coming to terms with the death of her husband Jean, a police superintendent who died heroically two years previously in the course of his work... [More...]
Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
Marcel Carné
Paris, circa 1830. Frederick LeMaître is a young romantic who dreams of becoming a great actor. Unable to find a role worthy of his talents, he gratefully accepts a small part in a mime show at the Funambules Theatre on the busy Boulevard du Crime... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Paris, circa 1830. Frederick LeMaître is a young romantic who dreams of becoming a great actor. Unable to find a role worthy of his talents, he gratefully accepts a small part in a mime show at the Funambules Theatre on the busy Boulevard du Crime... [More...]
L'Ennui (1998)
Cédric Kahn
Traumatised by the separation from his wife, a philosophy teacher, Martin finds himself experiencing a mid-life crisis. When he learns that an ageing artist he met recently died whilst making love, he is intrigued and visits the artist's studio... [More...]
Cédric Kahn
Traumatised by the separation from his wife, a philosophy teacher, Martin finds himself experiencing a mid-life crisis. When he learns that an ageing artist he met recently died whilst making love, he is intrigued and visits the artist's studio... [More...]
Entre adultes (2007)
Stéphane Brizé
This is the story of six men and six women, twelve unfortunates who are linked by a chain of disillusioned love. Camille thinks she is in love with Christian, but whilst their stolen moments together enrich her life, he is unable to leave the woman he no longer loves, Caroline... [More...]
Stéphane Brizé
This is the story of six men and six women, twelve unfortunates who are linked by a chain of disillusioned love. Camille thinks she is in love with Christian, but whilst their stolen moments together enrich her life, he is unable to leave the woman he no longer loves, Caroline... [More...]
Entre ses mains (2005)
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman... [More...]
Anne Fontaine
Claire Gauthier is 30, married with a young daughter and works for an insurance firm in the town of Lille. A good wife, mother and employee, she would appear to be the model of the modern woman... [More...]
Entrée des artistes (1938)
Marc Allégret
One of the high points of director Marc Allégret's career, Entrée des artistes offers both a compelling melodrama and a rare insight into the training of actors at France's leading drama school, the Paris Conservatoire... [More...]
Marc Allégret
One of the high points of director Marc Allégret's career, Entrée des artistes offers both a compelling melodrama and a rare insight into the training of actors at France's leading drama school, the Paris Conservatoire... [More...]
L'Envers du paradis (1953)
Edmond T. Gréville
Badly in need of a few weeks of rest in tranquil surroundings, a Parisian named Gabriel Dautrand arrives in a small rural town in the south of France... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
Badly in need of a few weeks of rest in tranquil surroundings, a Parisian named Gabriel Dautrand arrives in a small rural town in the south of France... [More...]
L'Équipage (1935)
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman... [More...]
Anatole Litvak
France, 1916. An idealistic young man Jean Herbillon enlists in the French flying corps, unaware that his chances of survival are less than that of an infantryman... [More...]
Erotissimo (1969)
Gérard Pirès
Annie and Philippe are a young married couple who appear to have a perfectly satisfactory love life. Then, one day, Annie is prompted by an article to ask herself if she is living up to her marital responsibilities... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
Annie and Philippe are a young married couple who appear to have a perfectly satisfactory love life. Then, one day, Annie is prompted by an article to ask herself if she is living up to her marital responsibilities... [More...]
Espion(s) (2009)
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
Nicolas Saada
With his qualifications, Vincent could easily get himself a well-paid job with a respectable firm, but instead he prefers to work as an airport baggage handler... [More...]
L'Esquive (2003)
Abdellatif Kechiche
On a rundown housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, Krimo, a teenage boy of North African descent, lives with his mother in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Abdellatif Kechiche
On a rundown housing estate on the outskirts of Paris, Krimo, a teenage boy of North African descent, lives with his mother in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Est - Ouest (1999)
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
1946. Following an amnesty from Communist leader Stalin, a physician Alexeï returns to his native Russia after a period of exile in France... [More...]
Et toi t'es sur qui? (2007)
Lola Doillon
One summer, 15-year-old Elodie and her best friend Julie make up their minds to sleep with a boy for the first time. Julie, a Goth nicknamed Batman by her classmates, has no qualms over who she goes to bed with, but the more sensitive Elodie hankers after the school beau Kevin, who has absolutely no interest in her... [More...]
Lola Doillon
One summer, 15-year-old Elodie and her best friend Julie make up their minds to sleep with a boy for the first time. Julie, a Goth nicknamed Batman by her classmates, has no qualms over who she goes to bed with, but the more sensitive Elodie hankers after the school beau Kevin, who has absolutely no interest in her... [More...]