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French cinema: 1930

À propos de Nice (1930)
Jean Vigo

Nice is a town with many faces. The face that visitors to the town see is a sunny Riviera resort. Rich tourists lounge around in luxury hotels on the front and amuse themselves by gambling in the casinos...   [More...]

Accusée, levez-vous! (1930)
Maurice Tourneur

André Darbois and Gaby Delange are partners in a popular musical hall act. Whilst rehearsing their next show in Paris, the couple come up against Yvonne Delys, a far more successful performer who takes an instant dislike to Gaby...   [More...]

L'Âge d'or (1930)
Luis Buñuel

A party of dignitaries arrive on the shore of an island to pay homage to some dead heroes but are outraged to see a couple making love on the beach...   [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...]

Chacun sa chance (1930)
René Pujol

Marcel Grivot may be a modest sales assistant in one of Paris's more exclusive department stores but he dreams of living the high life...   [More...]

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (1930)
Marcel L'Herbier

Mathilde Strangerson, the daughter of an eminent scientist, decides she cannot go through with her marriage to Robert Darzac...   [More...]

La Petite Lise (1930)
Jean Grémillon

Victor Berthier's punishment for murdering his odious wife is a ten-year stretch in a crowded prison in French Guiana. Released for good behaviour, Victor returns to Paris with one intention - to start a new life with his grown-up daughter Lise...   [More...]

Prix de beauté (1930)
Augusto Genina

Lucienne, a typist for a Parisian newspaper, decides to a enter a beauty competition, despite her boyfriend André's fierce objections...   [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...]

Sous les toits de Paris (1930)
René Clair

In a working class district of Paris in 1930, a young man named Albert makes a modest living as a street singer. One day, he meets an attractive young Rumanian woman, Pola, and instantly falls in love with her...   [More...]

Tarakanova (1930)
Raymond Bernard

In 1764, the Russian Empress Catherine II is conflicted when she hears the news that her rival Ivan VI is dead and buried...   [More...]

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