French cinema: 1958
La P... sentimentale (1958)
Jean Gourguet
Paty, a college boy, has fallen in love with Linda. The only problem is that she is a prostitute and Paty's father is outraged when he learns that his son is involved with a member of her profession...
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Jean Gourguet
Premier mai (1958)
Luis Saslavsky
Jean Meunier, a low-paid electrician, cannot afford for his wife Thérèse to give birth to their second child in hospital so it is agreed that she will have a home birth, attended to by her sister Annie and her mother...
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Luis Saslavsky
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...
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Georges Franju
Rafles sur la ville (1958)
Pierre Chenal
The Parisian police are pleased with themselves when they manage to arrest the notorious gangster Le Fondu. But the crook has no intention of being brought to justice...
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Pierre Chenal
Sacrée jeunesse (1958)
André Berthomieu
Thomas Longué is 79 and not long for this world, or so his greedy nephew Étienne seems to think. Convinced that the decrepit old man is likely to kick the bucket any day soon, Étienne offers to buy one of his uncle's estates at a favourable price in return for a life's annuity...
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André Berthomieu
Le Septième ciel (1958)
Raymond Bernard
In the small town of Houblonnes, Brigitte de Ledouville is admired for her good causes. She gives money away freely to those who need it, and no one seems to be remotely curious as to where her immense wealth comes from... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
In the small town of Houblonnes, Brigitte de Ledouville is admired for her good causes. She gives money away freely to those who need it, and no one seems to be remotely curious as to where her immense wealth comes from... [More...]
Sérénade au Texas (1958)
Richard Pottier
Jacques Gardel, a modest record seller, can hardly believe his good fortune when a notary, Jérôme Quilleboeuf, excitedly tells him that he has inherited an enormous oil field at a place called Big Bend in Texas... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Jacques Gardel, a modest record seller, can hardly believe his good fortune when a notary, Jérôme Quilleboeuf, excitedly tells him that he has inherited an enormous oil field at a place called Big Bend in Texas... [More...]
Le Sicilien (1958)
Pierre Chevalier
In Paris, a criminal gang led by Monsieur Bruno is awaiting the arrival of an Italian hitman who is known only as the Sicilian... [More...]
Pierre Chevalier
In Paris, a criminal gang led by Monsieur Bruno is awaiting the arrival of an Italian hitman who is known only as the Sicilian... [More...]
Sois belle et tais-toi (1958)
Marc Allégret
After escaping from a strict Catholic reform school, Virginie Dumaillet goes on the run and ends up joining a gang of adolescent petty criminals led by a wild young hoodlum named Loulou... [More...]
Marc Allégret
After escaping from a strict Catholic reform school, Virginie Dumaillet goes on the run and ends up joining a gang of adolescent petty criminals led by a wild young hoodlum named Loulou... [More...]
Suivez-moi jeune homme (1958)
Guy Lefranc
Aristide Oranos, a wealthy ship owner, is in love with Françoise, a shop assistant in a jeweller's shop. When the young woman rejects him several times, Aristide becomes convinced that she already has a man in her life and hires a private detective, Michel Corbier, to spy on her... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Aristide Oranos, a wealthy ship owner, is in love with Françoise, a shop assistant in a jeweller's shop. When the young woman rejects him several times, Aristide becomes convinced that she already has a man in her life and hires a private detective, Michel Corbier, to spy on her... [More...]
Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958)
André Hunebelle
This summer, Maurice Berger feels he has earned his holiday. A hard-working taxi driver, he will be glad to escape from the hustle and bustle of Paris and enjoy a few weeks' peace and quiet in Spain, in the company of his family... [More...]
André Hunebelle
This summer, Maurice Berger feels he has earned his holiday. A hard-working taxi driver, he will be glad to escape from the hustle and bustle of Paris and enjoy a few weeks' peace and quiet in Spain, in the company of his family... [More...]
Le Temps des oeufs durs (1958)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Garage attendant Louis Stainval is a shy daydreamer with no money. One day, he wins a large sum of money via the national lottery and decides to spice up his life... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Garage attendant Louis Stainval is a shy daydreamer with no money. One day, he wins a large sum of money via the national lottery and decides to spice up his life... [More...]
Toi, le venin (1958)
Robert Hossein
Pierre Menda is walking down a quiet stretch of road on the Riviera one night when a white American convertible draws up alongside him... [More...]
Robert Hossein
Pierre Menda is walking down a quiet stretch of road on the Riviera one night when a white American convertible draws up alongside him... [More...]
La Tour, prends garde! (1958)
Georges Lampin
In the mid-17th century, Henri La Tour leads a troupe of travelling actors at the time when France is at war with Austria... [More...]
Georges Lampin
In the mid-17th century, Henri La Tour leads a troupe of travelling actors at the time when France is at war with Austria... [More...]
Les Tricheurs (1958)
Marcel Carné
Middle class student Bob Letellier enters a new world when he meets Alain, a free-thinking rebel who, along with his group of young Parisians, has opted for a life of instant gratification instead of work and commitment... [More...]
Marcel Carné
Middle class student Bob Letellier enters a new world when he meets Alain, a free-thinking rebel who, along with his group of young Parisians, has opted for a life of instant gratification instead of work and commitment... [More...]
Un certain Monsieur Jo (1958)
René Jolivet
Jo Guardini, known to everyone as Monsieur Jo, leads a quiet, honest life running an inn on an island on the River Marne... [More...]
René Jolivet
Jo Guardini, known to everyone as Monsieur Jo, leads a quiet, honest life running an inn on an island on the River Marne... [More...]
Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
Marc Allégret
Five years after his wife Catherine left him, Jean Brévent, a copyrighter on a Paris newspaper, still cannot fathom what went wrong with his marriage... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Five years after his wife Catherine left him, Jean Brévent, a copyrighter on a Paris newspaper, still cannot fathom what went wrong with his marriage... [More...]
Une balle dans le canon (1958)
Michel Deville
Dick and Tony are two veterans of the war in Indochina who have turned to trafficking to make a living. They accept a commission from a gangster known as Le Maltais to deliver 25 million francs... [More...]
Michel Deville
Dick and Tony are two veterans of the war in Indochina who have turned to trafficking to make a living. They accept a commission from a gangster known as Le Maltais to deliver 25 million francs... [More...]
Une vie (1958)
Alexandre Astruc
In the late 19th century, Jeanne Dandieu lives with her parents in an isolated country house in Normandy. Her only companion is her childhood friend, Gilberte, who is now her servant... [More...]
Alexandre Astruc
In the late 19th century, Jeanne Dandieu lives with her parents in an isolated country house in Normandy. Her only companion is her childhood friend, Gilberte, who is now her servant... [More...]
La Vie à deux (1958)
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary... [More...]
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary... [More...]
Les Vignes du Seigneur (1958)
Jean Boyer
After an interval of eighteen months, Henri returns to his old friend Count Hubert of Kardec with the news that he is completely cured of his dipsomania... [More...]
Jean Boyer
After an interval of eighteen months, Henri returns to his old friend Count Hubert of Kardec with the news that he is completely cured of his dipsomania... [More...]