French cinema: 1960s
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus (1969)
Jean-Claude Dague
Tired of his wife's incessant tyranny, Alphonse packs his bags, empties his bank account, and heads for the heart of Paris...
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Jean-Claude Dague
Le Président (1961)
Henri Verneuil
Émile Beaufort was once Prime Minister of France, before a public defeat forced him to resign his position. He now lives in retirement at his grand house in the country, a solitary old man who has nothing else to do but dictate his memoirs to his secretary, Mademoiselle Milleran...
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Henri Verneuil
La Princesse de Clèves (1961)
Jean Delannoy
France, 1559. At the request of King Henri II, a magnificent ball is held at the Louvre Palace in honour of the marriage of the noble Prince de Clèves to the beautiful Mademoiselle de Chartres...
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Jean Delannoy
La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966)
Roberto Rossellini
France, 1661. As the once powerful Cardinal Mazarin lies dying in his bedroom at Vincennes, the young Louis XIV readies himself to take over the reins of power and guide his country's destiny like his fathers before him...
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Roberto Rossellini
La Prisonnière (1968)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Stanislas Hessler is an art dealer and owner of a modern art gallery in Paris which is presently promoting the work of up-and-coming artist Gilbert Moreau...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (1962)
Robert Bresson
Rouen, 1431. After falling into the hands of her English enemies, Jeanne, the young peasant girl who became a figurehead of the French army during the Hundred Years War, is placed on trial for heresy... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Rouen, 1431. After falling into the hands of her English enemies, Jeanne, the young peasant girl who became a figurehead of the French army during the Hundred Years War, is placed on trial for heresy... [More...]
La Proie pour l'ombre (1961)
Alexandre Astruc
Anna, 27, has been married to Eric, a successful architect, for five years. She wants to have a life of her own rather than being completely dependent on her husband, so she takes over the management of an art gallery bought for her by Eric... [More...]
Alexandre Astruc
Anna, 27, has been married to Eric, a successful architect, for five years. She wants to have a life of her own rather than being completely dependent on her husband, so she takes over the management of an art gallery bought for her by Eric... [More...]
Le Puits aux trois vérités (1961)
François Villiers
Midnight in Paris, Faubourg St Honoré. In one house, a woman suddenly screams and the sound of a gunshot is heard... [More...]
François Villiers
Midnight in Paris, Faubourg St Honoré. In one house, a woman suddenly screams and the sound of a gunshot is heard... [More...]
Quand passent les faisans (1965)
Edouard Molinaro
Small-time swindler Arsène Baudu comes unstuck when he attempts to pull a con-trick on police inspector Hyacinthe Camus... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Small-time swindler Arsène Baudu comes unstuck when he attempts to pull a con-trick on police inspector Hyacinthe Camus... [More...]
Les Quatre vérités (1962)
Alessandro Blasetti
The famous fables of Jean de la Fontaine have inspired many tales of love. Here are just a few... In Death and the Woodcutter, a modest pianist is driven to thoughts of suicide when he is caught up in the implacable machinery of a police investigation... [More...]
Alessandro Blasetti
The famous fables of Jean de la Fontaine have inspired many tales of love. Here are just a few... In Death and the Woodcutter, a modest pianist is driven to thoughts of suicide when he is caught up in the implacable machinery of a police investigation... [More...]
Que la bête meure (1969)
Claude Chabrol
When his young son is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, writer Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
When his young son is killed in a hit-and-run car accident, writer Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer... [More...]
Que personne ne sorte (1962)
Ivan Govar
A lonely widow Adélia is delighted when Jo, the charming man she met on holiday, turns up at her Bruges mansion one Christmas Eve... [More...]
Ivan Govar
A lonely widow Adélia is delighted when Jo, the charming man she met on holiday, turns up at her Bruges mansion one Christmas Eve... [More...]
Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
William Klein
The American fashion model Polly Maggoo just can't help drawing attention to herself. Everyone finds her fascinating, and why shouldn't they... [More...]
William Klein
The American fashion model Polly Maggoo just can't help drawing attention to herself. Everyone finds her fascinating, and why shouldn't they... [More...]
Le Rapace (1968)
José Giovanni
In 1938, a hired killer named Le Rital arrives in a South American country to assassinate an unpopular president. He is billeted with Miguel Juarez, grandson of the previous president, an idealist who is to be credited with the assassination... [More...]
José Giovanni
In 1938, a hired killer named Le Rital arrives in a South American country to assassinate an unpopular president. He is billeted with Miguel Juarez, grandson of the previous president, an idealist who is to be credited with the assassination... [More...]
Ravissante (1960)
Robert Lamoureux
Maurice, a music publisher, has fallen in love with the beautiful Evelyne. There are just two problems with this. First, Maurice is already married - to Françoise... [More...]
Robert Lamoureux
Maurice, a music publisher, has fallen in love with the beautiful Evelyne. There are just two problems with this. First, Maurice is already married - to Françoise... [More...]
Recours en grâce (1960)
Laslo Benedek
Mario Di Donati, an Italian immigrant, is leading an idyllic life in France, happily settled with his lover Germaine Tourier and her infant daughter from an earlier failed relationship... [More...]
Laslo Benedek
Mario Di Donati, an Italian immigrant, is leading an idyllic life in France, happily settled with his lover Germaine Tourier and her infant daughter from an earlier failed relationship... [More...]
La Religieuse (1966)
Jacques Rivette
Suzanne Simonin is forced by her parents to enter a convent at the age of 16. Traumatised by the harassment she receives from her Mother Superior, she starts to rebel and is transferred to another convent... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Suzanne Simonin is forced by her parents to enter a convent at the age of 16. Traumatised by the harassment she receives from her Mother Superior, she starts to rebel and is transferred to another convent... [More...]
Rencontres (1962)
Philippe Agostini
Bella Krastner is sunbathing on a beach on the Côte d'Azur when she attracts the attention of an attractive younger man, Ralph Scaffari... [More...]
Philippe Agostini
Bella Krastner is sunbathing on a beach on the Côte d'Azur when she attracts the attention of an attractive younger man, Ralph Scaffari... [More...]
Le Rendez-vous (1961)
Jean Delannoy
When photographer Daniel Marchand is shot dead, the finger of suspicion points immediately to two women - Edith, the daughter of the oil baron John Kellerman, and Madeleine, the ex-wife of Edith's husband, Pierre Larivière... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
When photographer Daniel Marchand is shot dead, the finger of suspicion points immediately to two women - Edith, the daughter of the oil baron John Kellerman, and Madeleine, the ex-wife of Edith's husband, Pierre Larivière... [More...]
Le Repos du guerrier (1962)
Roger Vadim
A beautiful young woman, Genevieve, has just inherited a fortune from an aunt. Before going to see her lawyer, she checks into a hotel where, mixing up her room number, she comes across a young man who has just taken an overdose of tablets... [More...]
Roger Vadim
A beautiful young woman, Genevieve, has just inherited a fortune from an aunt. Before going to see her lawyer, she checks into a hotel where, mixing up her room number, she comes across a young man who has just taken an overdose of tablets... [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...]
Rififi à Tokyo (1962)
Jacques Deray
Before he retires, the veteran crook Van Hekkin plans to pull off the crime of his career, by stealing a huge and valuable diamond from a vault in a Tokyo bank... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Before he retires, the veteran crook Van Hekkin plans to pull off the crime of his career, by stealing a huge and valuable diamond from a vault in a Tokyo bank... [More...]
Les Risques du métier (1967)
André Cayatte
Jean Doucet and his wife Suzanne both teach at a school in the small Normandy village where they have lived peacefully for some years... [More...]
André Cayatte
Jean Doucet and his wife Suzanne both teach at a school in the small Normandy village where they have lived peacefully for some years... [More...]
Le Roi de coeur (1966)
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
La Ronde (1964)
Roger Vadim
So turns the wheel of love... In Paris, 1914, just before the outbreak of WWI, a prostitute mistakes a handsome soldier she meets in the street for a childhood acquaintance... [More...]
Roger Vadim
So turns the wheel of love... In Paris, 1914, just before the outbreak of WWI, a prostitute mistakes a handsome soldier she meets in the street for a childhood acquaintance... [More...]
La Route de Corinthe (1967)
Claude Chabrol
When an illusionist is caught attempting to smuggle a mysterious black box into Greece, the CIA uncover a daring scheme to neutralise military radar equipment in the area... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
When an illusionist is caught attempting to smuggle a mysterious black box into Greece, the CIA uncover a daring scheme to neutralise military radar equipment in the area... [More...]
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961)
Marcel Moussy
Philosophy student Anne-Marie agrees to stay in Paris whilst her parents take their summer holidays in Aix-en-Provence. She soon regrets her decision and is easily tempted when Jean-Paul, an arts student, offers to drive her in her mother's car to Saint-Tropez... [More...]
Marcel Moussy
Philosophy student Anne-Marie agrees to stay in Paris whilst her parents take their summer holidays in Aix-en-Provence. She soon regrets her decision and is easily tempted when Jean-Paul, an arts student, offers to drive her in her mother's car to Saint-Tropez... [More...]
Salut Berthe! (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Abidjan businessman Adrien Chautard is over the moon when he is sent to Paris on an important trade mission, because this will provide him with an ideal opportunity to meet up with his adorable mistress, Elisabeth... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Abidjan businessman Adrien Chautard is over the moon when he is sent to Paris on an important trade mission, because this will provide him with an ideal opportunity to meet up with his adorable mistress, Elisabeth... [More...]
Le Samouraï (1967)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Killing comes easy to Jef Costello. It is his job, it is what he does best. Others are willing to pay handsomely for his service, which he discharges with cool deadly efficiency... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Killing comes easy to Jef Costello. It is his job, it is what he does best. Others are willing to pay handsomely for his service, which he discharges with cool deadly efficiency... [More...]
Le Scandale (1967)
Claude Chabrol
Paul Wagner has inherited a successful champagne business, but seems to have little interest in either commerce or social etiquette... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Paul Wagner has inherited a successful champagne business, but seems to have little interest in either commerce or social etiquette... [More...]