French cinema: 1960s
Vénus Impérial (1963)
Jean Delannoy
Pauline Bonaparte, the preferred sister of the Emperor Napoléon, was destined to lead a life that would be governed more by her brother's political ambitions than her own desires...
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Jean Delannoy
La Vérité (1960)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of her lover Gilbert Tellier. Public sympathy is not on her side and the jury is not expected to decide in her favour...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
Le Vice et la vertu (1963)
Roger Vadim
Paris 1944. Justine is about to about to marry Jean, a member of the resistance, when the latter is suddenly arrested by the Gestapo...
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Roger Vadim
La Vie de château (1966)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country...
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Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Vie privée (1962)
Louis Malle
Within virtually no time at all, an 18 years old girl Jill is propelled from total obscurity to stardom. Whilst pursuing dancing lessons in Paris, she is hired as a fashion model, before starting a career as an actress...
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Louis Malle
Le Vieil homme et l'enfant (1967)
Claude Berri
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, a Jewish couple decide to send their young son, Claude, to live in the country, where they hope he will be safe from arrest... [More...]
Claude Berri
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, a Jewish couple decide to send their young son, Claude, to live in the country, where they hope he will be safe from arrest... [More...]
La Vieille dame indigne (1965)
René Allio
Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies. She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles... [More...]
René Allio
Madame Berthe is 70 years old when her husband dies. She has two children, Albert and Gaston, who work nearby in Marseilles... [More...]
Les Vierges (1963)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Five young women from very different backgrounds in the 1960s experience their first romantic coupling: Marie Claude flirts with two young men, François and Rémy, but she gives herself to a total stranger at the fairground... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Five young women from very different backgrounds in the 1960s experience their first romantic coupling: Marie Claude flirts with two young men, François and Rémy, but she gives herself to a total stranger at the fairground... [More...]
Les Vieux de la vieille (1960)
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Viva Maria! (1965)
Louis Malle
In 1907, Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley finds herself alone in Central America. Her father, an Irish political agitator, has just been killed in his latest terrorist strike against the British Empire... [More...]
Louis Malle
In 1907, Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley finds herself alone in Central America. Her father, an Irish political agitator, has just been killed in his latest terrorist strike against the British Empire... [More...]
Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour! (1961)
Claude Autant-Lara
In his 56th year, King Henri IV, Count of Navarre, is having problems with his wife, Marie de Medicis. Marie has many reasons to be jealous of the king's two mistresses, Jacqueline de Bueil and Henriette d'Entrague, particularly as the latter has borne him children... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In his 56th year, King Henri IV, Count of Navarre, is having problems with his wife, Marie de Medicis. Marie has many reasons to be jealous of the king's two mistresses, Jacqueline de Bueil and Henriette d'Entrague, particularly as the latter has borne him children... [More...]
Vive le Tour (1962)
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year... [More...]
Louis Malle
La Grande Boucle, better known as the Tour de France, is the most eagerly anticipated sporting event in France each year... [More...]
Vivre pour vivre (1967)
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Vivre sa vie (1962)
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
La Voie lactée (1969)
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Two tramps, Pierre and his younger friend Jean, undertake a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, to visit the sacred tomb of Saint James... [More...]
Le Voleur (1967)
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Le Voyage à Biarritz (1963)
Gilles Grangier
For twenty years, station master Guillaume Dodut has dreamt of taking a holiday with his wife and son in the seaside town of Biarritz... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
For twenty years, station master Guillaume Dodut has dreamt of taking a holiday with his wife and son in the seaside town of Biarritz... [More...]
Le Voyage du père (1966)
Denys de La Patellière
The Quantins are a humble farming family who lead a mundane but contented existence in a village not far from the border with Switzerland... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
The Quantins are a humble farming family who lead a mundane but contented existence in a village not far from the border with Switzerland... [More...]
Week End (1967)
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
One perfectly ordinary weekend, a perfectly ordinary married couple get into their car and head off to the country for an ordinary family get-together... [More...]
Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Les Yeux cernés (1964)
Robert Hossein
When Vollmer, the owner of a sawmill, is shot dead in a small Austrian town, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich, the inspector leading the police investigation, learns that Vollmer, a tough and ruthless man, was hated by just about everyone, including his estranged wife... [More...]
Robert Hossein
When Vollmer, the owner of a sawmill, is shot dead in a small Austrian town, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich, the inspector leading the police investigation, learns that Vollmer, a tough and ruthless man, was hated by just about everyone, including his estranged wife... [More...]
Les Yeux sans visage (1960)
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Georges Franju
Professor Genessier, once a great surgeon, is now consumed with his overriding obsession - to restore the features of his beloved daughter Christiane... [More...]
Yoyo (1965)
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Pierre Étaix
A reclusive millionaire is languishing in boredom in his opulent château when, one day, amidst a travelling circus, he recognises an old flame... [More...]
Zazie dans le métro (1960)
Louis Malle
During a two-day stay in Paris, 11-year old Zazie is foisted on her uncle, Gabriel, whilst her mother goes off with a new boyfriend... [More...]
Louis Malle
During a two-day stay in Paris, 11-year old Zazie is foisted on her uncle, Gabriel, whilst her mother goes off with a new boyfriend... [More...]