French cinema: 1961
L'Affaire Nina B. (1961)
Robert Siodmak
The funeral of German businessman Berrera attracts a distinguished crowd of mourners, but few tears are shed. His chauffeur, Holden, recalls how, shortly after his release from prison, Berrera hired him and offered him a part in a crucial mission...
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Robert Siodmak
L'Amant de cinq jours (1961)
Philippe de Broca
Madeleine and Claire are two close friends who live in Paris. Madeleine runs a well-known fashion house, while Claire lives with her husband Georges and their two children in an upmarket residence...
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Philippe de Broca
Amours célèbres (1961)
Michel Boisrond
Part 1: The Duke of Lazun is in love with Madame de Monaco, so he is understandably nonplussed when he learns that she has caught the eye of Louis XIV...
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Michel Boisrond
L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
Alain Resnais
The location is a sprawling baroque hotel set in beautiful sculptured gardens. At a large social gathering, a stranger, X, accosts a young woman, A, and tries to convince her that they have met before, one year ago, perhaps at Marienbad...
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Alain Resnais
La Belle Américaine (1961)
Robert Dhéry
The life of an ordinary factory worker Marcel is completely transformed when he manages to acquire an expensive new American car, a Cadillac convertible, for the price of a second-hand motorcycle...
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Robert Dhéry
La Bride sur le cou (1961)
Roger Vadim
Famous cover girl Sophie dreams of another life than the one she currently has with high class reporter Philippe. Her liking for Philippe soon turns to hate when she discovers that he has fallen for a rich American girl, Barbara... [More...]
Roger Vadim
Famous cover girl Sophie dreams of another life than the one she currently has with high class reporter Philippe. Her liking for Philippe soon turns to hate when she discovers that he has fallen for a rich American girl, Barbara... [More...]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1961)
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
It is 17th century France. The impoverished baron de Sigognac allows a band of travelling actors to spend the night in his run-down castle... [More...]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
It is 17th century France. The impoverished baron de Sigognac allows a band of travelling actors to spend the night in his run-down castle... [More...]
Le Cave se rebiffe (1961)
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Ce soir ou jamais (1961)
Michel Deville
Laurent is a poster designer who is about to begin rehearsals for his first stage play, a musical comedy. To celebrate this auspicious event, he holds a party at his apartment, to which his best friends are all invited... [More...]
Michel Deville
Laurent is a poster designer who is about to begin rehearsals for his first stage play, a musical comedy. To celebrate this auspicious event, he holds a party at his apartment, to which his best friends are all invited... [More...]
Chronique d'un été (1961)
Edgar Morin
Paris, 1960. The sociologist Edgar Morin and ethnologist filmmaker Jean Rouch embark on a study to probe the psyche of ordinary Parisians... [More...]
Edgar Morin
Paris, 1960. The sociologist Edgar Morin and ethnologist filmmaker Jean Rouch embark on a study to probe the psyche of ordinary Parisians... [More...]
Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961)
Agnès Varda
Paris, 1960. Cléo is an attractive younger singer who is anxiously awaiting the results of a medical examination. She has already convinced herself that she has cancer and will soon die from the disease, so she thinks morbid thoughts over the next two hours as she drifts without purpose around the capital... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Paris, 1960. Cléo is an attractive younger singer who is anxiously awaiting the results of a medical examination. She has already convinced herself that she has cancer and will soon die from the disease, so she thinks morbid thoughts over the next two hours as she drifts without purpose around the capital... [More...]
Cocagne (1961)
Maurice Cloche
A refuse truck driver, Marc-Antoine is content with his modest life in Arles with his wife Mélanie and their two teenage children... [More...]
Maurice Cloche
A refuse truck driver, Marc-Antoine is content with his modest life in Arles with his wife Mélanie and their two teenage children... [More...]
Les Croulants se portent bien (1961)
Jean Boyer
Fifty-something François Legrand is a successful composer who enjoys a comfortable life in the company of his mother Minouche and grown-up children, Michel and Martine... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Fifty-something François Legrand is a successful composer who enjoys a comfortable life in the company of his mother Minouche and grown-up children, Michel and Martine... [More...]
Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles (1961)
Maurice Delbez
Businessman Paul Ernzer is happily indulging in his favourite pastime, fishing on a Swiss lake, when he lands a catch of the most surprising kind - the dead body of the recently deceased Jean-Louis Preminger... [More...]
Maurice Delbez
Businessman Paul Ernzer is happily indulging in his favourite pastime, fishing on a Swiss lake, when he lands a catch of the most surprising kind - the dead body of the recently deceased Jean-Louis Preminger... [More...]
La Fille aux yeux d'or (1961)
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Henri Marsav is a 20-something fashion photographer who revels in hedonistic youth with his circle of equally debauched friends... [More...]
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Henri Marsav is a 20-something fashion photographer who revels in hedonistic youth with his circle of equally debauched friends... [More...]
Les Godelureaux (1961)
Claude Chabrol
Ronald is a rich young idler who lives on Paris's Left Bank and amuses himself at the expense of others. When he falls foul of a practical joke he embarks on a cruel plan of revenge, enlisting the services of an attractive young woman, Ambroisine, to snare his intended victim, a student named Arthur... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Ronald is a rich young idler who lives on Paris's Left Bank and amuses himself at the expense of others. When he falls foul of a practical joke he embarks on a cruel plan of revenge, enlisting the services of an attractive young woman, Ambroisine, to snare his intended victim, a student named Arthur... [More...]
Le Goût de la violence (1961)
Robert Hossein
1890. In a Latin American country, a bloody war is being fought between the guerilleros of General Guzman and soldiers of the powerful president Laragana... [More...]
Robert Hossein
1890. In a Latin American country, a bloody war is being fought between the guerilleros of General Guzman and soldiers of the powerful president Laragana... [More...]
Le Jeu de la vérité (1961)
Robert Hossein
One evening, a group of society friends gather to attend a party. Their host suggests they play a game of confessions, in which each guest reveals some unknown truths about him or herself... [More...]
Robert Hossein
One evening, a group of society friends gather to attend a party. Their host suggests they play a game of confessions, in which each guest reveals some unknown truths about him or herself... [More...]
Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
Jean-Pierre Melville
With France under Nazi occupation, life goes on as usual in a small provincial town, the only novelty being the presence of German soldiers in the streets... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
With France under Nazi occupation, life goes on as usual in a small provincial town, the only novelty being the presence of German soldiers in the streets... [More...]
Les Lions sont lâchés (1961)
Henri Verneuil
Bored of her husband and her humdrum life in the country, Albertine is seriously contemplating a divorce, so she sets out for a short stay in Paris to mull things over... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Bored of her husband and her humdrum life in the country, Albertine is seriously contemplating a divorce, so she sets out for a short stay in Paris to mull things over... [More...]
Lola (1961)
Jacques Demy
Lola is a cabaret singer and dancer in the French port of Nantes. A prostitute, she is popular with the town's sailors, especially an American sailor named Frankie, who is madly in love with her... [More...]
Jacques Demy
Lola is a cabaret singer and dancer in the French port of Nantes. A prostitute, she is popular with the town's sailors, especially an American sailor named Frankie, who is madly in love with her... [More...]
Les Mauvais coups (1961)
François Leterrier
In the French countryside of the Jura department live Roberte and Milan, a couple whose ten years of marriage is on the rocks... [More...]
François Leterrier
In the French countryside of the Jura department live Roberte and Milan, a couple whose ten years of marriage is on the rocks... [More...]
Les Menteurs (1961)
Edmond T. Gréville
Norma O'Brien, an aspiring young actress, and her lover, Dominique, are looking for an opportunity to brighten their future prospects... [More...]
Edmond T. Gréville
Norma O'Brien, an aspiring young actress, and her lover, Dominique, are looking for an opportunity to brighten their future prospects... [More...]
Le Miracle des loups (1961)
André Hunebelle
In 15th century France, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, plans to usurp the rightful king of France, Louis XI. Crucial to his scheme is his marriage to the king's goddaughter, Jeanne de Beauvais, but she refuses to marry him... [More...]
André Hunebelle
In 15th century France, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, plans to usurp the rightful king of France, Louis XI. Crucial to his scheme is his marriage to the king's goddaughter, Jeanne de Beauvais, but she refuses to marry him... [More...]
Le Monocle noir (1961)
Georges Lautner
The Marquis de Villemaur, an eccentric old man, invites to his mansion in the country a curious assortment of individuals who have one thing in common - they are Nazi sympathisers who expect to be presented with a survivor of the Third Reich... [More...]
Georges Lautner
The Marquis de Villemaur, an eccentric old man, invites to his mansion in the country a curious assortment of individuals who have one thing in common - they are Nazi sympathisers who expect to be presented with a survivor of the Third Reich... [More...]
La Mort de Belle (1961)
Edouard Molinaro
Living near Geneva with his wife, Stéphane Blanchon leads a respectable middle-class existence as a literature teacher... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Living near Geneva with his wife, Stéphane Blanchon leads a respectable middle-class existence as a literature teacher... [More...]
Paris nous appartient (1961)
Jacques Rivette
Paris, June 1957. Anne Goupil, a student from the provinces, is half-heartedly revising for her exams when she finds herself drawn into an intrigue revolving around the death of a Spanish musician named Juan... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Paris, June 1957. Anne Goupil, a student from the provinces, is half-heartedly revising for her exams when she finds herself drawn into an intrigue revolving around the death of a Spanish musician named Juan... [More...]
Pleins feux sur l'assassin (1961)
Georges Franju
Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau... [More...]
Georges Franju
Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]