French cinema: 1966
Angélique et le roy (1966)
Bernard Borderie
The war in Flanders claims the life of Philippe de Plessis-Bellières. When Angélique learns of her husband's death she immediately makes the decision to retire from court life and devote herself to her children...
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Bernard Borderie
Atout coeur à Tokyo pour O.S.S. 117 (1966)
Michel Boisrond
An American military base in the Pacific is blown up after the United States government refuses to accede to a ransom demand by a mysterious terrorist organisation...
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Michel Boisrond
Au hasard Balthazar (1966)
Robert Bresson
Shortly after he is born in a rural part of France, a donkey is adopted by a small girl named Marie, who christens him Balthazar and treats him as a treasured plaything...
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Robert Bresson
Avec la peau des autres (1966)
Jacques Deray
Once it is discovered that there is a leak in his organisation, French security agent Pascal Fabre travels to Vienna to investigate the possibility that France's spy network has been infiltrated by enemy agents...
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Jacques Deray
La Bourse et la vie (1966)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Lucien Pélépan, the financial director of a large construction firm in Toulouse, is far from pleased when he discovers that three of his associates, the Robinhoude brothers, have lost the ten million francs that were supposed to be deposited with his lawyer...
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Jean-Pierre Mocky
Brigitte et Brigitte (1966)
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has just arrived in Paris from the provinces to start her first year at university. So too has Brigitte. The two Brigittes are dressed identically and arrive at the same train station - which is where they meet... [More...]
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has just arrived in Paris from the provinces to start her first year at university. So too has Brigitte. The two Brigittes are dressed identically and arrive at the same train station - which is where they meet... [More...]
Le Chien fou (1966)
Eddy Matalon
Late one night, a gang of Parisian thieves succeed in breaking into a safe and laying their hands on a small fortune in diamonds... [More...]
Eddy Matalon
Late one night, a gang of Parisian thieves succeed in breaking into a safe and laying their hands on a small fortune in diamonds... [More...]
Les Combinards (1966)
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Juan Estelrich
Léo and Claude are two professional con artists who, having run out of ideas, turn to the newspapers in search of inspiration... [More...]
Les Créatures (1966)
Agnès Varda
Still suffering from the trauma of a road accident, a writer named Edgar finds himself afflicted with a mild case of writer's block... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Still suffering from the trauma of a road accident, a writer named Edgar finds himself afflicted with a mild case of writer's block... [More...]
La Curée (1966)
Roger Vadim
Tired of her sham marriage, Renée, the young wife of the wealthy financier Alexandre Saccard, starts an affair with her husband's son, Maxime... [More...]
Roger Vadim
Tired of her sham marriage, Renée, the young wife of the wealthy financier Alexandre Saccard, starts an affair with her husband's son, Maxime... [More...]
Deux heures à tuer (1966)
Ivan Govar
For the past two months, a serial killer has been at large in the inconsequential little French town of Auvemaux. So far the fiend has murdered three women, and on each occasion he takes with him one of the shoes of his unfortunate victim... [More...]
Ivan Govar
For the past two months, a serial killer has been at large in the inconsequential little French town of Auvemaux. So far the fiend has murdered three women, and on each occasion he takes with him one of the shoes of his unfortunate victim... [More...]
Le Deuxième souffle (1966)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Eight years into his prison sentence, a notorious gangster named Gustave Minda (nicknamed Gu) escapes and returns to Paris... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Melville
Eight years into his prison sentence, a notorious gangster named Gustave Minda (nicknamed Gu) escapes and returns to Paris... [More...]
Du mou dans la gâchette (1966)
Louis Grospierre
Jo Laguerre is a king of the Parisian underworld, a ruthless gangster boss who expects unswerving loyalty and total commitment from those he hires for his nefarious exploits... [More...]
Louis Grospierre
Jo Laguerre is a king of the Parisian underworld, a ruthless gangster boss who expects unswerving loyalty and total commitment from those he hires for his nefarious exploits... [More...]
Du rififi à Paname (1966)
Denys de La Patellière
Paul Berger, known to his associates as Paulo les Diams, runs a highly lucrative gold smuggling operation between Paris, Munich and Tokyo with his old friend Walter, a former antiques dealer... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
Paul Berger, known to his associates as Paulo les Diams, runs a highly lucrative gold smuggling operation between Paris, Munich and Tokyo with his old friend Walter, a former antiques dealer... [More...]
Galia (1966)
Georges Lautner
A good-looking twenty-something, Galia leaves her home in Normandy and settles in the centre of Paris. She is walking along the banks of the Seine one evening when she notices a young woman apparently drowning in the river... [More...]
Georges Lautner
A good-looking twenty-something, Galia leaves her home in Normandy and settles in the centre of Paris. She is walking along the banks of the Seine one evening when she notices a young woman apparently drowning in the river... [More...]
Le Grand restaurant (1966)
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant... [More...]
Jacques Besnard
As everyone knows, haute cuisine is more than just an art form in France, it is a religion, and among its high priests few are more dedicated than Monsieur Septime, the fastidious owner of Paris's most exclusive restaurant... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille (1966)
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Gérard Oury
In 1941, World War II has hardly begun when an English aeroplane is shot down whilst flying over Nazi occupied France. Fortunately, the three airmen who bail out manage to parachute to safety in the heart of Paris... [More...]
Les Grandes gueules (1966)
Robert Enrico
After his father's death, Hector Valentin returns to Vosges in the northeast of France to take charge of his father's ailing timber business... [More...]
Robert Enrico
After his father's death, Hector Valentin returns to Vosges in the northeast of France to take charge of his father's ailing timber business... [More...]
La Guerre est finie (1966)
Alain Resnais
Diego Mora is a long-serving member of the Spanish communist party, now acting as a clandestine go-between for activists living in exile in France and covert militants operating in Spain... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Diego Mora is a long-serving member of the Spanish communist party, now acting as a clandestine go-between for activists living in exile in France and covert militants operating in Spain... [More...]
Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil (1966)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Monsieur Martin, known as Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Monsieur Martin, known as Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris... [More...]
La Ligne de démarcation (1966)
Claude Chabrol
During the Second World War, a small village in the Jura is split in two by the river Loue, which marks the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and the Free Zone... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
During the Second World War, a small village in the Jura is split in two by the river Loue, which marks the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and the Free Zone... [More...]
Made in U.S.A. (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paula Nelson, a young journalist, arranges to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Richard Politzer, in Atlantic City. Shortly after her arrival in this most ordinary of French towns Paul learns that Richard is dead, the victim of an unknown assassin... [More...]
Les Malabars sont au parfum (1966)
Guy Lefranc
Convinced that her soon-to-be married nephew Michel is harbouring a dark secret, Aunt Berthe hires a private detective to discover what he is hiding... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Convinced that her soon-to-be married nephew Michel is harbouring a dark secret, Aunt Berthe hires a private detective to discover what he is hiding... [More...]
Masculin, féminin (1966)
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
His military service finally over, Paul, a young man in his early twenties, returns to Paris in search of work. He finds a job with a trendy magazine where he meets Madeleine, an attractive woman of his own age who has set her sights on becoming a pop singer... [More...]
Ne nous fâchons pas (1966)
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Antoine Beretto had hoped that his criminal past is way behind him. Once a notorious gangster, he now basks in tranquil respectability on the sunny Côte d'Azur, his only professional interest being the boating club that he manages so successfully... [More...]
Objectif: 500 millions (1966)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Paris, 1966. Richau, a former captain in the French paratroop regiment, has just been released from prison after serving a term for participating in an uprising during the Algerian War... [More...]
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Paris, 1966. Richau, a former captain in the French paratroop regiment, has just been released from prison after serving a term for participating in an uprising during the Algerian War... [More...]
On a volé la Joconde (1966)
Michel Deville
The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world, and the most alluring. As soon as Vincent sets eyes on this remarkable work of art he knows that he must possess it, which is not so unlikely as it seems because he is the most accomplished burglar in the world... [More...]
Michel Deville
The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world, and the most alluring. As soon as Vincent sets eyes on this remarkable work of art he knows that he must possess it, which is not so unlikely as it seems because he is the most accomplished burglar in the world... [More...]
Paris brûle-t-il? (1966)
René Clément
Paris, August 1944. Now that the Allied forces are sweeping en masse towards the French capital, confident of victory, the German armies are in retreat... [More...]
René Clément
Paris, August 1944. Now that the Allied forces are sweeping en masse towards the French capital, confident of victory, the German armies are in retreat... [More...]
Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus (1966)
Jean Eustache
Daniel is an unemployed young man who lives in the southern French town of Narbonne. When he isn't busy chatting up pretty girls, he is indulging in various little scams with his friends to earn himself a bit of badly needed cash... [More...]
Jean Eustache
Daniel is an unemployed young man who lives in the southern French town of Narbonne. When he isn't busy chatting up pretty girls, he is indulging in various little scams with his friends to earn himself a bit of badly needed cash... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]