French cinema: 1968
Adieu l'ami (1968)
Jean Herman
Dino Barran and Franz Popp are two veterans of the war in Algeria who hope to embark on a new life upon their arrival in the French port of Marseille...
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Jean Herman
Alexandre le bienheureux (1968)
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside...
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Yves Robert
Angélique et le sultan (1968)
Bernard Borderie
Angélique has scarcely been reunited with her first husband Joffrey de Peyrac when she is abducted by the ruthless slave trader Escrainville...
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Bernard Borderie
Baisers volés (1968)
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more...
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François Truffaut
La Bande à Bonnot (1968)
Philippe Fourastié
In 1911, a group of hard-line anarchists - including Raymond-la-science, Garnier, Carouy, Soudy and Marie la Belge - give up their peaceful struggle against the bourgeoisie and, led by Jules Bonnot, become a gang of desperate armed criminals...
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Philippe Fourastié
Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Béru et ces dames (1968)
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Inspector Bérurier, the righthand man of police superintendent San Antonio, has just inherited a brothel. But when he turns up to claim his inheritance the establishment is hit by a series of mysterious killings... [More...]
Les Biches (1968)
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Caroline chérie (1968)
Denys de La Patellière
France, July, 1789. The French Revolution has just started to get under way but, oblivious to the tempest that is heading their way, a group of aristocrats amuse themselves one sunny day in the Bois de Vincennes... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
France, July, 1789. The French Revolution has just started to get under way but, oblivious to the tempest that is heading their way, a group of aristocrats amuse themselves one sunny day in the Bois de Vincennes... [More...]
La Chamade (1968)
Alain Cavalier
Lucile enjoys a life of leisure and comfort, thanks to her rich sugar daddy, Charles. Despite the difference in their ages - Lucile is 25, Charles is in his forties - they appear to be the perfect couple, sharing a large house, socialising with friends... [More...]
Alain Cavalier
Lucile enjoys a life of leisure and comfort, thanks to her rich sugar daddy, Charles. Despite the difference in their ages - Lucile is 25, Charles is in his forties - they appear to be the perfect couple, sharing a large house, socialising with friends... [More...]
Les Contrebandières (1968)
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has grown weary of her rigidly organised life in the city, which allows her too little freedom for her to discover her true self... [More...]
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has grown weary of her rigidly organised life in the city, which allows her too little freedom for her to discover her true self... [More...]
Le Curé de Cucugnan [TV] (1968)
Marcel Pagnol
In the rural French village of Cucugnan, an old parish priest named Martin decides that desperate measures are called for if he is to avoid preaching to an empty church... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
In the rural French village of Cucugnan, an old parish priest named Martin decides that desperate measures are called for if he is to avoid preaching to an empty church... [More...]
Le Démoniaque (1968)
René Gainville
Whilst American film producer Floyd Delaney does the rounds at the Cannes Film Festival, his adolescent son Jay keeps himself to himself, spending most of his time locked up in his hotel room... [More...]
René Gainville
Whilst American film producer Floyd Delaney does the rounds at the Cannes Film Festival, his adolescent son Jay keeps himself to himself, spending most of his time locked up in his hotel room... [More...]
Diaboliquement vôtre (1968)
Julien Duvivier
A man wakes up in hospital after a near-fatal road accident but finds he has lost his memory. It appears that he is Georges Campo, a successful businessman with interests in the Far East... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
A man wakes up in hospital after a near-fatal road accident but finds he has lost his memory. It appears that he is Georges Campo, a successful businessman with interests in the Far East... [More...]
L'Enfance nue (1968)
Maurice Pialat
Abandoned by his own parents, François, a nine-year old boy, is placed in the care of Mr and Mrs Josselin, an ordinary working class family with a young daughter of their own... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
Abandoned by his own parents, François, a nine-year old boy, is placed in the care of Mr and Mrs Josselin, an ordinary working class family with a young daughter of their own... [More...]
Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages (1968)
Michel Audiard
It isn't long after their first meeting on the French Riviera that Fred, a gangster, and Rita, his gorgeous mistress, are planning their first criminal exploit together... [More...]
Michel Audiard
It isn't long after their first meeting on the French Riviera that Fred, a gangster, and Rita, his gorgeous mistress, are planning their first criminal exploit together... [More...]
Le Franciscain de Bourges (1968)
Claude Autant-Lara
Before the war, Alfred Stanke was the most devout of Franciscan monks. Now that he is an officer in the German army, he channels his compassion for his fellow man into his duties as a nurse at a prison in the French town of Bourges... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Before the war, Alfred Stanke was the most devout of Franciscan monks. Now that he is an officer in the German army, he channels his compassion for his fellow man into his duties as a nurse at a prison in the French town of Bourges... [More...]
Le Gendarme se marie (1968)
Jean Girault
The 1st of July marks the start of the summer holidays in France, and the commencement of a new campaign by the Saint-Tropez gendarmerie to clamp down on dangerous drivers... [More...]
Jean Girault
The 1st of July marks the start of the summer holidays in France, and the commencement of a new campaign by the Saint-Tropez gendarmerie to clamp down on dangerous drivers... [More...]
La Grande lessive (!) (1968)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Concerned by the harmful effect that watching too much television is having on his pupils, Parisian schoolteacher Armand Saint-Just decides it is time to go on the offensive... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Concerned by the harmful effect that watching too much television is having on his pupils, Parisian schoolteacher Armand Saint-Just decides it is time to go on the offensive... [More...]
Ho! (1968)
Robert Enrico
François Holin's glorious career as an ace racing driver would seem to be over when he loses his licence after an accident which cost the life of his co-driver... [More...]
Robert Enrico
François Holin's glorious career as an ace racing driver would seem to be over when he loses his licence after an accident which cost the life of his co-driver... [More...]
L'Homme à la Buick (1968)
Gilles Grangier
As he motors around the streets of Honfleur in his swanky Buick, Armand Favrot has the air of a respectable man about town... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
As he motors around the streets of Honfleur in his swanky Buick, Armand Favrot has the air of a respectable man about town... [More...]
L'Homme qui ment (1968)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down... [More...]
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A well-dressed man in his early thirties is running through a dense wood, pursued by armed soldiers. It isn't long before the soldiers catch up with their prey and shoot him down... [More...]
Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
Alain Resnais
Leaving hospital after a failed suicide attempt, Claude Ridder is accosted by two strangers, who make him a bizarre proposal... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Leaving hospital after a failed suicide attempt, Claude Ridder is accosted by two strangers, who make him a bizarre proposal... [More...]
La Leçon particulière (1968)
Michel Boisrond
Olivier Fermond is a comfortably off 17-year-old high school student who enjoys chasing girls of his own age. Then he discovers real love, in the form of Frédérique Dampierre, a woman eight years his senior... [More...]
Michel Boisrond
Olivier Fermond is a comfortably off 17-year-old high school student who enjoys chasing girls of his own age. Then he discovers real love, in the form of Frédérique Dampierre, a woman eight years his senior... [More...]
Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (1968)
Henri Lanoë
René Mastier, a reporter for a Parisian newspaper, and his photographer Paddy are too busy enjoying the high life in Rio de Janeiro to notice a riot breaking out in the streets around them... [More...]
Henri Lanoë
René Mastier, a reporter for a Parisian newspaper, and his photographer Paddy are too busy enjoying the high life in Rio de Janeiro to notice a riot breaking out in the streets around them... [More...]
Le Pacha (1968)
Georges Lautner
Early one morning, an armoured van loaded with diamonds sets out from the Place Vendôme in the heart of Paris to Bourget airport, accompanied by a police escort... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Early one morning, an armoured van loaded with diamonds sets out from the Place Vendôme in the heart of Paris to Bourget airport, accompanied by a police escort... [More...]
Le Petit baigneur (1968)
Robert Dhéry
The inventor André Castagnier, and his sister, Charlotte, win the coveted first prize of the San Remo regatta, thanks to Castagnier's revolutionary new dinghy... [More...]
Robert Dhéry
The inventor André Castagnier, and his sister, Charlotte, win the coveted first prize of the San Remo regatta, thanks to Castagnier's revolutionary new dinghy... [More...]
La Petite vertu (1968)
Serge Korber
Ferdinand, known to his friends as Freddy, is a young photographer who appears destined for great things. One day, he arranges to meet up in a bar with a potential cover-girl, Claire Augagneur... [More...]
Serge Korber
Ferdinand, known to his friends as Freddy, is a young photographer who appears destined for great things. One day, he arranges to meet up in a bar with a potential cover-girl, Claire Augagneur... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]