French cinema: 1969
L'Amour fou (1969)
Jacques Rivette
To those who know them, Sébastien and Claire are the model of the perfectly happy married couple. But as they rehearse a stage production of Racine's play Andromaque, the fault lines in their marriage are already starting to show...
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Jacques Rivette
L'Arbre de Noël (1969)
Terence Young
As has become his custom after losing his mother, ten-year-old Pascal joins his father Laurent, a millionaire businessman, in Paris for the summer holidays...
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Terence Young
L'Armée des ombres (1969)
Jean-Pierre Melville
October, 1942. During the Nazi occupation of France, Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, heads a small network in the French Resistance...
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Jean-Pierre Melville
L'Astragale (1969)
Guy Casaril
Anne is a juvenile prisoner whose only friend is Rolande. The idea of escape takes hold of her and one day, having been admitted to the infirmary, she escapes by climbing over the high prison wall...
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Guy Casaril
L'Auvergnat et l'autobus (1969)
Guy Lefranc
Julien Brûlebois, a modest farmer from the Auvergne region of France, is delighted with the news that he has inherited a small fortune after a relative of his has died...
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Guy Lefranc
Bye bye, Barbara (1969)
Michel Deville
Jérôme Tomas is a sportswriter who is covering an important rugby match in Biarritz when, one evening, he enters a bar and encounters a strange young woman dressed in white... [More...]
Michel Deville
Jérôme Tomas is a sportswriter who is covering an important rugby match in Biarritz when, one evening, he enters a bar and encounters a strange young woman dressed in white... [More...]
Le Cerveau (1969)
Gérard Oury
Not long after pulling off a spectacular train robbery in Great Britain, the criminal genius The Brain is soon planning his next lucrative enterprise... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Not long after pulling off a spectacular train robbery in Great Britain, the criminal genius The Brain is soon planning his next lucrative enterprise... [More...]
Le Chagrin et la pitié (1969)
Marcel Ophüls
Life in France at the time of the Nazi Occupation during World War II. Those who actively participated in the drama - politicians, soldiers, aristocrats, spies, collaborators and resistance supporters - recount their personal experiences with lucidity, eloquence and emotion.... [More...]
Marcel Ophüls
Life in France at the time of the Nazi Occupation during World War II. Those who actively participated in the drama - politicians, soldiers, aristocrats, spies, collaborators and resistance supporters - recount their personal experiences with lucidity, eloquence and emotion.... [More...]
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)
Henri Verneuil
The Malanese family are one of Italy's most notorious criminal gangs, better know as the Sicilian Clan. Their latest criminal exploit will be the theft of a valuable collection of jewels as it is being shipped by air from Paris to New York... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
The Malanese family are one of Italy's most notorious criminal gangs, better know as the Sicilian Clan. Their latest criminal exploit will be the theft of a valuable collection of jewels as it is being shipped by air from Paris to New York... [More...]
Le Diable par la queue (1969)
Philippe de Broca
Now that her aristocratic family have fallen on hard times, a proud marquise is forced to turn her somewhat dilapidated country residence into a hotel... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Now that her aristocratic family have fallen on hard times, a proud marquise is forced to turn her somewhat dilapidated country residence into a hotel... [More...]
Erotissimo (1969)
Gérard Pirès
Annie and Philippe are a young married couple who appear to have a perfectly satisfactory love life. Then, one day, Annie is prompted by an article to ask herself if she is living up to her marital responsibilities... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
Annie and Philippe are a young married couple who appear to have a perfectly satisfactory love life. Then, one day, Annie is prompted by an article to ask herself if she is living up to her marital responsibilities... [More...]
La Femme infidèle (1969)
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Charles Desvallées is a respectable insurance agent who lives with his younger wife Hélène and their son Michel at their comfortable villa in the leafy suburbs of Paris... [More...]
La Fiancée du pirate (1969)
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper... [More...]
Nelly Kaplan
In a tightly knit rural community, Marie and her mother are outcasts, living in a small wood cabin. Marie is exploited and abused by both her employer, a lesbian landowner, and her oversexed male neighbours, who include the town's mayor and a seemingly respectable shopkeeper... [More...]
Le Gai savoir (1969)
Jean-Luc Godard
In a deserted television studio two artistic militants come together to exchange their ideas about television, cinema and politics... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
In a deserted television studio two artistic militants come together to exchange their ideas about television, cinema and politics... [More...]
Goto, l'île d'amour (1969)
Walerian Borowczyk
Goto is an island nation that has been cut off from the rest of the world for over a century. Since the late 1800s, when a massive earthquake devastated the region, the indigenous population has lived in a totally closed society, governed by a succession of all-powerful despots, all named after this benighted land... [More...]
Walerian Borowczyk
Goto is an island nation that has been cut off from the rest of the world for over a century. Since the late 1800s, when a massive earthquake devastated the region, the indigenous population has lived in a totally closed society, governed by a succession of all-powerful despots, all named after this benighted land... [More...]
Les Gros malins (1969)
Raymond Leboursier
Butcher Paul Blanc is an avid horseracing enthusiast who likes to make a bet each week, although he never wins. Then, one day, his luck suddenly changes... [More...]
Raymond Leboursier
Butcher Paul Blanc is an avid horseracing enthusiast who likes to make a bet each week, although he never wins. Then, one day, his luck suddenly changes... [More...]
Hibernatus (1969)
Edouard Molinaro
The well-ordered world of Hubert de Tartas, manager of a successful packaging company, is suddenly turned upside-down when his wife Edmée's grandfather, Paul Fournier, makes an unexpected return... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
The well-ordered world of Hubert de Tartas, manager of a successful packaging company, is suddenly turned upside-down when his wife Edmée's grandfather, Paul Fournier, makes an unexpected return... [More...]
L'Invitée (1969)
Vittorio De Seta
In Paris, Anne, a young designer, is awaiting the return of her husband Laurent, a biologist who is often away from home attending conferences... [More...]
Vittorio De Seta
In Paris, Anne, a young designer, is awaiting the return of her husband Laurent, a biologist who is often away from home attending conferences... [More...]
Jeff (1969)
Jean Herman
After successfully pulling off a jewel heist that will make them all rich, five hardened gangsters meet up at an agreed location whilst their leader, Jeff, heads off to Antwerp to find a buyer for their ill-gotten gains... [More...]
Jean Herman
After successfully pulling off a jewel heist that will make them all rich, five hardened gangsters meet up at an agreed location whilst their leader, Jeff, heads off to Antwerp to find a buyer for their ill-gotten gains... [More...]
Ma nuit chez Maud (1969)
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis is a devout Catholic who discovers his ideal partner, an attractive blonde student named Françoise, whilst attending mass one evening... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Jean-Louis is a devout Catholic who discovers his ideal partner, an attractive blonde student named Françoise, whilst attending mass one evening... [More...]
Mon oncle Benjamin (1969)
Edouard Molinaro
France, 1750. Under the reign of Louis XV, Benjamin Rathery is an out-and-out maverick, as well-known for being an inveterate womaniser as he is a doctor dedicated to treating the poor... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
France, 1750. Under the reign of Louis XV, Benjamin Rathery is an out-and-out maverick, as well-known for being an inveterate womaniser as he is a doctor dedicated to treating the poor... [More...]
L'Ours et la poupée (1969)
Michel Deville
Since separating from his wife, violinist Gaspard has two passions in his life: music and nature. Felicia is a rich woman who does nothing else but go to parties in her Rolls-Royce and amuse herself with her many male admirers... [More...]
Michel Deville
Since separating from his wife, violinist Gaspard has two passions in his life: music and nature. Felicia is a rich woman who does nothing else but go to parties in her Rolls-Royce and amuse herself with her many male admirers... [More...]
Le Passager de la pluie (1969)
René Clément
Whilst her husband, an airline navigator, is away from home, Mellie is stalked by strange man. After the man has broken into her home and raped her, Mellie shoots him dead and dumps his body in the sea... [More...]
René Clément
Whilst her husband, an airline navigator, is away from home, Mellie is stalked by strange man. After the man has broken into her home and raped her, Mellie shoots him dead and dumps his body in the sea... [More...]
Les Patates (1969)
Claude Autant-Lara
In 1942, France is under Nazi Occupation and the country is divided in two, with the north controlled by the Germans and the south governed by the Vichy administration... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
In 1942, France is under Nazi Occupation and the country is divided in two, with the north controlled by the Germans and the south governed by the Vichy administration... [More...]
La Piscine (1969)
Jacques Deray
Jean-Paul, a failed writer turned advertising executive, is enjoying a month's holiday at a Saint-Tropez villa, in the company of Marianne, his partner of two years' standing... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Jean-Paul, a failed writer turned advertising executive, is enjoying a month's holiday at a Saint-Tropez villa, in the company of Marianne, his partner of two years' standing... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
Sept jours ailleurs (1969)
Marin Karmitz
Jacques is a 30-something musician who is married, has a young daughter, but is far from fulfilled. Trapped in a sterile marriage, he welcomes the opportunity to spend seven days on tour with a modern dance company in the south of France... [More...]
Marin Karmitz
Jacques is a 30-something musician who is married, has a young daughter, but is far from fulfilled. Trapped in a sterile marriage, he welcomes the opportunity to spend seven days on tour with a modern dance company in the south of France... [More...]
La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)
François Truffaut
Louis Mahé, the wealthy owner of a tobacco plantation on the island of Réunion, decides to get married - to Julie Roussel, a woman he found through the personal ads pages of his newspaper... [More...]
François Truffaut
Louis Mahé, the wealthy owner of a tobacco plantation on the island of Réunion, decides to get married - to Julie Roussel, a woman he found through the personal ads pages of his newspaper... [More...]
Slogan (1969)
Pierre Grimblat
Serge Faberger is a forty-something publicity director who does not allow his keen interest in the opposite sex to get in the way of a highly successful career... [More...]
Pierre Grimblat
Serge Faberger is a forty-something publicity director who does not allow his keen interest in the opposite sex to get in the way of a highly successful career... [More...]