French cinema: 1970s
César et Rosalie (1972)
Claude Sautet
After her divorce, 30-something Rosalie decides to live with César, a wealthy scrap-metal dealer who is prone to violent bursts...
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Claude Sautet
Cet obscur objet du désir (1977)
Luis Buñuel
Shortly after boarding a train in Seville, a respectable old man pours a bucket of water over a young woman standing on the platform...
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Luis Buñuel
La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)
Patrice Chéreau
A young woman named Claire escapes from a lunatic asylum and falls under the protection of Louis Delage, a loner who rears horses for a living...
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Patrice Chéreau
La Chambre verte (1978)
François Truffaut
In late 1920s France, Julien Davenne devotes his life to the memory of the dead. He writes impassioned obituaries for an obscure newspaper and has converted his house's Green Room into a mausoleum to his wife, who died ten years earlier shortly after their marriage...
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François Truffaut
Le Champignon (1970)
Marc Simenon
Éric Calder is a 30-year-old doctor who has just opened a new surgery on the banks of Lake Geneva. His marriage soon comes under strain as his young wife, Anne, is often away from home pursuing a busy career as a producer of advertising films...
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Marc Simenon
La Chanson de Roland (1978)
Frank Cassenti
In Twelfth Century France, Turold and his troupe of itinerant storytellers accompany a party of peasants on their long and hazardous pilgrimage to the holy town of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain... [More...]
Frank Cassenti
In Twelfth Century France, Turold and his troupe of itinerant storytellers accompany a party of peasants on their long and hazardous pilgrimage to the holy town of Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain... [More...]
Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972)
Luis Buñuel
Monsieur and Madame Senechal have invited their friends, the Thevenots and Don Rafael, the Ambassador of a South American republic, to dinner, but, owing to a misunderstanding, their guests turn up a day early... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Monsieur and Madame Senechal have invited their friends, the Thevenots and Don Rafael, the Ambassador of a South American republic, to dinner, but, owing to a misunderstanding, their guests turn up a day early... [More...]
Le Chat et la souris (1975)
Claude Lelouch
Madame Richard entertains the prospect of murdering her husband when he, a successful architect, begins an extra-marital affair with an actress of erotic movies... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Madame Richard entertains the prospect of murdering her husband when he, a successful architect, begins an extra-marital affair with an actress of erotic movies... [More...]
Le Chat (1971)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Julien and Clémence Bouin have been living together as man and wife for over twenty-five years. He is a retired typographer, she is a former trapeze artist who is now partly crippled after an accident... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Julien and Clémence Bouin have been living together as man and wife for over twenty-five years. He is a retired typographer, she is a former trapeze artist who is now partly crippled after an accident... [More...]
Chaussette surprise (1978)
Jean-François Davy
After a road accident, Bernard, Raphael and Antoine end up sharing the same hospital ward. As they create pandemonium from their hospital beds (helped by Raphael's compulsive habit of inventing useless gadgets), their wives make the most of their newfound freedom... [More...]
Jean-François Davy
After a road accident, Bernard, Raphael and Antoine end up sharing the same hospital ward. As they create pandemonium from their hospital beds (helped by Raphael's compulsive habit of inventing useless gadgets), their wives make the most of their newfound freedom... [More...]
Les Chiens (1979)
Alain Jessua
Not long after arriving in a small provincial town, a young doctor, Henri Ferret, is struck by the mood of fear that pervades the region... [More...]
Alain Jessua
Not long after arriving in a small provincial town, a young doctor, Henri Ferret, is struck by the mood of fear that pervades the region... [More...]
Les Chinois à Paris (1974)
Jean Yanne
The Chinese have invaded Europe! In the ensuing panic, the French President flees to America, leaving the citizens of France, who are forced to manufacture pipes, to rediscover the joys of denunciation and hypocrisy... [More...]
Jean Yanne
The Chinese have invaded Europe! In the ensuing panic, the French President flees to America, leaving the citizens of France, who are forced to manufacture pipes, to rediscover the joys of denunciation and hypocrisy... [More...]
Chobizenesse (1975)
Jean Yanne
Clément Mastard is the owner of a revue theatre who is fighting a losing battle against bankruptcy. In a desperate attempt to stave off financial ruin he enters into a business agreement with a group of hardnosed businessmen who insist that their industry, the manufacture and exploitation of steel, be represented in Mastard's next show... [More...]
Jean Yanne
Clément Mastard is the owner of a revue theatre who is fighting a losing battle against bankruptcy. In a desperate attempt to stave off financial ruin he enters into a business agreement with a group of hardnosed businessmen who insist that their industry, the manufacture and exploitation of steel, be represented in Mastard's next show... [More...]
Les Choses de la vie (1970)
Claude Sautet
Pierre Bérard, a 40-year-old architect, is on his way to a business appointment when his car collides with a lorry on a quiet country road... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Pierre Bérard, a 40-year-old architect, is on his way to a business appointment when his car collides with a lorry on a quiet country road... [More...]
Le Cinéma de papa (1970)
Claude Berri
In 1946, 12-year-old Claude Langmann lives with his parents, Jewish immigrants, and newborn sister Arlette in a busy district of Paris... [More...]
Claude Berri
In 1946, 12-year-old Claude Langmann lives with his parents, Jewish immigrants, and newborn sister Arlette in a busy district of Paris... [More...]
Clair de femme (1979)
Costa-Gavras
Michel finds himself at a loose end, walking the streets one night as his wife lies slowly dying from an incurable malady... [More...]
Costa-Gavras
Michel finds himself at a loose end, walking the streets one night as his wife lies slowly dying from an incurable malady... [More...]
Le Clair de terre (1970)
Guy Gilles
Pierre Brumeu, 21, lives in Paris and has a strained relationship with his father, a widower who is still mourning the loss of his wife many years ago... [More...]
Guy Gilles
Pierre Brumeu, 21, lives in Paris and has a strained relationship with his father, a widower who is still mourning the loss of his wife many years ago... [More...]
La Clé sur la porte (1978)
Yves Boisset
Marie is a progressive teacher in a French high school. Since her husband left her to start a new life in Canada, she has had to bring up her three children alone... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Marie is a progressive teacher in a French high school. Since her husband left her to start a new life in Canada, she has had to bring up her three children alone... [More...]
Comme la lune (1977)
Joël Séria
Roger Pouplard, a forty-something refrigerator repairman with Alpha Male tendencies, leaves his respectable wife and daughter so that he can live with his nubile young mistress Nadia... [More...]
Joël Séria
Roger Pouplard, a forty-something refrigerator repairman with Alpha Male tendencies, leaves his respectable wife and daughter so that he can live with his nubile young mistress Nadia... [More...]
Comme un boomerang (1976)
José Giovanni
Whilst under the influence of drugs at a party, the son of a wealthy industrialist accidentally shoots a passing policeman... [More...]
José Giovanni
Whilst under the influence of drugs at a party, the son of a wealthy industrialist accidentally shoots a passing policeman... [More...]
Comment se faire réformer (1978)
Philippe Clair
Two rebellious young men are prepared to resort to any means possible to escape their military service. Neither has any intention of serving under his country's colours for the stipulatory whole year, so as a last resort they decide to open fire on their superiors' tent during a firing exercise...... [More...]
Philippe Clair
Two rebellious young men are prepared to resort to any means possible to escape their military service. Neither has any intention of serving under his country's colours for the stipulatory whole year, so as a last resort they decide to open fire on their superiors' tent during a firing exercise...... [More...]
La Communion solennelle (1977)
René Féret
Towards the mid-1970s, a large family get-together is arranged at a tranquil spot in the north of France. Attending the out-of-doors communion dinner are around thirty people who span three generations, their life stories stretching right back to the 1890s... [More...]
René Féret
Towards the mid-1970s, a large family get-together is arranged at a tranquil spot in the north of France. Attending the out-of-doors communion dinner are around thirty people who span three generations, their life stories stretching right back to the 1890s... [More...]
Le Complot (1973)
René Gainville
In March 1962, the French government has signed a treaty with Algeria that will allow the latter country to gain its independence... [More...]
René Gainville
In March 1962, the French government has signed a treaty with Algeria that will allow the latter country to gain its independence... [More...]
Comptes à rebours (1971)
Roger Pigaut
Revenge is the only thing on François Nolan's mind when he returns to Paris, having spent the past ten years in prison for his part in a bank robbery that went disastrously wrong... [More...]
Roger Pigaut
Revenge is the only thing on François Nolan's mind when he returns to Paris, having spent the past ten years in prison for his part in a bank robbery that went disastrously wrong... [More...]
Le Concierge (1973)
Jean Girault
On graduating from university with honours, Christophe Mérignac has high hopes for his future but he is as yet unsure as to which direction to take as regards his chosen career... [More...]
Jean Girault
On graduating from university with honours, Christophe Mérignac has high hopes for his future but he is as yet unsure as to which direction to take as regards his chosen career... [More...]
Confidences pour confidences (1979)
Pascal Thomas
Recalling the story of her family, Brigitte takes us back to the 1950s, when she was living an idyllic life with her sisters Pierrette and Florence, and parents, the owners of a grocers' shop... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
Recalling the story of her family, Brigitte takes us back to the 1950s, when she was living an idyllic life with her sisters Pierrette and Florence, and parents, the owners of a grocers' shop... [More...]
Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976)
Henri Verneuil
François Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
François Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit... [More...]
Coup de tête (1979)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Life in the small industrial French town of Trincamp revolves entirely around the local football club. When François Perrin is dismissed from the club for injuring the star player, his fortunes take a turn for the worst... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Life in the small industrial French town of Trincamp revolves entirely around the local football club. When François Perrin is dismissed from the club for injuring the star player, his fortunes take a turn for the worst... [More...]
Coup pour coup (1972)
Marin Karmitz
When two of their colleagues are dismissed for unruly behaviour, the mostly female staff of a French textiles factory decide to go on strike to demand better pay and the reinstatement of their sacked co-workers... [More...]
Marin Karmitz
When two of their colleagues are dismissed for unruly behaviour, the mostly female staff of a French textiles factory decide to go on strike to demand better pay and the reinstatement of their sacked co-workers... [More...]
La Course à l'échalote (1975)
Claude Zidi
With his boss away on holiday, Pierre Vidal finds himself elevated to the highest position in the bank where he works. Anxious to ensure that nothing goes wrong whilst he is in charge, Pierre rules with an iron grip, even going so far as to stage a fake hold-up to test his staff's reactions... [More...]
Claude Zidi
With his boss away on holiday, Pierre Vidal finds himself elevated to the highest position in the bank where he works. Anxious to ensure that nothing goes wrong whilst he is in charge, Pierre rules with an iron grip, even going so far as to stage a fake hold-up to test his staff's reactions... [More...]