French cinema: 1970s
La Course du lièvre à travers les champs (1972)
René Clément
Antoine Cardot is tried in France for killing some gypsy children with his aeroplane. When the court decides the deaths were the result of a tragic accident, Antoine is set free...
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René Clément
Cousin, cousine (1975)
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Ludovic and Marthe, two cousins by marriage, meet at the most auspicious of occasions - their parents' wedding. Although they are both already married, unhappily as it turns out, the cousins take pleasure in each other's company and decide to see each other after the wedding, seeking nothing more than mutual companionship...
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Jean-Charles Tacchella
Le Crabe-Tambour (1977)
Pierre Schoendoerffer
The Jaureguiberry, a mighty escort ship, leaves the port of Lorient in the northwest of France and sets out on its long journey across the stormy Atlantic...
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Pierre Schoendoerffer
Cran d'arrêt (1970)
Yves Boisset
Dr Lucas Lamberti has just left prison after serving a three year stretch for killing one of his patients. An old friend, Dr Carrua, persuades him to take a friendly interest in his son, David, who has recently become an alcoholic depressive...
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Yves Boisset
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1970)
Michel Audiard
Hitch-hiking his way home after an unsuccessful day betting on the horses, Alfred Mulanet is abducted by a group of gangsters, led by the sinister Monsieur K...
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Michel Audiard
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Fred Zinnemann
Dissatisfied with President De Gaulle's decision to grant independence to Algeria, a number of men in the French military form an underground organisation, the OAS, with the sole aim of assassinating the president... [More...]
Défense de savoir (1973)
Nadine Trintignant
A lawyer, Jean-Pierre Laubray, is appointed to defend Simone Hild, who has been arrested for the murder of her boyfriend, Jean Ravier... [More...]
Nadine Trintignant
A lawyer, Jean-Pierre Laubray, is appointed to defend Simone Hild, who has been arrested for the murder of her boyfriend, Jean Ravier... [More...]
La Dentellière (1977)
Claude Goretta
Pomme may be 19 but, in her outlook and behaviour, she is still a child. A trainee hairdresser in Paris, she lives in her dreams and makes no attempt to find herself a boyfriend... [More...]
Claude Goretta
Pomme may be 19 but, in her outlook and behaviour, she is still a child. A trainee hairdresser in Paris, she lives in her dreams and makes no attempt to find herself a boyfriend... [More...]
Dernier domicile connu (1970)
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
José Giovanni
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department... [More...]
La Dérobade (1979)
Daniel Duval
Marie is trapped in a nightmarish life from which she cannot escape. Her boyfriend bullies her and forces her to work for him as a prostitute... [More...]
Daniel Duval
Marie is trapped in a nightmarish life from which she cannot escape. Her boyfriend bullies her and forces her to work for him as a prostitute... [More...]
Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971)
François Truffaut
Paris, 1899. It is whilst pursuing her studies in sculpture that Anne Brown, a dark-haired English woman who is not yet 20, falls under the spell of Claude Roc, a bourgeois French student of her own age... [More...]
François Truffaut
Paris, 1899. It is whilst pursuing her studies in sculpture that Anne Brown, a dark-haired English woman who is not yet 20, falls under the spell of Claude Roc, a bourgeois French student of her own age... [More...]
Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama (1974)
Jean Girault
Jérôme and Lionel are two married men who find themselves alone in their Parisian apartments whilst their respective spouses are away on holiday... [More...]
Jean Girault
Jérôme and Lionel are two married men who find themselves alone in their Parisian apartments whilst their respective spouses are away on holiday... [More...]
Deux hommes dans la ville (1973)
José Giovanni
Thanks to the support and influence of a kindly parole officer, Gino Strabliggi is released from prison and has a chance to start a new life... [More...]
José Giovanni
Thanks to the support and influence of a kindly parole officer, Gino Strabliggi is released from prison and has a chance to start a new life... [More...]
Le Diable probablement (1977)
Robert Bresson
The body of a twenty-year old man, shot through the head, is found in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. There is a loaded gun in his hand... [More...]
Robert Bresson
The body of a twenty-year old man, shot through the head, is found in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. There is a loaded gun in his hand... [More...]
Diabolo menthe (1977)
Diane Kurys
September 1963 marks the beginning of an important phase in the lives of two teenage sisters, Anne and Frédérique Weber... [More...]
Diane Kurys
September 1963 marks the beginning of an important phase in the lives of two teenage sisters, Anne and Frédérique Weber... [More...]
Le Distrait (1970)
Pierre Richard
Pierre Malaquet is a likeable young man but he is hopelessly absent-minded and cannot sustain a train of thought for more than a few seconds... [More...]
Pierre Richard
Pierre Malaquet is a likeable young man but he is hopelessly absent-minded and cannot sustain a train of thought for more than a few seconds... [More...]
Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976)
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
In the course of her career, Françoise Gailland has earned herself a reputation as a formidable medical practitioner, highly respected at the Paris hospital where she works... [More...]
Jean-Louis Bertuccelli
In the course of her career, Françoise Gailland has earned herself a reputation as a formidable medical practitioner, highly respected at the Paris hospital where she works... [More...]
Docteur Popaul (1972)
Claude Chabrol
Dr Paul Simay is a lady's man who claims to prefer ugly women and he makes his point by winning a bet that he can sleep with the world's plainest women... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Dr Paul Simay is a lady's man who claims to prefer ugly women and he makes his point by winning a bet that he can sleep with the world's plainest women... [More...]
Les Doigts dans la tête (1974)
Jacques Doillon
Chris, a baker's boy, is dismissed by his employer when he turns up for work late. He loses not just his job but also his home since the room he lives in is provided as part of his meagre salary... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Chris, a baker's boy, is dismissed by his employer when he turns up for work late. He loses not just his job but also his home since the room he lives in is provided as part of his meagre salary... [More...]
Domicile conjugal (1970)
François Truffaut
Now 26, Antoine Doinel is happily married to Christine Darbon. The couple share a small but comfortable apartment in Paris, and while she gives violin lessons, he earns a meagre wage dyeing flowers for a florist... [More...]
François Truffaut
Now 26, Antoine Doinel is happily married to Christine Darbon. The couple share a small but comfortable apartment in Paris, and while she gives violin lessons, he earns a meagre wage dyeing flowers for a florist... [More...]
Le Dossier 51 (1978)
Michel Deville
A mysterious foreign power has set its sights on recruiting Dominique Auphal, a prominent French diplomat, as an agent. In order to put leverage on him to get him to comply, the security service of this foreign power embarks on a massive campaign of information gathering targeted at him... [More...]
Michel Deville
A mysterious foreign power has set its sights on recruiting Dominique Auphal, a prominent French diplomat, as an agent. In order to put leverage on him to get him to comply, the security service of this foreign power embarks on a massive campaign of information gathering targeted at him... [More...]
Le Drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite (1971)
Michel Audiard
Railway employee Antoine Simonet is delighted when he wins a prize for his realistic matchstick model of a frigate. Just as impressed is his boss, Alexandre Volabruque, who promptly commissions him to construct a full-size fishing boat... [More...]
Michel Audiard
Railway employee Antoine Simonet is delighted when he wins a prize for his realistic matchstick model of a frigate. Just as impressed is his boss, Alexandre Volabruque, who promptly commissions him to construct a full-size fishing boat... [More...]
La Drôlesse (1979)
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Du côté d'Orouët (1973)
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Duelle (une quarantaine) (1976)
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
In modern day Paris, Leni, the Queen of the Night, and Viva, the Queen of the Sun, are locked in a private battle for possession of a diamond that has magical powers... [More...]
Dupont-Lajoie (1975)
Yves Boisset
Georges Lajoie, the respectable manager of a Parisian bistro, can hardly wait to begin his holidays on the Riviera, in the company of his wife Ginette and their grown-up son Léon... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Georges Lajoie, the respectable manager of a Parisian bistro, can hardly wait to begin his holidays on the Riviera, in the company of his wife Ginette and their grown-up son Léon... [More...]
Écoute voir... (1979)
Hugo Santiago
Arnaud de Maule is an eccentric recluse who undertakes scientific research of a secret nature on his sprawling Yvelines estate... [More...]
Hugo Santiago
Arnaud de Maule is an eccentric recluse who undertakes scientific research of a secret nature on his sprawling Yvelines estate... [More...]
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
José Giovanni
Albert Spaggiari plans the most spectacular robbery of his career: to raid the vault of a major bank by tunnelling up from the sewers... [More...]
José Giovanni
Albert Spaggiari plans the most spectacular robbery of his career: to raid the vault of a major bank by tunnelling up from the sewers... [More...]
Élise ou la vraie vie (1970)
Michel Drach
It is 1957 and France has been at war with Algeria for three years. Elise, a young woman in her early twenties, live in Bordeaux with her family in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Michel Drach
It is 1957 and France has been at war with Algeria for three years. Elise, a young woman in her early twenties, live in Bordeaux with her family in a cramped apartment... [More...]
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970)
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]
Michel Audiard
Through her work as a housecleaner, Germaine finds out things about her employers which, if widely known, would provoke a scandal... [More...]