French cinema: 1971
L'Alliance (1971)
Christian de Chalonge
Hugues's obsession for animals has led him to accumulate a vast collection of creatures of all kinds, which he studies with great interest...
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Christian de Chalonge
Les Amis (1971)
Gérard Blain
Paul is a 16-year-old boy who lives with his mother in social housing in Paris. He left school at 13 and is in no hurry to find a job, imagining that one day he will begin a career as an actor...
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Gérard Blain
Les Assassins de l'ordre (1971)
Marcel Carné
Judge Level is investigating the death of a man named Saugeat, who died shortly after being arrested for a minor offence by two police inspectors one December morning...
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Marcel Carné
Les Aveux les plus doux (1971)
Edouard Molinaro
Jean Dubreuil is a young man who finds himself in deep trouble when a seemingly straightforward attempt to rob a circus goes badly wrong...
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Edouard Molinaro
Les Bidasses en folie (1971)
Claude Zidi
Five inseparable buddies - Jean-Guy, Phil, Gérard, Luis and Jean - are united by their shared obsession, which is to form their own rock band, The Tourists...
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Claude Zidi
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Fantasia chez les ploucs (1971)
Gérard Pirès
Sagamore Noonan is the owner of a small farm in the southern United States, although his main preoccupation is distilling whisky illegally, which he tries to keep from the attention of the local sheriff... [More...]
Gérard Pirès
Sagamore Noonan is the owner of a small farm in the southern United States, although his main preoccupation is distilling whisky illegally, which he tries to keep from the attention of the local sheriff... [More...]
La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Franz (1971)
Jacques Brel
A boarding house at a Belgian seaside resort serves as a rest home for a number of civil servants convalescing from various illnesses... [More...]
Jacques Brel
A boarding house at a Belgian seaside resort serves as a rest home for a number of civil servants convalescing from various illnesses... [More...]
Il était une fois un flic (1971)
Georges Lautner
When a drugs dealer is murdered in Nice, the French police see an opportunity to infiltrate and break up a notorious drugs trafficking ring... [More...]
Georges Lautner
When a drugs dealer is murdered in Nice, the French police see an opportunity to infiltrate and break up a notorious drugs trafficking ring... [More...]
Juste avant la nuit (1971)
Claude Chabrol
Charles Masson is a successful advertising executive who has a devoted wife, Hélène, and two adorable children... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Charles Masson is a successful advertising executive who has a devoted wife, Hélène, and two adorable children... [More...]
Laisse aller, c'est une valse (1971)
Georges Lautner
Notorious crook Serge Aubin has served three years in prison for his part in a jewel theft. No sooner has he been released than he is abducted by a rival gang, led by Varèse... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Notorious crook Serge Aubin has served three years in prison for his part in a jewel theft. No sooner has he been released than he is abducted by a rival gang, led by Varèse... [More...]
Lucky Luke - Daisy Town (1971)
René Goscinny
When it was founded by an enterprising party of American settlers not so long ago, Daisy Town was intended to be a haven of peace, a place where parents could bring up their children in safety and where neighbours could live side-by-side in perfect harmony... [More...]
René Goscinny
When it was founded by an enterprising party of American settlers not so long ago, Daisy Town was intended to be a haven of peace, a place where parents could bring up their children in safety and where neighbours could live side-by-side in perfect harmony... [More...]
Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (1971)
Joël Séria
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are the best of friends. Both come from respectable bourgeois families and they share the same propensity for mischief-making at the strict convent school where they are reluctant boarders... [More...]
Joël Séria
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are the best of friends. Both come from respectable bourgeois families and they share the same propensity for mischief-making at the strict convent school where they are reluctant boarders... [More...]
Les Mariés de l'an II (1971)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
After killing an aristocrat, commoner Nicolas Philibert bids a hasty farewell to his native France and arrives in the United States, where he soon makes his fortune as a crop merchant... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
After killing an aristocrat, commoner Nicolas Philibert bids a hasty farewell to his native France and arrives in the United States, where he soon makes his fortune as a crop merchant... [More...]
Max et les ferrailleurs (1971)
Claude Sautet
Disillusioned with the French legal system, Max abandons his career as a judge to become a policeman, believing that he will be more effective at bringing criminals to justice... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Disillusioned with the French legal system, Max abandons his career as a judge to become a policeman, believing that he will be more effective at bringing criminals to justice... [More...]
Mourir d'aimer (1971)
André Cayatte
In 1968, Danièle teaches literature at a high school in Rouen. A staunch advocate of modern teaching methods, she invites her pupils back to her home and makes no distinction between her private and professional lives... [More...]
André Cayatte
In 1968, Danièle teaches literature at a high school in Rouen. A staunch advocate of modern teaching methods, she invites her pupils back to her home and makes no distinction between her private and professional lives... [More...]
Out 1: Noli me Tangere (1971)
Jacques Rivette
In Paris in the late 1960s, two theatrical companies are immersed in rehearsing performances of two well-known works by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
In Paris in the late 1960s, two theatrical companies are immersed in rehearsing performances of two well-known works by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes... [More...]
Les Pétroleuses (1971)
Christian-Jaque
Louise, nicknamed Frenchie King, is the leader of a woman's gang with her four sisters. They attack a train and steal important documents belonging to Doc Miller, which include the deeds to a ranch at Bougival Junction... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Louise, nicknamed Frenchie King, is the leader of a woman's gang with her four sisters. They attack a train and steal important documents belonging to Doc Miller, which include the deeds to a ranch at Bougival Junction... [More...]
Quatre nuits d'un rêveur (1971)
Robert Bresson
One night, a young painter, Jacques comes across a young woman, Marthe, who is about to commit suicide by jumping off the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris... [More...]
Robert Bresson
One night, a young painter, Jacques comes across a young woman, Marthe, who is about to commit suicide by jumping off the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris... [More...]
Raphaël ou le débauché (1971)
Michel Deville
In 1830, Aurore de Chéroy is a young widow who lives a simple but contented life on her country estate in France. A devout Christian, she devotes herself to charitable works and spurns proposals of marriage from such men as the selfish and cynical Horace de Granville... [More...]
Michel Deville
In 1830, Aurore de Chéroy is a young widow who lives a simple but contented life on her country estate in France. A devout Christian, she devotes herself to charitable works and spurns proposals of marriage from such men as the selfish and cynical Horace de Granville... [More...]
La Salamandre (1971)
Alain Tanner
Pierre, a writer, enlists the help of a friend, Paul, to investigate a real-life story in which a young woman, Rosmonde, was tried for the attempted murder of her uncle... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Pierre, a writer, enlists the help of a friend, Paul, to investigate a real-life story in which a young woman, Rosmonde, was tried for the attempted murder of her uncle... [More...]
Sans mobile apparent (1971)
Philippe Labro
In Nice, Inspector Carella is puzzled by the seemingly motiveless murders of two men - Tony Forest and Pierre Barroyer. The two victims would seem to have nothing in common, apart from the manner in which they were killed - both were shot in the centre of the forehead by a sniper rifle... [More...]
Philippe Labro
In Nice, Inspector Carella is puzzled by the seemingly motiveless murders of two men - Tony Forest and Pierre Barroyer. The two victims would seem to have nothing in common, apart from the manner in which they were killed - both were shot in the centre of the forehead by a sniper rifle... [More...]
Le Sauveur (1971)
Michel Mardore
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Nanette lives with her family on their rural farm. One summer's day, she comes across an attractive young man who introduces himself as Claude, an English airman... [More...]
Michel Mardore
In 1943, with France under Nazi occupation, 14-year-old Nanette lives with her family on their rural farm. One summer's day, she comes across an attractive young man who introduces himself as Claude, an English airman... [More...]
Le Souffle au coeur (1971)
Louis Malle
France, 1954. Laurent Chevalier is a 14-year old boy who enjoys a comfortable, cosseted existence with his affluent middleclass family in Dijon... [More...]
Louis Malle
France, 1954. Laurent Chevalier is a 14-year old boy who enjoys a comfortable, cosseted existence with his affluent middleclass family in Dijon... [More...]
Sur un arbre perché (1971)
Serge Korber
The ruthless industrialist Henri Roubier could not be happier. He has just signed a contract for a major road construction project with an Italian, Mazzini, and stands to make himself a small fortune... [More...]
Serge Korber
The ruthless industrialist Henri Roubier could not be happier. He has just signed a contract for a major road construction project with an Italian, Mazzini, and stands to make himself a small fortune... [More...]