French cinema: 1974
Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974)
Claude Zidi
Not everyone is suited for army life - as Gérard, Phil, Jean and Jean-Guy quickly discover when they begin their military service...
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Claude Zidi
Bons baisers... à lundi (1974)
Michel Audiard
Three small-time hoodlums, Henri-Pierre, Bob and Dimitri, are convinced they can make a mint by holding-up a soiree hosted by showbiz king Frankie Strong at his Paris apartment...
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Michel Audiard
Borsalino & Co. (1974)
Jacques Deray
France, 1934. Over the past few years, Roch Siffredi and François Capella were two of the most notorious gangsters in Marseille...
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Jacques Deray
Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974)
Jacques Rivette
It is in a park in Paris that Julie, a shy librarian, first makes the acquaintance of Céline, a stage magician. Intrigued by the other woman, Julie follows her around the city until she loses sight of her...
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Jacques Rivette
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...
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Jean Yanne
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...]
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...]
Emmanuelle (1974)
Just Jaeckin
Emmanuelle, the young wife of a diplomat, arrives in Bangkok to visit her husband. She is immediately pressurised by her new entourage to show a more liberal attitude towards sex... [More...]
Just Jaeckin
Emmanuelle, the young wife of a diplomat, arrives in Bangkok to visit her husband. She is immediately pressurised by her new entourage to show a more liberal attitude towards sex... [More...]
Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974)
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
In the Spanish city of Toledo, rebels refusing to be freed by Napoleonic troops declare "Down with freedom!" as they are shot dead by a firing squad... [More...]
Femmes femmes (1974)
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Paul Vecchiali
In their small Parisian apartment overlooking a cemetery, two over-the-hill actresses take solace in each other's company against a world which no longer appreciates their talents... [More...]
Les Gaspards (1974)
Pierre Tchernia
Jean-Paul Rondin, the owner of a bookshop in the Latin Quarter of Paris, is just one of the many thousands of people to be vexed by endless construction projects that are changing the face of the French capital... [More...]
Pierre Tchernia
Jean-Paul Rondin, the owner of a bookshop in the Latin Quarter of Paris, is just one of the many thousands of people to be vexed by endless construction projects that are changing the face of the French capital... [More...]
La Gifle (1974)
Claude Pinoteau
Jean Doulean is a 50-something geography teacher who lives in Paris with his 18-year-old daughter Isabelle. It has been several years since Jean's wife Hélène left him and settled in England with her new partner... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
Jean Doulean is a 50-something geography teacher who lives in Paris with his 18-year-old daughter Isabelle. It has been several years since Jean's wife Hélène left him and settled in England with her new partner... [More...]
Les Guichets du Louvre (1974)
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital... [More...]
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital... [More...]
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Saint-Paul district of Lyons, a middle-aged watchmaker, Michel Descombes, leads a peaceful and contented bachelor existence... [More...]
Juliette et Juliette (1974)
Rémo Forlani
Juliette Vidal is a journalist who works on the popular woman's magazine Pénélope, primarily in the role of an agony aunt... [More...]
Rémo Forlani
Juliette Vidal is a journalist who works on the popular woman's magazine Pénélope, primarily in the role of an agony aunt... [More...]
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
Robert Bresson
Their number reduced through countless skirmishes in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, weary and defeated... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Their number reduced through countless skirmishes in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, weary and defeated... [More...]
La Merveilleuse visite (1974)
Marcel Carné
One morning, the rector of a small French village comes across a young man, lying unclothed and unconscious on a deserted beach... [More...]
Marcel Carné
One morning, the rector of a small French village comes across a young man, lying unclothed and unconscious on a deserted beach... [More...]
Mes petites amoureuses (1974)
Jean Eustache
12 year old Daniel is living contentedly with his grandmother in a rural French town. He has many friends, he is doing well at school and he looks set to have a happy and successful future... [More...]
Jean Eustache
12 year old Daniel is living contentedly with his grandmother in a rural French town. He has many friends, he is doing well at school and he looks set to have a happy and successful future... [More...]
Le Milieu du monde (1974)
Alain Tanner
Paul, a high-flying engineer, is proud to have been born in a Swiss town the locals refer to as the Centre of the World. He is running for a local election when he meets Adriana, a young Italian waitress in a café... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Paul, a high-flying engineer, is proud to have been born in a Swiss town the locals refer to as the Centre of the World. He is running for a local election when he meets Adriana, a young Italian waitress in a café... [More...]
La Moutarde me monte au nez (1974)
Claude Zidi
A teacher at a girls' school in Aix-en-Provence, Pierre Durois finds he has an aptitude for writing which others are more than willing to exploit... [More...]
Claude Zidi
A teacher at a girls' school in Aix-en-Provence, Pierre Durois finds he has an aptitude for writing which others are more than willing to exploit... [More...]
Le Mouton enragé (1974)
Michel Deville
Nicolas Mallet is a modest bank employee whose lack of personal ambition is matched by a crippling lack of self-confidence... [More...]
Michel Deville
Nicolas Mallet is a modest bank employee whose lack of personal ambition is matched by a crippling lack of self-confidence... [More...]
Les Murs ont des oreilles (1974)
Jean Girault
After breaking up with his wife Muriel, Guillaume, a successful writer, moves into his new house in the country with his grown-up children, Jean-Louis and Marion, and secretary Claudine... [More...]
Jean Girault
After breaking up with his wife Muriel, Guillaume, a successful writer, moves into his new house in the country with his grown-up children, Jean-Louis and Marion, and secretary Claudine... [More...]
Nada (1974)
Claude Chabrol
Nada is a small leftwing terrorist group made up of six people from very different backgrounds. Diaz, the most militant of the group, plans to kidnap the American ambassador Richard Poindexter, in a bid to draw attention to their cause... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Nada is a small leftwing terrorist group made up of six people from very different backgrounds. Diaz, the most militant of the group, plans to kidnap the American ambassador Richard Poindexter, in a bid to draw attention to their cause... [More...]
Nuits rouges (1974)
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
Georges Franju
A mysterious master criminal is determined to recover the lost treasure of the Knights Templar, but the one man who may be able to help him - the historian Maxime de Borrego - prefers death to giving away the secret... [More...]
OK patron (1974)
Claude Vital
When Mario, the head of the French Mafia, is mortally wounded by his enemies, his mistress Mélissa immediately sets about finding a successor, unaware that a host of hardened gangsters are poised to take over his organisation... [More...]
Claude Vital
When Mario, the head of the French Mafia, is mortally wounded by his enemies, his mistress Mélissa immediately sets about finding a successor, unaware that a host of hardened gangsters are poised to take over his organisation... [More...]
Parade (1974)
Jacques Tati
An excited audience of men, women and children take their seats in a circus tent, eager for the spectacle to begin. The genial Monsieur Loyal greets everyone with an invitation that all are welcome to join in the show... [More...]
Jacques Tati
An excited audience of men, women and children take their seats in a circus tent, eager for the spectacle to begin. The genial Monsieur Loyal greets everyone with an invitation that all are welcome to join in the show... [More...]
Le Permis de conduire (1974)
Jean Girault
Michel Martenot, a modest bank employee in the suburbs of Paris, has a chronic aversion to cars. Despite being pressurised by his wife, two children and his interfering brother-in-law, he has no desire to learn how to drive... [More...]
Jean Girault
Michel Martenot, a modest bank employee in the suburbs of Paris, has a chronic aversion to cars. Despite being pressurised by his wife, two children and his interfering brother-in-law, he has no desire to learn how to drive... [More...]
La Race des seigneurs (1974)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
An ambitious deputy in the Republic Party, Julien Dandieu neglects his wife Betty, his son Alain and even his mistress Creezy, a famous cover girl... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
An ambitious deputy in the Republic Party, Julien Dandieu neglects his wife Betty, his son Alain and even his mistress Creezy, a famous cover girl... [More...]
Le Retour du grand blond (1974)
Yves Robert
Cambrai, a modest captain in the French secret service, discovers that his superior, Colonel Toulouse, was responsible for the death of his rival Milan... [More...]
Yves Robert
Cambrai, a modest captain in the French secret service, discovers that his superior, Colonel Toulouse, was responsible for the death of his rival Milan... [More...]