French cinema: 1979
À nous deux (1979)
Claude Lelouch
Simon Lacassaigne is the son of a notorious hoodlum and has every intention of following in his father's footsteps. His criminal career is cut short, however, when he is arrested and thrown into prison...
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Claude Lelouch
L'Adolescente (1979)
Jeanne Moreau
In 1939, a Parisian butcher named Jean takes his wife Eva and their 12-year-old daughter Marie to the country, to spend their long summer holidays at his mother's house in Auvergne...
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Jeanne Moreau
L'Amour en fuite (1979)
François Truffaut
Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel has divorced his wife Christine and is having a love affair with a young shop girl, Sabine...
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François Truffaut
L'Associé (1979)
René Gainville
When Julien Pardot loses his well-paid job in advertising he is at a loss over what to do next. With a wife and young child to support, he must find work quickly and so he decides to set himself up as a financial adviser...
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René Gainville
Les Bronzés font du ski (1979)
Patrice Leconte
A year has passed since Nathalie and Bernard came close to wrecking their marriage at a holiday club on the Ivory Coast. Now that they have patched up their differences, they plan to spend a more agreeable vacation in the French alps, staying at their recently acquired timeshare apartment...
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Patrice Leconte
Buffet froid (1979)
Bertrand Blier
Alphonse Tram, an unemployed man in his early thirties, lives with his wife Josyane in a recently constructed apartment block that is virtually uninhabited... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Alphonse Tram, an unemployed man in his early thirties, lives with his wife Josyane in a recently constructed apartment block that is virtually uninhabited... [More...]
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979)
Edouard Molinaro
François Perrin is a radio reporter who is coping badly with living by himself after his divorce. One evening, the solitude becomes so unbearable that he picks up the telephone and dials a number at random... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
François Perrin is a radio reporter who is coping badly with living by himself after his divorce. One evening, the solitude becomes so unbearable that he picks up the telephone and dials a number at random... [More...]
Le Cavaleur (1979)
Philippe de Broca
Édouard Choiseul is one of the world's greatest concert pianists but his professional success barely masks the failings of his private life... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Édouard Choiseul is one of the world's greatest concert pianists but his professional success barely masks the failings of his private life... [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Et la tendresse?... Bordel! (1979)
Patrick Schulmann
Three couples from three different backgrounds have three very different ideas about romance. Businessman François, the master seducer and man of power, regards women as mere objects to satisfy his over-inflated libido, a situation which his partner Carole accepts with resignation... [More...]
Patrick Schulmann
Three couples from three different backgrounds have three very different ideas about romance. Businessman François, the master seducer and man of power, regards women as mere objects to satisfy his over-inflated libido, a situation which his partner Carole accepts with resignation... [More...]
Flic ou voyou (1979)
Georges Lautner
The town of Nice is completely under the control of two rival criminal gangs led by Musart and Volfoni, two hoodlums the police would dearly love to have behind bars... [More...]
Georges Lautner
The town of Nice is completely under the control of two rival criminal gangs led by Musart and Volfoni, two hoodlums the police would dearly love to have behind bars... [More...]
Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres (1979)
Jean Girault
On his home turf of St-Tropez, Cruchot is out on routine patrols with his latest recruit Beaupied when his jeep suddenly breaks down... [More...]
Jean Girault
On his home turf of St-Tropez, Cruchot is out on routine patrols with his latest recruit Beaupied when his jeep suddenly breaks down... [More...]
La Guerre des polices (1979)
Robin Davis
In the early hours of the morning, police superintendent Ballestrat is about to arrest Hector Sarlat, the most wanted criminal in France, when a rival police squad led by Jacques Fush puts in an unexpected and unwelcome appearance... [More...]
Robin Davis
In the early hours of the morning, police superintendent Ballestrat is about to arrest Hector Sarlat, the most wanted criminal in France, when a rival police squad led by Jacques Fush puts in an unexpected and unwelcome appearance... [More...]
La Gueule de l'autre (1979)
Pierre Tchernia
An election campaign is well under way in Paris when one of the candidates, Martial Perrin, the leader of a right-wing political party, is thrown into a sudden panic... [More...]
Pierre Tchernia
An election campaign is well under way in Paris when one of the candidates, Martial Perrin, the leader of a right-wing political party, is thrown into a sudden panic... [More...]
L'Homme en colère (1979)
Claude Pinoteau
When he is informed of the death of his son Julien, Romain Dupré goes to Canada to identify the body. The dead man turns out not be Dupré's son, but a stranger who, for some reason, is carrying Julien's identification papers... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
When he is informed of the death of his son Julien, Romain Dupré goes to Canada to identify the body. The dead man turns out not be Dupré's son, but a stranger who, for some reason, is carrying Julien's identification papers... [More...]
I... comme Icare (1979)
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
The official investigation into the assassination of a popular head of state concludes he was killed by a lone assassin, who shot himself immediately after the event... [More...]
Le Maître-nageur (1979)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
This is the story of Marie, a woman whose dreams always come true. Once, she dreamt that she would fall in love and would become incredibly rich... [More...]
Jean-Louis Trintignant
This is the story of Marie, a woman whose dreams always come true. Once, she dreamt that she would fall in love and would become incredibly rich... [More...]
Messidor (1979)
Alain Tanner
Tired of her dull urban life, Jeanne, a young history student, decides to abandon her studies and take a break in the country... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Tired of her dull urban life, Jeanne, a young history student, decides to abandon her studies and take a break in the country... [More...]
Paco l'infaillible (1979)
Didier Haudepin
Madrid, 1928. Paco is a young man who has a profession that many would envy. He is paid to inseminate young women who work as wet nurses for the city's wealthier families... [More...]
Didier Haudepin
Madrid, 1928. Paco is a young man who has a profession that many would envy. He is paid to inseminate young women who work as wet nurses for the city's wealthier families... [More...]
Le Pull-over rouge (1979)
Michel Drach
The body of a nine-year old girl, Elisa Garcia, is found about twenty kilometres from Marseille, not long after the girl was abducted by a stranger... [More...]
Michel Drach
The body of a nine-year old girl, Elisa Garcia, is found about twenty kilometres from Marseille, not long after the girl was abducted by a stranger... [More...]
Série noire (1979)
Alain Corneau
Franck Poupart is a neurotic door-to-door salesman working in a run-down suburb of Paris. His wife has just walked out on him and his employer treats him with contempt... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Franck Poupart is a neurotic door-to-door salesman working in a run-down suburb of Paris. His wife has just walked out on him and his employer treats him with contempt... [More...]
Les Soeurs Brontë (1979)
André Téchiné
After the death of his wife, the pastor Patrick Brontë lives in the small village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, with his three daughters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - and his one son Branwell... [More...]
André Téchiné
After the death of his wife, the pastor Patrick Brontë lives in the small village of Haworth in West Yorkshire, England, with his three daughters - Charlotte, Emily and Anne - and his one son Branwell... [More...]
Le Toubib (1979)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the early 1980s, Jean-Marie Desprée is a highly respected surgeon with a thriving practice in Paris. The settled forty-year-old's world suddenly begins to fall apart when his wife walks out on him... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
In the early 1980s, Jean-Marie Desprée is a highly respected surgeon with a thriving practice in Paris. The settled forty-year-old's world suddenly begins to fall apart when his wife walks out on him... [More...]