French cinema: 1980s
Banzaï (1983)
Claude Zidi
Michel Bernardin is an employee of Planète Assistance, a travel insurance company which prides itself on coming to the aid of anyone wherever they may be in the world...
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Claude Zidi
Baptême (1989)
René Féret
A mining town in northern France, 1935. Aline, a young waitress in a café, falls in love with one of her customers, Pierre, and persuades her reluctant parents to let him marry her...
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René Féret
Le Battant (1983)
Alain Delon
A fortune in diamonds is stolen and the jeweller killed. Petty crook Jacques Darnay is jailed for the crime. Released on parole eight years later Darnay is well aware that he is being tailed by police and gangsters alike, both sides wanting to recover the loot...
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Alain Delon
Le Beau mariage (1982)
Eric Rohmer
Sabine is a 25 year old student in art history at Paris University. She is currently having an affair with a married man, Simon, but she suddenly decides to put an end to the relationship when she grows tired of the incessant phone calls from her lover's wife and children...
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Eric Rohmer
Beau-père (1981)
Bertrand Blier
Rémi is a failed 30-something musician who ekes out a meagre existence playing the piano in upmarket nightclubs and restaurants...
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Bertrand Blier
Le Beauf (1987)
Yves Amoureux
Gilbert has settled into a humdrum life. To support his family, he works for a bank where his sole task is to operating a machine which incinerates banknotes... [More...]
Yves Amoureux
Gilbert has settled into a humdrum life. To support his family, he works for a bank where his sole task is to operating a machine which incinerates banknotes... [More...]
The Beekeeper (1986)
Theodoros Angelopoulos
After giving up his job as a schoolteacher 60-year-old Spiros needs a hobby to occupy him, so he decides to take up beekeeping... [More...]
Theodoros Angelopoulos
After giving up his job as a schoolteacher 60-year-old Spiros needs a hobby to occupy him, so he decides to take up beekeeping... [More...]
Benvenuta (1983)
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
Bernadette (1988)
Jean Delannoy
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous and her family take up residence in a disused prison in the French town of Lourdes... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous and her family take up residence in a disused prison in the French town of Lourdes... [More...]
Blanche et Marie (1984)
Jacques Renard
1941, a town in northern France during the Nazi Occupation. Blanche, a mother of three children, wonders why her husband is behaving so secretively, and then discovers that he is working for the French Resistance... [More...]
Jacques Renard
1941, a town in northern France during the Nazi Occupation. Blanche, a mother of three children, wonders why her husband is behaving so secretively, and then discovers that he is working for the French Resistance... [More...]
Bleu comme l'enfer (1986)
Yves Boisset
Ned is a smalltime crook whose attempt to rob a motorway snack bar is frustrated by Franck, a ruthless cop. Never one to play by the rules if he can help it, Franck takes Ned back to his home at gunpoint, with the intention of inflicting on him some suitable form of chastisement... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Ned is a smalltime crook whose attempt to rob a motorway snack bar is frustrated by Franck, a ruthless cop. Never one to play by the rules if he can help it, Franck takes Ned back to his home at gunpoint, with the intention of inflicting on him some suitable form of chastisement... [More...]
Le Bon plaisir (1984)
Francis Girod
For Claire Despres, a talented young fashion designer, the theft of her handbag in broad daylight ought to be a matter of personal inconvenience, nothing more... [More...]
Francis Girod
For Claire Despres, a talented young fashion designer, the theft of her handbag in broad daylight ought to be a matter of personal inconvenience, nothing more... [More...]
Bonjour l'angoisse (1988)
Pierre Tchernia
Michaud is a timid 50-something who works for Stopalarm, a company that specialises in high-tech alarm systems. Despite his 32 years of loyal service, Michaud is threatened with early retirement... [More...]
Pierre Tchernia
Michaud is a timid 50-something who works for Stopalarm, a company that specialises in high-tech alarm systems. Despite his 32 years of loyal service, Michaud is threatened with early retirement... [More...]
Boulevard des assassins (1982)
Boramy Tioulong
50-year-old writer Daniel Salmon is in desperate need of a break when his latest novel fails to sell. Coming in the wake of his messy divorce, this set-back has badly shaken Salmon's confidence and he needs to get away for a few weeks... [More...]
Boramy Tioulong
50-year-old writer Daniel Salmon is in desperate need of a break when his latest novel fails to sell. Coming in the wake of his messy divorce, this set-back has badly shaken Salmon's confidence and he needs to get away for a few weeks... [More...]
La Boum (1980)
Claude Pinoteau
François and Françoise Berreton are an ordinary middle-class couple who have recently settled in Paris with their 14-year-old daughter Vic... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
François and Françoise Berreton are an ordinary middle-class couple who have recently settled in Paris with their 14-year-old daughter Vic... [More...]
Bunker Palace Hôtel (1989)
Enki Bilal
In the not too distant future, a violent civil war brings down a totalitarian state. As the war rages on the surface, the high ranking leaders of the old regime take flight and seek the sanctuary offered by Bunker Palace Hotel... [More...]
Enki Bilal
In the not too distant future, a violent civil war brings down a totalitarian state. As the war rages on the surface, the high ranking leaders of the old regime take flight and seek the sanctuary offered by Bunker Palace Hotel... [More...]
C'est pas moi, c'est lui (1980)
Pierre Richard
Georges Vallier owes his success as a celebrity screenwriter to his underpaid ghost writer Pierre Renard. When Pierre protests at the way he has been exploited, Valier allows him to take his place at a garden party hosted by the Italian film star Aldo Barazzutti... [More...]
Pierre Richard
Georges Vallier owes his success as a celebrity screenwriter to his underpaid ghost writer Pierre Renard. When Pierre protests at the way he has been exploited, Valier allows him to take his place at a garden party hosted by the Italian film star Aldo Barazzutti... [More...]
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985)
Francis Perrin
François Pépin is the unluckiest man in the world. One Christmas, the hapless journalist thinks his luck has finally changed when he gets to report that Prudence Guilledou, the daughter of an important press baron, spent the night in a police cell... [More...]
Francis Perrin
François Pépin is the unluckiest man in the world. One Christmas, the hapless journalist thinks his luck has finally changed when he gets to report that Prudence Guilledou, the daughter of an important press baron, spent the night in a police cell... [More...]
Le Cadeau (1982)
Michel Lang
When banker Grégoire Dufour announces his decision to take early retirement at the age of 55, his colleagues decide to offer him the ultimate leaving present, a call girl... [More...]
Michel Lang
When banker Grégoire Dufour announces his decision to take early retirement at the age of 55, his colleagues decide to offer him the ultimate leaving present, a call girl... [More...]
La Cage aux folles 3 - 'Elles' se marient (1985)
Georges Lautner
La Cage Aux Folles may still be one of St Tropez's top night spots but its future looks increasingly uncertain as its owner, Renato, struggles to balance the books... [More...]
Georges Lautner
La Cage Aux Folles may still be one of St Tropez's top night spots but its future looks increasingly uncertain as its owner, Renato, struggles to balance the books... [More...]
La Cage aux folles II (1980)
Edouard Molinaro
In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In Nice, the flamboyant impresario Renato still manages the popular night club La Cage aux folles with his transvestite partner Albin... [More...]
Camille Claudel (1988)
Bruno Nuytten
In the early 1880s, Camille Claudel settles in Paris with her family, and with the support of her mother and brother Paul she is able to devote herself to her art with the hope of becoming a great sculptor... [More...]
Bruno Nuytten
In the early 1880s, Camille Claudel settles in Paris with her family, and with the support of her mother and brother Paul she is able to devote herself to her art with the hope of becoming a great sculptor... [More...]
Canicule (1984)
Yves Boisset
Jimmy Cobb is an ageing American gangster whose attempt to raid a bank in Orleans goes badly wrong. Pursued by the police, he manages to escape to the country with his ill-gotten gains, which he buries in a wheatfield... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Jimmy Cobb is an ageing American gangster whose attempt to raid a bank in Orleans goes badly wrong. Pursued by the police, he manages to escape to the country with his ill-gotten gains, which he buries in a wheatfield... [More...]
Cent francs l'amour (1986)
Jacques Richard
Jérémy is a struggling young photographer who desperately needs some cash so that he can put on an exhibition of his work... [More...]
Jacques Richard
Jérémy is a struggling young photographer who desperately needs some cash so that he can put on an exhibition of his work... [More...]
Les Charlots contre Dracula (1980)
Jean-Pierre Desagnat
The son of the vampiric fiend Count Dracula is keen to follow in his father's footsteps, but he can only do so if he drinks a magic potion given to him by his doting mother... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Desagnat
The son of the vampiric fiend Count Dracula is keen to follow in his father's footsteps, but he can only do so if he drinks a magic potion given to him by his doting mother... [More...]
Charlotte for Ever (1986)
Serge Gainsbourg
Twenty years ago, Stan was a highly regarded Hollywood screenwriter. Now he is a depressive alcoholic who spends his empty days wallowing in self-pity in his large house... [More...]
Serge Gainsbourg
Twenty years ago, Stan was a highly regarded Hollywood screenwriter. Now he is a depressive alcoholic who spends his empty days wallowing in self-pity in his large house... [More...]
Chère inconnue (1980)
Moshé Mizrahi
Gilles and Louise are a brother and sister who have lived all their lives together in a remote house by the sea not far from Quimper in Brittany... [More...]
Moshé Mizrahi
Gilles and Louise are a brother and sister who have lived all their lives together in a remote house by the sea not far from Quimper in Brittany... [More...]
Le Cheval d'orgueil (1980)
Claude Chabrol
Pierre-Jakez Helias recounts his childhood experience from 1908 to 1918. Growing up in a small Brittany village, Helias recalls with affection his father Pierre-Alain and mother Anne-Marie... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Pierre-Jakez Helias recounts his childhood experience from 1908 to 1918. Growing up in a small Brittany village, Helias recalls with affection his father Pierre-Alain and mother Anne-Marie... [More...]
La Chèvre (1981)
Francis Veber
When his daughter Maria goes missing shortly after her arrival in Acapulco, wealthy businessman Alexandre Bens engages private detective Campana to find her... [More...]
Francis Veber
When his daughter Maria goes missing shortly after her arrival in Acapulco, wealthy businessman Alexandre Bens engages private detective Campana to find her... [More...]
Chocolat (1988)
Claire Denis
A young French woman named France returns to Cameroon after twenty years and is prompted to recall the happy childhood years she spent there in the 1950s... [More...]
Claire Denis
A young French woman named France returns to Cameroon after twenty years and is prompted to recall the happy childhood years she spent there in the 1950s... [More...]