French cinema: 1980s
Eaux profondes (1981)
Michel Deville
Vic Allen appears to accept his young wife Melanie's flirtations with men of her own age with a generous insouciance. He amuses himself by scaring off her potential lovers by claiming that he killed one of their predecessors...
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Michel Deville
Édith et Marcel (1983)
Claude Lelouch
Before World War II, Edith Piaf and Marcel Cerdan were both on their way to becoming legends in their own lifetimes. From humble begins in the streets of Paris, Piaf is one of the most well-known and successful singers in the world, renowned for her tragic love songs; Cerdan is a boxing champion who has acquired a reputation for being unbeatable...
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Claude Lelouch
L'Effrontée (1985)
Claude Miller
For Charlotte, a 13 year old girl living in a rural village in France, adolescence is proving to be a traumatic experience...
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Claude Miller
En haut des marches (1983)
Paul Vecchiali
On her return to Toulon in 1963 Françoise Canavaggia is confronted with the spectres of her past as she sets out to finally reconcile herself to a loss that has weighed on her heavily these past twenty years...
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Paul Vecchiali
En toute innocence (1988)
Alain Jessua
Paul Duchène and his son Thomas run an architectural business from their country estate. One day, Paul returns home to find Thomas' wife, Catherine, making love with one of his business associates...
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Alain Jessua
Escalier C (1985)
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Forster Lafont is a young and cynical art critic who lodges in a room off Staircase C of an ordinary-looking apartment block in Paris's 14th arrondissement... [More...]
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Forster Lafont is a young and cynical art critic who lodges in a room off Staircase C of an ordinary-looking apartment block in Paris's 14th arrondissement... [More...]
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Yves Boisset
Having worked for as a spy for the French government, Sébastien Grenier is now enjoying a peaceful life in Zurich, living with his German girlfriend and working as a financier... [More...]
Yves Boisset
Having worked for as a spy for the French government, Sébastien Grenier is now enjoying a peaceful life in Zurich, living with his German girlfriend and working as a financier... [More...]
Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981)
Georges Lautner
After his arrest, small-time crook Gérard Louvier escapes from police custody by stealing the clothes - and identity - of a high-profile judge... [More...]
Georges Lautner
After his arrest, small-time crook Gérard Louvier escapes from police custody by stealing the clothes - and identity - of a high-profile judge... [More...]
L'État de grâce (1986)
Jacques Rouffio
France, 1981. Antoine Lombard is the secretary of state for Universities in the newly elected social government. During a hostile meeting with the employers' union, he meets Florence Vannier-Buchet, a hard-headed businesswoman who owns one of the country's largest sportswear companies... [More...]
Jacques Rouffio
France, 1981. Antoine Lombard is the secretary of state for Universities in the newly elected social government. During a hostile meeting with the employers' union, he meets Florence Vannier-Buchet, a hard-headed businesswoman who owns one of the country's largest sportswear companies... [More...]
L'Été en pente douce (1987)
Gérard Krawczyk
Fane is a beer swigging lout living on a poor housing estate. When he learns of his mother's death, he jumps at the chance to start a new life in the countryside... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
Fane is a beer swigging lout living on a poor housing estate. When he learns of his mother's death, he jumps at the chance to start a new life in the countryside... [More...]
L'Été meurtrier (1983)
Jean Becker
A beautiful 19 year old girl, Eliane, moves into a provençal village with her invalid father and German mother. She immediately draws the attention of all the men in the village, but it is the timid garage owner Florimond she chooses to go out with... [More...]
Jean Becker
A beautiful 19 year old girl, Eliane, moves into a provençal village with her invalid father and German mother. She immediately draws the attention of all the men in the village, but it is the timid garage owner Florimond she chooses to go out with... [More...]
L'Étoile du Nord (1982)
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Edouard Binet has spent the last few years travelling in North Africa. On his return to France by steamboat, he meets a young dancer, Sylvie Baron, whom he introduces to a wealthy businessman, Nemrod Loktoum... [More...]
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Edouard Binet has spent the last few years travelling in North Africa. On his return to France by steamboat, he meets a young dancer, Sylvie Baron, whom he introduces to a wealthy businessman, Nemrod Loktoum... [More...]
L'Étudiante (1988)
Claude Pinoteau
Valentine and Edouard have nothing in common, and they could hardly be more different, but as soon as their paths cross during a skiing holiday they know they are right for each other... [More...]
Claude Pinoteau
Valentine and Edouard have nothing in common, and they could hardly be more different, but as soon as their paths cross during a skiing holiday they know they are right for each other... [More...]
Extérieur, nuit (1980)
Jacques Bral
Léo and Bony are two friends who both seem to have arrived at a crossroads in their lives. They belong to the May '68 generation who believed they could change the world, only to be disillusioned by what followed... [More...]
Jacques Bral
Léo and Bony are two friends who both seem to have arrived at a crossroads in their lives. They belong to the May '68 generation who believed they could change the world, only to be disillusioned by what followed... [More...]
Fais gaffe à la gaffe (1981)
Paul Boujenah
G is tasked with maintaining the electrical systems in a department store. When he unwittingly causes a series of disasters, he is dismissed and shortly afterwards has a car accident with Dumoulin, an important publisher... [More...]
Paul Boujenah
G is tasked with maintaining the electrical systems in a department store. When he unwittingly causes a series of disasters, he is dismissed and shortly afterwards has a car accident with Dumoulin, an important publisher... [More...]
Les Fantômes du chapelier (1982)
Claude Chabrol
Léon Labbé owns a hatter's shop in a small provincial town in northern France. To the outside world, he is a respectable tradesman, dutifully caring for his disabled wife... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Léon Labbé owns a hatter's shop in a small provincial town in northern France. To the outside world, he is a respectable tradesman, dutifully caring for his disabled wife... [More...]
Faux fuyants (1983)
Alain Bergala
Serge, a businessman in his mid-forties, is in a terrible state after running down and killing a young man. Racked with guilt, he becomes depressed and withdrawn, haunted by a crime that will never leave him... [More...]
Alain Bergala
Serge, a businessman in his mid-forties, is in a terrible state after running down and killing a young man. Racked with guilt, he becomes depressed and withdrawn, haunted by a crime that will never leave him... [More...]
La Femme d'à côté (1981)
François Truffaut
Bernard and Arlette Coudray are a young couple who live with their infant son at a remote country house near to Grenoble... [More...]
François Truffaut
Bernard and Arlette Coudray are a young couple who live with their infant son at a remote country house near to Grenoble... [More...]
La Femme de l'aviateur (1980)
Eric Rohmer
A postal worker, François, is about to visit his girlfriend, Anne, early one morning, when he sees another man leaving her apartment... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
A postal worker, François, is about to visit his girlfriend, Anne, early one morning, when he sees another man leaving her apartment... [More...]
La Femme de ma vie (1986)
Régis Wargnier
Simon was once an acclaimed virtuoso violinist, before he became a alcoholic and sank into the mire of depression. His life is ruined, and even his wife Laura can do nothing for him... [More...]
Régis Wargnier
Simon was once an acclaimed virtuoso violinist, before he became a alcoholic and sank into the mire of depression. His life is ruined, and even his wife Laura can do nothing for him... [More...]
La Femme de mon pote (1983)
Bertrand Blier
Micky, an overweight disk jockey, and Pascal, a beau sportswear salesman, live and work in an alpine skiing resort. Their ten-year long friendship is put in instant jeopardy when, one day, Micky learns that an attractive young woman, Viviane, has moved in with Pascal... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Micky, an overweight disk jockey, and Pascal, a beau sportswear salesman, live and work in an alpine skiing resort. Their ten-year long friendship is put in instant jeopardy when, one day, Micky learns that an attractive young woman, Viviane, has moved in with Pascal... [More...]
La Femme flic (1980)
Yves Boisset
A young female police inspector, Corinne Levasseur, is re-assigned to a provincial town after having implicated a public figure in a drugs scandal... [More...]
Yves Boisset
A young female police inspector, Corinne Levasseur, is re-assigned to a provincial town after having implicated a public figure in a drugs scandal... [More...]
La Femme secrète (1986)
Sébastien Grall
Learning of his wife death's, Antoine Béraud abandons his work on an experimental submarine in the North Sea and returns to his home in Paris... [More...]
Sébastien Grall
Learning of his wife death's, Antoine Béraud abandons his work on an experimental submarine in the North Sea and returns to his home in Paris... [More...]
Femmes de personne (1984)
Christopher Frank
Cécile, Isabelle and Adeline, three women who work in the same radiology department at a hospital in Paris, are each coming to grips with an unwelcome attack of mid-life crisis... [More...]
Christopher Frank
Cécile, Isabelle and Adeline, three women who work in the same radiology department at a hospital in Paris, are each coming to grips with an unwelcome attack of mid-life crisis... [More...]
La Fille de 15 ans (1989)
Jacques Doillon
Juliette is a girl of fifteen years who thinks she has understood all there is to know about love. Her present beau is a boy of her own age, Thomas, with whom she enjoys a close but, so far, platonic relationship... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Juliette is a girl of fifteen years who thinks she has understood all there is to know about love. Her present beau is a boy of her own age, Thomas, with whom she enjoys a close but, so far, platonic relationship... [More...]
La Fille prodigue (1981)
Jacques Doillon
Anne is a young woman who, in a fit of depression, leaves her husband Jean-Marie and chooses to live alone in a shoebox Parisian apartment... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Anne is a young woman who, in a fit of depression, leaves her husband Jean-Marie and chooses to live alone in a shoebox Parisian apartment... [More...]
Les Folles années du twist (1986)
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Algeria, 1960. In a small village, the arrival of western pop music (notably "The Twist") is making an impression every bit as great as the on-going struggle between the pro- and anti- liberationists... [More...]
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Algeria, 1960. In a small village, the arrival of western pop music (notably "The Twist") is making an impression every bit as great as the on-going struggle between the pro- and anti- liberationists... [More...]
Force majeure (1989)
Pierre Jolivet
Philippe is a promising student about to sit his exams and who is looking forward to a successful research career. Daniel is another young man who has a girl friend, a baby, and who enjoys his hedonistic freedom... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Philippe is a promising student about to sit his exams and who is looking forward to a successful research career. Daniel is another young man who has a girl friend, a baby, and who enjoys his hedonistic freedom... [More...]
Fort Saganne (1984)
Alain Corneau
1911. A French peasant Charles Saganne volunteers to join the French army and is posted to the Sahara. Serving under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh, he soon distinguishes himself, earning the respect of his fellow soldiers and Arabs alike... [More...]
Alain Corneau
1911. A French peasant Charles Saganne volunteers to join the French army and is posted to the Sahara. Serving under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh, he soon distinguishes himself, earning the respect of his fellow soldiers and Arabs alike... [More...]
Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Alain Jessua
A scientist Victor, a direct descendent of the infamous Baron Frankenstein, assembles bodies parts to create a new kind of human being, animated with an electronic brain... [More...]
Alain Jessua
A scientist Victor, a direct descendent of the infamous Baron Frankenstein, assembles bodies parts to create a new kind of human being, animated with an electronic brain... [More...]