French cinema: 1981
Allons z'enfants (1981)
Yves Boisset
In 1935, Simon Chalumot is just 13 years old when he is entered into a strict military school by his father, a patriotic veteran of the previous war...
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Yves Boisset
L'Année prochaine... si tout va bien (1981)
Jean-Loup Hubert
Maxime, a comic book artist, lives with his girlfriend, Isabelle, a level-headed professional. Although she is happy with the arrangement, Isabelle makes every effort to keep from her parents the fact that she is living with a self-centred, somewhat immature young man who has no income and no desire to lead a conventional life...
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Jean-Loup Hubert
Les Babas Cool (1981)
François Leterrier
Antoine Bonfils, a travelling salesman, is happily wending his way down a country road in deepest Provence when his car suddenly breaks down...
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François Leterrier
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
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...
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Francis Veber
Le Choix des armes (1981)
Alain Corneau
Three criminals break out of prison and go on the run. In a bloody shootout, one of them is wounded. His punk accomplice, Mickey, takes him to a remote country house belonging to a former gangland boss, Noël Durieux... [More...]
Alain Corneau
Three criminals break out of prison and go on the run. In a bloody shootout, one of them is wounded. His punk accomplice, Mickey, takes him to a remote country house belonging to a former gangland boss, Noël Durieux... [More...]
Clara et les chics types (1981)
Jacques Monnet
Six friends from Grenoble with a shared love of music have formed a rock band called Les Why Notes. Bertrand, Mickey, Frédéric, Charles, Aimée and Louise are all in their late twenties but seem reluctant or incapable of putting their adolescence behind them... [More...]
Jacques Monnet
Six friends from Grenoble with a shared love of music have formed a rock band called Les Why Notes. Bertrand, Mickey, Frédéric, Charles, Aimée and Louise are all in their late twenties but seem reluctant or incapable of putting their adolescence behind them... [More...]
Coup de torchon (1981)
Bertrand Tavernier
1938, West Africa. Lucien Cordier is the police chief of a small French colonial town, Bourkassa Ourbangui, but no one takes him seriously... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
1938, West Africa. Lucien Cordier is the police chief of a small French colonial town, Bourkassa Ourbangui, but no one takes him seriously... [More...]
Dernier été (1981)
Robert Guédiguian
In the Estaque district of Marseille, Gilbert and his friends face an uncertain future as the factories close down, bringing an inexorable rise in the level of unemployment among ordinary working people... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
In the Estaque district of Marseille, Gilbert and his friends face an uncertain future as the factories close down, bringing an inexorable rise in the level of unemployment among ordinary working people... [More...]
Diva (1981)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jules, a young Parisian postman, illegally records a concert performance given by the world famous opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jules, a young Parisian postman, illegally records a concert performance given by the world famous opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [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...]
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...]
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 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...]
Garde à vue (1981)
Claude Miller
In a small French town, two young girls are found raped and murdered. The obvious suspect is a prominent lawyer, Jérôme Martinaud, who is known to have been in the vicinity of both killings when they took place... [More...]
Claude Miller
In a small French town, two young girls are found raped and murdered. The obvious suspect is a prominent lawyer, Jérôme Martinaud, who is known to have been in the vicinity of both killings when they took place... [More...]
La Guerre du feu (1981)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
80,000 years ago, the very dawn of human civilisation. When a tribe of cave-dwellers lose their only source of fire, three of their number set off to seek the fire which the tribe desperately needs to survive... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Annaud
80,000 years ago, the very dawn of human civilisation. When a tribe of cave-dwellers lose their only source of fire, three of their number set off to seek the fire which the tribe desperately needs to survive... [More...]
Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses (1981)
Jean-Marie Poiré
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find a flat mate to share her expensive apartment... [More...]
Jean-Marie Poiré
When her fiancé walks out on her, the frumpish Lydie has no choice but to find a flat mate to share her expensive apartment... [More...]
Hôtel des Amériques (1981)
André Téchiné
Hélène is a 30-something anaesthetist at a hospital in the French seaside town of Biarritz. One evening, whilst driving home in a distracted state, she almost runs over a pedestrian, Gilles... [More...]
André Téchiné
Hélène is a 30-something anaesthetist at a hospital in the French seaside town of Biarritz. One evening, whilst driving home in a distracted state, she almost runs over a pedestrian, Gilles... [More...]
Le Maître d'école (1981)
Claude Berri
Gérard Barbier is a man in his early thirties who likes to look on the bright side of life. Working as a shop assistant, he feels inclined to take the side of a child who is caught in the act of stealing some footwear... [More...]
Claude Berri
Gérard Barbier is a man in his early thirties who likes to look on the bright side of life. Working as a shop assistant, he feels inclined to take the side of a child who is caught in the act of stealing some footwear... [More...]
Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Jacques Rivette
Ben, a young American, and Léo, a young French woman, meet at an airport in Paris. They had been hoping to meet up with Léo's sister Elisabeth, who is also Ben's girlfriend, but she is mysteriously absent... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Ben, a young American, and Léo, a young French woman, meet at an airport in Paris. They had been hoping to meet up with Léo's sister Elisabeth, who is also Ben's girlfriend, but she is mysteriously absent... [More...]
Pétrole! Pétrole! (1981)
Christian Gion
Jean-Marie Tardel, the owner of a large petroleum company, becomes anxious when his supplier, the Emir Abdullah, announces he intends increasing the price of a barrel of crude oil by seven per cent... [More...]
Christian Gion
Jean-Marie Tardel, the owner of a large petroleum company, becomes anxious when his supplier, the Emir Abdullah, announces he intends increasing the price of a barrel of crude oil by seven per cent... [More...]
Plein sud (1981)
Luc Béraud
Serge Laine is a 30-something philosophy professor who is on his way to Barcelona by train to attend a university conference and enjoy a second honeymoon with his wife... [More...]
Luc Béraud
Serge Laine is a 30-something philosophy professor who is on his way to Barcelona by train to attend a university conference and enjoy a second honeymoon with his wife... [More...]
Pour la peau d'un flic (1981)
Alain Delon
Choucas gave up working as a regular cop some years ago and now he earns his crust as a private detective, assisted by his old friend Haymann... [More...]
Alain Delon
Choucas gave up working as a regular cop some years ago and now he earns his crust as a private detective, assisted by his old friend Haymann... [More...]
Pourquoi pas nous? (1981)
Michel Berny
Cromagnon is a loathsome wrestler when he is in the ring, an ape-like brute that people love to hate, but in real life he is as gentle as a lamb and wants only to be loved... [More...]
Michel Berny
Cromagnon is a loathsome wrestler when he is in the ring, an ape-like brute that people love to hate, but in real life he is as gentle as a lamb and wants only to be loved... [More...]
Le Professionnel (1981)
Georges Lautner
Josselin Beaumont, an agent in the French secret service, is sent to Malagawi, a small African country, to assassinate its president, Njala... [More...]
Georges Lautner
Josselin Beaumont, an agent in the French secret service, is sent to Malagawi, a small African country, to assassinate its president, Njala... [More...]
La Provinciale (1981)
Claude Goretta
With little hope of making a career for herself in her home town in Lorraine, 30-something Christine moves to Paris and sets about looking for work... [More...]
Claude Goretta
With little hope of making a career for herself in her home town in Lorraine, 30-something Christine moves to Paris and sets about looking for work... [More...]
Psy (1981)
Philippe de Broca
Where now are the ideals of May '68? This is a question that Marc, a man in his mid-thirties and former soixante-huitard, might have cause to ruminate on as he profits from bourgeois angst by running weekend psychotherapy courses at a large house in the country belonging to his partner Colette... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Where now are the ideals of May '68? This is a question that Marc, a man in his mid-thirties and former soixante-huitard, might have cause to ruminate on as he profits from bourgeois angst by running weekend psychotherapy courses at a large house in the country belonging to his partner Colette... [More...]
Putain d'histoire d'amour (1981)
Gilles Béhat
Taxi driver Paul is addicted to gambling. When his colleagues offer him a bet to ferry a customer across Paris in record time he accepts without hesitation... [More...]
Gilles Béhat
Taxi driver Paul is addicted to gambling. When his colleagues offer him a bet to ferry a customer across Paris in record time he accepts without hesitation... [More...]
La Revanche (1981)
Pierre Lary
Jeanne Jouvert is far from pleased when her husband, a police commissioner, takes the credit when she wins a prize for her detective novels... [More...]
Pierre Lary
Jeanne Jouvert is far from pleased when her husband, a police commissioner, takes the credit when she wins a prize for her detective novels... [More...]