French cinema: 1985
3 hommes et un couffin (1985)
Coline Serreau
Pierre, Jacques and Michel are three bachelors who contentedly live together in a large apartment right at the heart of Paris...
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Coline Serreau
À nous les garçons (1985)
Michel Lang
Stéphanie and Véronique are two teenage girls who couldn't be more dissimilar. Whilst Stéphanie is a believer in free love, to the extent of using it to wear out members of an opposing ice hockey team, Véronique is still a virgin, although she is just a susceptible falling in love...
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Michel Lang
A.K. (1985)
Chris Marker
In the autumn of 1984, independent filmmaker Chris Marker joins the cast and crew of Akira Kurosawa's latest epic film Ran on the windy slopes of Mount Fuji in Japan...
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Chris Marker
L'Amour en douce (1985)
Edouard Molinaro
Marc Delmas, a young lawyer living in Aix-en-Provence, likes to while away his evenings drinking with his buddies and playing cards right into the small hours...
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Edouard Molinaro
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...
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Francis Perrin
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...]
Derborence (1985)
Francis Reusser
Thérèse could not be happier when Antoine, an alpine farmer, agreed to take her as his wife. The couple have been married only a few months before disaster strikes... [More...]
Francis Reusser
Thérèse could not be happier when Antoine, an alpine farmer, agreed to take her as his wife. The couple have been married only a few months before disaster strikes... [More...]
Détective (1985)
Jean-Luc Godard
In one room of an upmarket Parisian hotel, two detectives who go by the names Uncle Prospero and Neveu are sedulously investigating the murder of a royal personage on the premises two years ago... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
In one room of an upmarket Parisian hotel, two detectives who go by the names Uncle Prospero and Neveu are sedulously investigating the murder of a royal personage on the premises two years ago... [More...]
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... [More...]
Claude Miller
For Charlotte, a 13 year old girl living in a rural village in France, adolescence is proving to be a traumatic experience... [More...]
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...]
Hold-Up (1985)
Alexandre Arcady
Criminal genius Grimm devises a seemingly foolproof plan to rob the Montreal Central Bank. By disguising himself as a clown and passing off his accomplices Georges and Lise as two of the hostages, he manages to smuggle two million dollars out of the bank without anyone noticing... [More...]
Alexandre Arcady
Criminal genius Grimm devises a seemingly foolproof plan to rob the Montreal Central Bank. By disguising himself as a clown and passing off his accomplices Georges and Lise as two of the hostages, he manages to smuggle two million dollars out of the bank without anyone noticing... [More...]
Je vous salue, Marie (1985)
Jean-Luc Godard
Mary, a student who plays basketball and works in her father's petrol station, discovers that she is pregnant, even though she has not slept with any man... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Mary, a student who plays basketball and works in her father's petrol station, discovers that she is pregnant, even though she has not slept with any man... [More...]
Ki lo sa? (1985)
Robert Guédiguian
Dada, a solitary thirty-something, maintains the vast gardens of a once grand house in Marselles. He recalls the happy childhood he spent in the gardens with the children who lived in the area... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
Dada, a solitary thirty-something, maintains the vast gardens of a once grand house in Marselles. He recalls the happy childhood he spent in the gardens with the children who lived in the area... [More...]
Louise... l'insoumise (1985)
Charlotte Silvera
A family of Tunisian Jews settles in a suburb of Paris in the early 1960s. The mother, Edith, governs her children with an iron hand, determined that they should all strictly adhere to her family's religious customs... [More...]
Charlotte Silvera
A family of Tunisian Jews settles in a suburb of Paris in the early 1960s. The mother, Edith, governs her children with an iron hand, determined that they should all strictly adhere to her family's religious customs... [More...]
Le Mariage du siècle (1985)
Philippe Galland
Accompanied by her father King George and his royal entourage, Princess Charlotte arrives in Paris for a banquet arranged in honour of her forthcoming marriage to Duke Duillaume of Spatz-Hohenburg... [More...]
Philippe Galland
Accompanied by her father King George and his royal entourage, Princess Charlotte arrives in Paris for a banquet arranged in honour of her forthcoming marriage to Duke Duillaume of Spatz-Hohenburg... [More...]
P.R.O.F.S. (1985)
Patrick Schulmann
Frédéric is a reactionary literature teacher who intends to apply some unorthodox methods when he takes up a post in a typical French high school... [More...]
Patrick Schulmann
Frédéric is a reactionary literature teacher who intends to apply some unorthodox methods when he takes up a post in a typical French high school... [More...]
Parole de flic (1985)
José Pinheiro
A former French police officer, Daniel Pratt now lives out a peaceful retirement in Africa. One day, a telegram arrives notifying him that his grown-up daughter Mylène has been killed in Lyon whilst carrying out a robbery with some friends... [More...]
José Pinheiro
A former French police officer, Daniel Pratt now lives out a peaceful retirement in Africa. One day, a telegram arrives notifying him that his grown-up daughter Mylène has been killed in Lyon whilst carrying out a robbery with some friends... [More...]
Partir, revenir (1985)
Claude Lelouch
In 1985, Holocaust survivor Salomé Lerner publishes a book in which she recounts the traumatic wartime experiences that have scarred her life... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
In 1985, Holocaust survivor Salomé Lerner publishes a book in which she recounts the traumatic wartime experiences that have scarred her life... [More...]
Péril en la demeure (1985)
Michel Deville
A young teacher, David Aurphet, agrees to give guitar lessons to Vivianne, the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois couple. Straight away, David finds himself the object of unbridled desire for Vivianne's mother, Julia... [More...]
Michel Deville
A young teacher, David Aurphet, agrees to give guitar lessons to Vivianne, the daughter of a wealthy bourgeois couple. Straight away, David finds himself the object of unbridled desire for Vivianne's mother, Julia... [More...]
Police (1985)
Maurice Pialat
Based in an ordinary police station in Paris, Mangin is a driven police inspector who is on a personal crusade to smash a ring of drugs traffickers that is operating between Marseille and Paris... [More...]
Maurice Pialat
Based in an ordinary police station in Paris, Mangin is a driven police inspector who is on a personal crusade to smash a ring of drugs traffickers that is operating between Marseille and Paris... [More...]
Poulet au vinaigre (1985)
Claude Chabrol
In a small French town, three prominent men - the butcher Filiol, lawyer Lavoisier and doctor Morasseau - have formed a property development consortium... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
In a small French town, three prominent men - the butcher Filiol, lawyer Lavoisier and doctor Morasseau - have formed a property development consortium... [More...]
Rendez-vous (1985)
André Téchiné
Nina is a young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris with the hope of making a career as an actress. Her first priority is to find a place to live, and this is how she comes to meet Paulot, a trainee estate agent... [More...]
André Téchiné
Nina is a young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris with the hope of making a career as an actress. Her first priority is to find a place to live, and this is how she comes to meet Paulot, a trainee estate agent... [More...]
Les Rois du gag (1985)
Claude Zidi
There was a time, not so long ago, when Gaétan was the funniest comedian on television. But lately his popularity has taken a noticeable nosedive... [More...]
Claude Zidi
There was a time, not so long ago, when Gaétan was the funniest comedian on television. But lately his popularity has taken a noticeable nosedive... [More...]
Rouge baiser (1985)
Véra Belmont
Paris, 1952. Memories of the last world war are fresh in people's minds and the French military involvement in Indochina is an increasing source of discontent... [More...]
Véra Belmont
Paris, 1952. Memories of the last world war are fresh in people's minds and the French military involvement in Indochina is an increasing source of discontent... [More...]
Sac de noeuds (1985)
Josiane Balasko
Alone and penniless, a middle-aged woman Anita is about to commit suicide when another woman, Rose, suddenly takes refuge in her apartment... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
Alone and penniless, a middle-aged woman Anita is about to commit suicide when another woman, Rose, suddenly takes refuge in her apartment... [More...]
Sans toit ni loi (1985)
Agnès Varda
One cold winter's morning, a farm worker is surprised to come across the body of a young woman in a ditch. From her appearance - her clothes are torn and dirty, her hair and face filthy - it is at once apparent that she has been living rough for some time before she died... [More...]
Agnès Varda
One cold winter's morning, a farm worker is surprised to come across the body of a young woman in a ditch. From her appearance - her clothes are torn and dirty, her hair and face filthy - it is at once apparent that she has been living rough for some time before she died... [More...]
Scout toujours... (1985)
Gérard Jugnot
In the spring of 1965, a scout group from Paris decide they have had enough of their authoritarian leader and apply their scout cunning to the matter of his disposal... [More...]
Gérard Jugnot
In the spring of 1965, a scout group from Paris decide they have had enough of their authoritarian leader and apply their scout cunning to the matter of his disposal... [More...]
Spécial police (1985)
Michel Vianey
By hiding herself in the cellar, Isabelle Rodin just manages to avoid the fate of her brother Robin and his wife, both murdered by unknown assassins one evening... [More...]
Michel Vianey
By hiding herself in the cellar, Isabelle Rodin just manages to avoid the fate of her brother Robin and his wife, both murdered by unknown assassins one evening... [More...]
Les Spécialistes (1985)
Patrice Leconte
Whilst being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Whilst being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape... [More...]
Subway (1985)
Luc Besson
Helena, the beautiful young wife of a wealthy businessman, invites a stranger Fred to her party. Fred repays her by stealing compromising documents from her husband's safe, with the aim of blackmailing the couple... [More...]
Luc Besson
Helena, the beautiful young wife of a wealthy businessman, invites a stranger Fred to her party. Fred repays her by stealing compromising documents from her husband's safe, with the aim of blackmailing the couple... [More...]