Film Index
French cinema: Comedy
Adémaï au moyen âge (1934)
Jean de Marguenat
France, 1429. The Hundred Years War is nearing its end but, despite Joan of Arc's best efforts, the English armies still occupy the north of the country...
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Jean de Marguenat
Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943)
Gilles Grangier
Adémaï decides to take a well-deserved holiday on the island of Corsica at the invitation of some distant relatives...
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Gilles Grangier
Adieu Berthe - L'enterrement de mémé (2012)
Bruno Podalydès
Armand is a mild-mannered 50-something who leads a double life. He manages a pharmacy in a Paris suburb with his wife Hélène but his real passion in life is conjuring, for which he has a natural talent...
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Bruno Podalydès
Adieu Léonard (1943)
Pierre Prévert
Not able to make an honest living by selling paper lanterns, Félicien Léonard resorts to a spot of safe cracking to supplement his meagre income...
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Pierre Prévert
Adorable menteuse (1962)
Michel Deville
Adorable liar... what better way to describe Juliette, the cute little charmer who just cannot help lying to everyone, even her sister Sophie...
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Michel Deville
Adorables créatures (1952)
Christian-Jaque
André Noblet is a respected fashion designer who leads the most turbulent love life. He is devastated when his mistress Christine leaves him and goes back to her husband, but things pick up when he encounters the lovely Minouche, who is just the kind of woman he likes best... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
André Noblet is a respected fashion designer who leads the most turbulent love life. He is devastated when his mistress Christine leaves him and goes back to her husband, but things pick up when he encounters the lovely Minouche, who is just the kind of woman he likes best... [More...]
Adrien (1943)
Fernandel
To look at him, you would hardly think that Adrien Moulinet, a modest bank cashier in his mid-thirties, would be marked for greatness... [More...]
Fernandel
To look at him, you would hardly think that Adrien Moulinet, a modest bank cashier in his mid-thirties, would be marked for greatness... [More...]
L'Affaire d'une nuit (1960)
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Michel Ferréol is a comfortably off middle-class man who is somewhat embarrassed when he runs into an old school friend, Antoine Fiesco, who is over-keen to take him on a trip down memory lane... [More...]
Affaire de famille (2008)
Claus Drexel
Jean and Laure Guignebon are an ordinary middle-class French couple who lead an ordinary middle-class life in Grenoble. Laure preoccupies herself with her souvenir shop and daughter Marine, whilst her husband indulges his passion for football at the nearby stadium... [More...]
Claus Drexel
Jean and Laure Guignebon are an ordinary middle-class French couple who lead an ordinary middle-class life in Grenoble. Laure preoccupies herself with her souvenir shop and daughter Marine, whilst her husband indulges his passion for football at the nearby stadium... [More...]
L'Africain (1983)
Philippe de Broca
Victor has turned his back on the turmoil of modern life in the city and now leads a contented existence in the unspoiled heart of Africa... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Victor has turned his back on the turmoil of modern life in the city and now leads a contented existence in the unspoiled heart of Africa... [More...]
L'Âge d'homme... maintenant ou jamais! (2007)
Raphael Fejtö
Samuel is a 30-year-old filmmaker who, until a year ago, was a diehard bachelor. It was a life that suited him, with no commitments, no heartache and no broken china... [More...]
Raphael Fejtö
Samuel is a 30-year-old filmmaker who, until a year ago, was a diehard bachelor. It was a life that suited him, with no commitments, no heartache and no broken china... [More...]
L'Âge de raison (2010)
Yann Samuell
Margaret is a successful businesswoman who governs both her career and her love life with the same steely resolve, with the result that she is feared and admired by all but loved by no one... [More...]
Yann Samuell
Margaret is a successful businesswoman who governs both her career and her love life with the same steely resolve, with the result that she is feared and admired by all but loved by no one... [More...]
L'Âge ingrat (1964)
Gilles Grangier
After meeting in Paris whilst studying for a degree, Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin soon discover they are in love and agree to tie the connubial knot as soon as they can... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
After meeting in Paris whilst studying for a degree, Antoine Lartigue and Marie Malhouin soon discover they are in love and agree to tie the connubial knot as soon as they can... [More...]
Ah! Les belles bacchantes (1954)
Jean Loubignac
Robert Dhéry is a theatre director who is busy rehearsing acts for his forthcoming revue Ah ! Les belles bacchantes... [More...]
Jean Loubignac
Robert Dhéry is a theatre director who is busy rehearsing acts for his forthcoming revue Ah ! Les belles bacchantes... [More...]
Ah! Si j'étais riche (2002)
Gérard Bitton
Try as he might, Aldo Bonnard cannot make enough money as a salesman to pay off his mountain of debt. To make matters worse, his wife Alice walks out on him and begins an affair with his boss, Gérard... [More...]
Gérard Bitton
Try as he might, Aldo Bonnard cannot make enough money as a salesman to pay off his mountain of debt. To make matters worse, his wife Alice walks out on him and begins an affair with his boss, Gérard... [More...]
L'Aile ou la cuisse (1976)
Claude Zidi
At 60, Charles Duchemin is the most revered of France's culinary experts. Not only is he a food critic of some considerable renown, he is also the author of the country's most popular restaurant guide... [More...]
Claude Zidi
At 60, Charles Duchemin is the most revered of France's culinary experts. Not only is he a food critic of some considerable renown, he is also the author of the country's most popular restaurant guide... [More...]
Aimer, boire et chanter (2014)
Alain Resnais
In the midst of the Yorkshire countryside, the lives of three couples are about to be violently disrupted over a period of several months by the strange behaviour of their mutual friend George Riley... [More...]
Alain Resnais
In the midst of the Yorkshire countryside, the lives of three couples are about to be violently disrupted over a period of several months by the strange behaviour of their mutual friend George Riley... [More...]
Akoibon (2005)
Edouard Baer
To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss... [More...]
Edouard Baer
To save his friend from being dismembered piece by piece, small-time con artist Nader must travel to a remote holiday island and deliver Chris Barnes, a faded celebrity, into the hands of a mysterious (and totally ruthless) boss... [More...]
Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906)
Albert Capellani
Whilst his mother is busy sewing, a young man named Aladdin is happily dreaming that he is a rich man courting the Sultan's beautiful daughter... [More...]
Albert Capellani
Whilst his mother is busy sewing, a young man named Aladdin is happily dreaming that he is a rich man courting the Sultan's beautiful daughter... [More...]
Albert est méchant (2004)
Hervé Palud
On hearing of the death of his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, Patrick assumes that he will automatically inherit his vast fortune... [More...]
Hervé Palud
On hearing of the death of his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, Patrick assumes that he will automatically inherit his vast fortune... [More...]
Alceste à bicyclette (2013)
Philippe Le Guay
Serge Tanneur is a renowned actor who, having reached the summit of his profession, decides to bow out and enjoy a long and quiet retirement at a remote house on the island of Ré... [More...]
Philippe Le Guay
Serge Tanneur is a renowned actor who, having reached the summit of his profession, decides to bow out and enjoy a long and quiet retirement at a remote house on the island of Ré... [More...]
Alexandre le bienheureux (1968)
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside... [More...]
Yves Robert
All that Alexandre wants is to live a quiet life, to be as free and contented as the birds and beasts of his treasured countryside... [More...]
Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person... [More...]
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person... [More...]
Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1954)
Jacques Becker
Once upon a time, in a small town in the East, there lived a man named Ali-Baba, a friend of the poor... One day, Ali-Baba goes to the market on an errand for his master, the wealthy Cassim, to buy a new slave for his harem... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Once upon a time, in a small town in the East, there lived a man named Ali-Baba, a friend of the poor... One day, Ali-Baba goes to the market on an errand for his master, the wealthy Cassim, to buy a new slave for his harem... [More...]
Allez France! (1964)
Robert Dhéry
On the eve of his wedding day, Henri Martineau decides to make full use of his last few hours of bachelor freedom by attending the France versus England rugby match at Twickenham... [More...]
Robert Dhéry
On the eve of his wedding day, Henri Martineau decides to make full use of his last few hours of bachelor freedom by attending the France versus England rugby match at Twickenham... [More...]
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love... [More...]
L'Amant de Bornéo (1942)
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act... [More...]
Amants et voleurs (1935)
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure... [More...]
Amazone (2000)
Philippe de Broca
Edouard, a misanthropic jewel thief on the run from the authorities, seeks sanctuary in the Amazon rain forest. Here, he comes across a strange young girl, Lulu, who explains that she is an alien from another world many millions of light-years away... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Edouard, a misanthropic jewel thief on the run from the authorities, seeks sanctuary in the Amazon rain forest. Here, he comes across a strange young girl, Lulu, who explains that she is an alien from another world many millions of light-years away... [More...]
Les Âmes de papier (2013)
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]