Film Index
French cinema: Comedy
Les Vacances de Ducobu (2012)
Philippe de Chauveron
The summer holidays could not have some sooner for Ducobu, a boy for whom school is the most excruciating form of torture imaginable...
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Philippe de Chauveron
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot sets out for his summer holiday at the peaceful seaside resort of St. Marc-Sur-Mer. No sooner has he arrived, in his trusty old jalopy, than the nightmare of his fellow holiday-makers begins...
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Jacques Tati
Vacances explosives (1957)
Christian Stengel
In Paris, Arlette Bernard hosts a grand reception at the bar she has just bought to celebrate the marriage of her daughter Syvie to François Morel, just before they set out on their honeymoon in the south of France...
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Christian Stengel
Les Vacanciers (1974)
Michel Gérard
The Chatton family - Benjamin, Rosy, and their two grown-up children, Philippe and Charlotte - plan to spend a month's holiday in a village in Alsace...
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Michel Gérard
La Valise (1973)
Georges Lautner
Having succeeded in making himself the enemy of the entire Arab world, Commander Bloch, a senior agent in the Israeli secret services, flees to Libya and soon finds himself holed up in the French Embassy in Tripoli...
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Georges Lautner
La Valse de Paris (1950)
Marcel Achard
Paris, in the mid-1800s. Hortense Schneider is an aspiring young actress who is keen to appear in Jacques Offenbach's next operetta... [More...]
Marcel Achard
Paris, in the mid-1800s. Hortense Schneider is an aspiring young actress who is keen to appear in Jacques Offenbach's next operetta... [More...]
Valse royale (1935)
Jean Grémillon
In 1852, the young Austrian emperor Franz Joseph persuades his friend, Count Michel de Thalberg, to act as a go-between in his love affair with the Bavarian duchess Elisabeth... [More...]
Jean Grémillon
In 1852, the young Austrian emperor Franz Joseph persuades his friend, Count Michel de Thalberg, to act as a go-between in his love affair with the Bavarian duchess Elisabeth... [More...]
Les Valseuses (1974)
Bertrand Blier
Jean-Claude and Pierrot are two long-haired social drop-outs who kill time by committing petty crimes and harassing women... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Jean-Claude and Pierrot are two long-haired social drop-outs who kill time by committing petty crimes and harassing women... [More...]
Les Veinards (1962)
Philippe de Broca
Every day, the newspapers we buy tell us about a fortunate man or woman who has won some spectacular prize. Do these people really exist... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Every day, the newspapers we buy tell us about a fortunate man or woman who has won some spectacular prize. Do these people really exist... [More...]
La Vendetta (1962)
Jean Chérasse
In moving to the small Corsican town of Arbella Monsieur Lauriston was hoping for a long and peaceful retirement. His arrival coincides with an election campaign following the death of the town's previous mayor... [More...]
Jean Chérasse
In moving to the small Corsican town of Arbella Monsieur Lauriston was hoping for a long and peaceful retirement. His arrival coincides with an election campaign following the death of the town's previous mayor... [More...]
La Vengeance d'une blonde (1994)
Jeannot Szwarc
Gérard Bréha, a presenter on a local news programme, is offered a job with the prestigious cable channel, TV8, presenting the late news bulletin... [More...]
Jeannot Szwarc
Gérard Bréha, a presenter on a local news programme, is offered a job with the prestigious cable channel, TV8, presenting the late news bulletin... [More...]
La Vengeance du serpent à plumes (1984)
Gérard Oury
On the death of his grandmother, odd-job man Loulou Dupin is delighted to learn that he has inherited a large Parisian apartment... [More...]
Gérard Oury
On the death of his grandmother, odd-job man Loulou Dupin is delighted to learn that he has inherited a large Parisian apartment... [More...]
Venise n'est pas en Italie (2019)
Ivan Calbérac
The Chamodots are a most unusual family. Home for them is a modest caravan, parked in the suburbs of Montargis in northern France... [More...]
Ivan Calbérac
The Chamodots are a most unusual family. Home for them is a modest caravan, parked in the suburbs of Montargis in northern France... [More...]
La Vérité si je mens! 2 (2001)
Thomas Gilou
In the face of ever increasing pressure from his competitors, Eddie Vuibert is having a hard job keeping his small clothing business from going under... [More...]
Thomas Gilou
In the face of ever increasing pressure from his competitors, Eddie Vuibert is having a hard job keeping his small clothing business from going under... [More...]
La Vérité si je mens! 3 (2012)
Thomas Gilou
It has been almost a decade since we last encountered Eddie, Dov, Yvan and their friends trying and failing to make a killing in the world of ready-to-wear clothing... [More...]
Thomas Gilou
It has been almost a decade since we last encountered Eddie, Dov, Yvan and their friends trying and failing to make a killing in the world of ready-to-wear clothing... [More...]
La Vérité si je mens (1997)
Thomas Gilou
Jobless and penniless, Eddie Vuibert has the good fortune to run into Victor Benzakhem, a Jewish businessman who manages a successful textile business in an immigrant quarter of Paris... [More...]
Thomas Gilou
Jobless and penniless, Eddie Vuibert has the good fortune to run into Victor Benzakhem, a Jewish businessman who manages a successful textile business in an immigrant quarter of Paris... [More...]
Versailles Rive-Gauche (1992)
Bruno Podalydès
Arnaud is determined to make a good impression on his new girlfriend Claire. He has spent hours tidying his tiny apartment on the rue Carnot in Versailles and now everything is prepared for the most perfect of evenings... [More...]
Bruno Podalydès
Arnaud is determined to make a good impression on his new girlfriend Claire. He has spent hours tidying his tiny apartment on the rue Carnot in Versailles and now everything is prepared for the most perfect of evenings... [More...]
Le Viager (1972)
Pierre Tchernia
France, 1930. Louis Martinet, a 59 year old bachelor, learns from his doctor, Léon Galipeau, that he has only a few years left to live... [More...]
Pierre Tchernia
France, 1930. Louis Martinet, a 59 year old bachelor, learns from his doctor, Léon Galipeau, that he has only a few years left to live... [More...]
La Vie à deux (1958)
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary... [More...]
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary... [More...]
La Vie de château (1966)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
La Vie dissolue de Gérard Floque (1987)
Georges Lautner
On the day he loses his job with an advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his infant daughter has been arrested for drugs trafficking and that his wife is having a raunchy affair with a TV presenter... [More...]
Georges Lautner
On the day he loses his job with an advertising agency, Gérard Floque returns home to find that his infant daughter has been arrested for drugs trafficking and that his wife is having a raunchy affair with a TV presenter... [More...]
La Vie parisienne (1936)
Robert Siodmak
In 1900, the wealthy Brazilian Ramiro Mendoza is enjoying his stay in Paris when he falls in love with Liane d'Ysigny, the star of a stage production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In 1900, the wealthy Brazilian Ramiro Mendoza is enjoying his stay in Paris when he falls in love with Liane d'Ysigny, the star of a stage production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne... [More...]
La Vieille fille (1972)
Jean-Pierre Blanc
After reaching the grand old age of 35, Muriel Bouchon decides to end her days of dull spinsterhood and now devote herself to finding a male companion to share her remaining years... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Blanc
After reaching the grand old age of 35, Muriel Bouchon decides to end her days of dull spinsterhood and now devote herself to finding a male companion to share her remaining years... [More...]
Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)
Patrice Leconte
Guy is a young man who likes to have a good time, but unfortunately the world seems determined to thwart him in this ambition... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Guy is a young man who likes to have a good time, but unfortunately the world seems determined to thwart him in this ambition... [More...]
Les Vieux de la vieille (1960)
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Baptiste Talou, a former railway worker, decides to live out his declining years in a home for the elderly. Before that, he returns home to recover some money he left in the house of his friend, the farmer Blaise Poulossière... [More...]
Les Vignes du Seigneur (1958)
Jean Boyer
After an interval of eighteen months, Henri returns to his old friend Count Hubert of Kardec with the news that he is completely cured of his dipsomania... [More...]
Jean Boyer
After an interval of eighteen months, Henri returns to his old friend Count Hubert of Kardec with the news that he is completely cured of his dipsomania... [More...]
Le Vilain (2009)
Albert Dupontel
An elderly widow, Maniette Thomas, is surprised when a wild-looking stranger turns up on her doorstep. She can hardly believe it is her son Sidney, the little rascal she hasn't seen for twenty years... [More...]
Albert Dupontel
An elderly widow, Maniette Thomas, is surprised when a wild-looking stranger turns up on her doorstep. She can hardly believe it is her son Sidney, the little rascal she hasn't seen for twenty years... [More...]
Ville à vendre (1992)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Moussin is a small derelict town in the industrial east of France where eight out of ten people are unemployed. Whilst the town appears to be in a state of irreversible decline with virtually every house up for sale, the mood of the local population is upbeat, thanks to generous allowances handed out by the town's mayor... [More...]
Violettes impériales (1952)
Richard Pottier
At Grenada, in 19th Century Spain, Eugénie de Montijo asks a gypsy girl, Violetta, to read her fortune in her hand... [More...]
Richard Pottier
At Grenada, in 19th Century Spain, Eugénie de Montijo asks a gypsy girl, Violetta, to read her fortune in her hand... [More...]
Virgile (1953)
Carlo Rim
François Virgile is a likeable young man but his attempts to make something of his life are continually thwarted by a curse which, he believes, has brought misery and misfortune to generations of his family... [More...]
Carlo Rim
François Virgile is a likeable young man but his attempts to make something of his life are continually thwarted by a curse which, he believes, has brought misery and misfortune to generations of his family... [More...]