Film Index
French cinema: Comedy
Le Caïd (1960)
Bernard Borderie
An oil refinery in southern France is the site of a bloody hold-up in which a crook named Toni escapes with thirty million francs...
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Bernard Borderie
Calmos (1976)
Bertrand Blier
Paul Dufour is a middle-aged doctor whose wife's conjugal demands on him are beginning to get him down. One day he meets another man, Albert, who is in the same predicament...
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Bertrand Blier
Camping (2006)
Fabien Onteniente
Every August for the last thirty years, Jacky and Laurette Pic have spent their summer holiday near the same stretch of French coast, pitching their caravan in exactly the same spot in the same camp site, Les Flots Bleus...
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Fabien Onteniente
Camping 2 (2010)
Fabien Onteniente
Jean-Pierre Savelli is in the midst of a mid-life crisis. A forty-something insurance broker from Clermont-Ferrand, he is stunned when his wife Valérie tells him she wants to put their relationship on hold for a while...
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Fabien Onteniente
Camping à la ferme (2005)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Six juvenile delinquents from inner city Paris are offered an alternative to the usual short sharp shock of a prison sentence - a month in the country doing odd jobs for the community...
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Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Le Cantinier de la coloniale (1938)
Henry Wulschleger
After a long career in the French infantry, Piéchu ends up confined to barracks as a lowly canteen worker. One day, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited a vast fortune, but the prospect of sudden wealth brings with it only a host of worries... [More...]
Henry Wulschleger
After a long career in the French infantry, Piéchu ends up confined to barracks as a lowly canteen worker. One day, he is surprised to learn that he has inherited a vast fortune, but the prospect of sudden wealth brings with it only a host of worries... [More...]
Capitaine Pantoufle (1953)
Guy Lefranc
Emmanuel Bonnavent, a modest bank clerk who is fed up with his monotonous existence, likes to imagine how much happier he would be if he had the money to buy an expensive car or depart on an ocean cruise to some exotic clime... [More...]
Guy Lefranc
Emmanuel Bonnavent, a modest bank clerk who is fed up with his monotonous existence, likes to imagine how much happier he would be if he had the money to buy an expensive car or depart on an ocean cruise to some exotic clime... [More...]
Le Capitan (1960)
André Hunebelle
France, 1616. After the assassination of Henri IV, the queen mother Marie de Médicis governs France in the name of the young king, Louis XIII... [More...]
André Hunebelle
France, 1616. After the assassination of Henri IV, the queen mother Marie de Médicis governs France in the name of the young king, Louis XIII... [More...]
Le Caporal épinglé (1962)
Jean Renoir
June, 1940. In a German prisoner-of-war camp in North-East France, three soldiers are united by their desire to escape and return to their ordinary civilian lives... [More...]
Jean Renoir
June, 1940. In a German prisoner-of-war camp in North-East France, three soldiers are united by their desire to escape and return to their ordinary civilian lives... [More...]
Caprice (2015)
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life... [More...]
Les Carabiniers (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Carambolages (1963)
Marcel Bluwal
Paul Martin may be a lowly groundfloor employee of a leisure events company but he has big ambitions, and you can see why... [More...]
Marcel Bluwal
Paul Martin may be a lowly groundfloor employee of a leisure events company but he has big ambitions, and you can see why... [More...]
La Carapate (1978)
Gérard Oury
May 1968. Sentenced to death for murder, Martial Gaulard is being held in a prison in Lyons. Convinced of his innocence, his lawyer - Jean-Philippe Duroc - is sure he can get the death sentence commuted by “presidential grace”... [More...]
Gérard Oury
May 1968. Sentenced to death for murder, Martial Gaulard is being held in a prison in Lyons. Convinced of his innocence, his lawyer - Jean-Philippe Duroc - is sure he can get the death sentence commuted by “presidential grace”... [More...]
Carnaval (1953)
Henri Verneuil
Dardamelle, an architect living in Aix-en-Provence, is blissfully unaware that his wife, Francine, is having an affair with another man... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Dardamelle, an architect living in Aix-en-Provence, is blissfully unaware that his wife, Francine, is having an affair with another man... [More...]
Carré de valets (1947)
André Berthomieu
Madame de La Bastide has high hopes that her son Jacques will follow in his father's footsteps and become a highly respected lawyer... [More...]
André Berthomieu
Madame de La Bastide has high hopes that her son Jacques will follow in his father's footsteps and become a highly respected lawyer... [More...]
Cash (2008)
Eric Besnard
When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own... [More...]
Eric Besnard
When his brother, a small-time swindler, is killed by one of his former victims, Cash decides to take revenge by organising a swindle of his own... [More...]
Casimir (1950)
Richard Pottier
Success may so far have eluded him in his chosen career but Casimir is certain that he will soon make enough money as a travelling salesman to allow him to marry his beloved fiancée... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Success may so far have eluded him in his chosen career but Casimir is certain that he will soon make enough money as a travelling salesman to allow him to marry his beloved fiancée... [More...]
Cassos (2012)
Philippe Carrèse
Marc, a small-minded insurance broker from the provinces, has had enough of his bullying wife and decides to make contact with the criminal underworld to find someone who will kill her... [More...]
Philippe Carrèse
Marc, a small-minded insurance broker from the provinces, has had enough of his bullying wife and decides to make contact with the criminal underworld to find someone who will kill her... [More...]
Cause toujours! (2004)
Jeanne Labrune
As Jacinthe goes to war with a plague of insects that have invaded her apartment, her husband Bruno takes the insects' side and hinders her campaign of extermination... [More...]
Jeanne Labrune
As Jacinthe goes to war with a plague of insects that have invaded her apartment, her husband Bruno takes the insects' side and hinders her campaign of extermination... [More...]
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979)
Edouard Molinaro
François Perrin is a radio reporter who is coping badly with living by himself after his divorce. One evening, the solitude becomes so unbearable that he picks up the telephone and dials a number at random... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
François Perrin is a radio reporter who is coping badly with living by himself after his divorce. One evening, the solitude becomes so unbearable that he picks up the telephone and dials a number at random... [More...]
Le Cavaleur (1979)
Philippe de Broca
Édouard Choiseul is one of the world's greatest concert pianists but his professional success barely masks the failings of his private life... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Édouard Choiseul is one of the world's greatest concert pianists but his professional success barely masks the failings of his private life... [More...]
Le Cavalier Lafleur (1934)
Pierre-Jean Ducis
With his wife conveniently out of the way in Nanteuil, a young reservist named Lafleur is free to indulge his skirt-chasing habits in Vernouillet, the town where he is presently stationed... [More...]
Pierre-Jean Ducis
With his wife conveniently out of the way in Nanteuil, a young reservist named Lafleur is free to indulge his skirt-chasing habits in Vernouillet, the town where he is presently stationed... [More...]
Le Cave se rebiffe (1961)
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Brothel owner Charles Lepicard is desperately in need of a new source of income when the introduction of a new law threatens his business... [More...]
Ce jour-là (2003)
Raoul Ruiz
Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
Livia is a rich heiress who lives in a grand house in a remote part of Switzerland, resented by her relatives who are jealous of her fortune and desperately want to get their hands on it... [More...]
Cent briques et des tuiles (1965)
Pierre Grimblat
Small-time crook Marcel finds himself in deep water when two heavies show up at his apartment after he has lost his gang's recent ill-gotten gains - twenty million francs... [More...]
Pierre Grimblat
Small-time crook Marcel finds himself in deep water when two heavies show up at his apartment after he has lost his gang's recent ill-gotten gains - twenty million francs... [More...]
Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
Agnès Varda
Simon Cinéma is an old man who lives alone in a castle museum with his faithful butler Firmin. A one time actor, producer and filmmaker, he is convinced that he is the last word on cinema... [More...]
Agnès Varda
Simon Cinéma is an old man who lives alone in a castle museum with his faithful butler Firmin. A one time actor, producer and filmmaker, he is convinced that he is the last word on cinema... [More...]
Cent francs par seconde (1953)
Jean Boyer
Fernand is a good-for-nothing who takes part in radio competitions in the hope of winning the prizes on offer. One day, he persuades a sympathetic young man named Philippe to take his place in one such competition, Cent francs par seconde, insisting that if Philippe wins he, Fernand, will receive a share of the winnings... [More...]
Jean Boyer
Fernand is a good-for-nothing who takes part in radio competitions in the hope of winning the prizes on offer. One day, he persuades a sympathetic young man named Philippe to take his place in one such competition, Cent francs par seconde, insisting that if Philippe wins he, Fernand, will receive a share of the winnings... [More...]
Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Castigliano is the owner of a long-distance transport business in Morocco. His existing staff - Rocco, Hervé and Mitch-Mitch - become suspicious when a new driver named Steiner is hired to drive a brand new lorry with an unknown consignment... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Castigliano is the owner of a long-distance transport business in Morocco. His existing staff - Rocco, Hervé and Mitch-Mitch - become suspicious when a new driver named Steiner is hired to drive a brand new lorry with an unknown consignment... [More...]
Certains l'aiment... froide (1960)
Jean Bastia
Before he dies on 4th July 1759, the Marquis of Valmorin drafts a will which he insists will not be opened until 200 years have passed... [More...]
Jean Bastia
Before he dies on 4th July 1759, the Marquis of Valmorin drafts a will which he insists will not be opened until 200 years have passed... [More...]