Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Drama
René la canne (1976)
Francis Girod
Paris, 1942. Even though France is under Nazi occupation, René Bornier, better known as René la Canne, is making a reasonable living for himself as a small-time crook...
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Francis Girod
Le Retour de Casanova (1992)
Edouard Niermans
Well into middle-age, Casanova finds himself wandering purposelessly in the South of France, accompanied by his ever-loyal valet Camille...
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Edouard Niermans
Réussir sa vie (2012)
Benoit Forgeard
An underground filmmaker is struggling to complete his latest film when he is visited by the characters of his previous films...
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Benoit Forgeard
Réveillon chez Bob (1984)
Denys Granier-Deferre
After concluding a business trip in the United States, Louis Alban returns to Switzerland with the intention of spending New Year's Eve at home by himself...
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Denys Granier-Deferre
Ricky (2009)
François Ozon
Katie is having a hard life as a single mother. Her boyfriend walked out on her after making her pregnant and she has had to bring up her daughter Lisa alone, working long hours in a factory to earn a modest wage to keep them both...
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François Ozon
Ridicule (1996)
Patrice Leconte
France, 1780. Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy is a country aristocrat and engineer who has committed himself to a drainage project that will vastly improve the lives of the poor people of his region... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
France, 1780. Grégoire Ponceludon de Malavoy is a country aristocrat and engineer who has committed himself to a drainage project that will vastly improve the lives of the poor people of his region... [More...]
Rien de personnel (2009)
Mathias Gokalp
A large pharmaceuticals company arranges a lavish reception for its employees, ostensibly to launch a new product. In the course of the evening it becomes apparent to the attendees that this is in fact a training exercise for the company's managers... [More...]
Mathias Gokalp
A large pharmaceuticals company arranges a lavish reception for its employees, ostensibly to launch a new product. In the course of the evening it becomes apparent to the attendees that this is in fact a training exercise for the company's managers... [More...]
Rien sur Robert (1999)
Pascal Bonitzer
A middle-aged film critic's life is turned upside down when his younger wife leaves him to start an affair with a TV director... [More...]
Pascal Bonitzer
A middle-aged film critic's life is turned upside down when his younger wife leaves him to start an affair with a TV director... [More...]
Rigolboche (1936)
Christian-Jaque
In Dakar, the singer Lina Bourget manages a seedy nightclub. One of her clients, Lucien Mirvaux, tries to extort money from her... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In Dakar, the singer Lina Bourget manages a seedy nightclub. One of her clients, Lucien Mirvaux, tries to extort money from her... [More...]
La Ritournelle (2014)
Marc Fitoussi
Brigitte and Xavier are cattle farmers in Normandy. Whilst she is a dreamer, with her head always in the clouds, his feet are forever rooted in the mucky ground that is their everyday routine... [More...]
Marc Fitoussi
Brigitte and Xavier are cattle farmers in Normandy. Whilst she is a dreamer, with her head always in the clouds, his feet are forever rooted in the mucky ground that is their everyday routine... [More...]
Le Roi de coeur (1966)
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
October 1918. With the allied forces sweeping across France, a German battalion is ordered to retreat from a rural French town... [More...]
Rois et reine (2004)
Arnaud Desplechin
Nora, the manager of a Parisian art gallery, is about to marry for a third time. Her first husband, Pierre, is dead, her second, Ismaël, has recently been committed, against his will, to a psychiatric establishment... [More...]
Arnaud Desplechin
Nora, the manager of a Parisian art gallery, is about to marry for a third time. Her first husband, Pierre, is dead, her second, Ismaël, has recently been committed, against his will, to a psychiatric establishment... [More...]
Le Rôle de sa vie (2004)
François Favrat
Claire Rocher is a freelance journalist for a fashion magazine who lacks the confidence to make a success of her career and her love life... [More...]
François Favrat
Claire Rocher is a freelance journalist for a fashion magazine who lacks the confidence to make a success of her career and her love life... [More...]
La Ronde (1950)
Max Ophüls
An all-knowing master of ceremonies guides us through a series of brief love affairs that take place in Vienna of 1900, using a carousel as a metaphor for the revolving series of liaisons which he nudges along... [More...]
Max Ophüls
An all-knowing master of ceremonies guides us through a series of brief love affairs that take place in Vienna of 1900, using a carousel as a metaphor for the revolving series of liaisons which he nudges along... [More...]
La Route de Corinthe (1967)
Claude Chabrol
When an illusionist is caught attempting to smuggle a mysterious black box into Greece, the CIA uncover a daring scheme to neutralise military radar equipment in the area... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
When an illusionist is caught attempting to smuggle a mysterious black box into Greece, the CIA uncover a daring scheme to neutralise military radar equipment in the area... [More...]
Rubber (2010)
Quentin Dupieux
In the forbidding Californian desert, a killer is on the rampage. His name is Robert and he is more deadly than you can imagine... [More...]
Quentin Dupieux
In the forbidding Californian desert, a killer is on the rampage. His name is Robert and he is more deadly than you can imagine... [More...]
Rue de l'estrapade (1953)
Jacques Becker
Françoise and Henri Laurent appear to be a perfectly happy married couple living in Paris. But when she learns from a friend that her husband, a racing car test driver, has been seen with another woman, Françoise imagines that her marriage is over... [More...]
Jacques Becker
Françoise and Henri Laurent appear to be a perfectly happy married couple living in Paris. But when she learns from a friend that her husband, a racing car test driver, has been seen with another woman, Françoise imagines that her marriage is over... [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...]
Sage femme (2017)
Martin Provost
Claire lives and works in a district of Yvelines on the outskirts of Paris. A seriously minded middle-aged woman, she is committed to her work as a hardworking mid-wife in a small maternity hospital and lives alone with her nearly grown-up son, Simon, whom she has had to bring up single-handedly... [More...]
Martin Provost
Claire lives and works in a district of Yvelines on the outskirts of Paris. A seriously minded middle-aged woman, she is committed to her work as a hardworking mid-wife in a small maternity hospital and lives alone with her nearly grown-up son, Simon, whom she has had to bring up single-handedly... [More...]
Saint-Jacques... La Mecque (2005)
Coline Serreau
Middle-aged schoolteacher Clara and her two brothers, chief executive Pierre and alcoholic layabout Claude, absolutely hate one another... [More...]
Coline Serreau
Middle-aged schoolteacher Clara and her two brothers, chief executive Pierre and alcoholic layabout Claude, absolutely hate one another... [More...]
Saint-Tropez Blues (1961)
Marcel Moussy
Philosophy student Anne-Marie agrees to stay in Paris whilst her parents take their summer holidays in Aix-en-Provence. She soon regrets her decision and is easily tempted when Jean-Paul, an arts student, offers to drive her in her mother's car to Saint-Tropez... [More...]
Marcel Moussy
Philosophy student Anne-Marie agrees to stay in Paris whilst her parents take their summer holidays in Aix-en-Provence. She soon regrets her decision and is easily tempted when Jean-Paul, an arts student, offers to drive her in her mother's car to Saint-Tropez... [More...]
La Salamandre (1971)
Alain Tanner
Pierre, a writer, enlists the help of a friend, Paul, to investigate a real-life story in which a young woman, Rosmonde, was tried for the attempted murder of her uncle... [More...]
Alain Tanner
Pierre, a writer, enlists the help of a friend, Paul, to investigate a real-life story in which a young woman, Rosmonde, was tried for the attempted murder of her uncle... [More...]
Salaud, on t'aime (2014)
Claude Lelouch
Throughout his busy career, Jacques Kaminsky has been so committed to his profession as a war photographer that he has neglected his parental responsibilities... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Throughout his busy career, Jacques Kaminsky has been so committed to his profession as a war photographer that he has neglected his parental responsibilities... [More...]
Salauds de pauvres (2019)
Christophe Alévêque
Ah, what a divided and unfair world we live in! How the rich must suffer at the hands of a government that seems only to care about the plight of the poor... [More...]
Christophe Alévêque
Ah, what a divided and unfair world we live in! How the rich must suffer at the hands of a government that seems only to care about the plight of the poor... [More...]
Sale rêveur (1978)
Jean-Marie Périer
Jérôme, a wild young man in his early thirties, lives on a patch of wasteland on the outskirts of Paris with several other luckless marginals... [More...]
Jean-Marie Périer
Jérôme, a wild young man in his early thirties, lives on a patch of wasteland on the outskirts of Paris with several other luckless marginals... [More...]
Salut l'artiste (1973)
Yves Robert
Like many in his profession, Nicolas Montei dreams of making the big time as an actor but he has to content himself with whatever bit parts he can grab for himself in his never-ending struggle to make ends meet... [More...]
Yves Robert
Like many in his profession, Nicolas Montei dreams of making the big time as an actor but he has to content himself with whatever bit parts he can grab for himself in his never-ending struggle to make ends meet... [More...]
Samba (2014)
Olivier Nakache
Samba is a Senegalese immigrant man who has been living in France for ten years, surviving on odd jobs as he somehow manages to avoid the authorities... [More...]
Olivier Nakache
Samba is a Senegalese immigrant man who has been living in France for ten years, surviving on odd jobs as he somehow manages to avoid the authorities... [More...]
Sans laisser d'adresse (1951)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Emile Gauthier is a Parisian taxi driver. One day, at the Gare de Lyon, he picks up a young woman named Thérèse and her baby... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Emile Gauthier is a Parisian taxi driver. One day, at the Gare de Lyon, he picks up a young woman named Thérèse and her baby... [More...]
Sans queue ni tête (2010)
Jeanne Labrune
Alice and Xavier have both arrived at a turning point in their lives and long for a change of direction. She is a prostitute who can no longer stand her profession... [More...]
Jeanne Labrune
Alice and Xavier have both arrived at a turning point in their lives and long for a change of direction. She is a prostitute who can no longer stand her profession... [More...]
Les Savates du bon Dieu (2000)
Jean-Claude Brisseau
20-something Fred lives with his young wife Élodie in the rundown suburbs and struggles to earn enough to support himself and his young family... [More...]
Jean-Claude Brisseau
20-something Fred lives with his young wife Élodie in the rundown suburbs and struggles to earn enough to support himself and his young family... [More...]