Film Index
French cinema: Comedy/Drama
Les Deux amis (2015)
Louis Garrel
Clément is a film extra who is obsessively in love with Mona, a young woman who works in a sandwich bar at the Gare du Nord station in Paris...
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Louis Garrel
Les Deux crocodiles (1987)
Joël Séria
Émile Rivereau, a modest ironmonger from Saumur in western France, travels to Brittany for his holidays and to visit his aged mother, who has moved into a retirement home in Quimper...
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Joël Séria
Deux frères (2004)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Indochina in the 1920s. In the jungles of Angkor, two tiger cubs are born amidst the ruins of an ancient temple, an exotic location which becomes their home...
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Jean-Jacques Annaud
Deux vies... plus une (2007)
Idit Cebula
Eliane Weiss, a primary school teacher, finds herself increasingly put upon by the demands of her job, her husband, her daughter and her overly possessive mother...
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Idit Cebula
Deuxième quinzaine de juillet (2000)
Christophe Reichert
Monique, used to having the upper hand in their relationship, is surprised when her weak-willed and indecisive partner Félix takes the initiative by planning the summer holidays one year...
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Christophe Reichert
Le Diable boiteux (1948)
Sacha Guitry
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was born in Paris on 2nd February 1754. Afflicted with a game leg (which earned him the nickname Le Diable boiteux or Lame Devil), he was unable to follow his father in pursuit of military honours and instead opted for an ecclesiastical career... [More...]
Sacha Guitry
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was born in Paris on 2nd February 1754. Afflicted with a game leg (which earned him the nickname Le Diable boiteux or Lame Devil), he was unable to follow his father in pursuit of military honours and instead opted for an ecclesiastical career... [More...]
Le Diable et les dix commandements (1962)
Julien Duvivier
The ageing warden of a convent is berated by the Mother Superior for his bad language. To cure him of his affliction, the Bishop, an old friend of his, gives him a copy of the Bible and asks him to learn the Ten Commandments by heart... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
The ageing warden of a convent is berated by the Mother Superior for his bad language. To cure him of his affliction, the Bishop, an old friend of his, gives him a copy of the Bible and asks him to learn the Ten Commandments by heart... [More...]
Diabolo menthe (1977)
Diane Kurys
September 1963 marks the beginning of an important phase in the lives of two teenage sisters, Anne and Frédérique Weber... [More...]
Diane Kurys
September 1963 marks the beginning of an important phase in the lives of two teenage sisters, Anne and Frédérique Weber... [More...]
Dialogue avec mon jardinier (2007)
Jean Becker
After the break-up of his marriage, a fifty-something painter decides to swap his hectic life in Paris for the peace and quiet of the countryside... [More...]
Jean Becker
After the break-up of his marriage, a fifty-something painter decides to swap his hectic life in Paris for the peace and quiet of the countryside... [More...]
La Dilettante (1999)
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris... [More...]
Pascal Thomas
On the spur of the moment, Pierette Dumortier abandons her husband and her comfortable middle-class life in Switzerland and takes the train to Paris... [More...]
La Discrète (1990)
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
Christian Vincent
Antoine, an unsuccessful writer, is taken aback when his girlfriend, Solange, leaves him for another man. Usually, it is he who ends a relationship, not his partner... [More...]
Docteur Popaul (1972)
Claude Chabrol
Dr Paul Simay is a lady's man who claims to prefer ugly women and he makes his point by winning a bet that he can sleep with the world's plainest women... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Dr Paul Simay is a lady's man who claims to prefer ugly women and he makes his point by winning a bet that he can sleep with the world's plainest women... [More...]
La Dolce vita (1960)
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
Federico Fellini
Marcello Rubini is an Italian gossip columnist who loves to bask in the reflected glory of the rich and famous, his only chance of enjoying the sweet life of Rome's upper set... [More...]
Don Juan (1956)
John Berry
Don Juan Tenorio has grown weary of his reputation as an inveterate womaniser. He has had enough of facile female conquests... [More...]
John Berry
Don Juan Tenorio has grown weary of his reputation as an inveterate womaniser. He has had enough of facile female conquests... [More...]
Don Quichotte (1933)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Don Quixote squanders his fortune by buying books about chivalry, which he reads assiduously. After doing so for many years, he believes he is himself a knight, sent on a divine mission to wrong all of the injustices in the world... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Don Quixote squanders his fortune by buying books about chivalry, which he reads assiduously. After doing so for many years, he believes he is himself a knight, sent on a divine mission to wrong all of the injustices in the world... [More...]
Double messieurs (1986)
Jean-François Stévenin
After 25 years, François, a modest businessman, is reunited with his childhood friend Léo, a film double. It's a reunion which affects both men profoundly, and immediately they discover their adolescent sense of fun... [More...]
Jean-François Stévenin
After 25 years, François, a modest businessman, is reunited with his childhood friend Léo, a film double. It's a reunion which affects both men profoundly, and immediately they discover their adolescent sense of fun... [More...]
Douce France (1995)
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Malik Chibane
A portrait of four young French people of Arab descent living on a housing estate in the Saint-Denis district of Paris. Jean-Luc uses the heist from a jewel robbery to set himself up as a lawyer, his office being a room in the bar managed by his friend Moussa... [More...]
Les Dragueurs (1959)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One Saturday night, two young men named Freddy and Joseph meet by chance on the banks of the River Seine. Both have the same objective in mind: chasing women... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
One Saturday night, two young men named Freddy and Joseph meet by chance on the banks of the River Seine. Both have the same objective in mind: chasing women... [More...]
Drôle de Félix (2000)
Olivier Ducastel
Félix is a HIV-positive gay man of mixed race who lives in the northern French town of Dieppe with his partner, Daniel... [More...]
Olivier Ducastel
Félix is a HIV-positive gay man of mixed race who lives in the northern French town of Dieppe with his partner, Daniel... [More...]
Drôles d'oiseaux (2017)
Élise Girard
Mavie, 27, is an attractive young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris, tentatively groping for a sense of direction in her hitherto aimless life... [More...]
Élise Girard
Mavie, 27, is an attractive young woman from the provinces who has just arrived in Paris, tentatively groping for a sense of direction in her hitherto aimless life... [More...]
La Drôlesse (1979)
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Jacques Doillon
Mado is an eleven-year-old girl who, ignored by her sisters and maltreated by her mother, leads a solitary, loveless existence... [More...]
Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique (1999)
Sarah Lévy
After sustaining severe injuries in a road accident, an adolescent named Camille begins a course of physiotherapy in a strictly run rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos... [More...]
Sarah Lévy
After sustaining severe injuries in a road accident, an adolescent named Camille begins a course of physiotherapy in a strictly run rehabilitation centre run by Professor Helpos... [More...]
Du côté d'Orouët (1973)
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Jacques Rozier
One September, three young women take a break from their routine lives in Paris and head for a quiet seaside resort on the Atlantic coast... [More...]
Du haut en bas (1933)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
After graduating with a doctorate, Marie de Ferstel is eager to find temporary work until a permanent teaching job turns up... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
After graduating with a doctorate, Marie de Ferstel is eager to find temporary work until a permanent teaching job turns up... [More...]
L'Eau à la bouche (1960)
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
In the East-Pyrenees, Milena lives in the baroque castle of her grandmother, Lady Henriette, who lies on her deathbed. Miguel, the family solicitor who once had an affair with Milena, is to read the will after the old woman's death... [More...]
L'École buissonnière (1949)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
In 1920, Monsieur Pascal, a veteran of the First World War, arrives in a small Provençal town to take up a teaching post... [More...]
L'École buissonnière (2017)
Nicolas Vanier
For a parentless little boy living in Paris in 1930 life appears to offer few prospects. But just when Paul appears destined for a life of unremitting misery Fate intervenes and he is catapulted from his grim orphanage into the splendorous depths of the French countryside... [More...]
Nicolas Vanier
For a parentless little boy living in Paris in 1930 life appears to offer few prospects. But just when Paul appears destined for a life of unremitting misery Fate intervenes and he is catapulted from his grim orphanage into the splendorous depths of the French countryside... [More...]
L'Écume des jours (2013)
Michel Gondry
Colin is the archetypal happy bachelor. He has wealth and health and sees life as one perpetual party, his every need catered for by his faithful man-servant Nicolas... [More...]
Michel Gondry
Colin is the archetypal happy bachelor. He has wealth and health and sees life as one perpetual party, his every need catered for by his faithful man-servant Nicolas... [More...]
L'Effet aquatique (2016)
Sólveig Anspach
Samir is a 40-something who lives in Montreuil and works as a crane operator. One day, he notices an attractive widow named Agathe in a bar and finds himself strongly drawn to her... [More...]
Sólveig Anspach
Samir is a 40-something who lives in Montreuil and works as a crane operator. One day, he notices an attractive widow named Agathe in a bar and finds himself strongly drawn to her... [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...]