Film Index
French cinema: Drama
La Vie d'Adèle (2013)
Abdellatif Kechiche
15-year-old Adèle is a girl like any other, and like any girl of her age going out with boys is a habit she soon gets into...
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Abdellatif Kechiche
La Vie de bohème (1945)
Marcel L'Herbier
Paris in the 1840s. Schaunard, Colline, Marcel and Rodolphe are four young artists who are determined to make a name for themselves...
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Marcel L'Herbier
La Vie de Jésus (1997)
Bruno Dumont
For Freddy, an unemployed young man suffering from autism, life is one long round of unending monotony. Living in Bailleul, a small backwater town in Northern France, there is nothing for him to do other than to listlessly roam the district on his motorbike with his gang of friends...
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Bruno Dumont
La Vie des morts (1991)
Arnaud Desplechin
Deciding that life is not worth living, Patrick, a depressed 20-year-old man, attempts suicide by putting a bullet in his head...
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Arnaud Desplechin
La Vie du Christ (1906)
Alice Guy
Starting with the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable in Bethlehem, the life and death of Christ are presented in a series of tableaux representing scenes taken from the New Testament...
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Alice Guy
La Vie est à nous (1936)
Jacques Becker
As a reaction to the rising tide of fascism that is sweeping across Europe in the 1930s, the French communist party call upon workers to support their cause and unite to ensure a better future for themselves, their families and their country... [More...]
Jacques Becker
As a reaction to the rising tide of fascism that is sweeping across Europe in the 1930s, the French communist party call upon workers to support their cause and unite to ensure a better future for themselves, their families and their country... [More...]
La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (1903)
Lucien Nonguet
The life and passion of Jesus Christ, presented as a series of tableaux taken from the four gospels of the New Testament... [More...]
Lucien Nonguet
The life and passion of Jesus Christ, presented as a series of tableaux taken from the four gospels of the New Testament... [More...]
La Vie et rien d'autre (1989)
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1920. It is two years since the signing of the Armistice that brought an end to the First World War, but the clearing up still continues... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1920. It is two years since the signing of the Armistice that brought an end to the First World War, but the clearing up still continues... [More...]
La Vie moderne (2000)
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Marguerite is a solitary 17-year old, overly judgemental of others and incapable of having a normal relationship with anyone... [More...]
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Marguerite is a solitary 17-year old, overly judgemental of others and incapable of having a normal relationship with anyone... [More...]
Vie privée (1962)
Louis Malle
Within virtually no time at all, an 18 years old girl Jill is propelled from total obscurity to stardom. Whilst pursuing dancing lessons in Paris, she is hired as a fashion model, before starting a career as an actress... [More...]
Louis Malle
Within virtually no time at all, an 18 years old girl Jill is propelled from total obscurity to stardom. Whilst pursuing dancing lessons in Paris, she is hired as a fashion model, before starting a career as an actress... [More...]
La Vie promise (2002)
Olivier Dahan
Sylvia is a forty-something prostitute who makes a reasonable living for herself, picking up clients on the streets of Nice... [More...]
Olivier Dahan
Sylvia is a forty-something prostitute who makes a reasonable living for herself, picking up clients on the streets of Nice... [More...]
La Vie rêvée des anges (1998)
Erick Zonca
A young woman, Isa, arrives in Lille, with no job, no money, and nowhere to live. She meets up with Marie, a girl of her own age, and the two become friends... [More...]
Erick Zonca
A young woman, Isa, arrives in Lille, with no job, no money, and nowhere to live. She meets up with Marie, a girl of her own age, and the two become friends... [More...]
Le Vieux fusil (1975)
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat... [More...]
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat... [More...]
Villa Amalia (2009)
Benoît Jacquot
Ann Hidewitz is so shocked when she sees her husband kiss another woman that her whole world collapses in an instant. Abandoning her career as a world class musician, she disposes of everything she possesses and embarks on a long journey across Europe... [More...]
Benoît Jacquot
Ann Hidewitz is so shocked when she sees her husband kiss another woman that her whole world collapses in an instant. Abandoning her career as a world class musician, she disposes of everything she possesses and embarks on a long journey across Europe... [More...]
La Ville est tranquille (2000)
Robert Guédiguian
On the surface, Marseilles appears to be a town at ease with itself, yet social problems run ever deeper and, for its inhabitants, life is anything but tranquil... [More...]
Robert Guédiguian
On the surface, Marseilles appears to be a town at ease with itself, yet social problems run ever deeper and, for its inhabitants, life is anything but tranquil... [More...]
La Ville-bidon (1973)
Jacques Baratier
With the help of an architect and a real estate agent, a deputy mayor plans to build a new town on a site that is presently occupied by a slum and a rubbish tip... [More...]
Jacques Baratier
With the help of an architect and a real estate agent, a deputy mayor plans to build a new town on a site that is presently occupied by a slum and a rubbish tip... [More...]
Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974)
Claude Sautet
Every weekend without fail, three old friends - Vincent, François and Paul - meet up to take their mind off their personal and professional anxieties... [More...]
Claude Sautet
Every weekend without fail, three old friends - Vincent, François and Paul - meet up to take their mind off their personal and professional anxieties... [More...]
Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré (2003)
Jean-Marc Moutout
A young business graduate, Philippe Seigner, can hardly believe his good fortune when he lands a job with an exclusive firm of management consultants, based in Paris... [More...]
Jean-Marc Moutout
A young business graduate, Philippe Seigner, can hardly believe his good fortune when he lands a job with an exclusive firm of management consultants, based in Paris... [More...]
Violette (2013)
Martin Provost
Violette Leduc, a woman born outside of wedlock at the start of the last century, meets the intellectual Simone de Beauvoir in St-Germain-des-Prés shortly after the war... [More...]
Martin Provost
Violette Leduc, a woman born outside of wedlock at the start of the last century, meets the intellectual Simone de Beauvoir in St-Germain-des-Prés shortly after the war... [More...]
Violette Nozière (1978)
Claude Chabrol
In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, leads a respectable middleclass existence with her father Baptiste, a railway engineer, and mother Germaine... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, leads a respectable middleclass existence with her father Baptiste, a railway engineer, and mother Germaine... [More...]
Visages d'enfants (1925)
Jacques Feyder
In Saint-Luc, a remote village in the Swiss Alps, the president, Pierre Amsler, mourns the death of his wife. Whilst his 4-year old daughter Pierrette is seemingly unaffected, his 11-year old son Jean is traumatised by this tragic loss... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
In Saint-Luc, a remote village in the Swiss Alps, the president, Pierre Amsler, mourns the death of his wife. Whilst his 4-year old daughter Pierrette is seemingly unaffected, his 11-year old son Jean is traumatised by this tragic loss... [More...]
Les Visiteurs du soir (1942)
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]
Marcel Carné
In the 15th century, two travelling musicians named Gilles and Dominique arrive at the castle of Baron Hugues, just as a party is in progress to celebrate the impending marriage of Hugues' daughter Anne to the brave knight Renaud... [More...]
Vivre me tue (2002)
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Paul Smaïl, 27, is an ambitious young man of Arab descent living in Paris with his parents and younger brother Daniel... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Paul Smaïl, 27, is an ambitious young man of Arab descent living in Paris with his parents and younger brother Daniel... [More...]
Vivre pour vivre (1967)
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Claude Lelouch
Robert Collombs is a well-known French television reporter whose love life is as eventful as his globe-trotting career. Despite being happily married to Catherine, he takes advantage of the freedom offered by his job to carry on numerous affairs without his wife's knowledge... [More...]
Vivre sa vie (1962)
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Nana is an attractive woman, in her early twenties, who works in a Paris shop that sells records. Her job bores her and she dreams of becoming an actress... [More...]
Voici le temps des assassins (1956)
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
André Chatelin manages a popular restaurant in Paris, adjacent to the busy Halles market. His is an uneventful but contented life, until the fateful day when he is visited by Catherine, the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle... [More...]
Voie rapide (2012)
Christophe Sahr
Alex is 25, lives with his girlfriend Rachel on a housing estate and has a two-year-old daughter. The couple both work in a nearby supermarket, but even with their combined income it is a struggle to make ends meet, particularly as Alex fritters away most of his money on his hobby, souping up his Honda Civic... [More...]
Christophe Sahr
Alex is 25, lives with his girlfriend Rachel on a housing estate and has a two-year-old daughter. The couple both work in a nearby supermarket, but even with their combined income it is a struggle to make ends meet, particularly as Alex fritters away most of his money on his hobby, souping up his Honda Civic... [More...]
Le Voile bleu (1942)
Jean Stelli
France, 1914. Not long after her husband is killed in the war, Louise Jarraud gives birth, but her newborn baby lives only a few hours... [More...]
Jean Stelli
France, 1914. Not long after her husband is killed in the war, Louise Jarraud gives birth, but her newborn baby lives only a few hours... [More...]
La Volante (2015)
Christophe Ali
Thomas is driving his wife to hospital to give birth when he knocks down and kills a young man in the road. The latter's mother, Marie-France, is unable to get over this tragedy... [More...]
Christophe Ali
Thomas is driving his wife to hospital to give birth when he knocks down and kills a young man in the road. The latter's mother, Marie-France, is unable to get over this tragedy... [More...]
Le Voleur (1967)
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]
Louis Malle
In late 19th century France, Georges Randal devotes himself to robbing the bourgeois rich whom he has grown to despise. He is motivated not by greed but by the satisfaction of punishing those he regards as social parasites... [More...]