Film Index
French cinema: Drama
Blaise Pascal (1972)
Roberto Rossellini
Blaise Pascal is 16 years old when his family moves to Rouen in 1639 so that his father Étienne can take up his new position as the king's commissioner of taxes...
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Roberto Rossellini
Blanche et Marie (1984)
Jacques Renard
1941, a town in northern France during the Nazi Occupation. Blanche, a mother of three children, wonders why her husband is behaving so secretively, and then discovers that he is working for the French Resistance...
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Jacques Renard
Le Blé en herbe (1954)
Claude Autant-Lara
Some time in the 1920s, the Ferrets and their two daughters, Vinca and Lisette, spend their summer holiday on the coast of Brittany...
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Claude Autant-Lara
La Blonde aux seins nus (2010)
Manuel Pradal
Julian, a man in his mid-twenties, scrapes a living by shipping gravel on his barge up and down the waterways of Paris. In this he is assisted by his younger brother Louis, still a boy, to whom he is devotedly attached...
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Manuel Pradal
Bob le flambeur (1956)
Jean-Pierre Melville
Once a renowned criminal, Bob Montagne now appears to be a reformed character, content to fritter away his time and his money in the casinos and gambling rooms of the shadier districts of Paris...
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Jean-Pierre Melville
Le Bois des amants (1960)
Claude Autant-Lara
Brittany, Christmas 1943. Herta von Stauffen, a German soldier, makes an attempt to join her husband, Colonel von Stauffen, whom she has not seen since their wedding day... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
Brittany, Christmas 1943. Herta von Stauffen, a German soldier, makes an attempt to join her husband, Colonel von Stauffen, whom she has not seen since their wedding day... [More...]
Le Bon Dieu sans confession (1953)
Claude Autant-Lara
As they follow a funeral procession several mourners replay their memories of the dead man, Monsieur Dupont, whose outward respectability hid a multitude of flaws... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
As they follow a funeral procession several mourners replay their memories of the dead man, Monsieur Dupont, whose outward respectability hid a multitude of flaws... [More...]
Le Bonheur (1934)
Marcel L'Herbier
Clara Stuart, star of music hall and cinema, arrives in Paris, to great public acclaim. She has everything - fame, wealth, and - through her aristocratic husband - a title... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
Clara Stuart, star of music hall and cinema, arrives in Paris, to great public acclaim. She has everything - fame, wealth, and - through her aristocratic husband - a title... [More...]
Le Bonheur (1965)
Agnès Varda
François has an idyllic life and cannot imagine how he could be happier. He enjoys working as a carpenter with his older brother... [More...]
Agnès Varda
François has an idyllic life and cannot imagine how he could be happier. He enjoys working as a carpenter with his older brother... [More...]
Bonnes à tuer (1954)
Henri Decoin
Crowds of on-lookers on Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées, gather around the crushed body of a man who has just plunged to his death from a great height... [More...]
Henri Decoin
Crowds of on-lookers on Paris's most famous thoroughfare, the Champs-Elysées, gather around the crushed body of a man who has just plunged to his death from a great height... [More...]
Les Bonnes causes (1963)
Christian-Jaque
Paul Dupré dies at the hands of his nurse Gina Bianchi when she administers his daily injection. His wife Catherine accuses the nurse of murdering her husband but Gina insists that she is innocent... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Paul Dupré dies at the hands of his nurse Gina Bianchi when she administers his daily injection. His wife Catherine accuses the nurse of murdering her husband but Gina insists that she is innocent... [More...]
Boomerang (2015)
François Favrat
Having just turned forty, Antoine meets up with his sister Agathe for a meal in a restaurant. Antoine needs something to distract him from his recent messy divorce and Agathe wants to remember their mother, who died exactly thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
François Favrat
Having just turned forty, Antoine meets up with his sister Agathe for a meal in a restaurant. Antoine needs something to distract him from his recent messy divorce and Agathe wants to remember their mother, who died exactly thirty years ago in mysterious circumstances... [More...]
Bord de mer (2002)
Julie Lopes-Curval
In summer, Cayeux-sur-mer is the perfect picture postcard seaside resort, a haven for holidaymakers who flock here in their thousands to take advantage of the rolling stretch of beach... [More...]
Julie Lopes-Curval
In summer, Cayeux-sur-mer is the perfect picture postcard seaside resort, a haven for holidaymakers who flock here in their thousands to take advantage of the rolling stretch of beach... [More...]
Border Line (1992)
Danièle Dubroux
Hélène, a middle-aged woman who has been married for over 20 years, decides to visit her former lover. She learns that he has recently died and that his son, Julien, is living in his apartment... [More...]
Danièle Dubroux
Hélène, a middle-aged woman who has been married for over 20 years, decides to visit her former lover. She learns that he has recently died and that his son, Julien, is living in his apartment... [More...]
Borsalino (1970)
Jacques Deray
Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella... [More...]
Jacques Deray
Marseille, 1930. After completing a six month stretch in prison, Roch Siffredi returns to his girlfriend to find her in the company of another man, François Capella... [More...]
Borsalino & Co. (1974)
Jacques Deray
France, 1934. Over the past few years, Roch Siffredi and François Capella were two of the most notorious gangsters in Marseille... [More...]
Jacques Deray
France, 1934. Over the past few years, Roch Siffredi and François Capella were two of the most notorious gangsters in Marseille... [More...]
Le Bossu (1944)
Jean Delannoy
France, 1699. Philippe de Gonzague kills the Duke of Nevers in the hope of stealing both his wife and his fortune. Having failed to save the Duke's life, the swordmaster Henri de Lagardère flees to Spain with his infant daughter Aurore, swearing that one day he will have his revenge... [More...]
Jean Delannoy
France, 1699. Philippe de Gonzague kills the Duke of Nevers in the hope of stealing both his wife and his fortune. Having failed to save the Duke's life, the swordmaster Henri de Lagardère flees to Spain with his infant daughter Aurore, swearing that one day he will have his revenge... [More...]
Le Boucher (1970)
Claude Chabrol
After serving in both the Indochina and Algerian wars, Paul Thomas returns to his home village in a provincial backwater of France and takes over his father's butcher's shop... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
After serving in both the Indochina and Algerian wars, Paul Thomas returns to his home village in a provincial backwater of France and takes over his father's butcher's shop... [More...]
Boulevard (1960)
Julien Duvivier
Driven away from home by his shrewish stepmother, 15-year-old Jojo finds a place to live by himself, a tiny garret room overlooking the Place Pigalle... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Driven away from home by his shrewish stepmother, 15-year-old Jojo finds a place to live by himself, a tiny garret room overlooking the Place Pigalle... [More...]
Boxes (2007)
Jane Birkin
Imagine your whole life in boxes. This is what Anna, a 50-something Englishwoman, finds when she moves into her new home on the Brittany coast... [More...]
Jane Birkin
Imagine your whole life in boxes. This is what Anna, a 50-something Englishwoman, finds when she moves into her new home on the Brittany coast... [More...]
Le Brasier (1991)
Eric Barbier
1931, in a mining town in Trieux, Northern France, mutual distrust and resentment divides the native French population and the growing community of Polish immigrants who work along side each other in the mines... [More...]
Eric Barbier
1931, in a mining town in Trieux, Northern France, mutual distrust and resentment divides the native French population and the growing community of Polish immigrants who work along side each other in the mines... [More...]
La Brindille (2011)
Emmanuelle Millet
Sarah is 19 and has high hopes of forging a successful career as an artist. Presently, she has a trainee position at a museum in Marseille and couldn't be happier... [More...]
Emmanuelle Millet
Sarah is 19 and has high hopes of forging a successful career as an artist. Presently, she has a trainee position at a museum in Marseille and couldn't be happier... [More...]
Brodeuses (2004)
Éléonore Faucher
Claire is 17 years old and lives in Angoulême, a town in the south west of France. She finds it hard to get on with her parents and lives alone... [More...]
Éléonore Faucher
Claire is 17 years old and lives in Angoulême, a town in the south west of France. She finds it hard to get on with her parents and lives alone... [More...]
Brumes d'automne (1929)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
As autumn cloaks the world with her customary melancholia, as cold mists descend and browning leaves fall from quivering trees onto the sodden ground, a solitary woman looks back on her past life beside an open fire... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
As autumn cloaks the world with her customary melancholia, as cold mists descend and browning leaves fall from quivering trees onto the sodden ground, a solitary woman looks back on her past life beside an open fire... [More...]
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992)
Rémy Belvaux
In present day Belgium, Ben leads what at first sight seems to be a pretty normal existence. He is in a steady relationship with a girl he likes and who likes him, he has a good social life and he gets on well with his mum and dad... [More...]
Rémy Belvaux
In present day Belgium, Ben leads what at first sight seems to be a pretty normal existence. He is in a steady relationship with a girl he likes and who likes him, he has a good social life and he gets on well with his mum and dad... [More...]
C'est la tangente que je préfère (1997)
Charlotte Silvera
Sabine is 15 and has a special aptitude for mathematics. She earns money by giving maths lessons to her classmates and whenever she encounters a problem in her life she tries to reason it out with mathematics... [More...]
Charlotte Silvera
Sabine is 15 and has a special aptitude for mathematics. She earns money by giving maths lessons to her classmates and whenever she encounters a problem in her life she tries to reason it out with mathematics... [More...]
C'est quoi la vie? (1999)
François Dupeyron
Nicolas lives on a farm in the heart of rural France. The farm presently belongs to his father Marc, who is fighting a losing battle to pay off his accumulating debts whilst supporting his family... [More...]
François Dupeyron
Nicolas lives on a farm in the heart of rural France. The farm presently belongs to his father Marc, who is fighting a losing battle to pay off his accumulating debts whilst supporting his family... [More...]
C'était maintenant (2017)
Jean-Cristophe Sandt
Vincent, a man in his mid-thirties, couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out. He has a loving wife, Mathilde, whom he adores and children he could never be parted from... [More...]
Jean-Cristophe Sandt
Vincent, a man in his mid-thirties, couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out. He has a loving wife, Mathilde, whom he adores and children he could never be parted from... [More...]
Ça commence aujourd'hui (1999)
Bertrand Tavernier
Daniel Lefebvre is the head teacher of a primary school in a socially deprived town in the north of France. He lives with Valeria, a metal sculptress... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
Daniel Lefebvre is the head teacher of a primary school in a socially deprived town in the north of France. He lives with Valeria, a metal sculptress... [More...]
Le Café du cadran (1947)
Jean Gehret
Julien Couturier and his wife Louise give up their peaceful life in the Auvergne to run a small bar-café in the thriving heart of Paris... [More...]
Jean Gehret
Julien Couturier and his wife Louise give up their peaceful life in the Auvergne to run a small bar-café in the thriving heart of Paris... [More...]