Film Index
French cinema: History
Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942)
Sacha Guitry
When Désirée Clary was born, on 8 November 1777, no one could imagine the fabulous future that was in store for her, least of all her father, a wealthy Marseille merchant...
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Sacha Guitry
Destinées (1954)
Christian-Jaque
Throughout history, women have had to play their part in war, and in doing so have had to forge their own destinies. After WWII, an American war widow, Elisabeth Whitefield, undertakes a painful journey to a servicemen's cemetery in Italy to reclaim her husband Tony's body and arrange its repatriation...
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Christian-Jaque
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Olivier Assayas
Jean Barnery is the pastor of a small village in Charente, Shortly after separating from his wife Nathalie, he meets Pauline, the daughter of one of his parishioners who runs a cognac distillery...
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Olivier Assayas
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982)
Jean Yanne
At Rahatlocum, a Roman colony in North Africa, the natives are growing restless under the heel of their imperial masters...
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Jean Yanne
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...
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Sacha Guitry
Le Dialogue des Carmélites (1960)
Philippe Agostini
May, 1789. In Compiègne, a town in northern France, two young women enter a Carmelite convent, each determined to devote their lives to the service of Christ... [More...]
Philippe Agostini
May, 1789. In Compiègne, a town in northern France, two young women enter a Carmelite convent, each determined to devote their lives to the service of Christ... [More...]
Diplomatie (2014)
Volker Schlöndorff
It is the night of the 24th-25th August 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of one man, General Von Choltitz, who has just received orders from the Fuhrer to blow up the capital... [More...]
Volker Schlöndorff
It is the night of the 24th-25th August 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of one man, General Von Choltitz, who has just received orders from the Fuhrer to blow up the capital... [More...]
Le Divan de Staline (2017)
Fanny Ardant
As he nears the end of his life the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is suffering from chronic fatigue. Following the advice of his doctors, he takes a few days out to recharge his batteries at a remote castle buried in a dense forest... [More...]
Fanny Ardant
As he nears the end of his life the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is suffering from chronic fatigue. Following the advice of his doctors, he takes a few days out to recharge his batteries at a remote castle buried in a dense forest... [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...]
Du Guesclin (1949)
Bernard de Latour
Originating from a modest family of Breton landowners, Bertrand Du Guesclin distinguishes himself in early adulthood as a fiercely energetic and valiant soldier... [More...]
Bernard de Latour
Originating from a modest family of Breton landowners, Bertrand Du Guesclin distinguishes himself in early adulthood as a fiercely energetic and valiant soldier... [More...]
L'Élève (1996)
Olivier Schatzky
France, towards the end of the 19th Century. Julien, 25 years old, has ambitions to be a writer, but circumstances force him to take up a job as a private teacher... [More...]
Olivier Schatzky
France, towards the end of the 19th Century. Julien, 25 years old, has ambitions to be a writer, but circumstances force him to take up a job as a private teacher... [More...]
L'Enfant sauvage (1970)
François Truffaut
Summer, 1798. In the forests of a rural area of southern France, a party of hunters discover and capture a 12 year old boy who appears to have spent his life living like a wild animal... [More...]
François Truffaut
Summer, 1798. In the forests of a rural area of southern France, a party of hunters discover and capture a 12 year old boy who appears to have spent his life living like a wild animal... [More...]
Les Enfants du siècle (1999)
Diane Kurys
In the early 1830s, Baroness Dudevant leaves her husband and decides to start a new life in Paris. Adopting the name George Sand, she embarks on a career as a writer and feminist, shocking French bourgeois society with both her behaviour and her radical views... [More...]
Diane Kurys
In the early 1830s, Baroness Dudevant leaves her husband and decides to start a new life in Paris. Adopting the name George Sand, she embarks on a career as a writer and feminist, shocking French bourgeois society with both her behaviour and her radical views... [More...]
Entente cordiale (1939)
Marcel L'Herbier
In 1898, the aging Queen Victoria presides over a flourishing empire whilst her eldest son, Edward Prince of Wales, amuses himself in the fleshpots of Paris... [More...]
Marcel L'Herbier
In 1898, the aging Queen Victoria presides over a flourishing empire whilst her eldest son, Edward Prince of Wales, amuses himself in the fleshpots of Paris... [More...]
La Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965)
Denys de La Patellière
In the 13th century, Marco Polo's dreams of adventure in distant lands look set to become reality when his father, a once great merchant now fallen on hard times, delivers a letter to Pope Gregory... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
In the 13th century, Marco Polo's dreams of adventure in distant lands look set to become reality when his father, a once great merchant now fallen on hard times, delivers a letter to Pope Gregory... [More...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
In the mid-1700s, Fanfan la Tulipe is an inveterate skirt-chaser whose days of youthful debauchery appear to be at end when he is forced into marrying his latest amorous conquest, a farmer's daughter... [More...]
Fanfan la Tulipe (2003)
Gérard Krawczyk
In 18th century France, Fanfan la Tulipe is a young man who just can't help attracting women. This state of affairs suits him fine - until the fateful day when one of his more insistent female admirers, a farmer's daughter, looks set to force him into the yoke of holy matrimony... [More...]
Gérard Krawczyk
In 18th century France, Fanfan la Tulipe is a young man who just can't help attracting women. This state of affairs suits him fine - until the fateful day when one of his more insistent female admirers, a farmer's daughter, looks set to force him into the yoke of holy matrimony... [More...]
Farinelli (1994)
Gérard Corbiau
In the 18th century, under the sobriquet Farinelli, Carlo Broschi became the world's most famous castrato. Accompanied by his older brother Riccardo, who writes his music and helps to consummate his amorous entanglements, he is received by the courts of Europe... [More...]
Gérard Corbiau
In the 18th century, under the sobriquet Farinelli, Carlo Broschi became the world's most famous castrato. Accompanied by his older brother Riccardo, who writes his music and helps to consummate his amorous entanglements, he is received by the courts of Europe... [More...]
La Fayette (1962)
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
Jean Dréville
In 1776, the British colonies in America have begun to rise up against the British crown, intent on creating their own independent republic... [More...]
Les Fêtes galantes (1965)
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
René Clair
Way back in the 18th century, life was hard and unpredictable - especially when you found yourself at the mercy of a conquering power... [More...]
La Fille de d'Artagnan (1994)
Bertrand Tavernier
In 1645, Eloise, the daughter of the great swordmaster D'Artagnan, lives in a monastery in southern France. One night, the monastery is disturbed by nobles pursing an escaped negro slave... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In 1645, Eloise, the daughter of the great swordmaster D'Artagnan, lives in a monastery in southern France. One night, the monastery is disturbed by nobles pursing an escaped negro slave... [More...]
La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
François Premier (1937)
Christian-Jaque
Honorin is the timid stage manager of the Théâtre Cascaroni, which is currently rehearsing a production of “François 1er ou les amours de la Belle Ferronnière ”... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Honorin is the timid stage manager of the Théâtre Cascaroni, which is currently rehearsing a production of “François 1er ou les amours de la Belle Ferronnière ”... [More...]
French Cancan (1954)
Jean Renoir
Nini, a pretty laundry worker, is recruited by Monsieur Danglard, along with a number of other attractive young women, to join his theatre company... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Nini, a pretty laundry worker, is recruited by Monsieur Danglard, along with a number of other attractive young women, to join his theatre company... [More...]
Le Frère du guerrier (2002)
Pierre Jolivet
Thirteenth Century France. When his mother dies, Arnaud honours her wish to carry on the family tradition of preparing herbal medicines for the local community... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Thirteenth Century France. When his mother dies, Arnaud honours her wish to carry on the family tradition of preparing herbal medicines for the local community... [More...]
Gaspard de Besse (1935)
André Hugon
In 1774, the young Gaspard Bouis works as a blacksmith with his older friend Samplan in the provençal village of Besse... [More...]
André Hugon
In 1774, the young Gaspard Bouis works as a blacksmith with his older friend Samplan in the provençal village of Besse... [More...]
Germinal (1963)
Yves Allégret
France, 1863. Etienne Lantier is a railway worker who loses his job as a result of his union activities. He finds work at the mines in Voreux and lodges with the Maheu family... [More...]
Yves Allégret
France, 1863. Etienne Lantier is a railway worker who loses his job as a result of his union activities. He finds work at the mines in Voreux and lodges with the Maheu family... [More...]
Le Golem (1936)
Julien Duvivier
In the early years of the 17th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II rules Bohemia with an iron grip whilst pursuing the alchemists' dream of endowing inanimate matter with life... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
In the early years of the 17th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II rules Bohemia with an iron grip whilst pursuing the alchemists' dream of endowing inanimate matter with life... [More...]
Golgotha (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Judaea, during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. When the self-proclaimed prophet Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem, he receives a rapturous welcome from the ordinary people of the city... [More...]