Film Index
French cinema: History
La Guerre du feu (1981)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
80,000 years ago, the very dawn of human civilisation. When a tribe of cave-dwellers lose their only source of fire, three of their number set off to seek the fire which the tribe desperately needs to survive...
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Jean-Jacques Annaud
Les Guichets du Louvre (1974)
Michel Mitrani
Paris, 16th July 1942. Paul, a young student, has just been tipped off that the French police are about to begin a massive round up of Jews in the Saint-Paul district of the capital...
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Michel Mitrani
Guillaume, la jeunesse du conquérant (2017)
Fabien Drugeon
In 1066 William the Conqueror is poised to make his historic invasion of England. Fearing that the coming attack may not be successful, he presents his son Robert to his loyal barons as his successor to the throne of Normandy in the event of his non-return...
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Fabien Drugeon
L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (1975)
François Truffaut
A young woman arrives in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, in 1863, and immediately sets about looking for the man she has lost her heart to...
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François Truffaut
Hors-la-loi (2010)
Rachid Bouchareb
Driven from their plot of land in Algeria to make way for French settlers, three brothers and their parents are forced to separate...
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Rachid Bouchareb
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
In the summer of 1832, Europe is in the grip of a terrible cholera epidemic. With the demise of Napoleon and the disintegration of the French Empire, Austria is poised to overtake Italy... [More...]
Les Hussards (1955)
Alex Joffé
Under Bonaparte, the French army begins its campaign in Italy. Two soldiers, Flicot and Le Gouce, are sent on a reconnaissance mission, but they manage to lose their horses when they encounter a pair of Italian lovers... [More...]
Alex Joffé
Under Bonaparte, the French army begins its campaign in Italy. Two soldiers, Flicot and Le Gouce, are sent on a reconnaissance mission, but they manage to lose their horses when they encounter a pair of Italian lovers... [More...]
Il Gattopardo (1963)
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, Sicily is in the vanguard of huge social and political changes that are sweeping across a fragmented Italy, changes that will result in the country's eventual unification after much loss of blood... [More...]
Il ne faut jurer de rien! (2005)
Eric Civanyan
Paris, 1830. Another revolution, another vacancy on the French throne. It's a great time for free enterprise though. Georges van Buck, the owner of a tailoring business, imagines that he will soon own the most exclusive fashion house in France, if he can just think up a name for it... [More...]
Eric Civanyan
Paris, 1830. Another revolution, another vacancy on the French throne. It's a great time for free enterprise though. Georges van Buck, the owner of a tailoring business, imagines that he will soon own the most exclusive fashion house in France, if he can just think up a name for it... [More...]
Indigènes (2006)
Rachid Bouchareb
In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, around 200 thousand natives from French colonial Africa are recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces... [More...]
Rachid Bouchareb
In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, around 200 thousand natives from French colonial Africa are recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces... [More...]
Indomptable Angélique (1967)
Bernard Borderie
Angélique's determined search for her husband Joffrey de Peyrac takes her towards the south of France, where she hopes to find him on the Island of Langoustiers... [More...]
Bernard Borderie
Angélique's determined search for her husband Joffrey de Peyrac takes her towards the south of France, where she hopes to find him on the Island of Langoustiers... [More...]
Jacquou le croquant (2007)
Laurent Boutonnat
In the early 1800s, Jacquou has good reason to hate the vile nobleman Count de Nansac. It was the count who brought a sudden end to his happy childhood days in the Périgord by getting into a dispute with his father which led to his imprisonment and death... [More...]
Laurent Boutonnat
In the early 1800s, Jacquou has good reason to hate the vile nobleman Count de Nansac. It was the count who brought a sudden end to his happy childhood days in the Périgord by getting into a dispute with his father which led to his imprisonment and death... [More...]
Jean de La Fontaine - Le défi (2007)
Daniel Vigne
5th September 1661 is an important date in the history of France, since this was the day on which Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances and most powerful of the king's advisors, was arrested on the orders of the state councillor Jean-Baptiste Colbert, with the result that the young Louis XIV became the sole governor of his kingdom... [More...]
Daniel Vigne
5th September 1661 is an important date in the history of France, since this was the day on which Nicolas Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances and most powerful of the king's advisors, was arrested on the orders of the state councillor Jean-Baptiste Colbert, with the result that the young Louis XIV became the sole governor of his kingdom... [More...]
Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les Batailles (1994)
Jacques Rivette
Upon hearing a message from God, a young French maid, Jeanne, feels compelled to leave her home in Domremy. She finally manages to get an audience with Charles, the dauphin of France, and she persuades him that it is her destiny to lead the French to victory against the English... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Upon hearing a message from God, a young French maid, Jeanne, feels compelled to leave her home in Domremy. She finally manages to get an audience with Charles, the dauphin of France, and she persuades him that it is her destiny to lead the French to victory against the English... [More...]
Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons (1994)
Jacques Rivette
After her victory at Orleans, Joan of Arc is emboldened to continue her assault against the English armies. Despite the ambivalence of the Dauphin and his advisers, she galvanises her troops and victory follows victory... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
After her victory at Orleans, Joan of Arc is emboldened to continue her assault against the English armies. Despite the ambivalence of the Dauphin and his advisers, she galvanises her troops and victory follows victory... [More...]
Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc (2017)
Bruno Dumont
In 1425, an anonymous eight-year-old shepherd girl named Jeannette is growing up in Domrémy, a little village in the northeast of France, completely unaware of what the future has in store for her... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
In 1425, an anonymous eight-year-old shepherd girl named Jeannette is growing up in Domrémy, a little village in the northeast of France, completely unaware of what the future has in store for her... [More...]
La Jeune folle (1952)
Yves Allégret
Ireland 1922. A nationalist uprising against England has claimed its first victims. As she performs her domestic chores at a Dublin convent, orphan Catherine thinks only of her brother Kevin, a Republican who is on the run from the government forces... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Ireland 1922. A nationalist uprising against England has claimed its first victims. As she performs her domestic chores at a Dublin convent, orphan Catherine thinks only of her brother Kevin, a Republican who is on the run from the government forces... [More...]
Le Joueur d'échecs (1927)
Raymond Bernard
The year is 1776. Under Catherine the Great, Russia has annexed Poland, Lithuania and Prussia. Polish nobleman Boleslas Vorowski is the leader of a secret resistance movement that intends to free Poland from the yoke of imperialist Russia... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
The year is 1776. Under Catherine the Great, Russia has annexed Poland, Lithuania and Prussia. Polish nobleman Boleslas Vorowski is the leader of a secret resistance movement that intends to free Poland from the yoke of imperialist Russia... [More...]
Le Juge et l'assassin (1976)
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
France, 1893. When the young woman he is infatuated with rejects him, Joseph Bouvier, a sergeant in the French army, shoots her and then turns the gun on himself... [More...]
Le Jugement de Dieu (1952)
Raymond Bernard
In the 15th century, Prince Albert of Bavria must marry the far from attractive Bertha de Wurtemberg for political reasons... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
In the 15th century, Prince Albert of Bavria must marry the far from attractive Bertha de Wurtemberg for political reasons... [More...]
La Jument verte (1959)
Claude Autant-Lara
During the Second French Empire, a modest farmer Jules Haudouin makes his fortune thanks to his green-skinned mare. Haudouin hires an artist to paint a portrait of his treasured horse, and the painting continues to bring good luck after the horse's death... [More...]
Claude Autant-Lara
During the Second French Empire, a modest farmer Jules Haudouin makes his fortune thanks to his green-skinned mare. Haudouin hires an artist to paint a portrait of his treasured horse, and the painting continues to bring good luck after the horse's death... [More...]
La Kermesse héroïque (1935)
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
1616. In the small Flemish village of Boom, the burgomaster is preparing a banquet for his daughter's wedding to the local butcher... [More...]
La Kermesse rouge (1947)
Paul Mesnier
Paris in the 1890s. When Agnès Bonnardet falls in love with a struggling Montmartre painter, Claude Sironi, her aristocratic relatives waste no time in acting to thwart a mésalliance that will bring disgrace on the family... [More...]
Paul Mesnier
Paris in the 1890s. When Agnès Bonnardet falls in love with a struggling Montmartre painter, Claude Sironi, her aristocratic relatives waste no time in acting to thwart a mésalliance that will bring disgrace on the family... [More...]
Lacenaire (1990)
Francis Girod
In the 1830s, Pierre-François Lacenaire was the most notorious criminal in France. From an early age, he rebelled against his comfortable bourgeois background, managing to get himself expelled from a Jesuit seminary... [More...]
Francis Girod
In the 1830s, Pierre-François Lacenaire was the most notorious criminal in France. From an early age, he rebelled against his comfortable bourgeois background, managing to get himself expelled from a Jesuit seminary... [More...]
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
Robert Bresson
Their number reduced through countless skirmishes in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, weary and defeated... [More...]
Robert Bresson
Their number reduced through countless skirmishes in their quest for the Holy Grail, the knights of the Round Table return to Camelot, weary and defeated... [More...]
Landes (2013)
François-Xavier Vives
On her husband's death, Liéna Duprat, a woman in her mid-thirties, inherits a vast pine forest in the heart of the Landes department of southwest France... [More...]
François-Xavier Vives
On her husband's death, Liéna Duprat, a woman in her mid-thirties, inherits a vast pine forest in the heart of the Landes department of southwest France... [More...]
Le Libertin (2000)
Gabriel Aghion
France, in the mid-1700s. Denis Diderot, arguably the greatest philosopher of his age, is labouring on what will be his undoubted masterpiece, The Encyclopaedia... [More...]
Gabriel Aghion
France, in the mid-1700s. Denis Diderot, arguably the greatest philosopher of his age, is labouring on what will be his undoubted masterpiece, The Encyclopaedia... [More...]
Louis, enfant roi (1993)
Roger Planchon
France, 1648. Whilst the nobility attempt to hold onto their power, the masses rise up in protest, and the country is torn by civil war and famine... [More...]
Roger Planchon
France, 1648. Whilst the nobility attempt to hold onto their power, the masses rise up in protest, and the country is torn by civil war and famine... [More...]
Lucie Aubrac (1997)
Claude Berri
Lyon, 1943. In Nazi occupied France, Raymond Aubrac is a leading member of the French Resistance. Shortly after blowing up a German supply train, he is arrested, ostensibly for blackmarketeering... [More...]
Claude Berri
Lyon, 1943. In Nazi occupied France, Raymond Aubrac is a leading member of the French Resistance. Shortly after blowing up a German supply train, he is arrested, ostensibly for blackmarketeering... [More...]
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
Christian-Jaque
Towards the end of the 15th century, Cesare Borgia is one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. He owes his present position of influence to a combination of good fortune and ruthlessness, to say nothing of his seemingly unbounded ambition... [More...]
Christian-Jaque
Towards the end of the 15th century, Cesare Borgia is one of the most powerful men in Renaissance Italy. He owes his present position of influence to a combination of good fortune and ruthlessness, to say nothing of his seemingly unbounded ambition... [More...]