Film Index
French cinema: Romance
L'Âge de raison (2010)
Yann Samuell
Margaret is a successful businesswoman who governs both her career and her love life with the same steely resolve, with the result that she is feared and admired by all but loved by no one...
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Yann Samuell
Agnès de rien (1950)
Pierre Billon
At the insistence of her husband Francis, Agnès de Chaligny is forced to take up residence in his ancestral family home in the country whilst he, a struggling artist in Paris, sorts out his finances...
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Pierre Billon
L'Aigle à deux têtes (1948)
Jean Cocteau
Natasha, the queen of an unhappy kingdom, lives as a recluse, ten years after the king, her beloved husband, was assassinated...
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Jean Cocteau
L'Air de Paris (1954)
Marcel Carné
Victor Le Garrec was once a professional boxer but his dreams of sporting glory have come to nothing. Now in his mid-fifties, he contents himself with a lesser ambition - coaching young amateurs in the hope of one day finding a true boxing champion...
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Marcel Carné
Alexis gentleman chauffeur (1938)
Max de Vaucorbeil
Alexis de Saint Grisols, a pilot during the war, now earns his crust as a modest taxi driver in Paris. One day, the famous actress Margot Fontane leaves her purse in his taxi and he feels duty bound to return it to her in person...
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Max de Vaucorbeil
Alice et Martin (1998)
André Téchiné
In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him... [More...]
André Téchiné
In the southwest of France, Martin is leading a tranquil childhood with his mother and her boyfriend when his wealthy father, Victor Sauvagnac, insists on taking custody of him... [More...]
Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932)
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Lily and Erich are switchboard operators who have never met but they talk to each other every day and soon realise that they are in love... [More...]
Alphaville (1965)
Jean-Luc Godard
Lemmy Caution, a secret agent from the Outlands, arrives in Alphaville on a special mission - to kill the dangerous scientist Professor von Braun and destroy his creation, an all-seeing, all-controlling computer named Alpha-60... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Lemmy Caution, a secret agent from the Outlands, arrives in Alphaville on a special mission - to kill the dangerous scientist Professor von Braun and destroy his creation, an all-seeing, all-controlling computer named Alpha-60... [More...]
Alyse et Chloé (1970)
René Gainville
Alyse and Luc have been happy together for some time but now their professional commitments are starting to drive them apart... [More...]
René Gainville
Alyse and Luc have been happy together for some time but now their professional commitments are starting to drive them apart... [More...]
L'Amant de Bornéo (1942)
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Feydeau
During a brief sojourn in Paris, Lucien Mazerand, a timid bookseller from Châteauroux, spends an evening at the music hall to watch Stella Losange perform her celebrated conjuring act... [More...]
L'Amant de cinq jours (1961)
Philippe de Broca
Madeleine and Claire are two close friends who live in Paris. Madeleine runs a well-known fashion house, while Claire lives with her husband Georges and their two children in an upmarket residence... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Madeleine and Claire are two close friends who live in Paris. Madeleine runs a well-known fashion house, while Claire lives with her husband Georges and their two children in an upmarket residence... [More...]
L'Amant de lady Chatterley (1955)
Marc Allégret
Lady Constance Chatterley is under pressure from both her sister Hilda and her husband, Sir Clifford, to find herself a lover so that she can get herself pregnant and provide an heir to the Chatterley estate... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Lady Constance Chatterley is under pressure from both her sister Hilda and her husband, Sir Clifford, to find herself a lover so that she can get herself pregnant and provide an heir to the Chatterley estate... [More...]
L'Amant double (2017)
François Ozon
Chloé is a woman in her mid-twenties who is coping badly with an ever-worsening bout of depression. Medically there is nothing wrong with her, so she takes her doctor's advice and consults a psychiatrist, Paul... [More...]
François Ozon
Chloé is a woman in her mid-twenties who is coping badly with an ever-worsening bout of depression. Medically there is nothing wrong with her, so she takes her doctor's advice and consults a psychiatrist, Paul... [More...]
Les Amants de demain (1959)
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down... [More...]
Marcel Blistène
One Christmas Eve, Pierre Montfort is desperately on the run after killing his wife in a moment of madness when his car breaks down... [More...]
Les Amants de Vérone (1949)
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele... [More...]
André Cayatte
A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Venice. Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele... [More...]
Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947)
Henri Decoin
On the banks of the River Rhône, Alcide Garonne ekes out a modest existence as a ferryman and poacher. He lives in a threadbare abode with his partner Maryse, an extravagant vagabond from Paris who is drunk most of the time... [More...]
Henri Decoin
On the banks of the River Rhône, Alcide Garonne ekes out a modest existence as a ferryman and poacher. He lives in a threadbare abode with his partner Maryse, an extravagant vagabond from Paris who is drunk most of the time... [More...]
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
Leos Carax
Paris, 1989. Leaving a shelter for homeless people, Alex, a wild-looking young man in his twenties, heads across town to his favourite spot on the Pont-Neuf... [More...]
Leos Carax
Paris, 1989. Leaving a shelter for homeless people, Alex, a wild-looking young man in his twenties, heads across town to his favourite spot on the Pont-Neuf... [More...]
Les Amants du Tage (1955)
Henri Verneuil
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his wife's lover dead... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
After the war, Pierre Roubier returns home, optimistic about the future, only to find his wife in bed with another man. In a moment of madness, Pierre shoots his wife's lover dead... [More...]
Amants et voleurs (1935)
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure... [More...]
Raymond Bernard
Fate has been unkind to Claude Brezin. When he loses his entire fortune, the unfortunate young man must obtain a job to survive, but try as he might his efforts to find work end in dismal failure... [More...]
Les Amants (1958)
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul... [More...]
Louis Malle
Jeanne relieves the boredom of her stale marriage to newspaper magnate Henri Tournier by frequent visits to Paris, where she divides her time between her best friend Maggie and her covert lover Raoul... [More...]
Les Ambitieux (2007)
Catherine Corsini
Julien, an aspiring young writer, succeeds in getting an interview with publisher Judith Zahn. Without reading Julien's novel, Judith rejects it, but encourages him to persevere, mainly as a pretext to make him her lover... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
Julien, an aspiring young writer, succeeds in getting an interview with publisher Judith Zahn. Without reading Julien's novel, Judith rejects it, but encourages him to persevere, mainly as a pretext to make him her lover... [More...]
Les Âmes de papier (2013)
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
Vincent Lannoo
Since his wife's premature death, Paul has little enthusiasm for his career as a writer and he now devotes himself mostly to writing funeral speeches for paying customers... [More...]
Les Âmes fortes (2001)
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst... [More...]
Raoul Ruiz
In 1945, a number of old women gather together at the sombre occasion of a wake and reflect on the life of someone in their midst... [More...]
L'Ami de mon amie (1987)
Eric Rohmer
In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
In a pristine new town on the outskirts of Paris, a young civil servant, Blanche, strikes up a friendship with a computer programmer, Léa... [More...]
L'Amour à mort (1984)
Alain Resnais
Whilst participating in an archaeological survey, Simon Roche, a man in his fifties, falls in love with Élisabeth Sutter, an attractive younger woman... [More...]
Alain Resnais
Whilst participating in an archaeological survey, Simon Roche, a man in his fifties, falls in love with Élisabeth Sutter, an attractive younger woman... [More...]
L'Amour aux trousses (2005)
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
Philippe de Chauveron
Paul and Franck are two French police officers in the narcotics squad who are the closest of friends. In the course of tracking down a dangerous drugs dealer one of their fellow officers is shot dead and Paul ends up with a serious leg injury... [More...]
L'Amour dure trois ans (2012)
Frédéric Beigbeder
Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years... [More...]
Frédéric Beigbeder
Literary critic by day, columnist by night, Marc Marronnier is convinced that love never lasts for more than three years... [More...]
L'Amour en fuite (1979)
François Truffaut
Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel has divorced his wife Christine and is having a love affair with a young shop girl, Sabine... [More...]
François Truffaut
Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel has divorced his wife Christine and is having a love affair with a young shop girl, Sabine... [More...]
Amour et compagnie (1950)
Gilles Grangier
Claude Andrieux, a young accountant for an insurance company, is about to dismissed by his boss when he is charged with a most delicate mission - to prevent a wealthy client from committing suicide... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Claude Andrieux, a young accountant for an insurance company, is about to dismissed by his boss when he is charged with a most delicate mission - to prevent a wealthy client from committing suicide... [More...]
Amour et confusions (1997)
Patrick Braoudé
Dan is a thirty year old divorcee who designs women's lingerie for a living. One day, he meets Sarah, an ambitious businesswoman who lives only for her work, and they spend the night together... [More...]
Patrick Braoudé
Dan is a thirty year old divorcee who designs women's lingerie for a living. One day, he meets Sarah, an ambitious businesswoman who lives only for her work, and they spend the night together... [More...]