Film Index
French cinema: Romance
Victor (1951)
Claude Heymann
When he leaves prison, Victor refuses to bear a grudge against his old friend Marc, the man whose dodgy business dealings but him there...
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Claude Heymann
Victoria (2016)
Justine Triet
Since her egocentric husband David walked out on her, Victoria Spick has been left to bring up their two young children alone - not an easy task when you have a high-pressured career as a criminal lawyer...
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Justine Triet
La Vie à deux (1958)
Clément Duhour
Realising that his days are numbered, the renowned author Pierre Carraud puts his signature to his last will and testament in the presence of his friends and his notary...
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Clément Duhour
La Vie continue (1981)
Moshé Mizrahi
Jeanne Lemaire leads a simple but contented life with her husband Gérard and their three children. Her cosy routine is thrown into a turmoil one Sunday morning when her husband suffers a fatal heart attack...
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Moshé Mizrahi
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 d'une autre (2012)
Sylvie Testud
Marie is 40, but when she wakes up one day she is convinced she is 25. She has forgotten fifteen years of her life. All she can think of is the great romance that lies ahead of her, but she soon discovers that this romance has long fizzled out... [More...]
Sylvie Testud
Marie is 40, but when she wakes up one day she is convinced she is 25. She has forgotten fifteen years of her life. All she can think of is the great romance that lies ahead of her, but she soon discovers that this romance has long fizzled out... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
La Vie de château (1966)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Normandy, 1944. Jérôme is the proud owner of a large country estate, a man who is far more preoccupied with his orchards than with the fate of his country... [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 parisienne (1936)
Robert Siodmak
In 1900, the wealthy Brazilian Ramiro Mendoza is enjoying his stay in Paris when he falls in love with Liane d'Ysigny, the star of a stage production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
In 1900, the wealthy Brazilian Ramiro Mendoza is enjoying his stay in Paris when he falls in love with Liane d'Ysigny, the star of a stage production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie parisienne... [More...]
La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994)
Jan Bucquoy
A writer, Jan Bucquoy, narrates his sex life from his first sexual experience (with a teenage boy a few years older than him) to age 28, where he is living alone having split up with his wife, after having had an affair with a Karma Sutra obsessed model.... [More...]
Jan Bucquoy
A writer, Jan Bucquoy, narrates his sex life from his first sexual experience (with a teenage boy a few years older than him) to age 28, where he is living alone having split up with his wife, after having had an affair with a Karma Sutra obsessed model.... [More...]
Les Vierges (1963)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Five young women from very different backgrounds in the 1960s experience their first romantic coupling: Marie Claude flirts with two young men, François and Rémy, but she gives herself to a total stranger at the fairground... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Five young women from very different backgrounds in the 1960s experience their first romantic coupling: Marie Claude flirts with two young men, François and Rémy, but she gives herself to a total stranger at the fairground... [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...]
Vincent n'a pas d'écailles (2015)
Thomas Salvador
On the spur of the moment, Vincent leaves the city and heads south to Provence in search of a new life. Here, he finds work as a labourer on a construction site and takes time out to go swimming in the region's bountiful lakes and rivers... [More...]
Thomas Salvador
On the spur of the moment, Vincent leaves the city and heads south to Provence in search of a new life. Here, he finds work as a labourer on a construction site and takes time out to go swimming in the region's bountiful lakes and rivers... [More...]
Violettes impériales (1952)
Richard Pottier
At Grenada, in 19th Century Spain, Eugénie de Montijo asks a gypsy girl, Violetta, to read her fortune in her hand... [More...]
Richard Pottier
At Grenada, in 19th Century Spain, Eugénie de Montijo asks a gypsy girl, Violetta, to read her fortune in her hand... [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...]
Vive nous! (2000)
Camille de Casabianca
When her husband, Yves, suddenly reveals that he has been having an affair, his wife and business partner Valérie is taken aback... [More...]
Camille de Casabianca
When her husband, Yves, suddenly reveals that he has been having an affair, his wife and business partner Valérie is taken aback... [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...]
Les Voleurs (1996)
André Téchiné
After the sudden death of his brother Ivan, Lyon-based cop Alex returns to the family home in the Rhône-Alpes with his girlfriend Juliette... [More...]
André Téchiné
After the sudden death of his brother Ivan, Lyon-based cop Alex returns to the family home in the Rhône-Alpes with his girlfriend Juliette... [More...]
Le Voyage imaginaire (1926)
René Clair
Jean, a modest bank clerk, is in love with his boss's secretary, Lucie, but he is too shy to impose his feelings on the angelic being who has stolen his heart... [More...]
René Clair
Jean, a modest bank clerk, is in love with his boss's secretary, Lucie, but he is too shy to impose his feelings on the angelic being who has stolen his heart... [More...]
Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Henri Verneuil
Early in June 1940, the battle for France is all but lost. Overwhelmed by the superiority of the German armies, French and English troops are driven back towards the Normandy coastline... [More...]
Les Yeux de l'amour (1959)
Denys de La Patellière
In the spring of 1944, France remains under Nazi occupation and prisoners are still being taken by the Germans, who have yet to discover that the war is already lost... [More...]
Denys de La Patellière
In the spring of 1944, France remains under Nazi occupation and prisoners are still being taken by the Germans, who have yet to discover that the war is already lost... [More...]
Yves Saint Laurent (2014)
Jalil Lespert
Paris, 1957. Yves Saint Laurent is only 21 when he takes over the running of the prestigious fashion house founded by the recently deceased Christian Dior... [More...]
Jalil Lespert
Paris, 1957. Yves Saint Laurent is only 21 when he takes over the running of the prestigious fashion house founded by the recently deceased Christian Dior... [More...]
Le Zèbre (1992)
Jean Poiret
Hippolyte and Camille have been married for 15 years and although they still love each other Hippolyte is anxious that the passion in their relationship is waning... [More...]
Jean Poiret
Hippolyte and Camille have been married for 15 years and although they still love each other Hippolyte is anxious that the passion in their relationship is waning... [More...]
Zouzou (1934)
Marc Allégret
Zouzou and Jean, two orphans, are raised as brother and sister by circus artiste Père Mélé. Many years later, they live together in Paris, Zouzou working as a laundress, Jean as an electrician for a musical theatre, the Folies... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Zouzou and Jean, two orphans, are raised as brother and sister by circus artiste Père Mélé. Many years later, they live together in Paris, Zouzou working as a laundress, Jean as an electrician for a musical theatre, the Folies... [More...]