Film Index
French cinema: Romance
Ariane, jeune fille russe (1932)
Paul Czinner
Against the wishes of her family, Ariane, a naïve Russian girl, decides to study at Paris University. Not long after her arrival in the French capital, she meets Constantin, a much older businessman who is looking for an amorous fling and nothing more...
[More...]
Paul Czinner
L'Arlésienne (1908)
Albert Capellani
Frédéric, a young man from the country, arrives in the ancient city of Arles to attend a bullfight in the Roman amphitheatre...
[More...]
Albert Capellani
L'Arnacoeur (2010)
Pascal Chaumeil
With the help of his sister Mélanie and brother-in-law Marc, Alex runs a special kind of agency, one that is dedicated to ending unhappy relationships...
[More...]
Pascal Chaumeil
L'Art d'aimer (2011)
Emmanuel Mouret
At the exact moment that one falls in love, one becomes aware of a very distinctive music, an ethereal sonata that seems to speak of eternity and promise all the delights of paradise...
[More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
L'Assassin a peur la nuit (1942)
Jean Delannoy
Olivier Rol is a professional crook who supplies his mistress Lola Gracieuse with a regular supply of stolen goods to keep her in the manner to which she has grown accustomed...
[More...]
Jean Delannoy
L'Astragale (1969)
Guy Casaril
Anne is a juvenile prisoner whose only friend is Rolande. The idea of escape takes hold of her and one day, having been admitted to the infirmary, she escapes by climbing over the high prison wall... [More...]
Guy Casaril
Anne is a juvenile prisoner whose only friend is Rolande. The idea of escape takes hold of her and one day, having been admitted to the infirmary, she escapes by climbing over the high prison wall... [More...]
L'Astragale (2015)
Brigitte Sy
One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertine climbs over the wall of the prison where she has been serving a sentence for robbery... [More...]
Brigitte Sy
One night in April 1957, 19-year-old Albertine climbs over the wall of the prison where she has been serving a sentence for robbery... [More...]
L'Atalante (1934)
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Jean Vigo
This is the story of a young village woman, Juliette, who joins her new husband, Jean, a bargeman on his working barge, L'Atalante... [More...]
Atonement (2007)
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Joe Wright
England, in the summer of 1935. Briony Tallis is a 13-year-old girl with an overactive imagination who lives in a large country house with her older sister Cecilia... [More...]
Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre (1983)
Georges Lautner
To her friends, Alice gives the appearance of being an ordinary, happily married career woman. In truth, she is leading a bizarre double life... [More...]
Georges Lautner
To her friends, Alice gives the appearance of being an ordinary, happily married career woman. In truth, she is leading a bizarre double life... [More...]
Au bonheur des dames (1930)
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
After the death of her parents, Denise, a young woman from the country, arrives in Paris to live with her uncle Baudu, the owner of a small draper's shop, Le Vieil Elbeuf... [More...]
Au bout du conte (2013)
Agnès Jaoui
20-something Laura has fallen in love with Sandro, an aspiring young musician, but their affair is threatened by Laura's overly attentive father Guillaume and the womanising impresario Maxime... [More...]
Agnès Jaoui
20-something Laura has fallen in love with Sandro, an aspiring young musician, but their affair is threatened by Laura's overly attentive father Guillaume and the womanising impresario Maxime... [More...]
Au galop (2012)
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Married to a successful businessman, the mother of a daughter she adores, Ada could not have made a better life for herself... [More...]
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Married to a successful businessman, the mother of a daughter she adores, Ada could not have made a better life for herself... [More...]
Au p'tit zouave (1949)
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat... [More...]
Gilles Grangier
Au p'tit Zouave is a café run by Armand Billot and his wife in a working class district of Paris. The café is a popular haunt for ordinary people working in the area, although Billot's main preoccupation is his treasured goldfish, which he guards day and night from his wife's cat... [More...]
Au pays des lits clos (1913)
Maurice Mariaud
One night, the peace of Saint-Ganolé, a sleepy Breton fishing village, is broken by an alarm notifying its inhabitants that a small vessel is in distress... [More...]
Maurice Mariaud
One night, the peace of Saint-Ganolé, a sleepy Breton fishing village, is broken by an alarm notifying its inhabitants that a small vessel is in distress... [More...]
Au petit Marguery (1995)
Laurent Bénégui
For the past 30 years, Hippolyte and his wife Joséphine have managed a chic restaurant, Le petit Marguery, in a busy district of Paris... [More...]
Laurent Bénégui
For the past 30 years, Hippolyte and his wife Joséphine have managed a chic restaurant, Le petit Marguery, in a busy district of Paris... [More...]
Au plus près du paradis (2002)
Tonie Marshall
In late middle age, Fanette regrets not having settled down with the ideal partner of her youth, Philippe. His shadow haunts her present and prevents her from having a long-term relationship with other men... [More...]
Tonie Marshall
In late middle age, Fanette regrets not having settled down with the ideal partner of her youth, Philippe. His shadow haunts her present and prevents her from having a long-term relationship with other men... [More...]
Au royaume des cieux (1949)
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding... [More...]
Julien Duvivier
Flanked by policemen, Maria Lambert, a 17-year-old orphan, arrives at Haute-Mère, a secure educational establishment located in an austere region of France that is at risk of flooding... [More...]
Au secours, j'ai trente ans! (2004)
Marie-Anne Chazel
Yann, Tara and Kathy have been the best of friends since they were at school together. Now that they are all in their thirties it is time for them to re-evaluate their lives... [More...]
Marie-Anne Chazel
Yann, Tara and Kathy have been the best of friends since they were at school together. Now that they are all in their thirties it is time for them to re-evaluate their lives... [More...]
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him... [More...]
L'Auberge espagnole (2002)
Cédric Klapisch
A young economics student, Xavier, decides to spend the final year of his university course at Barcelona so that he can learn Spanish and thereby secure a job at the French Ministry of Finance... [More...]
Cédric Klapisch
A young economics student, Xavier, decides to spend the final year of his university course at Barcelona so that he can learn Spanish and thereby secure a job at the French Ministry of Finance... [More...]
L'Autre continent (2019)
Romain Cogitore
Maria is a free-spirited thirty year-old who travels to southern Taiwan to complete the book she is working on. Here, in the coastal city of Kaohsiung, she finds work as a guide for Dutch tourists and meets Olivier, a shy man of her own age who shares her aptitude for foreign languages... [More...]
Romain Cogitore
Maria is a free-spirited thirty year-old who travels to southern Taiwan to complete the book she is working on. Here, in the coastal city of Kaohsiung, she finds work as a guide for Dutch tourists and meets Olivier, a shy man of her own age who shares her aptitude for foreign languages... [More...]
L'Autre Dumas (2010)
Safy Nebbou
France, 1848. The spirit of revolution is in the air, but Alexandre Dumas is far too preoccupied with his latest literary masterpiece to have any interest in the dramatic events that are just over the horizon... [More...]
Safy Nebbou
France, 1848. The spirit of revolution is in the air, but Alexandre Dumas is far too preoccupied with his latest literary masterpiece to have any interest in the dramatic events that are just over the horizon... [More...]
Aux petits bonheurs (1994)
Michel Deville
Hélène returns to a grand country house she once visited in her youth, over twenty years ago, in the vain hope of finding the man she once loved... [More...]
Michel Deville
Hélène returns to a grand country house she once visited in her youth, over twenty years ago, in the vain hope of finding the man she once loved... [More...]
L'Aventure commence demain (1948)
Richard Pottier
Clarence has everything she needs to be a successful adventuress - beauty, charm, cunning. Men are putty in her hands and yet Lady Luck never seems to be on her side - until the happy day when her path crosses that of Claude, a more enterprising con artist... [More...]
Richard Pottier
Clarence has everything she needs to be a successful adventuress - beauty, charm, cunning. Men are putty in her hands and yet Lady Luck never seems to be on her side - until the happy day when her path crosses that of Claude, a more enterprising con artist... [More...]
Les Aventures de Robert Macaire (1925)
Jean Epstein
In 1825, the itinerant thief and swindler Robert Macaire wends his way across France in the company of his faithful companion Bertrand, never passing up the opportunity to fleece any unsuspecting party they may come across in their travels... [More...]
Jean Epstein
In 1825, the itinerant thief and swindler Robert Macaire wends his way across France in the company of his faithful companion Bertrand, never passing up the opportunity to fleece any unsuspecting party they may come across in their travels... [More...]
Avril (2006)
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Avril has spent her entire life in a convent. Shortly after she was born, she was given up to the mother superior, Marie-Josèphe, who agreed to take charge of her upbringing... [More...]
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Avril has spent her entire life in a convent. Shortly after she was born, she was given up to the mother superior, Marie-Josèphe, who agreed to take charge of her upbringing... [More...]
La Baie des anges (1963)
Jacques Demy
Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino... [More...]
Jacques Demy
Jean Fournier is a modest young bank clerk living in Paris. He is sensible, respectable, and so it is with reluctance that he agrees to accompany his friend Caron to a casino... [More...]
Baisers volés (1968)
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
François Truffaut
Antoine Doinel is twenty when he is discharged from the army for his frequent lapses of discipline. Returning to Paris he hopes to resume his former love affair with Christine Darbon but he has difficulty adjusting to civilian life once more... [More...]
La Bande du Drugstore (2002)
François Armanet
Paris, 1966. Philippe, Marc and Nathalie are three lively adolescents who take full advantage of the freedoms offered by their time... [More...]
François Armanet
Paris, 1966. Philippe, Marc and Nathalie are three lively adolescents who take full advantage of the freedoms offered by their time... [More...]