Film Index
French cinema: Romance
La Bandera (1935)
Julien Duvivier
Pierre Gilieth finds himself a fugitive from justice after killing a man in a Montmartre bar. He evades arrest by fleeing to Barcelona, where, penniless and desperate, he decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion...
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Julien Duvivier
Barnie et ses petites contrariétés (2001)
Bruno Chiche
Barnard Barnich, known to all as Barnie, is a successful 40-something businessman who works in London but lives in Calais with his devoted wife Lucy...
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Bruno Chiche
Barocco (1976)
André Téchiné
In a gloomy seaport, a bitterly fought election campaign is underway and a young boxer named Samson sees an easy way to earn himself a large amount of cash...
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André Téchiné
Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jean Delannoy
The baron Jérôme Antoine is an inveterate gambler, often losing, sometimes winning. One day, he wins a million francs when playing cards with the marquis de Villamayor...
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Jean Delannoy
Baroud (1933)
Rex Ingram
André Duval and Si Ahmed are fellow sergeants in the Spahis, the Algerian native cavalry of the French Army. Duval falls in love with a native Moroccan woman, without realising she is Zinah, the sister of Si Ahmed and daughter of the Berber chieftain Si Allal...
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Rex Ingram
Barry (1949)
Richard Pottier
In 1880, in a French alpine village near the border with Italy, Angelina is passionately in love with Sylvain Bavoizet, not knowing that she has an equally fervent admirer in Théotime, an old friend of hers who is twenty years her senior... [More...]
Richard Pottier
In 1880, in a French alpine village near the border with Italy, Angelina is passionately in love with Sylvain Bavoizet, not knowing that she has an equally fervent admirer in Théotime, an old friend of hers who is twenty years her senior... [More...]
Les Bas-fonds (1936)
Jean Renoir
Having been dismissed from his official post for embezzlement, a baron gambles away the last of his fortune at the card table... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Having been dismissed from his official post for embezzlement, a baron gambles away the last of his fortune at the card table... [More...]
Battement de coeur (1940)
Henri Decoin
On leaving a reformatory, Arlette finds herself alone and penniless in Paris. An orphan, she has no one to stay with and nowhere to go... [More...]
Henri Decoin
On leaving a reformatory, Arlette finds herself alone and penniless in Paris. An orphan, she has no one to stay with and nowhere to go... [More...]
Bazar (2009)
Patricia Plattner
Sixty-year-old Gabrielle is passionate about her work as an antiques dealer. It is her life, her raison d'être, and so she is understandably shaken when she is evicted from her shop... [More...]
Patricia Plattner
Sixty-year-old Gabrielle is passionate about her work as an antiques dealer. It is her life, her raison d'être, and so she is understandably shaken when she is evicted from her shop... [More...]
Le Beau mariage (1982)
Eric Rohmer
Sabine is a 25 year old student in art history at Paris University. She is currently having an affair with a married man, Simon, but she suddenly decides to put an end to the relationship when she grows tired of the incessant phone calls from her lover's wife and children... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
Sabine is a 25 year old student in art history at Paris University. She is currently having an affair with a married man, Simon, but she suddenly decides to put an end to the relationship when she grows tired of the incessant phone calls from her lover's wife and children... [More...]
Le Beau monde (2014)
Julie Lopes-Curval
Alice is twenty and lives in Bayeux. She is a woolworker who makes clothes with dyes she has created herself. She is unsure what to do with her innate talent until she meets Agnès, a wealthy Parisian woman who helps her to gain admission to a prestigious school of applied arts... [More...]
Julie Lopes-Curval
Alice is twenty and lives in Bayeux. She is a woolworker who makes clothes with dyes she has created herself. She is unsure what to do with her innate talent until she meets Agnès, a wealthy Parisian woman who helps her to gain admission to a prestigious school of applied arts... [More...]
Beau-père (1981)
Bertrand Blier
Rémi is a failed 30-something musician who ekes out a meagre existence playing the piano in upmarket nightclubs and restaurants... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Rémi is a failed 30-something musician who ekes out a meagre existence playing the piano in upmarket nightclubs and restaurants... [More...]
Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996)
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
In France of the 1770s, the reign of King Louis XV is drawing to an end. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the son of a clocksmith, enjoys fame and notoriety as a playwright and outspoken critic of the ruling elite... [More...]
Bella ciao (2001)
Stéphane Giusti
As Italy falls under the control of the Fascists, Orféo Mancini, a life-long supporter of the Communist party, decides to leave his country, with his wife Nella and their two children, Oreste and Bianca... [More...]
Stéphane Giusti
As Italy falls under the control of the Fascists, Orféo Mancini, a life-long supporter of the Communist party, decides to leave his country, with his wife Nella and their two children, Oreste and Bianca... [More...]
Belle de jour (1967)
Luis Buñuel
Although she is loved by her husband Pierre, Séverine Serizy cannot bring herself to have a physical relationship with him... [More...]
Luis Buñuel
Although she is loved by her husband Pierre, Séverine Serizy cannot bring herself to have a physical relationship with him... [More...]
La Belle et la bête (1946)
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country... [More...]
Jean Cocteau
Once upon a time, there was an old merchant who, having fallen on hard times, lives with his three daughters and his son at their modest house in the country... [More...]
Belle maman (1999)
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas... [More...]
Gabriel Aghion
Antoine, a successful lawyer, is about to get married to Séverine when he falls for his future mother-in-law Léa, a 50-something who manages a luxury hotel in the Bahamas... [More...]
La Belle meunière (1948)
Marcel Pagnol
Tired of Vienna and his lack of success as a composer, Franz Schubert goes in search of inspiration by taking a walking holiday in the countryside around Salzburg... [More...]
Marcel Pagnol
Tired of Vienna and his lack of success as a composer, Franz Schubert goes in search of inspiration by taking a walking holiday in the countryside around Salzburg... [More...]
La Belle Nivernaise (1924)
Jean Epstein
Louveau is the owner of an old barge, La Belle Nivernaise, which ships coal along the Nivernaise canal in central France... [More...]
Jean Epstein
Louveau is the owner of an old barge, La Belle Nivernaise, which ships coal along the Nivernaise canal in central France... [More...]
La Belle personne (2008)
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto... [More...]
Christophe Honoré
After the death of her mother, 16-year-old Junie goes to live with her cousin, Mathias. Junie's arrival at her new school attracts the attention of several of Mathias' friends, but she only consents to go out with one of them, the timid but amiable Otto... [More...]
La Belle saison (2015)
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
Catherine Corsini
In 1971, 25-year-old Delphine surprises her farming parents when she turns her back on a life in the country and heads for Paris to make a fresh start... [More...]
Les Belles de nuit (1952)
René Clair
Claude, a modest music teacher, has become disillusioned with his waking life. No one appreciates his musical talents, his friends regard him as a fool, and the noise of daily hustle and bustles prevents him from writing his grand opera... [More...]
René Clair
Claude, a modest music teacher, has become disillusioned with his waking life. No one appreciates his musical talents, his friends regard him as a fool, and the noise of daily hustle and bustles prevents him from writing his grand opera... [More...]
Belles familles (2015)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
On a trip to London, Shanghai-based businessman Jérôme Varenne stops over in Paris to visit his mother and brother, but soon finds a reason to prolong his stay in la Belle France... [More...]
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
On a trip to London, Shanghai-based businessman Jérôme Varenne stops over in Paris to visit his mother and brother, but soon finds a reason to prolong his stay in la Belle France... [More...]
Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968)
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Michel Deville
France, 1750. Benjamin has spent his entire childhood and early adolescence in the sole company of his tutor Camille. Now that he is 17, he must go to live with his aunt and uncle, two wealthy aristocrats, at the château de Valandry... [More...]
Benvenuta (1983)
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
André Delvaux
François, a young screenwriter in search of material for his next film, visits the reclusive writer Jeanne at her home in Ghent, Belgium... [More...]
La Bête à l'affût (1959)
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
Pierre Chenal
At the home of Elisabeth Vermont, a wealthy young widow, an auction is held to benefit the orphans of the local police department... [More...]
La Bête humaine (1938)
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
Jean Renoir
Roubaud, a stationmaster based in Le Havre, is anxious to get on in his career, and he hopes that in this he might be assisted by Grandmorin, a prominent businessman who exerts some influence over the railways... [More...]
La Bête (1975)
Walerian Borowczyk
To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l'Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst... [More...]
Walerian Borowczyk
To safeguard the future of his country estate, the Marquis de l'Esperance arranges a marriage between his son, Mathurin, and an English heiress, Lucy Broadhurst... [More...]
Bethsabée (1947)
Léonide Moguy
Georges Dubreuil, a spahi captain stationed at a French fortress in Morocco, is delighted when his fiancée, Arabella Delvert, comes to visit him... [More...]
Léonide Moguy
Georges Dubreuil, a spahi captain stationed at a French fortress in Morocco, is delighted when his fiancée, Arabella Delvert, comes to visit him... [More...]
Les Biches (1968)
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]
Claude Chabrol
Frédérique, a wealthy heiress in her mid-thirties, is wandering listlessly across Paris when she happens upon an attractive young woman sketching chalk pictures on the pavement on the Pont des Arts... [More...]