Film Index
French cinema: Romance/Comedy
La Femme de mon pote (1983)
Bertrand Blier
Micky, an overweight disk jockey, and Pascal, a beau sportswear salesman, live and work in an alpine skiing resort. Their ten-year long friendship is put in instant jeopardy when, one day, Micky learns that an attractive young woman, Viviane, has moved in with Pascal...
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Bertrand Blier
La Fête à Henriette (1952)
Julien Duvivier
When the censor rejects their latest script two screenwriters set about developing the scenario for a new film. They soon decide on their main characters - a young Parisian dressmaker named Henriette and her fiancé, a photo-journalist named Robert...
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Julien Duvivier
La Française et l'amour (1960)
Michel Boisrond
As any woman knows, the process of discovering love is one that takes a lifetime, each season of life revealing a different facet of this most mysterious of phenomena...
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Michel Boisrond
Frédérica (1942)
Jean Boyer
Gilbert Legrant, a successful singer-songwriter, is about to get married to Lilette, without much in the way of enthusiasm...
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Jean Boyer
Les Fruits de l'été (1955)
Raymond Bernard
Edouard Gravières finds that his new appointment as High Commissioner for Delinquency may be jeopardised when he sees the kind of wild lifestyle his 18-year-old daughter Juliette is leading...
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Raymond Bernard
Gazon maudit (1995)
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple... [More...]
Josiane Balasko
Laurent, a successful estate agent, and his wife Loli have two children, a nice house in the South of France and appear to be the very model of a happily married couple... [More...]
Les Gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels (2001)
Eric Assous
When she finds out that her lover Philippe is planning to spend his holiday with his wife and children in the Antilles, Camille is furious... [More...]
Eric Assous
When she finds out that her lover Philippe is planning to spend his holiday with his wife and children in the Antilles, Camille is furious... [More...]
Gigi (1949)
Jacqueline Audry
Gigi is a girl on the threshold of womanhood, after being brought up in the protective cocoon of her wealthy grandmother, Mamita... [More...]
Jacqueline Audry
Gigi is a girl on the threshold of womanhood, after being brought up in the protective cocoon of her wealthy grandmother, Mamita... [More...]
La Gitane (1986)
Philippe de Broca
Hubert Durieux runs a bank in the small town of Oise in the north of France. His fairly routine existence is governed by the three women in his life - his nagging ex-wife Brigitte, his demanding daughter Florence and his over-sexed mistress Elsa... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
Hubert Durieux runs a bank in the small town of Oise in the north of France. His fairly routine existence is governed by the three women in his life - his nagging ex-wife Brigitte, his demanding daughter Florence and his over-sexed mistress Elsa... [More...]
L'Homme de ma vie (1992)
Jean-Charles Tacchella
When Aimée loses her job, she decides to find a husband who will keep her in the manner to which she intends to become accustomed... [More...]
Jean-Charles Tacchella
When Aimée loses her job, she decides to find a husband who will keep her in the manner to which she intends to become accustomed... [More...]
L'Homme est une femme comme les autres (1998)
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses... [More...]
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Simon Eskanazy is a gay man from a Jewish background who just about scrapes a living as a musician in Paris. To preserve the family name, his Uncle Salomon tries to bribe him into getting married - but Simon refuses... [More...]
Hors de prix (2006)
Pierre Salvadori
Jean Simon appears content in his lowly subservience as a barman and general dogsbody at a high-end Biarritz hotel catering for the cream of French society... [More...]
Pierre Salvadori
Jean Simon appears content in his lowly subservience as a barman and general dogsbody at a high-end Biarritz hotel catering for the cream of French society... [More...]
Il est charmant (1932)
Louis Mercanton
Jacques Dombreval is loath to give up his dissolute Parisian life style, which mainly involves frolicking into the early hours with his joyful band of friends... [More...]
Louis Mercanton
Jacques Dombreval is loath to give up his dissolute Parisian life style, which mainly involves frolicking into the early hours with his joyful band of friends... [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...]
J'invente rien (2006)
Michel Leclerc
Paul Thalman and Mathilde Mahut would appear to have nothing in common. Yet, from the moment they first set eyes on one another they know at once they were meant to be together... [More...]
Michel Leclerc
Paul Thalman and Mathilde Mahut would appear to have nothing in common. Yet, from the moment they first set eyes on one another they know at once they were meant to be together... [More...]
J'me sens pas belle (2004)
Bernard Jeanjean
Fanny, 30 and single, has decided it is high time she hooked a man. Having selected her victim, a colleague named Paul, she invites him to dinner... [More...]
Bernard Jeanjean
Fanny, 30 and single, has decided it is high time she hooked a man. Having selected her victim, a colleague named Paul, she invites him to dinner... [More...]
Je crois que je l'aime (2007)
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas is 43, a successful businessman who is used to being in control and getting what he wants. He hasn't yet come to terms with his wife leaving him, so he his is far from ready to start another relationship... [More...]
Pierre Jolivet
Lucas is 43, a successful businessman who is used to being in control and getting what he wants. He hasn't yet come to terms with his wife leaving him, so he his is far from ready to start another relationship... [More...]
Je reste! (2003)
Diane Kurys
Marie-Do and Bertrand have been married for 15 years. They have a young son and appear to be the model couple. But, for Marie-Do, the strain of pandering to her self-centred, cycling-obsessed husband is starting to show... [More...]
Diane Kurys
Marie-Do and Bertrand have been married for 15 years. They have a young son and appear to be the model couple. But, for Marie-Do, the strain of pandering to her self-centred, cycling-obsessed husband is starting to show... [More...]
Je suis avec toi (1943)
Henri Decoin
As she is on her way to New York by ocean liner to sort out an inheritance, Elisabeth La Ferrière is convinced that her husband François will take advantage of her absence to start an extramarital affair... [More...]
Henri Decoin
As she is on her way to New York by ocean liner to sort out an inheritance, Elisabeth La Ferrière is convinced that her husband François will take advantage of her absence to start an extramarital affair... [More...]
Julietta (1953)
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Marc Allégret
Whilst holidaying in Limoges, Madame Valender tries to marry her daughter Julietta to Hector d'Alpon, a wealthy prince, to make an impression on everyone... [More...]
Le Jumeau (1984)
Yves Robert
Matthias Duval is a 30-something businessman with a fatal addiction to gambling. A night spent at the poker table during his holiday on the Riviera ends with him being seriously out of pocket, but then - for once - Lady Luck smiles on him... [More...]
Yves Robert
Matthias Duval is a 30-something businessman with a fatal addiction to gambling. A night spent at the poker table during his holiday on the Riviera ends with him being seriously out of pocket, but then - for once - Lady Luck smiles on him... [More...]
Laissons Lucie faire! (2000)
Emmanuel Mouret
In sunny Marseille, twenty-something Lucie makes a living by selling bathing costumes to tourists on the beach. Her boyfriend, Lucien, fancies himself as a policeman, but when he is turned down for the job he does the only thing he can do, which is to get himself hired as a secret agent... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
In sunny Marseille, twenty-something Lucie makes a living by selling bathing costumes to tourists on the beach. Her boyfriend, Lucien, fancies himself as a policeman, but when he is turned down for the job he does the only thing he can do, which is to get himself hired as a secret agent... [More...]
Laurent et Safi (2015)
Anton Vassil
Laurent Balzan, an ambitious 27-year-old company executive, leads a privileged and comfortable life in France. For Safiatou, a woman from Mali who now lives in France, Laurent's junior by three years, life is somewhat more challenging... [More...]
Anton Vassil
Laurent Balzan, an ambitious 27-year-old company executive, leads a privileged and comfortable life in France. For Safiatou, a woman from Mali who now lives in France, Laurent's junior by three years, life is somewhat more challenging... [More...]
Lolo (2015)
Julie Delpy
Violette is a forty-something Parisian who leads a hectic but lonely life in the fashion business. She is taking a thalassotherapy course at Biarritz with a friend when she meets Jean-René, a modest computer programmer who is getting over a recent divorce... [More...]
Julie Delpy
Violette is a forty-something Parisian who leads a hectic but lonely life in the fashion business. She is taking a thalassotherapy course at Biarritz with a friend when she meets Jean-René, a modest computer programmer who is getting over a recent divorce... [More...]
Ma femme s'appelle reviens (1982)
Patrice Leconte
Bernard finds himself teetering on the brink of a mid-life crisis when the woman he has been married to for five years suddenly walks out on him... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
Bernard finds himself teetering on the brink of a mid-life crisis when the woman he has been married to for five years suddenly walks out on him... [More...]
Ma Loute (2016)
Bruno Dumont
In the summer of 1910, as is their custom, the Van Peteghems, a wealthy family from Lille, come to Slack Bay in northern France for their holidays... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
In the summer of 1910, as is their custom, the Van Peteghems, a wealthy family from Lille, come to Slack Bay in northern France for their holidays... [More...]
Ma vie en l'air (2005)
Rémi Bezançon
Yann Kerbec has a morbid fear of flying, which he attributes to the fact that his mother died whilst giving birth to him in an aeroplane... [More...]
Rémi Bezançon
Yann Kerbec has a morbid fear of flying, which he attributes to the fact that his mother died whilst giving birth to him in an aeroplane... [More...]
Mademoiselle ma mère (1936)
Henri Decoin
In her search for the perfect husband, Jacqueline Vignolle is slowly driving her parents to distraction. After fourteen failed engagements, Jacqueline still hasn't found her beau idéal, and so she decides to marry the next eligible man she meets... [More...]
Henri Decoin
In her search for the perfect husband, Jacqueline Vignolle is slowly driving her parents to distraction. After fourteen failed engagements, Jacqueline still hasn't found her beau idéal, and so she decides to marry the next eligible man she meets... [More...]
Le Magnifique (1973)
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Philippe de Broca
When a secret agent is eaten by a shark in a telephone box, ace spy Bob Saint-Clair is sent on a mission to Mexico, to confront his arch-enemy Karpof, assisted by his beautiful partner Tatiana… Thus begins the latest pulp fiction novel by François Merlin, a lonely middle-aged writer who dreams of having a love affair with his neighbour Christine and of getting his revenge on his odious publisher Charron - fantasies which he plays out in his novels... [More...]
Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954)
Yves Allégret
Célestin leads a double life. By day, he is a respectable music teacher in a girl's convent; by night, he composes popular operas under the pseudonym Floridor, whilst having an affair with his leading lady Corinne, the wife of a major... [More...]
Yves Allégret
Célestin leads a double life. By day, he is a respectable music teacher in a girl's convent; by night, he composes popular operas under the pseudonym Floridor, whilst having an affair with his leading lady Corinne, the wife of a major... [More...]