Nos héros sont morts ce soir (2013) Directed by David Perrault
Drama
aka: Our Heroes Died Tonight
Film Synopsis
France in the early 1960s. Simon, a successful wrestler nicknamed
The Spectre, encourages his friend Victor to join him in the ring as
his opponent. Still traumatised by his wartime experiences,
Victor is reluctant to accept the challenge and agrees only when Simon
offers to exchange masks with him...
A wave of fresh talent in the late 1950s, early 1960s brought about a dramatic renaissance in French cinema, placing the auteur at the core of France's 7th art.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.