
This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. Read More »
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Captain Blood AKA Le capitan (1960) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli

The young King Louis XIII is dominated by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite Concino Concini. Read More »
Si Versailles m’était conté (1954) Sacha Guitry, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Louis Barrault

Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV Read More »
The Common Man AKA Dupont Lajoie (1975) Yves Boisset, Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise

As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou’s campsite. Read More »
Malady of Love AKA Maladie d’amour (1987) Jacques Deray, Nastassja Kinski, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Piccoli

Mad love. Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. Read More »
The Chambermaid on the Titanic AKA La femme de chambre du Titanic (1997) Bigas Luna, Olivier Martinez, Romane Bohringer, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. Read More »
Tykho Moon (1996) Enki Bilal, Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli

The McBee family has erected a government over a future ‘colony’, that looks like a run-down Paris Read More »
And Now My Love AKA Toute une vie (1974) Claude Lelouch, Marthe Keller, André Dussollier, Charles Denner

The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. Read More »
The Lovers on the Bridge AKA Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) Leos Carax, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Daniel Buain

Set against Paris’ oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants Read More »
Last Known Address AKA Dernier domicile connu (1970) José Giovanni, Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. Read More »