In the 1950s and '60s, Henri-Georges Clouzot was one of France's most acclaimed and successful filmmakers, a director who...
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2010
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Mario Gas directed this music-themed Spanish drama set in Barcelona of the mid-'80s. When famed composer Lluis Doria...
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Albert Rossell (old man)
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1998
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This French drama, adapted from the novel Playback by Didier Daeninckx, centers on small-town girl Johanna (Virginie Ledoyen)...
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1997
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An eight-year old boy learns about love and betrayal in this French drama set in rural France during WW II. The boy,...
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1995
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Serge/Sergio
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1993
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In this Finnish comedy, which features all-English dialogue and nary a Scandanavian in it, Henri Boulanger...
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Vic
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1990
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The Italians have bocce ball, and the French have a similar game, boules. This is played (generally in the southern part of...
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Emilio
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1990
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In this somewhat odd exploration of human romantic difficulties, the people in the film are all put under extra stress by...
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1990
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Francois (Pierre-Loup Rajot) has just moved into a small community in the French Pyrenees mountains. He applies for work at a...
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Mathieu
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1989
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This "policier" was co-written by producer and star Alain Delon with director Jose Pinheiro. It tells the story of a group of...
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1988
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This critically acclaimed French drama blends film noir and science fiction elements in a story about a strange and deadly...
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1986
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With no other apparent purpose than simply recording the making of The Beekeeper by director Theo Angelopoulos, this...
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1986
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In this compelling drama, Marcello Mastroianni gives a tour-de-force interpretation of a disillusioned middle-aged man, a bee...
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Sick Man
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1986
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Perhaps a little over-ambitious for the casual audience unfamiliar with the Italian world of entertainment and politics, La...
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1980
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In this drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an...
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Euclide
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1980
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Director Robert Enrico has attempted to adapt a novel, by Hortense Dufour, of larger-than-life figures to a larger-than-life...
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Fouldroule
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1979
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The 14-year-old younger sister of a 20-year old girl who died in a horrible accident remembers her sister in a series of...
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1977
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Violette (Isabelle Adjani) is fascinated with the shabby background and low-down ways of her boyfriend Francois...
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Father
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1976
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Bolstered by the buoyant performance by Jacques Dutronc as a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, this French film follows the...
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1976
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A detective is on a case of homicide and he gets more involved than his police department may have intended in this French...
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Inspector
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1975
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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others is a gentle character study of a group of friends who meet each weekend in the country...
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Paul
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1974
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Marcello Mastroianni stars in this French farce, an absurd "western" set in Paris, with Mastroianni as the incurably vain...
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1974
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Double and triple crosses complicate the lives of the amiable villains of this French crime-caper film. The story concerns a...
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Pierrot
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1972
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This French crime drama tells the story of an ill-fated quartet of burglars and hoodlums. Two older burglars, near...
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Theor
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1972
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Nolan (Serge Reggiani) was set up to take the fall for a crime committed by his whole gang, and as a result, his brother is...
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Nolan
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1971
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This documentary examines the year 1936 and the political turmoil in France. The French Popular Front of the socialist and...
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1970
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In this war drama set during the French Resistance of WW II, a courageous fighter escapes Gestapo headquarters and returns to...
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Barber
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1969
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Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the...
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1968
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Adapted from the novel by C. Virgil Gheorghiu, this satirical concentration-camp drama from Turkish-born French director...
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Trajan Koruga
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1967
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In this adventure, a hotshot pilot loses his license after he attempts to fly through the Arc de Triumph in Paris. Later he...
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Pilot
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1967
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This documentary takes a scientific look at animal reproduction from the lowest of forms to the patterns of their human...
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1966
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Marie (Marie Laforet) is a wealthy French female who receives a precious jewel from a secret service agent in this spy...
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Ivanov
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1965
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The "doll"in this Italian seriocomedy is played by Virna Lisi. Craving attention, Virna claims that she has been robbed and...
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1965
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Joseph Conrad's cerebral, philosophical novel Lord Jim is streamlined and simplified by producer/director/writer...
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1965
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Don Ciccio Tumeo
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1963
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Confusion and wrong assumptions are the cause of tragedy in this stylish gangster noir by director Jean-Pierre Melville....
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Maurice Faugel
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1962
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In this WW II actioner, an American paratrooper lands behind enemy lines and begins an espionage assignment. He ends up...
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1962
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The second film of director Martin Ritt with both Paul Newmanand Sidney Poitier, it's set in a city that has long been a...
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1961
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In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for...
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Pvt. Ceccarelli
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1960
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This French film documentary with informative narration recalls the halcyon days in Paris following World War I. The roaring...
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Commentary
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1960
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This suspensful drama finds ten members of the underground uniting fifteen years after the end of World War II. Nine men and...
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Rogier
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1959
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Victor Hugo's monumental novel Les Miserables has been filmed so often that sometimes it's hard to tell one version from...
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1958
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Based on a novel by George Simenon, Le Passager Clandestin was one of the few French-Australian co-productions of the 1950s...
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1958
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Echec au Porteur (Not Delivered) is a nail-biting suspense tale in the Hitchcock manner. The disgruntled protagonist decides...
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1958
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Dany Carrel essays the title role in Elisa. Set in 19th-century Paris, the film details the friendship between likeable...
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1957
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The title of this French prison drama loosely translates to Heels Go to Hell. Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein...
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Rudel
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1955
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1953
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Camicie Rosse (Red Shirts) was released in most markets as Anita Garibaldi, in deference to the star status of Anna Magnani....
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1952
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The Paris demimonde of 1900 is the setting for Casque d'Or. Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani), an honest woodworker, falls in...
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Georges Manda
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1952
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Louis
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1952
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An exercise in style, La Ronde was one of the few films of the 1950s to contain overtly sexual themes. The story is a series...
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Franz, the Soldier
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1950
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1950
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French filmmaker Julien Duvivier had trouble regaining his popularity after the war; thus, he tried all sorts of subject...
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Pierre
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1949
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Leon Lescaut
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1949
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Four top French filmmakers were involved in the "omnibus" feature Retour a la Vie. The film offers four separate stories,...
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Louis
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1949
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1949
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Per its title, Lovers of Verona is an updated adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The film was a joint project of...
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Angelo (Romeo)
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1948
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1948
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1947
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1946
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Marcel Carne's 1946 production La Porte de la Nuit was released in the U.S. four years later as Gates of the Night. Scripted...
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Guy Senechal
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1946
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Etoile Sans Lumiere (Star Without Light) represents a rare screen appearance by French singing sensation Edith Piaf. The plot...
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1946
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Most film versions of the life and times of 15th-century Parisian "beggar poet" Francois Villon are derived from the old...
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Francois Villon
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1945
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Jorisse
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1944
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1943
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