Released Date:
1968-09-27
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Italy
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (8908 Reviews)
Director:
Jean-Luc GodardA supposedly idyllic week-end trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
Released Date:
1969-01-15
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
252 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (335 Reviews)
Director:
Jacques RivetteMarilè Parolini
Jacques Rivette (dialogue)
During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes, can't find a way to leave their personal problems at home. And life imitates fiction, creating a real tragedy for this couple when the man finds comfort with other women while the actress prefers to stay focused on her work, as if nothing is happening with her partner.
Released Date:
1982-11-24
Languages:
French, German
Countries:
Switzerland, France
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (91 Reviews)
Director:
Daniel SchmidPaul Morand (novel)
Pascal Jardin (adaptation)
Daniel Schmid (adaptation)
Pascal Jardin (dialogue)
Released Date:
1981-12-23
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (219 Reviews)
Director:
Pierre Granier-DeferreGenres:
DramaChristopher Frank
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Jean-Marc Roberts (novel)
Jean-Marc Roberts (screenplay)
Louis Coline assists the head of advertising of a department store in decline. He has little to do, but seems content with his marriage to Nina, his visits to his mother and grandmother, and poker games with friends. When new boss Bernard Malair arrives to turn the store around, Louis fears for his job; but Bernard, with his numbers man Paul and his factotum Franèois, invites Louis into an inner circle of long hours of work, nightclubs, and dinners with an androgynous vamp. Nina objects, but Louis cannot say no to Bernard's demands, no matter how personal. In desperation, Nina leaves Louis, but that drives him further into Bernard's orbit. Can anything break this spell?
Released Date:
1983-08-10
Languages:
French
Countries:
France
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3890 Reviews)
Director:
Franèois TruffautCharles Williams (novel)
Franèois Truffaut
Suzanne Schiffman
Jean Aurel
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place than Julien Vercel, an estate agent that knew him and whose fingerprints are found on Massoulier's car. As the police discovers that Marie-Christine Vercel, Julien's wife, was Massoulier's mistress, Julien is very suspected. But his secretary, Barbara Becker, while not quite convinced he is innocent, defends him and leads her private investigations...
Released Date:
1987-10-28
Languages:
French
Countries:
Italy, France
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (706 Reviews)
Director:
Claude ChabrolOdile Barski
Claude Chabrol
Patricia Highsmith (novel)
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife, Vèronique, herself newly engaged. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in. Soon, she's dumped Patrick, decided she's in love with this stranger, and pursues him. Robert's diffident, Patrick is furious, and violence follows. The police are incompetent, Vèronique sees an opportunity to play revenge games, and the impressionable Juliette is ensnared by thoughts of death. Can anyone exercise reason?
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