1h33
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jeanne Moreau, Georges Flamant, Yvonne Claudie, Guy Decomble, Robert Beauvais, Pierre Repp, Claude Mansard, Jacques Monod, Luc Andrieux, Jacques Demy
The story of Antoine Doinel – aged twelve and a half – begins on the day he is given a severe punishment at school to do at home that evening. It happens that he is unable to do it. So, the next day, not daring to go back to school, Antoine, together with his best friend, René, discovers the joys of playing truant. That afternoon, he comes across his mother on the arm of a stranger. He is overwhelmed by the sight of this and he runs away. He ends up in a police station, then in a Delinquents Observation Center. Will Antoine one day come to terms with life?
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jeanne Moreau, Georges Flamant, Yvonne Claudie, Guy Decomble, Robert Beauvais, Pierre Repp, Claude Mansard, Jacques Monod, Luc Andrieux, Jacques Demy
Recommended by Akira Kurosawa, Bong Joon-Ho, Valérie Donzelli, Christoph Hochhäusler, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, James Gray, Lynne Ramsay, Cristian Mungiu, Bertrand Tavernier, Jerry Schatzberg, Nicolas Philibert, Bertrand Blier, Noémie Lvovsky, Luc Dardenne, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Bruno Podalydès, John Woo, Lukas Dhont, Nicole Garcia, Saeed Roustaee, Diane Kurys
0h32
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Marie-France Pisier
Antoine Doinel is 17, lives in a hotel and works in a factory making records; he loves music. He falls in love with a woman he meets at a concert. She sees him as a friend, but her parents love him.
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Marie-France Pisier
Recommended by Christophe Honoré
1h47
With Jean-Claude Brialy, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Luce Fabiole, Claude Rich, Daniel Boulanger, Alexandra Stewart, Charles Denner, Michael Lonsdale, Serge Rousseau
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
With Jean-Claude Brialy, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Luce Fabiole, Claude Rich, Daniel Boulanger, Alexandra Stewart, Charles Denner, Michael Lonsdale, Serge Rousseau
Recommended by Marjane Satrapi, Nanni Moretti
1h55
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean Champion, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Bernard Menez, Alexandra Stewart, Nike Arrighi, David Markham, François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean Champion, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Bernard Menez, Alexandra Stewart, Nike Arrighi, David Markham, François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye
Recommended by Valérie Donzelli, Costa Gavras, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gérard Krawczyk, Dario Argento, Xavier Beauvois, Joanna Hogg, Michael Haneke, Andreas Dresen
1h47
With Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser
In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
With Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser
Recommended by Jaco Van Dormael
1h45
With Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Subor, Henri Serre, Oskar Werner, Marie Dubois, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak, Kate Noëlle, Annie Nielsen, Christiane Wagner, Danielle Bassiak, Bernard Longermains
Based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roche, this film is about two men, two artists, one of whom is Austrian, the other French, and their love for the same woman over a period of twenty years. This pure love triangle is interrupted by the Great War, but becomes even stronger after it, only to fade with Jim and Catherine’s deaths in the early 30s.
With Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Subor, Henri Serre, Oskar Werner, Marie Dubois, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak, Kate Noëlle, Annie Nielsen, Christiane Wagner, Danielle Bassiak, Bernard Longermains
Recommended by Martin Scorsese, Christophe Honoré, Luc Moullet, John Woo, Paul Verhoeven, Agnieszka Holland, Michael Haneke
2h00
With Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière, Yves Drouot, Roland Thénot, Marcel Berbert
A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.
With Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière, Yves Drouot, Roland Thénot, Marcel Berbert
Recommended by Pierre Salvadori, Wim Wenders
1h51
With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Fanny Ardant, Xavier Saint-Macary
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.
With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Fanny Ardant, Xavier Saint-Macary
Recommended by Valérie Donzelli, Justine Triet
2h11
With Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Andréa Ferréol, Jean-José Richer, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Christian Baltauss, Pierre Belot, René Dupré, Jean-Pierre Klein, Jacob Weizbluth, Rose Thierry, Alain Tasma, Hénia Ziv, Martine Simonet, Jessica Zucman, Richard Bohringer, Franck Pasquier, Marcel Berbert, Gérard Depardieu, László Szabó, Catherine Deneuve, Paulette Dubost
A story of love and adventure, set in 1942 in Paris, in the theater world during the German Occupation just as the French zone is about to be invaded. Lucas Steiner, a German Jew who took refuge in Paris at the start of Nazism, has had to go into exile once more, leaving his wife Marion to run the prestigious Théâtre Montmartre. Marion struggles to keep the theater afloat.
With Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Andréa Ferréol, Jean-José Richer, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Christian Baltauss, Pierre Belot, René Dupré, Jean-Pierre Klein, Jacob Weizbluth, Rose Thierry, Alain Tasma, Hénia Ziv, Martine Simonet, Jessica Zucman, Richard Bohringer, Franck Pasquier, Marcel Berbert, Gérard Depardieu, László Szabó, Catherine Deneuve, Paulette Dubost
Recommended by Valérie Donzelli, Agnès Varda, Olivier et Éric Nakache & Toledano, Francis Veber
1h58
With Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté, Monique Dury, Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Leslie Caron, Geneviève Fontanel, Valérie Bonnier, Sabine Glaser, Roselyne Puyo, Anna Perrier, Roger Leenhardt, Nella Barbier, Frédérique Jamet, Michel Marti, Henri Agel, Henry-Jean Servat
Bertrand Morane's burial is attended by all the women the forty-year-old engineer loved. We then flash back to Bertrand's life and love affairs, told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel. A film about romantic relationships, the need to charm, and the literary creation.
With Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté, Monique Dury, Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Leslie Caron, Geneviève Fontanel, Valérie Bonnier, Sabine Glaser, Roselyne Puyo, Anna Perrier, Roger Leenhardt, Nella Barbier, Frédérique Jamet, Michel Marti, Henri Agel, Henry-Jean Servat
Recommended by Cédric Klapisch, Marjane Satrapi, Riad Sattouf
1h25
With Albert Rémy, Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger, Marie Dubois, Charles Aznavour, Bobby Lapointe, Laure Paillette, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Richard Kanayan, Serge Davri, Jean-Jacques Aslanian, Claude Heymann, Alice Sapritch
Based on the novel by David Goodis, ‘Down There’ Charlie Kohler, the pianist at Plyne’s Bistro, is a sad, absent-minded, secretive man. His strange brothers are in trouble with some crooks. One evening, one of them is being chased and seeks refuge with Charlie in the bistro. Léna the waitress is in love with Charlie and knows about his past. Charlie – whose real name is Edouard Saroyan – was a great pianist until his wife Thérésa committed suicide. Léna wants to help Charlie to become Edouard once more. Together they hand in their notice to Plyne, but he starts a fight, and Charlie kills him. The couple goes on the run.
With Albert Rémy, Claude Mansard, Daniel Boulanger, Marie Dubois, Charles Aznavour, Bobby Lapointe, Laure Paillette, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Richard Kanayan, Serge Davri, Jean-Jacques Aslanian, Claude Heymann, Alice Sapritch
Recommended by Bong Joon-Ho, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Patrice Leconte, Michael Haneke
1h44
With Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier , Nicole Félix, Tania Torrens
The lives of a motherless boy, who is just starting to get interested in women, and his physically abused friend, who lives in poverty, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges of a number of children.
With Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thévenet, Chantal Mercier , Nicole Félix, Tania Torrens
Recommended by Caroline Link
1h59
With Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti, Jean Lanier, Daniel Ceccaldi, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Garrel, Paule Emanuele, Dominique Lacarrière, Laurence Badie, Philippe Dumat, Olivia Poli
A writer, Pierre Lachenay, a family man, falls in love with an air hostess during a lecture tour. He leaves his wife, lives alone, and visits, in turn, his wife and his mistress. Unable to face up to the situation, putting off the moment of choice, Pierre is killed in a restaurant by his wife just as he was considering returning to married life.
With Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti, Jean Lanier, Daniel Ceccaldi, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Garrel, Paule Emanuele, Dominique Lacarrière, Laurence Badie, Philippe Dumat, Olivia Poli
Recommended by Costa Gavras, Ira Sachs, Pierre Salvadori, José Luis Guerín, Guillaume Brac
1h30
With Daniel Ceccaldi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Claire Duhamel
Antoine Doinel leaves military prison after his national service that we imagine has been a trying time for him. He goes back to civilian life and looks for a job. He is, in turn, a night watchman, a television repairman, a packer and also a ‘periscope’, in other words, a private detective that a specialist agency secretly places in a firm where he is to keep a discreet eye on the staff and the business. It proves to be too delicate a job for Antoine Doinel. Will he be happier in love? Like many boys his age, he is unable to choose between a young female violinist and a married woman who represents his conquering of the unattainable.
With Daniel Ceccaldi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Claire Duhamel
Recommended by Chantal Akerman, Sophie Letourneur, Noémie Lvovsky, Dominique and Fiona Abel & Gordon
1h34
With Sylvia Marriott, Isabelle Adjani, Joseph Blatchley, Ruben Dorey, Carl Hathwell, Louise Bourdet, Jean-Pierre Leursse, Aurelia Manson, Geoffroy Crook, Cecil De Sausmarez, Chantal Durpoix, Raymond Falla, Jacques Fréjabru, David Foote, Clive Gillingham, Ivry Gitlis, Edward J. Jackson, Thi-Loan Nguyen, François Truffaut, Bruce Robinson
Adèle Hugo's unrequited love for a lieutenant.
With Sylvia Marriott, Isabelle Adjani, Joseph Blatchley, Ruben Dorey, Carl Hathwell, Louise Bourdet, Jean-Pierre Leursse, Aurelia Manson, Geoffroy Crook, Cecil De Sausmarez, Chantal Durpoix, Raymond Falla, Jacques Fréjabru, David Foote, Clive Gillingham, Ivry Gitlis, Edward J. Jackson, Thi-Loan Nguyen, François Truffaut, Bruce Robinson
Recommended by Olivier Assayas, Fatih Akin
2h12
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Stacey Tendeter, Kika Markham, Sylvia Marriott, Marie Mansart, Philippe Léotard, Mark Peterson, Georges Delerue
The ongoing story of two English girls is punctuated by separations, journeys, reunions, and deaths. It suggests the course of a life, that of a French boy, Claude who falls in love with two English sisters one after the other, Anne and Muriel.
With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Stacey Tendeter, Kika Markham, Sylvia Marriott, Marie Mansart, Philippe Léotard, Mark Peterson, Georges Delerue
Recommended by Laurent Cantet, Nadav Lapid, Noémie Lvovsky, Catherine Corsini, Serge Bromberg
1h23
With Jean Dasté, Mathieu Schiffman, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Annie Miller, Paul Villé, Nathan Miller, François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Claude Miller
In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.
With Jean Dasté, Mathieu Schiffman, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Annie Miller, Paul Villé, Nathan Miller, François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, Claude Miller
Recommended by Raymond Depardon, Luc Dardenne, Bruno Podalydès, Christian Petzold, Caroline Link, Jonás Trueba
1h46
With Fanny Ardant, Roger Van Hool, Michèle Baumgartner, Véronique Silver, Gérard Depardieu, Henri Garcin
A story of passionate love set in the present in the countryside around Grenoble. Seven years ago, Bernard and Mathilde met, fell madly in love and had a turbulent break-up. Destiny brings them back together when Mathilde – who recently married Philippe – moves into the house next door to the one occupied by Bernard, his wife, Arlette and their little boy, Thomas. The witness and confidant to the two former lovers, Madame Jouve – who runs a sports club in the countryside near Grenoble – sees them seal a pact of non-aggression. Who will take the initiative to break it? How far will Bernard and Mathilde go?
With Fanny Ardant, Roger Van Hool, Michèle Baumgartner, Véronique Silver, Gérard Depardieu, Henri Garcin
Recommended by Noémie Lvovsky, Christian Petzold, Emmanuelle Bercot