Scheherazade (1963)
Scheherazade 1963 Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land When the Sultans underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero
The Nun (1966)
The Nun (1966) In eighteenth-century France a girl (Suzanne Simonin) is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior (Madame de Moni, Sister Sainte-Christine, and Madame de Chelles) treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution
Alphaville (1965)
Alphaville (1965) Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His very American character is at odds with the city's ruler, an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Pierrot le Fou (1965) Ferdinand Griffon is married with his wealthy Italian wife and has been recently fired from the television station where he worked. His wife forces him to go to a party in the house of her influential father that wants to introduce Ferdinand to a potential employer. Her brother
Laughter in the Dark (1969)
Laughter in the Dark (1969) A married middle-aged art critic and 16-year-old Margot begin an affair and develop a troublesome mutually parasitic relationship.
Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
Vivre Sa Vie 1962 This film explores a Parisian womans descent into prostitution The movie is comprised of a series of 12 tableaux scenes which are basically unconnected episodes, each presented with a worded introduction
Bread and Chocolate (1974)
Bread and Chocolate (1974) Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his Italian identity. He refuses to give up no matter how awful his situation.
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Band of Outsiders (1964) A triangle: Franz, Arthur, and Odile. Franz, a young man with Alain Delon good looks, has met Odile in an English class. She lives in Joinville with wealthy benefactors and has mentioned to Franz that Mr. Stolz keeps a pile of 10,000 franc notes unlocked in his room. Franz t
Le Petit Soldat (1963)
Le Petit Soldat (1963) During the Algerian war for independence from France, a young Frenchman living in Geneva who belongs to a right-wing terrorist group and a young woman who belongs to a left-wing terrorist group meet and fall in love. Complications ensue when the man is suspected by the members
Anna (1967)
Anna (1967) Released in 1967, this was the first colour film made for French TV. The story is about a man obsessively looking for a woman he saw in a photograph.
Maid for Murder (1962)
Maid for Murder (1962) Brothers Francis and Douglas Oberon, find themselves cut off from the family fortune by their late grandmother's will. Their distant cousin (once removed), maidservant Antoinette
The Time to Die (1970)
The Time to Die (1970) A woman witnesses a video taped murder and is marked for elimination by the killer.
Appointment in Bray (1971)
Appointment in Bray (1971) In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in B
Made in U.S.A (1966)
Made in U.S.A (1966) Set in the near future, Paula, a leftist writer, goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P. Is she there to investigate? On the surface, faces are beautiful, colors bright, clothes trendy. Beneath
Lo straniero (1967)
Lo straniero 1967 In an atmosphere of political tension when the French still control Algiers, an Algerian is killed on the beach and a Frenchman who has lived in Algiers all his life is arrested for the murder A trial takes place One of the witnesses was at the funeral of Arthur Meursaults mother I
Tonight or Never (1961)
Tonight or Never (1961) Laurent is theatrical director, his girl Valerie an aspiring actress. Their relationship begins to fracture when Valerie doesn't get the role in Laurent's play.
Before Winter Comes (1968)
Before Winter Comes 1968 Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II A shrewd multi lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced people
Chloe (1996)
Chloe 1996 After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen years old Chloe ends up in the streets with nowhere to go Then she finds Jean Michel, a charming young man who will lead her to prostitution