Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) The 'dreamer' is Jacques, a young painter, who by chance runs into Marthe as she's contemplating suicide on the Pont-Neuf in Paris. They talk, and agree to see each other again the next night. Gradually, he discovers that her lover promised to meet her on the bridge t
A Man Escaped (1956)
A Man Escaped (1956) Captured French Resistance fighter Lieutenant Fontaine awaits a certain death sentence for espionage in a stark Nazi prison. Facing malnourishment and paralyzing fear, he must engineer an extraordinary escape, complicated by the questions of whom to trust, and in the absence of
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) This is the story of a donkey and the somewhat difficult life it leads. During a summer holiday, the baby donkey is a child's pet but when they return home, it begins it's life of misery. It works as a farm animal, pulling a delivery cart and working as any manner as vario
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) In Ambricourt, an idealistic young Priest (Claude Laydu) arrives to be the local parish priest. He attempts to live a Christ-like life, but his actions are misunderstood. The community of the small town does not accept him, and although having a serious disease in th
A Gentle Creature (1969)
A Gentle Creature (1969) A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. We learn in flashback about how they met, married, and how she failed to adapt her lifestyle to his. Disgusted with his attempts to dominate her, she considered murdering him, but f
The Devil, Probably (1977)
The Devil, Probably (1977) Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option...
Lancelot du Lac (1974)
Lancelot du Lac 1974 A million miles away from Camelot or Excalibur, this film ruthlessly strips the Arthurian legend down to its barest essentials Arthurs knights, far from being heroic, are conniving and greedy men who, just before the film starts, have failed miserably to find the Holy Grail Aiml
LArgent (1983)
LArgent (1983) A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is - which will have devastating consequences on his life, causing him to turn to crime and murder...
Mouchette (1967)
Mouchette (1967) Mouchette is a young girl living in the country. Her mother is dying and her father does not take care of her. Mouchette remains silent in the face of the humiliations she undergoes. One night in a wood, she meets Arsene, the village poacher, who thinks he has just killed the local
Proces de Jeanne dArc (1962)
Proces de Jeanne dArc 1962 A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc based entirely on the transcripts of the real life trial, concerning Joans imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English, filmed in a spare, low key fashion
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) Hélène understands that Jean doesn't love her anymore. She is full of grief and anger, and she starts brooding on revenge. When she meets Jean, she pretends herself to be the one that has ceased to love the other. Jean is relieved, because now he thinks they ca
Angels of Sin (1943)
Angels of Sin (1943) Rich young Anne-Marie thinks she has found her vocation when she joins a Dominican convent as a novice. The convent specialises in rehabilitating female prisoners, and Anne-Marie becomes especially fascinated with Therese, trying to get her to join the convent to redeem her for
The Road to Bresson (1984)
The Road to Bresson (1984) A Dutch documentary about legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson.