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A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away...

A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the...

In a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in...

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall...

In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman,...

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The...

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.

The widow Barny lives in Nazi-occupied France, looking after her half-Jewish daughter in a small village. When the Germans arrive, she decides to...

In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts...

Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a decadent, bohemian pleasure-seeker who shows the...

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

Here and Elsewhere takes its name from the contrasting footage it shows of the fedayeen and of a French family watching television at home....

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a furtive anarchist, an insolent lover of life.

Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the...