Total Eclipse

Total Eclipse 1995

6.40

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.

1995

Tess

Tess 1979

7.00

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.

1979

The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre 1982

6.64

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.

1982

My Night at Maud's

My Night at Maud's 1969

7.70

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

1969

The Last Metro

The Last Metro 1980

7.20

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

1980

I... For Icarus

I... For Icarus 1979

7.70

Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.

1979

Les Misérables

Les Misérables 1982

6.90

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

1982

Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds 1994

7.10

As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.

1994

Death Watch

Death Watch 1980

6.30

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.

1980

The Bunker

The Bunker 1981

6.30

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.

1981

Fort Saganne

Fort Saganne 1984

6.00

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.

1984

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

One Sings, the Other Doesn't 1977

7.00

The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.

1977

Fedora

Fedora 1978

6.73

An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star, whom he tries to lure out of retirement.

1978

Cyclo

Cyclo 1996

7.00

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.

1996

The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin 1976

6.90

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

1976

The Patriots

The Patriots 1994

6.62

Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.

1994

Hothead

Hothead 1979

7.20

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.

1979

April Captains

April Captains 2000

6.40

Story of the 1974 coup that overthrew the right-wing Portuguese dictatorship--which continued the fascist policies of long-time dictator Antonio Salazar--and of two young army captains who were involved in it.

2000

The Mask of Satan

The Mask of Satan 1989

4.00

Skiers in Northern Italy unwittingly awaken an ancient witch after removing her mask in a crevasse. Their actions unleash a curse, leading to terrifying consequences.

1989

Private Fears in Public Places

Private Fears in Public Places 2006

6.40

In Paris, six people all look for love, despite typically having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn.

2006