French Film
France was the birthplace of cinema and French Film was always home to innovation. The silent Impressionists and Surrealists such as René Clair and Poetic Realists like Jean Vigo, Marcel Carné and Jean Renoir influenced film-makers worldwide.
But the biggest impact was caused by the nouvelle vague, with young auteurs François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Louis... [+]
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Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1942
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The Murderer Lives at 21 (Masters of Cinema)
One of the most revered names in world cinema, Henri-Georges Clouzot, made a rema...
Michel Hazanavicius, 2011
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The Artist
One of the most acclaimed films in years, Michel Hazanavicius's modern-day silent film comedy The...
Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1927
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (Masters of Cinema)
Some films have their own mythology - none more so than Carl Theodor Dreyer's The...
Rene Clement, 1952
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Forbidden Games
Disarmingly played by its young leads, this exquisite study of innocence, grief and faith ranks a...
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 2011
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The Kid with a Bike
A highly approachable, even upbeat film whose structure takes its cue from fairy-tales, The Kid w...
Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1942
£13.99
The Murderer Lives at 21 (Masters of Cinema)
One of the most revered names in world cinema, Henri-Georges Clouzot, made a rema...
Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, 1961
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Chronicle of a Summer
In the summer of 1960 anthropologist filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin set out to ...
Robert Bresson, 1966
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Au Hasard Balthazar
Unadorned, unassuming, unsentimental, Bresson's masterpiece puts a donkey centre stage and throug...
Daniel Auteuil, 2011
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
The beautifully-filmed, sun-soaked directorial debut of French actor Daniel Auteu...
Yves Robert, 1990-91
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La Gloire de Mon Pere / Le Chateau de Ma Mere (Restored)
A pairing of Yves Robert's glorious Provencal films...
Malgorzata Szumowska, 2011
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Elles
Juliette Binoche stars in this French drama about female students who turn to prostitution to fun...
Bertrand Bonello, 2011
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House of Tolerance
Selected for official competition at Cannes 2011 and nominated for 8 French Césars, Bertrand Bone...
Jacques Tati, 1949
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Jour de Fete
Jacques Tati's feature debut, Jour de fête, is a hilarious blend of satire and slapstick that sat...
Bruno Dumont, 2011
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Hors Satan
The latest film from Bruno Dumont (L'Humanite, La Vie de Jesus), Hors Satan is an impressive secu...
Marcel Carne, 1938
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Le Quai des Brumes (Restored)
The distillation of French romantic pessimism which echoed the storm clouds gathe...
Jacques Audiard, 2012
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Rust and Bone
With Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard (director of A Prophet and The Beat That My Heart Skipped) re...
Walerian Borowczyk, 1979
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Immoral Women
Revisiting the area of perversity, wit, eroticism and fascination with objects that characterised...
Aki Kaurismaki, 2011
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Le Havre
A warm-hearted, deadpan comedy from Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki, Le Havre depicts the friends...
