Marie Dubois

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

Dir. Gérard Oury · With Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Terry-Thomas

Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered by the dirty tactics of its bigger...

Dir. Robert Enrico · With Lino Ventura, Bourvil, Marie Dubois

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 for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

Dir. François Truffaut · With Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo

Professor Henri Laborit uses three people's stories to discuss behaviourist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety: René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing; Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite; and Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.

Dir. Alain Resnais · With Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

Dir. François Truffaut · With Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger

Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.

Dir. Claude Sautet · With Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

Dir. Henri Verneuil · With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Spaak, Georges Géret

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

Dir. Luchino Visconti · With Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Rina Morelli