Heilige Jeanne

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Pa...

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

René Clément

Cast

Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Philippe de Chérisey

Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Claude Miller

Cast

Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider

Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too modern, character. She rises from an impoverished background to become a favourite of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the mistress of the celebrated Racine, wh...

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Véra Belmont

Cast

Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, Lambert Wilson

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experience...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Alain Resnais

Cast

Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas

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

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz