Cast: Jean Dasté

Direction Jean Renoir

Cast Jean Gabin · Erich von Stroheim · Pierre Fresnay · Marcel Dalio

Plot 1916, during World War I. Lieutenant Maréchal and Capitaine de Boeldieu are two combat pilots who are shot down by the Germans. They are taken to a prisoner of war...

Direction Jean Vigo

Cast Jean Dasté · Dita Parlo · Michel Simon · Gilles Margaritis

Plot When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live on his ship, on board of which are, besides the two of them, only a cabin boy and the strange old second...

Direction Jean Grémillon

Cast Jean Gabin · Madeleine Renaud · Michèle Morgan · Charles Blavette

Direction Jean Vigo

Cast Louis Lefebvre · Gilbert Pluchon · Gérard de Bédarieux · Constantin Goldstein-Kehler

Plot So effervescent and charming that one can easily forget its importance in film history, Jean Vigo’s enormously influential portrait of prankish boarding-school students is one of cinema’s great acts of...

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Jean-Pierre Cargol · François Truffaut · Françoise Seigner · Jean Dasté

Plot A movingly austere recreation of the true story of a young boy returned to 19th-Century society after growing up in the wild.

Direction Ariane Mnouchkine

Cast Philippe Caubère · Marie-Françoise Audollent · Jonathan Sutton · Frédéric Ladonne

Plot Who was Moliere? He is known everywhere as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the son of a prosperous tapestry maker....

Direction François Truffaut

Cast Charles Denner · Brigitte Fossey · Nelly Borgeaud · Geneviève Fontanel

Plot Scientist Bertrand Morane, "never in the company of men after 5," seduces women by evening and writes about the experiences in the early morning. Though 40ish and somewhat square, no...

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Yves Montand · Ingrid Thulin · Geneviève Bujold · Jean Bouise

Plot For some soldiers, the war is never over... Legendary "New Wave" director Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad) helms this emotionally-charged suspense-drama set in France and on the streets of...

Direction Jean-Claude Brisseau

Cast Vanessa Paradis · Bruno Cremer · Ludmila Mikael · François Négret

Plot A teacher of philosophy encounters a complicated pupil; a seventeen year old girl who possesses quite a cynical view of the world. He attempts to help her focus on her...

Direction François Truffaut

Cast François Truffaut · Nathalie Baye · Jean Dasté · Jean-Pierre Moulin

Plot Adapted from two Heny James short stories. A French little town, at the end of the twenties. Julien Davenne (Truffaut) is a journalist whose wife Julie died a decade ago....

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Sabine Azéma · Fanny Ardant · Pierre Arditi · André Dussollier

Plot Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the...

Direction Alain Resnais

Cast Delphine Seyrig · Jean-Pierre Kérien · Nita Klein · Jean-Baptiste Thierrée

Plot In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit...

Direction Bertrand Tavernier

Cast Nathalie Baye · Michel Galabru · Philippe Noiret · Flore Fitzgerald

Plot Laurence, a young schoolteacher from Lyons, takes a week's leave. During the break, she reflects on her career and her personal life.

Direction Jean Renoir · Jacques Becker · Jacques Brunius · Henri Cartier-Bresson

Cast Jean Dasté · Jacques Brunius · Jean Renoir · Jacques Becker

Direction Iradj Azimi

Cast Laurent Terzieff · Dominique Sanda · Jean Dasté · Catherine Gauvreau

Direction Guy Gilles

Cast Macha Méril · Richard Berry · Jacques Penot · Manuel Gelin

Direction Jean-Paul Le Chanois

Cast Gaston Modot · Svetlana Pitoëff · Fabien Loris · Jandeline

Plot A poor peasant family, a failed cabinet maker and an unemployed worker struggle in contrast to crooked rich businessmen. nearby.A Communist meeting gives young workers hope for a better future.

Direction Jacques Rozier

Cast Claude Aveline · Maurice Bessy · Docteur Caussat · Jean Dasté

Plot A number of surviving collaborators on two of Jean Vigo's films. "Zero For Conduct" and " L'Atalante," are interviewed about the making of these works and their historical context.

Direction Iradj Azimi

Cast Maximilian Schell · Marie Trintignant · Daniel Mesguich · Jean Dasté

Direction Guy Gilles

Cast Patrick Jouané · Claire Nebout · Pascal Kelaf · Philippe Dumont

Plot A young man decides one night to leave the woman he loves. He tells him by phone. All night, he calls her. They talk about this dead love. The young...