A philosophy professor has an illicit affair with one of his students, a bright yet troubled girl who lives alone.

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but returns to life. Despite declining further medical tests, the couple are forced to grapple…

A widower maintains a memorial room filled with his late wife’s belongings. When fire destroys it, he transforms a chapel into a new shrine to preserve her memory.

At Bertrand Morane’s burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand’s life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical…

In a French forest circa 1798, a child–who cannot walk, speak, read or write–is found. A doctor becomes interested in the case and patiently attempts to civilise the boy.

On his way from Madrid to Paris, Diego, a chief of the Spanish Communist Party, is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to flee. When he…

In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who’s back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène’s comes to visit,…

A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World…

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.

Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L’Atalante along with the captain’s first mate and a cabin boy.

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a…