French and French-language Films

À propos de Nice: silent film satire on social inequalities and contemporary culture of 1930s France

Jean Vigo, “À propos de Nice” (1930) Posing as “a day in the life” travelogue

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Jean Vigo, “Taris, Roi du L’Eau” (1931) Sports documentaries don’t come any more poetic, beautiful

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Jean Vigo, “Zéro de Conduite: Jeunes Diables au College” (1933) One of four films made

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Georges Franju,” Thérèse Desqueyroux” (1962) A remake of this film with Audrey Tautou as the

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Georges Franju, “Judex” (1963) A remake of the Louis Feuillade 1916 mini-series about the mystery

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Jean-Pierre Melville, “Le Samouraï” (1967) A beautiful and seductive film that spawned many imitators, of

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Louise Wardle, “Human, All Too Human (Episode 3: Jean-Paul Sartre)” (1999) The final episode in

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Aki Kaurismäki, “Le Havre” (2011) A heartwarming comedy drama that focusses on deception and the

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Marcel Duchamp, “Anémic Cinéma” (1926) Here’s an intriguing 7-minute animated film that consists of a

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René Clair, “Entracte” (1924) This film’s title derives from its originally being an interlude between

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