On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and family and wrestles with everything…
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.
In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her…
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…
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.
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…
