The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Top French Films

A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag ; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him,but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His pain is so great he feels suicidal.

In cerca di una vita migliore, due detenuti scappano di prigione.

Juliette e il comandante della nave Jean, appena sposati, si trovano ad affrontare il matrimonio mentre viaggiano sull'Atlante insieme al secondo ufficiale Le Père Jules e al mozzo.

Mr. and Mrs. Noblet run a boarding house on the French Riviera. One day, they are led by circumstances to welcome a little boy Pierre, whose father is in jail, into their home. Which makes Louise Noblet all the happier as she can't have children herself. But, after a while, Pierre's father is released from prison and reclaims his son... Time passes and Pierre, now a young adult, lives in Paris more or less on the wrong side of the law. He has a mistress, Nelly, who does not say no to other men's money... Louise, who still loves Pierre as her own son, wants only one thing - to help him get by.

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.

A charming scoundrel reflects on his exploits, from childhood through to manhood.

The narrative revolves around a farming village where only three inhabitants remain, but they are told that if only one of them, Panturle, manages to find a wife, the village will be able to prosper again

Durante la prima guerra mondiale, due soldati francesi vengono catturati e imprigionati in un campo di prigionia tedesco. Seguono diversi tentativi di fuga fino a quando non vengono inviati a una fortezza apparentemente ineludibile.

Dopo aver commesso un omicidio, un uomo si chiude a chiave nel suo appartamento e ricorda gli eventi che lo hanno portato all'omicidio.

The story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).

In Paris in 1887, Irène works as a governess to Douce, the grand-daughter of the dowager Countess de Bonafé. Douce believes she is in love with Fabien, the handsome manager of the estate. However she cannot hope to marry him because of their class difference. Douce's widowed father, the Count de Bonafé, has a wooden leg, and is infatuated with Irène. Douce discovers that Fabien is planning to flee to Quebec with Irène, and also finds out that the Count has asked Irène to marry him. So Douce tells Fabien this and convinces him to run away with her, causing consternation in the family.

The wife of a mechanic and former fighter pilot falls in love with the idea of flying herself. This soon becomes an obsession and she undertakes a lofty feat: the longest solo flight ever made by a woman.

Una donna dell'alta società architetta un matrimonio tra il suo amante e una ballerina di cabaret che in pratica è una prostituta.

La vita teatrale di una bella cortigiana e dei quattro uomini innamorati di lei.

Recounts the courageous efforts by French railroad workers who were part of an organized resistance during German World War II occupation.

Una bella giovane donna prende il posto di suo padre come prigioniero di una bestia misteriosa.

A jealous husband intends to kill the man his wife is meeting for business, but arrives to find the deed already done.

Un poeta innamorato della Morte segue la sua infelice moglie negli inferi.

Tre gangster e un falegname ex detenuto si innamorano tutti della stessa bella donna dai capelli dorati della Belle Époque in Francia.

Tre diverse storie sullo stesso tema: il piacere.

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.

While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri has a lover. Outraged, Françoise moves out of marital home and rents a maids' room in Rue de l'Estrapade. Henri tries to get his wife back but Françoise does not listen. She even looks for a job in a prêt-à-porter shop and lets herself be courted by Robert, her neighbor across the landing...

A bordo della sua vecchia automobile, il signor Hulot parte per le tanto sospirate vacanze come migliaia di parigini. Giunto nella ridente località, Hulot porta scompiglio nella piccola comunità di gitanti.

This comedy drama from Jean Renoir chronicles the revival of Paris' most notorious dance as it tells the story of a theater producer who turns a humble washerwoman into a star at the Moulin Rouge.