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

A man is haunted after waking up from his sleep, during which he was pronounced dead by his doctor.

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

A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.

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 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes…

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 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.

Capricious small-town girl Juliette and barge captain Jean marry after a whirlwind courtship, and she comes to live aboard his boat, L’Atalante. As they make their way down the Seine,…

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…