The Rules of the Game (1939), Children of Paradise (1945), The Rules of the Game (1939), L'Atalante (1934), Mauvaise Graine (1934), Toni (1935), L'Atalante (1934), Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Precursor To French New Wave movies.
Storyline: French aristocrats and their servants play hard during a hunting party at a landowner's estate (Marcel Dalio).
Plot Keywords: french film, classic film, satirical comedy, high society, social critique, ensemble cast, black comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime, the graceful and elusive courtesan, Garance, finds herself wrongfully accused of pickpocketing. But, amid a sea of jugglers, sideshow performers, streetwalkers, and crooks, the silently eloquent mime, Baptiste, comes to her rescue, only to hopelessly fall for her. And just like that, love's sweet torture befalls the delicate pantomimist, as the insufferable burden of knowing that the object of his desire can never belong to anyone, will heartlessly haunt him for years to come. Many have tried to seize her heart--the flamboyant thespian, Frédérick Lemaître; the criminal dandy, Pierre-François Lacenaire, and the imperious but loveless Count, Édouard de Montray--however, Garance, after so many barren years, now seems to need only one man. In the end, trusting a frail and modest rose is beautiful but cruel. Is there anyone who can accept the naked truth of an unrequited love?
Plot Keywords: french cinema, classic film, romanticism, theater, paris, 19th century, love ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On the brink of WWII, the record-breaking aviator, André Jurieux, safely lands at a small airport crammed with reporters, only to come face to face with his worst fear: the object of his desire, Christine--a blonde noblewoman and wife of the affluent Marquis de la Cheyniest, Robert--is not there to greet him. Intent on winning her back, André accepts his friend Octave's invitation for a lavish hunting weekend at the aristocrat's palatial country estate at La Coliniere, among hand-picked guests and the mansion's servants; however, intrigue, rivalries, and human weaknesses threaten to expose both royalty and paupers alike. Who will breach the unwritten rules of the game?
Plot Keywords: french film, classic film, satire, high society, social commentary, dark comedy, ensemble cast ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Besides the two of them, are a cabin boy and the strange old second mate Pere Jules. Soon bored by life on the river, she slips off to see the nightlife when they come to Paris. Angered by this, Jean sets off, leaving Juliette behind. Overcome by grief and longing for his wife, Jean falls into a depression and Pere Jules goes and tries to find Juliette.
Plot Keywords: french film, classic film, black and white film, love story, working class, realism, sexual undertones ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the 30's, in Paris, the playboy Henri Pasquier is supported by his father, Dr. Pasquier with money and a brandy new car. When Dr. Pasquier decides to suspend the allowance and sell the car to force Henri to get a job, he leaves home and associates to a gang of car thieves. Henri falls in love for the thief Jeannette, and when they are betrayed by their boss, they decide to move to Casablanca and straight their lives.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, french film, black and white, classic, 1930s, paris ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Italian laborer Toni (Charles Blavette), loved by Marie (Jenny Helia), falls tragically for Spanish Josepha (Celia Montalvan) near Marseille.
Plot Keywords: french film, 1930s, realism, working class, immigration, love, tragedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A tattooed man (Michel Simon) brings back a barge captain's (Jean Dasté) bride (Dita Parlo) when she runs away on the Seine.
Plot Keywords: french film, classic film, black and white film, love story, working class, romanticism, surrealism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A bourgeois Frenchman (Charles Granval) saves the life of a dirty tramp (Michel Simon) who proceeds to seduce his wife (Marcelle Hainia) and take over the house.
Plot Keywords: french film, comedy, classic, black and white film, 1930s, social satire, paris ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin), one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby Gould (Mireille Balin), a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her. She also reminds him of all the things he loves about Paris. Even as Pépé knows he is being trailed by Inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux), he considers a future with Gaby.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, romance, film noir, french, fugitive, gangster ...
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