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ESSENTIAL FRENCH FILMS

By: Kenji


Pierrot le Fou

Chronological order, a list of favourites and essentials

My favourites:

The Green Ray (Rohmer)
Rules of the Game (Renoir)
Celine and Julie go Boating (Rivette)
Hiroshima mon Amour (Resnais)
Pierrot le Fou (Godard)
Casque d’Or (Becker)
A Day in the Country (Renoir)
L’Atalante (Vigo)
Children of Paradise (Carné)
The Double Life of Véronique (Kieslowski)
Orphée (Cocteau)
Claire’s Knee (Rohmer)
My Night at Maud’s (Rohmer)
Madame de (Ophuls)
Judex (Franju)
My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (Rohmer)
Innocence (Hadzihalilovic)
Grand Illusion (Renoir)
Sans Soleil (Marker)
Regular Lovers (Garrel)


A Day in the Country

Missing from Mubi:

La Saucisse (Guy-Blaché)
Heroine (Guy-Blaché)


Casque d’Or

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4 more lists:

Le Cinéma, c’est Jean Renoir
Eric Rohmer
11 Great French Film Stars
Alice Guy-Blaché, Queen of the Pioneers

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Le Bonheur (Varda)

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CINEMA OF FRANCE

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Madame de

 

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Lostcontrol

25Jan12

You write in the favorites section that A Day In The Country is Rohmer, just to correct you it's Renoir, just a dumb mistake and you probably already knew it but you just haven't noticed that you wrote wrong.

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    Kenji

    25Jan12

    Ah yes, well spotted- i've done a list each on Rohmer and Renoir, among my favourite directors. Strange noone mentioned it before!

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chanandre

4Jan12

There's nice taste, good taste, great taste and then, there's YOUR taste. Superb list. I love this list. I loooooooooooove Casque d'Or but I hated Le Bonheur, his fancy-free demeanor vis-à-vis cheating actually hurt me. But it's a Varda film and she does not make a bad film ever.

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    Kenji

    4Jan12

    I love Casque d'Or too. It should be famous worldwide cos it's pretty well perfect. The wife's pain in Le Bonheur is all the more poignant for me due to its being hidden by his "fancy free" spirit and in contrast to the earlier bonheur. The final part may seem callous, overly relaxed or surprising and thought-provoking.

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Michael S. Templin

14Dec11

Spanning 1896-2011, what a comprehensive list!

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Varun Anisetty

4Dec11

Great list!

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