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Subgenre Sampler
Naughty Girl (Cette Sacree Gamine) (1956)- Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Fabian - A con–artist father leaves his devious minx of a daughter in the hands of a performer who discovers the girl is bent on disrupting his life the…
Plucking the Daisy (Mademoiselle Striptease) (1956)- Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Roger Vadim - One of the Brigitte Bardot/Roger Vadim light comedies that relies on Bardot's charms rather more than the simple story of a smalltown woman who is…
Bob Le Flambeur (Bob the Gambler) (1955)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corney - Superb French noir from the dir. of LE SAMOURAI, here debuting with a taut plan to rob the Deauville casino, that grows ever more perilous for…
La Strada (The Road) (1955)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Anthony Quinn - Fellini hit his stride and won a Foreign Film Oscar with this gentle road odyssey about a simple–minded clown whose loyalty to her boorish…
Lola Montes (1955)- Dir. Max Ophuls
Feat. Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook - The life of the famous 19th century courtesan provides the basis for this sophisticated portrayal of the capriciousness of fate, which leads to the…
Napoleon (1955)- Dir. Sacha Guitry
Feat. Daniel Gelin, Raymond Pellegrin, Yves Montand… - A somewhat farcical film that suffers from being dubbed into English, over–narration, and the attempt to give a complete account of Napoleon's…
Ordet (1955)- Dir. Carl Dreyer
- Hailed by many critics as dir. Dreyer's masterpiece, this deep exploration of the true meaning of Christianity, set in rural Denmark, will repay the…
Pather Panchali (1955)- Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Bannerjee - The first film from Asia's most respected film–maker also initiates his 'Apu trilogy', three of most admired films in history. A lyrical…
Rififi (1955)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Jean Servais, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel… - The French reclaim film noir with this methodical and stylish heist movie, famous for its 35 minute real–time bank robbery, executed in virtual…
Generation, A (Pokolenie) (1954)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
Feat. Roman Polanski - Fast–moving account of the Polish Resistance during WWII, as a scrappy young recruit falls in love with his unit leader. Depicts the spirited,…
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