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Subgenre Sampler

 
TraficTrafic (Traffic) (1971)
Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
Mr. Hulot's final clownish outing sees him invent a revolutionary motor car which proves to be problematic en route to Amsterdam.
Borsalino (1970)
Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Michel Bouquet
Delightful seriocomic film of two likeable hoods who become gangland chieftains in 1930s Marseilles. Music by Claude Bolling.
Claire's KneeClaire's Knee (1970) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy
The director's fifth moral tale gained him major international recognition. A curiously droll tale of a middle–aged man's obsession with the…
Domicile ConjugalDomicile Conjugal (Bed and Board) (1970)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud
Serio–comic misadventures of Truffaut's alter–ego, Antoine Doinel, an immature father–to–be who is unsettled in matrimonial…
Things of Life, The Things of Life, The (Les Choses De La Vie) (1970)
Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Jean Bouise
Golden Palm nominated French comedy focusing on the life of a fatally injured man who upon seeing his life flash before his eyes realizes he must…
Ma Nuit Chez MaudMa Nuit Chez Maud (My Night at Maud's / My Night with Maud) (1969)
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Francoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault
Rohmer's fourth moral tale again presents the idea of a man's romantic dilemma with more than one woman in his life. The wordy philosophising is…
Red LionRed Lion (Akage) (1969)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shiwa Iwashita
A fine samurai comedy from dir. Okamoto (KILL!), has a luckless soldier (Toshiro Mifune) don a brilliant red hairpiece (thus impersonating a…
SloganSlogan (1969) Recommended
Dir. Pierre Grimblat
Feat. Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg
Vivacious French romance about a reckless advertising director who throws caution to the wind and abandons his preggers wife to embark on a worldwide…
Bouncing Beauty, TheBouncing Beauty, The (The Little Bather) (1968)
Dir. Robert Dhéry
Feat. Louis de Funès, Franco Fabrizi
A zany and plotless comic gem from France's top comedian, Louis de Funès, distinctive for its hilarious visual gags. Funès plays a maniacal CEO of…
Kill!Kill! (Kiru) (1968)
Dir. Kihachi Okamoto
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
A sharp and blackly comic tale set in 1830s Japan around two bedraggled swordsman – one a former samurai (Nakadai), the other a farmer aspiring…

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