Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Mandabi (The Money Order) (1968)
- Dir. Ousmane Sembene
- The first significant film to be made in an African language (Wolof), directed by the 'father of African cinema', Ousmane Sembène. The title…
Firemen's Ball, The (1967)- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebanek, Josef Valnoha - Early film from the director of AMADEUS and CUCKOO'S NEST is an engaging, off–beat collection of comic vignettes, including a clumsy beauty…
Ladies of the Night (Plus vieux métier du monde, Le) (1967)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Philippe de Broca, Claude Autant-Lara
Feat. Anna Karina, Elsa Martinelli, Jeanne Moreau… - A six–segment portmanteau comedy which traces the history of prostitution from its Stone Age version (being the 'oldest profession') through to…
Les Grandes Vacances (The Big Vacation) (1967)- Dir. Jean Girault
Feat. Louis de Funès, Ferdy Mayne - French comedy great Louis de Funès plays dictatorial headmaster to his two wayward sons, who rock the boat when sent to England as exchange students.
Playtime (1967)- Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati - Tati's satirical vision of modern city life and brutalist architecture is his magnum opus. His alter–ego Mr. Hulot goes about his third…
Thief of Paris, The (Le Voleur) (1967)- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Genevieve Bujold, Marie Dubois - Enjoyable comedy with Belmondo as a young man cheated of his inheritance who in turn develops a taste for thieving. Set in Paris at the turn of the…
Don't Look Now We're Being Shot At (La Grande Vadrouille) (1966)- Dir. Gerard Oury
Feat. Andre Bourvil, Gerard Oury, Louis de Funès - Side–splitting war caper turns a downed British bomber over Paris into a hilarious escape from German clutches. One of France’s highest…
Fists in the Pocket (1965)- Dir. Marco Bellochio
Feat. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Mase - A ferocious intensity pervades this bitter yet utterly startling tale of a family afflicted with epilepsy, blindness and frustration, unafforded the…
Paris vu par (Six in Paris) (1965)- Dir. Eric Rohmer, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol
- Passionate, parochial anthology of New Wave shorts from six of France's best: Godard, Chabrol and Rohmer headline a concoction of Parisian sketches…
Shop on High Street, The (The Shop on Main Street) (1965)- Dir. Jan Kadar
- A key film of the Czech film renaissance of the 1960s, that explores 'everyday fascism' through the story of a Jewish shopkeeper who mistakes her…
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