Classics
A nation home to the Golden Age of cinema and the groundbreaking New Wave movement, Cinémoi provides its audience a chance to revisit their favourite French films of yesteryear or unearth new and unique treasures, courtesy of Renoir, Carné, Truffaut et al.
Director: Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau’s surrealist masterpiece explores the psyche of...
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Mysterious letters, signed by the anonymous ‘Raven’, dog the inhabitants of a small French town, inciting fear,...
Director: Alain Resnais
A man and woman in a lavish hotel attempt to resolve the mystery of their previous meeting...
Director: Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy’s vibrant tale of gamblers set in the glamorous Cote D’Azur starring an elegant Jeanne Moreau...
Director: Peter Brook
The life of Jeanne Moreau’s bored bourgeois mother takes an unexpected twist after she witnesses a murder....
Eva 1962
(102 mins)
Director: Joseph Losey
A shady novelist meets his match in the form of Jeanne Moreau’s merciless seductress par excellence, Eva,...
Director: Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel directs Jeanne Moreau as the social-climbing chambermaid Célestine in this politically charged adaptation of Octave...
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His very American...
Director: Julien Duvivier
Adventure, romance and deceit hound ‘Pépé Le Moko’ (Jean Gabin), the chief of a band of robbers...
Director: Marcel Carné
Screen legends Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan and Michel Simon star in Marcel Carné’s atmospheric tale of a...
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard’s controversial political, gangster thriller, focusing on a young couple belonging to rival terrorist factions, marks...
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Cluzot’s definitive French crime classic stars Louis Jouvet as an inspector on the case of a...
Director: Jean Renoir
Screen legends Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay and Eric von Stroheim star in Jean Renoir’s classic anti-war epic,...
Director: Jacques Becker
The perfect heist goes tragically wrong in Jacques Becker’s legendary French noir, with Jean Gabin and Lino...
Director: Marcel Carné
Screen legends Jean Gabin and Arletty unite in Marcel Carné’s poetic tale of a hardened boxing trainer...
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville’s searing drama brings together two Nouvelle Vague icons, Jean-Paul Belmondo (Breathless) and Emmanuelle Riva (Hiroshima...
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
‘Le Doulos’ translates as the finger man or rat. Maurice (Serge Reggiani), a burglar who has been...
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Once a renowned criminal, the ageing ‘Bob the gambler’ (Roger Duchesne) now restricts his shady dealings to...
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Of all the pioneering, innovative and influential French films that were released in the late 50s, there...
Le Trou 1960
(115 mins)
Director: Jacques Becker
After a lukewarm reception on its initial release, Jacques Becker’s Le Trou has since garnered a considerable...
Director: Jean Gremillon
Jean Gremillon’s classic is a doomed love story, which boasts a legendary team of cast and crew.
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Director: François Truffaut
The best film ever made about adultery
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Director: François Truffaut
The writers Jules (a German) and Jim (a Frenchman) share many views on art and literature. Their...
Rififi 1955
(117 mins)
Director: Jules Dassin
The aging gangster Tony le Stéphanois has just served five years in jail for a jewel heist. ...
Director: François Truffaut
Growing up in a modest environment, the spirited Antoine encounters stern punishment both at home and at...
