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 Director: Roger Vadim (1959)
Amidst the smoky and chic world of Parisian elite, Roger Vadim (And God Created Woman, Barbarella) re-creates Choderlos de Laclos’ scathing 18th-century novel of bedroom secrets and casual cruelties. Jeanne Moreau (Jules & Jim, La Notte) and Gerard Phillipe (La Ronde, Beauty and the Beast) star as Juliette and Valmont, two charming [...]

 Director: Eric Rohmer (1959)
An impoverished musician (Jess Hahn) tries to survive in Paris after erroneously believing he was an heir apparent.
With: Jess Hahn, Michèle Girardon, Van Doude.

 Director: François Truffaut (1959)
Director François Truffaut’s first feature film, THE 400 BLOWS, is a landmark in French cinema. Antoine Doinel is a 13-year-old boy who can’t seem to do anything right. His parents yell at him and then bribe him for his love and his promises to work harder in school. Meanwhile, his schoolteacher is [...]

 Director: Alain Resnais (1959)
A cornerstone of French cinema, Alain Resnais’ first feature is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love [...]