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 Director: François Truffaut (1964)
Francois Truffaut directed this simple tale of revenge and adultery which features an exceptional musical score by Georges Delerue. The story concerns a love affair between successful literary magazine editor Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) and alluring airline stewardess, Nicole Chomette (Francoise Dorleac). They meet on a flight to Lisbon, where Pierre is [...]

 Director: Jean-Luc Godard (1964)
One of pioneering director Jean-Luc Godard’s most accessible films is this French spin on Dolores Hitchens’ novel Fool’s Gold. It tells the tale of three disaffected youths who plan a burglary, leading to deadly results. The alienated young trio is marvelous, particularly Anna Karina, and the early scenes of their clearly overdeveloped [...]

 Regie: Jean Girault (1964)
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He’s struggling with persistent nude swimmers, but even more with his teenage daughter, who’s trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor. He gets drawn into it when he [...]

 Director: Jacques Demy (1964)
In the innovative film THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, Jacques Demy pays loving homage to the Hollywood musical as well as the French melodrama. The film is shot in Cherbourg, France, using inventive cinematography and blazing colors and textures. Local life is rendered in pink, orange, green, and blue. Wallpapers and umbrella patterns, [...]