A shy bank employee unexpectedly invites a young woman to a café, leading to a one-night stand. When he shares this with his disillusioned friend, the writer helps him navigate a dazzling social ascent.

Adorable Liar

1962

French

6.4

♡ 1

Action

Comedy

Romance

Michel Deville Director

Françoise Dorléac as

Michael Lonsdale as Albert

Jean-Marc Bory as Martin

Macha Méril as Sophie

Juliette is a young woman who just can't help lying. She lies to her sister, Sophie, to Sophie's fiancé Martin, and to all the men she attracts with her womanly charms. But when she falls for an older man, a 40-year old lawyer, her reputation as a liar precedes her and she cannot convince him that she really does love him…

Sweetheart

1992

French

6.0

♡ 1

Michel Deville Director

Jacques Dutronc as Antoine / businessman-Jeanne's husband

Mathilda May as Jeanne / Antoine's wife

Benoît Magimel as Thomas

Vernon Dobtcheff as Thurston / Interpol agent

A young French police inspector, Christophe Vade, is assigned to investigate some mysterious murders in a village in the Swiss Alps. His superior is a man named Thurston, who uses some unorthodox methods to fight crime. Vade’s investigations lead him to a wealthy industrialist, Gardella, a dangerous and powerful man.

Deep Water

1981

French

6.6

♡ 10

95%

based on novel or book

Crime

Drama

father daughter relationship

husband wife relationship

jersey island

perfumer

Michel Deville Director

Jean-Luc Moreau as Joël

Isabelle Huppert as Melanie

Jean-Michel Dupuis as Philip Cowan

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Vic Allen

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.

Death in a French Garden

1985

French

6.8

♡ 7

Michel Deville Director

Richard Bohringer as Daniel Forest

Michel Piccoli as Graham Tombsthay

Nicole Garcia as Julia Tombsthay

Élisabeth Vitali as Waitress

A wealthy wife's affair with her daughter's guitar tutor is threatened when the tutor is attacked and rescued by a hired killer, leading him to suspect their secret is out.

Nuit d'été en ville

1990

French

6.0

♡ 7

Drama

Romance

Michel Deville Director

Marie Trintignant as Emilie / Woman

Jean-Hugues Anglade as Louis / Man

Unable to sleep in the sweltering heat, a young couple bares their bodies --- and their souls --- to each other over one life-changing night. They didn't know each other when the night began. It got hot, they stayed in. Now they know each other better than most.

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Adorable Liar

Sweetheart

Deep Water

Death in a French Garden

Nuit d'été en ville