List of the best Bernard Fresson movies: Intimate Moments(1981), French Connection II(1975), Hiroshima, mon amour(1959), Place Vendome(1998), The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun(1970), The Tenant(1976), Dingo(1991), Les Galettes de Pont-Aven(1975), Mado(1976), Germinal(1993), My Man(1996), Z(1969) ... ...
Action
USA
1975
119 Minutes
Barthélémy
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Bernard Fresson Jean-Pierre Castaldi Charles Millot Cathleen Nesbitt Pierre Collet Alexandre Fabre Philippe Léotard Jacques Dynam Raoul Delfosse
cop drug trafficker henchman gritty tense raw marseilles, france police station bar street drugs smuggling culture clash justice pursuit discovery escape 1970s
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Drama
France|Japan
1959
92 Minutes
German Lover
Emmanuelle Riva Eiji Okada Stella Dassas Pierre Barbaud Bernard Fresson
architect actress somber bleak powerful hiroshima, japan love loss memory death war discovery love 1950s
A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1998
118 Minutes
Vincent Malivert
Catherine Deneuve Jean-Pierre Bacri Emmanuelle Seigner Jacques Dutronc Bernard Fresson François Berléand Philippe Clévenot Laszlo Szabo Dragan Nikolic Otto Tausig Malik Zidi
wife husband merchant gripping tense jewelry shop paris diamonds suicide the past alcoholism jewel smuggling business discovery transformation quest 1990s
Realising a dishonest deal has been found out a diamond merchant commits suicide, leaving the gems in question for his wife. Knowing the business from the time before drink largely took ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1970
100 Minutes
Jean Yvain
Samantha Eggar Oliver Reed John McEnery Stéphane Audran Bernard Fresson Marcel Bozzuffi Martine Kelly
A secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediterranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. When a body turns up ... See full summary »
Horror
France|USA
1976
125 Minutes
Scope
Roman Polanski Isabelle Adjani Melvyn Douglas Shelley Winters Jo Van Fleet Bernard Fresson Lila Kedrova Claude Dauphin Claude Piéplu Rufus Romain Bouteille
tenant neighbor beautiful woman suicidal person chilling tense creepy gripping paris apartment building movie theater hospital paranoia supernatural city life suicide conspiracy fall mystery 1970s
A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Drama
France|Australia
1991
109 Minutes
Jacques Boulain
Colin Friels Miles Davis Helen Buday Joe Petruzzi Bernadette Lafont Bernard Fresson Brigitte Catillon Steven Shaw Helen Doig
Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy... See full summary »
Comedy
1975
105 Minutes
Emile
Jean-Pierre Marielle Dolores McDonough Claude Piéplu Jeanne Goupil Romain Bouteille Andréa Ferréol Bernard Fresson
Drama
1976
135 Minutes
Julien
Michel Piccoli Ottavia Piccolo Jacques Dutronc Romy Schneider Charles Denner Julien Guiomar Michel Arnaud Bernard Fresson
businessperson prostitute rival partner bleak somber uneasy france financial crisis aging prostitution shady dealings fall discovery quest 1970s
A prostitute (Ottavia Piccolo) is the common denominator in a middle-aged businessman's (Michel Piccoli) land swindle.
Drama, History
France|Belgium|Italy
1993
158 Minutes
Victor Deneulin
Renaud Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou Jean Carmet Judith Henry Jean-Roger Milo Laurent Terzieff Jean-Pierre Bisson Bernard Fresson Jacques Dacqmine Anny Duperey
In mid-nineteenth-century northern France, a coal mining town's workers are exploited by the mine's owner. One day, they decide to go on strike, and the authorities repress them.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
98 Minutes
Personnel Director
Anouk Grinberg Gérard Lanvin Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Olivier Martinez Sabine Azéma Mathieu Kassovitz Dominique Valadié Dominique Lollia Bernard Fresson Jacques François Michel Galabru
prostitute woman young man lover unemployed person pimp amusing passionate cheeky emotional lighthearted street france attraction passion prostitution sexual fantasy adventure rivalry temptation
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1969
127 Minutes
Matt
Yves Montand Irene Papas Jean-Louis Trintignant Jacques Perrin Charles Denner François Périer Pierre Dux Julien Guiomar Bernard Fresson Renato Salvatori Marcel Bozzuffi
political activist government official doctor murderer dark dense powerful greece city hospital police corruption political corruption city life accident cover-up rivalry sacrifice 1960s
A judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) proves a leftist's (Yves Montand) hit-and-run death was a Fascist plot.
Horror, Action, Fantasy
France
2001
142 Minutes
Samuel Le Bihan Mark Dacascos Émilie Dequenne Vincent Cassel Monica Bellucci Jérémie Renier Jean Yanne Jean-François Stévenin Hans Meyer Édith Scob Jacques Perrin
beast hunter friend scientist naturalist priest gory thrilling frightening creepy engaging france small town bordello provincial town chateau catacombs science french revolution superstition
In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.