List of the best Robert Bresson movies: A Man Escaped(1956), Balthazar(1966), Pickpocket(1959), Lancelot of the Lake(1974), The Trial of Joan of Arc(1962), Mouchette(1967) ... ...
Action
France
1956
102 Minutes
Director
François Leterrier Charles Le Clainche Maurice Beerblock Roland Monod Jacques Ertaud Roger Treherne Jean Paul Delhumeau Jean-Philippe Delamare Jacques Oerlemans Klaus Detlef
prisoner of war cellmate guard tense somber cool prison cell lyon, france fort escape war nazism freedom adventure quest 1940s
A captured French Resistance fighter during WWII engineers a daunting escape from a Nazi prison in France.
Drama
France|Sweden
1966
90 Minutes
Director
Anne Wiazemsky François Lafarge Philippe Asselin Nathalie Joyaut Walter Green Jean-Claude Guilbert Pierre Klossowski François Sullerot Marie-Claire Fremont Jean Rémignard
girl donkey boyfriend owner bleak profound moving france farm abuse friendship survival injustice love growing up sacrifice 1960s
The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson's Mouchette.
Crime, Drama
France
1959
75 Minutes
Director
Martin LaSalle Marika Green Pierre Leymarie Jean Pélégri Dolly Scal Kassagi Pierre Etaix César Gattegno
pickpocket mother police detective neighbor friend striking creative france horse track police station funeral self-expression petty crime moral dilemma going straight estrangement discovery temptation 1950s
Michel passes the time by picking pockets, careful to never be caught despite being watched by the police. His friend Jacques may suspect, while both men may have their eyes on Jeanne, the pretty neighbor of Michel's ailing mother.
Drama
France|Italy
1974
85 Minutes
Director
Luc Simon Laura Duke Condominas Humbert Balsan Patrick Bernard Arthur De Montalembert
lancelot guinevere king arthur mentor brooding emotional england camelot castle adultery romance disillusionment royalty knights forbidden love love fall 12th century
King Arthur learns about his wife's, Queen Guinevere, affair with Lancelot, who at the same time remains loyal to the king, particularly after Arthur's traitorous nephew Mordred commits an attempt on his life.
Drama
UK
1962
65 Minutes
Director
Florence Carrez Jean-Claude Fourneau Roger Honorat Marc Jacquier Jean Gillibert Andre Regnier Michel Herubel Philippe Dreux Marcel Darbaud E.R. Pratt Michael Williams
bishop teen girl monk peasant witness brooding solemn profound france courtroom cell public execution joan of arc trial heresy religion faith death sentence sacrifice mystery
Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.
Drama
1967
78 Minutes
Director
Nadine Nortier Marie Cardinal Jean Vimenet Paul Hébert Suzanne Huguenin Raymonde Chabrun Jean-Claude Guilbert Marie Susini Marine Trichet
teen girl father mother poacher warden teacher dark uneasy powerful bleak france village school cabin adolescence family dysfunction poverty child abuse rape suffering