THEME EXPLORATION

French military

21 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Breaker Morant
1980 · Bruce Beresford

Chasers
1994 · Dennis Hopper

La Bandera
1935 · Julien Duvivier

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat
1959 · Blake Edwards

Jeanne d’Arc
1900 · Georges Méliès

Cop Game
1988 · Frank Miller

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo

Day of Freedom
1935 · Leni Riefenstahl

Flesh and the Woman

Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak

Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds
1958 · Andrzej Wajda

Portrait from Life

Portrait from Life
1948 · Terence Fisher

Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson

Cemetery of Splendor

Cemetery of Splendor
2015 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Fort York
1972 · David Cronenberg

Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo

Sisu
2022 · Jalmari Helander

813
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Ang Lee

Camp de Thiaroye

Camp de Thiaroye
1988 · Ousmane Sembène

Broken Arrow
1996 · John Woo

Carmen
1984 · Francesco Rosi

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Jean-Pierre Melville France

Melville's films obsessively explore French military honor, resistance, and the code of soldiers through works like 'Army of Shadows' and 'Le Samouraï.'

François Truffaut France

Truffaut examined French military history and the human cost of war through intimate character studies in films like 'The Last Metro' and 'The Story of Adèle H.'