一战前，德国人祖（奥斯卡·威内尔 Oskar Werner 饰）和法国人占（亨利·赛尔 Henri Serre饰）在巴黎结识。他们意趣相投，对诗歌和小说都有强烈而共同的兴趣，甚至二人为着同一个雕塑也着迷。顺理成章地，祖与占都爱上了同一个女子：聪明貌美的凯瑟琳（让娜·莫罗 Jeanne Moreau饰）。
在这样的关系中，占选择了成全温柔单纯的祖。他们一起到乡间度假，度过了美妙时光。然而一战的爆发，却让他们失去了联系，在自己国家服役期间，他们多么担心会在战场上杀死自己的好友。而祖，从不间断地给妻子凯瑟琳写信。
战争结束，祖与占再次相遇，占觉察到祖和凯瑟琳的关系很糟糕——她对婚姻以外的感情从没停止过追逐，喜欢在各种爱情关系中享受自由。占在祖家中住下，凯瑟琳毫不掩饰对占的爱，这段三角关系平衡而快乐的维系着，旁人完全看不透。当占要离去时，凯瑟琳直率锐利的性格让事情起了变化……

美国内战时期，法国大作家Victor Hugo的二女儿Adele Hugo（伊莎贝尔·阿佳妮 Isabelle Adjani饰）漂洋过海来到加拿大的Halifax寻找自己的爱人——英国军官Pinson（布鲁斯·罗宾逊 Bruce Robinson）。然而Pinson却已移情别恋，对Adele异常冷漠。Adele想尽一切方法想挽回Pinson皆告失败。而另一方面，当地高昂的生活费也让Adele难以承受，只能一次又一次要求父亲汇钱。此时的Hugo正流亡在一个小岛上，妻子病重，两人多次希望Adele能返回家中，但Adele坚持留在加拿大。恋情的失败让Adele经常想起她溺水身亡的姐姐，她的精神开始变得错乱。之后，Pinson跟着部队离开Halifax前往另一个小岛Barbados，Adele也跟随而去，在那里，她的病情日益恶化，最终被送回法国，在休养院里度过余生，最终于一战时期悄然离世。
本片是关于雨果二女儿Adele的传记片，扮演Adele的伊莎贝尔·阿佳妮获当年奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。

英国古典文学勃朗特三姐妹的传记故事

法国新浪潮名将弗朗科依斯．特鲁芬特自导自演的代表作之一，根据十八世纪法国的一宗真人真事改编。
一名小孩子在丛林中长大，被带回文明社会。弗朗科依斯．特鲁芬特饰演的医生用耐心教导这个野孩子一点一滴地适应新的生活，又让他学习听话和说话，终于达成了两人之间的沟通。本片用最基本的电影技巧平实交代故事，将镜头焦点完全集中在医生与野孩子之间的互动过程，看来有点平淡，但流露出浓厚的文化色彩，对人类学感兴趣的观众尤其不可错过。

1929年，法国东部小镇。记者朱里安（弗朗索瓦·特吕弗 Francois Truffaut 饰）的爱妻茱莉在十年前就已过世，可他仍痴痴地沉浸在对亡妻的眷恋中，无法忘怀。绿房，是他用来供奉亡妻的地方，屋中的铺陈摆设尽是亡妻之物。在拍卖行，朱里安邂逅了美丽的拍卖商助理塞西莉亚（娜塔莉·贝伊 Nathalie Baye 饰）。同样感性多情的塞西莉亚与朱里安之间渐渐产生了微妙的情愫。然而一场火灾烧毁了绿屋，朱里安说服了主教重建教堂以继续供奉爱妻和已逝朋友的亡灵。此时的塞西莉亚已深深地爱上了他，可朱里安对这份浓浓的爱意却仍然视而不见。
由法国著名导演弗朗索瓦·特吕弗自编自导自演的影片《绿屋》根据亨利·詹姆斯作品改编而成。

在18世纪的法国，一个女孩(苏珊娜·西蒙宁)被迫违背自己的意愿宣誓成为一名修女。三位母亲的上级(莫尼夫人，圣克里斯汀修女和谢尔夫人)对待她的方式完全不同，从母性关怀，虐待狂迫害，到女同性恋的欲望。苏珊娜的美德给每个人带来灾难，这是对启蒙哲学家丹尼斯·狄德罗对宗教滥用的猛烈抨击的忠实改编。

西蒙是考古学家，一次在法国南部指挥一个项目时，遇见了可爱的伊丽莎白，两人一见钟情，一起度过了两个月的甜蜜日子。后来西蒙突然痉挛，似乎死去，但又奇迹般地活了过来。伊丽莎白开始沉思生与死的问题。他是从来世回来的吗？那短暂的死亡究竟意味着什么？西蒙不想接受治疗，他俩跟另一对朋友讨论起这件事。对方是神职人员，对于自杀有强烈的宗教观点。

故事发生在1957年的法国巴黎，安妮（贝蒂·施奈德 Betty Schneider 饰）在哥哥的带领下参加了一个聚会，在聚会上，她邂逅了特里（弗朗索瓦丝·佩武 Françoise Prévost 饰）和戏剧导演杰拉德（贾尼·埃斯波西托 饰），杰拉德正在排演一出莎士比亚的戏剧，剧组遭遇了经济困难，为了帮助杰拉德攻克难关，安妮决定加入剧组。 特里的男友胡安前段时间遭遇了不测，虽然表面看来他是自杀身亡，但特里和安妮都觉得其中必有蹊跷。菲利普（Daniel Crohem 饰）从美国逃亡到法国，他告诫特里和安妮，让她们注意自己的人身安全，不要重蹈胡安的覆辙。在排演的过程中，安妮一直试图寻找着胡安自杀的真相。

1661年，在法国执掌大权的马萨林主教生命垂危，年轻的路易十四决定亲自掌权，他依仗马萨林的得力助手科尔贝，排挤了利欲熏心、依仗太后势力的总监福凯，把所有的权力集中到了自己一人手中，并开始修建宏大的凡尔赛宫，为的是控制贵族，并营造欧洲历史上史无前例的“太阳王”形象。

法国大导阿伦雷乃1983年作品。本片用三个故事阐述他的观点，同时向法国电影史上三位巨人致敬：梅里爱、莱皮埃、侯麦。第一个故事发生在1914年，一个贵族建立了“幸福殿堂”，邀请一帮朋友，给他们一剂特殊的药，然后把他们放进巨大的摇篮，让他们重新回到“孩提时代”；第二个故事发生在当代，依然是那个宫殿，一群专家正在召开研讨会，讨论“想像力教育”。穿插在两个故事之间是一个古代魔幻故事，讲一群森林里的孩子梦幻一场坏国王和好骑士的战争。

这是戈达尔讽刺人性的史诗，这是我的观点；因为那个时代里的一切标志性元素都可以在这部电影里找到：欲望，权利，战争，阴影，共产主义，对立，愚弄，还有虚无和荒谬；当我们把这一大包的词汇卷集到一起，触摸到的荆棘多得惊人。我断定这是个披着导演外衣的朋克，原因就是2000年看的两部电影，一部是更加令人触目惊心的“周末”，另一部就是这个“卡宾枪手”。

克劳德（让-皮埃尔·利奥德 Jean-Pierre Léaud 饰）结识了名叫安娜（吉卡·马克汉姆 Kika Markham 饰）的美丽女子，两人交往了一段时间后觉得十分投缘，安娜遂即要请克劳德到自己的家中做客。在安娜的家中，克劳德见到了安那性格内向害羞腼腆的妹妹米瑞尔（斯塔西·汤德黛 Stacey Tendeter 饰），之后，克劳德向米瑞尔展开了热烈的攻势。
在遭到了米瑞尔的拒绝之后，克劳德离开了伤心地，决定开始新的生活，在此期间，他一直和米瑞尔保持着信件来往。一次偶然中，克劳德遇见了久违的安娜，孤男寡女相见犹如干柴烈火，但这种关系并没有维持多久，很快，安娜就和克劳德的朋友狄尔卡（Philippe Léotard 饰）在一起了，但是，克劳德与安娜和米瑞尔之间的故事并没有就此结束。

Australia is about Edouard Pierson, a Belgian-born wool dealer who emigrated to Australia after World War Two. The movie actual takes place in Belgium as he returns to his homeland to assist his family with their wool business. Edouard was left a single father after his girlfriend died and when he goes to moxia.cc Belgium he leaves behind this young girl, whom his family don't know about. He meets a beautiful woman, Jeanne, another single parent, and an intense relationship develops. Edouard's relationship with his family has its ups and downs and many secrets are revealed before the movie's conclusion ties everything together.

Dubbed "the most Catholic of all film directors" by one critic, I guess it was only a matter of time before Roberto Rossellini tackled the life of Christ on celluloid. Ironically, this he did in what proved to be his last feature film which was, in itself, a follow-up to his TV mini-series ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (1969). That earlier work was interesting for treating little-known passages from the New Testament but, with an unhurried pace and a generally unassuming tone, the end result was decidedly meandering. Conversely, THE MESSIAH presents all-too-familiar events – with the overall effect feeling lengthy still, yet distinctly more cinematic. That said, it starts off with the arrival of the Jews in the Promised Land and the appointment of their first king (Saul) before moving on to the life of Christ; actually, this is also one of the few films to show the famous incident in which Jesus is lost in the temple as a boy. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't stray much from the spirit – or word – of the Gospels: even so, in the throes of an agonizing death, Herod The Great (played by Vittorio Caprioli – though his trademark flustered demeanor is downplayed by having his voice dubbed) is seen planning the annihilation of his own subjects akin to the practice of ancient Egyptian rulers!
Incidentally, the rich and commanding voice of Christ himself is supplied by Enrico Maria Salerno – a superb actor in his own right who had actually already handled the very same task in THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1964) – which is effectively contrasted with the inconspicuous appearance of the young man who appears in the role (perhaps best approximating the Lothaire Bluteau of Jesus OF MONTREAL [1989]). This Messiah, then, is far removed from the striking good-looks of Jeffrey Hunter (KING OF KINGS [1961]) and Robert Powell (the Jesus OF NAZARETH [1977] TV mini-series) or the brooding power of Max von Sydow (THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD [1965]) and Willem Dafoe (THE LAST TEMPTATION OF Christ [1988])! Naturally, the bulk of the narrative is devoted to Christ's public life – though no overdue emphasis is placed on the miracles he performed (these are mentioned but rarely seen) – which also provides the film with its essential core…since the latter section, revolving around the more commonly-depicted events of Jesus' trial (where Jean Martin, the French Colonel in THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS [1966], nonetheless makes for a fine Pontius Pilate), crucifixion and eventual resurrection are curiously skimped here!
The subplot involving John The Baptist, however, is quite nicely handled; by the way, the only other recognizable face in the cast is that of Tina Aumont (even if her contribution amounts to no more than a few minutes of screen-time!) as the adulteress Christ famously pardons by denouncing her pursuers instead. The score is, once again, by Mario Nascimbene – though it's not as prominent as his work on ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. On the visual side, the film seems closest to the contemporaneous Jesus OF NAZARETH – yet the lyrical style and quiet dignity on display makes of THE MESSIAH a more than worthy companion piece to Pier Paolo Pasolini's aforementioned (and more renowned) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW. With this in mind, while perhaps not the definitive film on the subject, it certainly emerges as an underrated achievement – both among the myriad treatments (including those by such great directors as D. W. Griffith, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Cecil B. DeMille and Abel Gance) of Christ's life over the years and in Rossellini's own highly respected canon.

All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. The story is set at a shopping mall where people audition for an upcoming show. Afterwards, they are seen going through the grueling routines of learning the music and rehearsing.