Help; identify a film....

[Wanderer]

This is driving me mad. As I'm living (nominally) in a French-speaking country, I thought I try and seek some of the old French film I used to watch on TV, always a film buff and a bit arty-farty.

There was this one, it was a guy, living in what I assumed was a Parisienne banlieu, near to a Metro station, and the guy could see the entrance/exit from his flat, or it was very close and connected in the story in someway. The Metro station (which was underground) was significant in the story.

Black and white, 50's, 60's, 70's perhaps 80's but no later.

Not much to go on but any ideas arty-farty types?

 

[Evo Cymru]

Aren’t they all like that! Not the film but reminds me of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_(film)

 

[BennyD]

You don’t identify french films with reference to railway stations, you identify them from the copious amounts of sex. If not, you are watching the wrong ones and are in danger of being classified as a nutless geek.

 

[Wanderer]

I looked at that - bit too 80's!

Downloading Amelie - enjoyed it ages ago will try without subbies.....

Je me casse!!

 

[midlifecrisis]

The best film set in France is Ronin, but no doubt Benny will say Henry V

 

[BennyD]

The best film set in France is Ronin, but no doubt Benny will say Henry V

A worthy guess but I’ll go with The Longest Day. While it wasn’t us beating the CESMs it gave them a debt they will never be able to repay, which will irk them even more than losing to us yet again.

 

[CatmanV2]

The best film set in France is Ronin, but no doubt Benny will say Henry V

I think you mean 'Intouchables'

C

 

[midlifecrisis]

I think you mean 'Intouchables'

C

No, I don't. Intouchables just has a QP in it. None of us would have heard of it or watched it if it didn't have the QP in it. Ronin doesn't have any Maseratis in it but I think we've all seen it

 

[CatmanV2]

No, I mean Intouchables is the best film set in France

C

 

[MarkMas]

The best film set in France is Ronin, but no doubt Benny will say Henry V

But what about 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?'

 

[Wanderer]

But what about 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?'

And 'The Train' with Burt Lancaster....

 

[bay]

Look : LE MÉTRO AU CINÉMA (liste de films)

 

[Oneball]

And 'The Train' with Burt Lancaster....

or Day of the Jackal

 

[MarkMas]

Look : LE MÉTRO AU CINÉMA (liste de films)

I like this: "Playboys are driving Ferrari and Gentlemen are driving Maserati"

 

[rs48635]

No, I mean Intouchables is the best film set in France

C

Will check it this weekend - how bad can it be?

 

[Wanderer]

Look : LE MÉTRO AU CINÉMA (liste de films)

Cheers, looks interesting!

 

[CatmanV2]

Will check it this weekend - how bad can it be?

No seriously, it's a great movie. Ronin was good, too, though

C

 

[Wanderer]

The Red Balloon is such a lovely film, quite short, no (or hardly any) dialogue but the cinematography is stunning.

 

[hashluck]

Repulsion is a French film I could never figure out whether it was brilliant or repulsive

 

[Navcorr]

Anyone know this film/scene? French women - gotta' love 'em
(Safe for work)

Tomato.mp4

drive.google.com

Edit: The simply sublime Sandrine Bonnaire in Monsieur Hire. An odd tale.
Disturbing and somewhat creepy at times. Touching too though.