Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

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A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world an...

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

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At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flas...

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory se...

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Back home in Bujumbura with a Parisian diploma in his pocket and expecting to walk into a civil serv...

Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night h...

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone...

For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by ...

Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict betw...

The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story re...

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a g...

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have...

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette ...

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