Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
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...
Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wi...
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by ...
During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into Ger...
“My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite France...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's mo...
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia fee...
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...
A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Mar...
A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virt...
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characte...
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband...
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship w...
Paris, 1967. Disillusioned by their suburban lifestyles, a group of middle-class students, led by Gu...
Bored and restless, Alice spends much of her time lusting after Jim, a local sawmill worker. When no...
A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.