A road accident in Nîmes brings the toreador Francisco Jimenez
into contact with Manuel Vasquez, a radiologist. The latter lives
a sheltered life with his wife Marion, who shares his interest in
classical music. A former surgeon who caused the accidental death
of a patient during an operation, the son of a Republican who died in
the fight against Franco, Manuel rejects everything that reminds him of
Spain...
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.