Atrocious Tales of Love and Death (1979)
1979A restaurant mandolin player becomes involved with his maestro’s wife and his maestro’s daughter-in-law.
Actors: Michel Piccoli
L’ange noir (1994) aka The Black Angel
1994A judge’s wife kills a guy, saying he tried to rape her. But it will be revealed that he was her lover, and she will also begin an affair with her defense lawyer.
Les noces rouges (1973) aka Wedding in Blood
1973Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne’s husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre’s wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne’s husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business.
The Last Woman (1975) aka La derniere Femme
1976A chick leaves her older boyfriend to come live with a brash, young one. After having sex with him for a few days, she comes back to his ex-bf’s place and spends four hours with him while her new boyfriend waits for her outside.
Contempt (1963)
1963Screenwriter Paul Javal’s marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.
The Game Is Over (1966) aka La curée
1966Renee Saccard is a pampered, selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman who falls in love with her stepson but is driven to the point of madness when her husband tricks the stepson into betraying her.
Belle de Jour (1967)
1967A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute. Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her […]
Death in a French Garden (1985)
1985A guy is hired by an affluent couple to teach guitar to their daughter and he is immediately seduced by the wife.
5×2 (2004)
2004As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion’s joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.