List of French films of 1979 explained

A list of films produced in France in 1979.

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The Adolescent		Laetitia Chauveau, Simone Signoret, Edith Clever		^[1]
The Associate		Michel Serrault, Claudine Auger	Comedy
The Bronte Sisters				^[2] ^[3]
Buffet froid	Bertrand Blier	Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet	Comedy	^[4] ^[5]
Clair de femme	Costa-Gavras	Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Romollo Valli	Drama	French–Italian–West German co-production^[6] ^[7]
Collections privées	Walerian Borowczyk, Just Jaeckin, Shuji Terayama		Drama	French–Japanese co-production^[8]
Coup de tête	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Patrick Dewaere, France Dougnac, Jean Bouise		^[9]
The Dogs		Victor Lanoux, Nicole Calfan, Gérard Depardieu	Thriller	^[10] ^[11]
Don Giovanni		Ruggero Raimondi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Edda Moser	Musical	Italian–French–West German co-production^[12] ^[13]
Et la tendresse?... Bordel!	Patrick Schulmann	Jean-Luc Bideau, Bernard Giraudeau, Evelyne Dress	Comedy	^[14] ^[15]
Flic ou Voyou	Georges Lautner	Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Laforêt, Georges Géret	Thriller	^[16] ^[17]
The Hussy		Madeleine Desdevises, Claude Hebert	Comedy-drama	^[18]
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting				^[19]
I as in Icarus			Thriller	^[20]
Lady Oscar		Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christina Böhm		Japanese-French co-production^[21]
Laura	David Hamilton	James Mitchell, Maud Adams, Dawn Dunlap	Adult, drama		^[22] ^[23]
Le cavaleur	Philippe de Broca	Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Catherine Alric	Comedy	^[24] ^[25]
Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres		Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch		^[26]
Les Bronzés font du ski		Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel		^[27] ^[28]
Les Égouts du paradis	José Giovanni	Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova	Crime	^[29] ^[30]
Love on the Run		Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier	Drama	^[31]
Lovers and Liars	Mario Monicelli	Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger	Romance	Italian–French co-production^[32]
The Medic	Pierre Granier-Deferre	Véronique Jannot, Bernard Giraudeau, Alain Delon	Drama	^[33] ^[34]
Memoirs of a French Whore	Daniel Duval	Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider, Daniel Duval	Comedy-drama	^[35] ^[36]
Moonraker	Lewis Gilbert	Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michel Lonsdale	Action	British–French–American co-production^[37] ^[38]
Nosferatu the Vampyre	Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz	Horror	West German–French co-production^[39] ^[40]
Série noire		Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Bernard Blier	Crime	^[41]
Tess		Nastassja Kinski, Leigh Lawson, Peter Firth	Drama	French–British co-production^[42]
The Tin Drum	Volker Schlöndorff	David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler		West German–French co-production^[43]
Us Two		Jacques Dutronc, Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Villeret	Crime, romance	^[44]

See also

• 1979 in France

Notes

References

• Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart . The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography . October 29, 2013 . 2008 . . 978-1461673743.

External links

• French films of 1979 at the Internet Movie Database
• French films of 1979 at Cinema-francais.fr

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Adolescente. Bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
2. Web site: Les Soeurs Brontë. https://web.archive.org/web/20080423175927/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/351324. dead. April 23, 2008. BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Instititue. London. July 30, 2013.
3. Web site: Les Soeurs Brontë. Bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
4. Web site: Buffet Froid. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. German, Yuri.
5. Web site: Buffet Froid. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207103439/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/59488. dead. February 7, 2009. BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Instititue. London. July 30, 2013.
6. Web site: Clair De Femme. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Deming, Mark.
7. Web site: Clair de femme. Bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
8. Web site: Collections privées. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
9. Web site: Coup de tête. bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
10. Web site: Les Chiens. bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
11. Web site: Les Chiens. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
12. Web site: Don Giovanni. bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
13. Web site: Don Giovanni. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Erickson, Hal. Hal Erickson (author).
14. Web site: Et la tendresse?... Bordel!. bifi.fr. fr. July 31, 2013.
15. Web site: Et la tendresse?... Bordel!. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 31, 2013.
16. Web site: Flic ou voyou. bifi.fr. fr. July 31, 2013.
17. Web site: Flic ou Voyou. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
18. Web site: La Drôlesse. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
19. Web site: L'Hypothèse du tableau volé. bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
20. Web site: I... Comme Icare. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Pavlides, Dan.
21. Web site: Lady Oscar . February 1, 2016 . fr . Cineressources.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305231856/http://www.cineressources.net/recherche_t_r.php?type=FOR&pk=38344 . March 5, 2016 .
22. Web site: Laura, les Ombres de l'été. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Erickson, Hal.
23. Web site: Laura ou les ombres de l'été. Bifi.fr. July 30, 2013. fr.
24. Web site: Le cavaleur. bifi.fr. fr. July 31, 2013.
25. Web site: Le cavaleur. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Hassen, Kristie.
26. Web site: Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres. bifi.fr. fr. July 30, 2013.
27. Web site: Les Bronzés font du ski. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013.
28. Web site: Les Bronzés font du ski. bifi.fr. July 30, 2013. fr.
29. Web site: Les Égouts du paradis. bifi.fr. fr. July 31, 2013.
30. Web site: Les Égouts du paradis. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
31. Web site: Love on the Run. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. LeVasseur, Andrea.
32. Web site: Lovers and Liars. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Buchanan, Jason. July 31, 2013.
33. Web site: Le Toubib. bifi.fr. fr. July 31, 2013.
34. Web site: Le Toubib. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Mannikka, Eleanor.
35. Web site: La Dérobade. bifi.fr. fr. July 31, 2013.
36. Web site: La Dérobade. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. July 30, 2013. Pavlides, Dan.
37. Web site: Moonraker. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Erickson, Hal.
38. Web site: Moonraker. bifi.fr. July 30, 2013. fr.
39. Web site: Nosferatu the Vampyre. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Erickson, Hal.
40. Web site: Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht. Filmportal.de. July 30, 2013.
41. Web site: Série Noire. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
42. Web site: Tess. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Erickson, Hal.
43. Web site: Die Blechtrommel. Filmportal.de. July 30, 2013.
44. Web site: À Nous Deux. Allmovie. July 30, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.