List of French films of 1978

A list of films produced in France in 1978.

Films

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
L'amour en question	Andre Cayatte	Annie Girardot, Bibi Andersson	Crime	^[1]
L'Argent des autres	Christian de Chalonge	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claude Brasseur, Michel Serrault	Drama	^[2]
Blood Relatives	Claude Chabrol	Donald Sutherland, Aude Landry, Lisa Langlois	N/a	French-Canadian co-production^[3]
Les Bronzés	Patrice Leconte	Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot	Comedy	^[4]
Bye Bye Monkey	Marco Ferreri	Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco	Comedy drama	Italian–French co-production^[5]
La Cage aux Folles	Édouard Molinaro	Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru	Comedy	French–Italian co-production^[6]
Dossier 51	Michel Deville	François Marthouret, Daniel Mesguich, Philippe Rouleau	Thriller	^[7]
Empire of Passion	Nagisa Oshima	Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takahiro Tamura	Drama	French–Japanese co-production^[8]
Enfantasme	Sergio Gobbi	Agostina Belli, Stefano Satta Flores	N/a	Italian–French co-production^[9]
Fedora	Billy Wilder	Marthe Keller, William Holden, Hildegard Knef		West German–French co-production^[10]
Fire's Share	Étienne Périer	Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin	N/a	^[11]
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs	Bertrand Blier	Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure	Comedy	Belgian–French co-production^[12]
The Green Room	François Truffaut	Jean Dasté, François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye	Drama	^[13]
The Guardian Angel	Jacques Fournier	Margaret Trudeau, André Falcon, Francis Lemaire	Romantic comedy
Je suis timide... mais je me soigne	Pierre Richard	Pierre Richard, Aldo Maccione, Mimi Coutelier	N/a	^[14]
Little Girl in Blue Velvet	Alan Bridges	Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Lara Wendel	N/a	^[15]
One Page of Love	Maurice Rabinowicz	Ève Bonfanti, Adrian Brine	N/a
Un papillon sur l'épaule	Jacques Deray	Lino Ventura, Nicole Garcia, Claudine Auger	Thriller	^[16]
The Pawn	Christian Gion	Henri Guybet, Claude Jade, Maureen Kerwin	Comedy	^[17]
Perceval le Gallois	Éric Rohmer	Fabrice Luchini, André Dussolier, Arielle Dombasle	Drama	French–Italian-West German co-production
Les petits câlins	Jean-Marie Poiré		N/a	^[18]
Les Raisins de la Mort	Jean Rollin	Marie-Georges Pascal, Serge Marquand, Felix Marten	Horror	^[19]
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna	Chantal Akerman	Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël	Drama	West German–Belgian–French co-production^[20]^[21]
The Medusa Touch	Jack Gold	Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick	Thriller	French–British co-production^[22]
Second Wind	Gérard Blain	Robert Stack, Anicée Alvina	Drama	^[23]
A Simple Story	Claude Sautet	Romy Schneider, Bruno Cremer, Claude Brasseur	Drama	^[24]
Surprise Sock	Jean-François Davy	Bernadette Lafont, Rufus, Anna Karina	Comedy	^[25]
The Suspended Vocation	Raúl Ruiz			^[26]
Le Témoin	Jean-Pierre Mocky	Alberto Sordi, Philippe Noiret, Roland Dubillard		French-Italian co-production^[27]
Victims of Vice	Jacques Scandelari	Marie-Georges Pascal, Patrice Valota, Philippe Castelli	Crime	^[28]
Violette Nozière	Claude Chabrol	Isabelle Huppert, Jean Carmet, Stéphane Audran	Drama	^[29]
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?	Ted Kotcheff	George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley	Comedy
La Zizanie	Claude Zidi	Louis de Funès, Annie Girardot, Maurice Risch	Comedy	^[30]

References

Footnotes

↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 307.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "L'Argent des Autres". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 310.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Les Bronzés". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Bye Bye Monkey". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Blaise, Judd. "La Cage aux Folles". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Dossier 51". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "In the Realm of Passion". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Curti 2017, p. 190.
↑ "Fedora". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ "La Part du feu" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "The Green Room". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ "Je suis timide... mais je me soigne" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ "La Petite fille en velours bleu" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Un papillon sur l'épaule". Allmovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Le Pion (1978) - Christian Gion | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ "Les petits calins" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
↑ Firsching, Robert. "Les Raisins de la Mort". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Les Rendez-Vous D'Anna". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ "Les Rendez-vous d'Anna". Filmportal.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "The Medusa Touch". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ "Un Second souffle". AlloCiné. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "A Simple Story". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "Les Raisins de la Mort". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ "La vocation suspendue". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 313.
↑ "Brigade Mondaine". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Erickson, Hal. "Violette Nozière". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
↑ Fountain, Clarke. "La Zizanie". Allmovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1476629605.
Curti, Roberto; Lafond, Frank (2026). French Thrillers of the 1970s: Volume I, Crime Films. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-8681-3. LCCN 2025048366.

External links

French films of 1978 at the Internet Movie Database
French films of 1978 at Cinema-francais.fr

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond2026307-1] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 307.

[2] Fountain, Clarke. "L'Argent des Autres". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond2026310-3] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 310.

[4] Fountain, Clarke. "Les Bronzés". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[5] Fountain, Clarke. "Bye Bye Monkey". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[6] Blaise, Judd. "La Cage aux Folles". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[7] Fountain, Clarke. "Dossier 51". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[8] Fountain, Clarke. "In the Realm of Passion". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017190-9] Curti 2017, p. 190.

[10] "Fedora". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[11] "La Part du feu" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[12] Erickson, Hal. "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[13] Erickson, Hal. "The Green Room". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[14] "Je suis timide... mais je me soigne" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[15] "La Petite fille en velours bleu" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved June 11, 2015.

[16] Fountain, Clarke. "Un papillon sur l'épaule". Allmovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[17] Fountain, Clarke. "Le Pion (1978) - Christian Gion | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[18] "Les petits calins" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

[19] Firsching, Robert. "Les Raisins de la Mort". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[20] Fountain, Clarke. "Les Rendez-Vous D'Anna". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[21] "Les Rendez-vous d'Anna". Filmportal.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[22] Fountain, Clarke. "The Medusa Touch". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[23] "Un Second souffle". AlloCiné. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

[24] Erickson, Hal. "A Simple Story". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[25] Fountain, Clarke. "Les Raisins de la Mort". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[26] "La vocation suspendue". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[FOOTNOTECurtiLafond2026313-27] Curti & Lafond 2026, p. 313.

[28] "Brigade Mondaine". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[29] Erickson, Hal. "Violette Nozière". AllMovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[30] Fountain, Clarke. "La Zizanie". Allmovie. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

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