List of French films of 1978 explained

A list of films produced in France in 1978.

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Bye Bye Monkey			Comedy drama	Italian–French co-production[1]
Dossier 51	Michel Deville	François Marthouret, Daniel Mesguich, Philippe Rouleau	Thriller	[2]
Empire of Passion	Nagisa Oshima	Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takahiro Tamura	Drama	French–Japanese co-production[3]
Enfantasme				Italian–French co-production
Fedora	Billy Wilder	Marthe Keller, William Holden, Hildegard Knef		West German–French co-production[4]
Fire's Share	Étienne Périer	Michel Piccoli, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin		[5]
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs			Comedy	Belgian–French co-production[6]
The Green Room			Drama	[7]
The Guardian Angel (L'Ange gardien)		Margaret Trudeau, André Falcon, Francis Lemaire	Romantic comedy
Je suis timide... mais je me soigne	Pierre Richard			[8]
L'Argent des autres			Drama	[9]
La Cage aux Folles		Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru	Comedy	French–Italian co-production[10]
L'amour en question			Crime	[11]
La Zizanie	Claude Zidi		Comedy	[12]
Les Bronzés	Patrice Leconte	Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot	Comedy	[13]
Les petits câlins	Jean-Marie Poiré			[14]
Perceval le Gallois	Éric Rohmer		Drama	French–Italian-West German co-production
Les Raisins de la Mort			Horror	[15]
Les Rendez-vous d'Anna	Chantal Akerman	Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël	Drama	West German–Belgian–French co-production[16] [17]
The Medusa Touch	Jack Gold	Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick	Thriller	French–British co-production[18]
One Page of Love		Ève Bonfanti, Adrian Brine
Little Girl in Blue Velvet				[19]
The Pawn	Christian Gion	Henri Guybet, Claude Jade, Maureen Kerwin	Comedy	[20]
Second Wind	Gérard Blain	Robert Stack, Anicée Alvina	Drama	[21]
A Simple Story	Claude Sautet	Romy Schneider, Bruno Cremer, Claude Brasseur	Drama	[22]
Surprise Sock			Comedy	[23]
The Suspended Vocation				[24]
Un papillon sur l'épaule	Jacques Deray	Lino Ventura, Nicole Garcia, Claudine Auger	Thriller	[25]
Victims of Vice			Crime	[26]
Violette Nozière		Isabelle Huppert, Jean Carmet, Stéphane Audran	Drama	[27]

See also

• 1978 in France
• 1978 in French television

References

Sources

• Book: Curti , Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979 . McFarland . 978-1476629605 . 2017 .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bye Bye Monkey. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
2. Web site: Dossier 51. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
3. Web site: In the Realm of Passion. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
4. Web site: Fedora. BFI Film & Television Databse. British Film Institute. London. June 27, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140204003626/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/26802. February 4, 2014. dead.
5. Web site: La Part du feu. Bifi.fr. fr. July 11, 2015.
6. Web site: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs. AllMovie. Erickson, Hal. Hal Erickson (author). June 27, 2013.
7. Web site: The Green Room. AllMovie. Erickson, Hal. June 27, 2013.
8. Web site: Je suis timide... mais je me soigne. Bifi.fr. fr. July 11, 2015.
9. Web site: L'Argent des Autres. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
10. Web site: La Cage aux Folles. AllMovie. Blaise, Judd. June 27, 2013.
11. Web site: L'Amour en question (1978) - André Cayatte | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie . AllMovie. Blaise, Judd. May 20, 2023.
12. Web site: La Zizanie. Allmovie. June 27, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
13. Web site: Les Bronzés. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
14. Web site: Les petits calins. Bifi.fr. fr. March 7, 2015.
15. Web site: Les Raisins de la Mort. AllMovie. Firsching, Robert. June 27, 2013.
16. Web site: Les Rendez-Vous D'Anna. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
17. Web site: Les Rendez-vous d'Anna. Filmportal.de. June 27, 2013.
18. Web site: The Medusa Touch. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
19. Web site: La Petite fille en velours bleu. Bifi.fr. fr. June 11, 2015.
20. Web site: Le Pion (1978) - Christian Gion | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
21. Web site: Un Second souffle. AlloCiné. August 18, 2014.
22. Web site: A Simple Story. AllMovie. Erickson, Hal. June 27, 2013.
23. Web site: Les Raisins de la Mort. AllMovie. Fountain, Clarke. June 27, 2013.
24. Web site: La vocation suspendue. AllMovie. June 27, 2013.
25. Web site: Un papillon sur l'épaule. Allmovie. June 27, 2013. Fountain, Clarke.
26. Web site: Brigade Mondaine. AllMovie. June 27, 2013.
27. Web site: Violette Nozière. AllMovie. June 27, 2013. Erickson, Hal.