New Wave shorts - seen
by roroldam | created - 12 Mar 2012 | updated - 12 Mar 2012 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. All Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)
21 min | Short, Comedy
Two French college girls each meet a boy named Patrick and quickly realize that it is less a coincidence then they think.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Nicole Berger, Anne Collette, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 2,552
2. Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
20 min | Short, Drama
A jilted man (Jean-Paul Belmondo) rants at his mostly silent former lover (Anne Collette).
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anne Collette, Gérard Blain
Votes: 1,764
3. Veronica and Her Dunce (1958)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A careless mother hires a young tutor to bring up her son's marks, as bad in mathematics as in French language. The young woman tries to teach the boy the easiest things in the curriculum, ... See full summary »
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Nicole Berger, Stella Dassas, Alain Delrieu
Votes: 1,216
4. Nadja in Paris (1964)
13 min | Short, Drama
Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust. Besides her student life she likes to stroll about Paris, to explore the variety of this wide and open city.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Nadja Tesich, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Votes: 1,528
5. The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Romance
A law student regularly visits a Paris bakery to flirt with a brunette employee.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Barbet Schroeder, Claudine Soubrier, Michèle Girardon, Fred Junck
Votes: 5,439
6. Fool's Mate (1956)
28 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
When an unfaithful wife receives a fur coat from her lover as a gift, they must figure out a way to keep the husband from discovering the coat's true origins.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Virginie Vitry, Anne Doat, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 1,029
7. Les surmenés (1958)
20 min | Short
A beautiful young lady who is not too smart wins a typing contest and takes the train to Paris to work,where she will encounter two men.
Director: Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Yane Barry, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean Juillard
Votes: 132
8. Un steack trop cuit (1960)
19 min | Short
Though a piece of meat figures in this film the real subject is, before you judge something not just a steak, think twice, as for instance the way two people in a situation present themselves to each other.
Director: Luc Moullet | Stars: Jacqueline Finnaert, Luc Moullet, Patrice Moullet, Raymond N. Quinneseul
Votes: 48
9. Mediterranean (1963)
44 min | Documentary, Short
A short film documenting the seas and shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Director: Jean-Daniel Pollet
Votes: 886
10. Les veuves de 15 ans (1964)
25 min | Short, Drama
A documentary short subject on the splendors and miseries of the mid 1960s French youth generation.
Director: Jean Rouch | Stars: Marie France De Chabaneix, Véronique Duval, Nadine Ballot, Marc Kalinoski
Votes: 65
11. Janine (1962)
16 min | Short, Drama
Two men are disappointed by women and united by a whore.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Hubert Deschamps, Claude Berri, Evelyne Ker, Mouflette
Votes: 148
12. La Jetée (1962)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Votes: 37,075
13. The Mischief Makers (1957)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Gérard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel François, Alain Baldy
Votes: 3,945
14. A Story of Water (1961)
12 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A young woman is going to Paris by bus, but when she steps out of her house she discovers that her garden and the whole village is flooded with water. With a boat and a bike she succeeds to... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Claude Brialy, Caroline Dim, Jean-Luc Godard
Votes: 1,688
15. Robinson's Place (1964)
40 min | Short, Drama
Two men in their twenties spend their time in Parisian cafes trying to pick up women. They take one girl dancing, and then steal her purse when she prefers to dance with another man.
Director: Jean Eustache | Stars: Aristide Demonico, Daniel Bart, Dominique Jayr, René Gilson
Votes: 244
16. A Modern Coed (1966)
13 min | Documentary, Short
An examination of the lifestyles of female college students in 1966.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Star: Antoine Vitez
Votes: 661
17. La quille (1961)
15 min | Short
A couple is separated by the war in Algeria. When he returns from service, the soldier and his girlfriend try to create a new life of love, liberty and happiness in the streets of Paris.
Director: Jean Herman | Stars: Axel Poli, Maurice Poli
18. Les cinq cent balles (1963)
12 min | Short
A boy attempts to retrieve a 500 franc note from a storm drain.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Votes: 55
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