1. Le Feu follet (The Fire Within, 1963)
A melancholic study of a self-destructive writer who resolves to kill himself and spends the next twenty-four hours trying to reconnect with a host of wayward friends. Maurice Ronet gives an outstanding performance as Alain, who has spent his life “waiting for something to happen”, but refuses to accept the compromises of adulthood. A haunting masterpiece that strikes at the heart of what it is to be human.