When it comes to cinema, France is where it all began. French cinema is a bit like French antiques or French wine. It has been around a long time, and vintage pieces get better over time. Many French directors are among those considered to be the greatest film makers of all time.
The famous French Lumiere brothers, with their short film depicting the arrival of a train at a railway station, first used the concept of cinematography. The film consists of a single shot of a train and makes clever use of perspective and camera angle.
The French new wave is an important movement in cinematic history and theory, and started with revered directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut among others. French vintage classics are like french antiques , they just keep getting better with age.
French films such as Godard's "Breathless" and Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" to name a few, can never become obsolete. Their quality of content and originality in terms of style and storytelling has made them timeless classics.
Cinema has always reflected society and its reality, which in turn has also influenced cinematic themes. It is a dialectic process and it is constantly evolving as people and realities change. French cinema has been at the forefront of development and evolution of cinema at large and is a valuable part of world cinema.