Arabian Nights 2000  TV, 175 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Mili Avital, Dougray Scott, Alan Bates, James Frain, Tcheky Karyo, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo, Vanessa Mae, Rufus Sewell, Jim Carter, Peter Guinness, Andy Serkis, Hugh Quarshie, Amira Casar, Pik Sen Lim
This made-for-TV miniseries captures the spell of Scheherezade's (Mili Avital) stories that she tells to the Sultan (Dougray Scott). She drags out her tales night after night–leaving each ending for the following evening's fare–in an effort to cure the Sultan's madness and save her own life as well.
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How I Killed My Father 2001  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: My Father and I
Director: Anne Fontaine
Cast: Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Regnier, Amira Casar, Stephane Guillon, Hubert Kounde, Karole Rocher, Marie Micla, Nicole Evans, Philippe Lehembre
Successful 44-year-old gerontologist Jean-Luc's (Charles Berling) absentee father, 70-year-old Maurice (Michel Bouquet), suddenly returns–broke and need of a home. Jean-Luc's wife, Isa (Natacha Regnier), welcomes Maurice into their home, but tensions build between father and son.
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Marie Baie Des Anges 1997  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Manuel Pradal
Cast: Vahina Giocante, Frederic Malgras, Amira Casar, Nicolas Welbers, Jamie Harris, Swan Carpio, David Kilnar, Andrew Clover, Roxane Mesquida, Aurelie Morardet
Set on the French Riviera, this is the story of street kids– 15-year-old Marie (Vahina Giocante) and a petty thief Orso (Frederic Malgras)–who, for a brief time, find each other and enjoy a life that rises above the level of their just-managing-to-survive existence.
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 Murder on the Orient Express 2001 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Carl Schenkel
Cast: Alfred Molina, Adam James, Fritz Wepper, Peter Strauss, Meredith Baxter, Leslie Caron, Kai Wiesinger, Amira Casar, Natasha Wightman, Dylan Smith, Tasha de Vasconcelos, David Hunt, Nicolas Chagrin, Jason Croot
This is a made-for-TV movie featuring Agatha Christie's master detective Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina). Poirot is returning home aboard the Orient Express when an American businessman (Peter Strauss) is discovered murdered in his compartment, and Poirot uses his sleuthing powers to solve the case.
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| 1. Arabian Nights (2000)
2. How I Killed My Father (2001)
aka: My Father and I
3. Marie Baie Des Anges (1997)
4. Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
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