Casanova & Co. 1976  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Sex on the Run
Some Like It Cool
Director: Franz Antel
Cast: Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Sylva Koscina, Hugh Griffith, Britt Ekland, Victor Spinetti, Marisa Mell, Andrea Ferreol, Umberto Orsini, Jean Lefebvre
When Casanova (Tony Curtis) discovers himself impotent, he hires his look-alike (also played by Curtis) to fill in for his sexual feats and, thus, maintain his reputation.
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Iris Blonde 1996  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Carlo Verdone
Cast: Carlo Verdone, Claudia Gerini, Andrea Ferreol, Nello Mascia, Nuccia Fumo, Mino Reitano, Didier De Neck, Alain Montoisy, Patrice De Mincke, Liesbet Jannes
This comedy relates the plight of Romeo (Carlo Verdone) who is looking–very unsuccessfully–for his own true love and zeroes in on a singer, Marguerite (Andrea Fereol). But, alas, he worries that this romance seems to be going the way of all those in the past. Then one night the fates step in as he meets a beautiful blonde, Iris (Claudia Gerini) who could be the answer to his prayers. Or, is she?
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La Grande Bouffe 1973  NC-17, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: The Grande Bouffe
Director: Marco Ferreri
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Andrea Ferreol, Solange Blondeau, Florence Giorgetti, Michele Alexandre, Monique Chaumette, Henri Piccoli, Louis Navarre, Bernard Menez
Four successful men–a pilot (Marcello Mastroianni), a chef (Ugo Tognazzi), a TV host (Michel Piccoli), and a judge (Philippe Noiret)–enter into a suicide pact. Using the weapon of self-indulgence, the men gather in a walled Parisian villa where they eat themselves to death while enjoying side dishes of sex along with the food.
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The Last Metro 1980  PG, 133 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Le Dernier Metro
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Andrea Ferreol, Marcel Berbert, Richard Bohringer, Paulette Dubost, Maurice Risch, Franck Pasquier, Pierre Belot, Rene Dupre, Rose Thiery
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) strives to save both her Jewish husband Lucas (Heinz Bennent) and the Theatre Montmarte. The only hope of saving the Montmarte is a new play in which Marion stars, while director Lucas hides in the basement listening in on rehearsals. Meanwhile, there is a romantic attraction between Marion and the play's leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), but they manage to resist temptations as Marion chooses to remain loyal to her country and to her husband.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 1990 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance / Mystery
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Dance, Teri Polo, Ian Richardson, Andrea Ferreol, Adam Storke, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean Rougerie, Andre Chaumeau, Marie-Therese Orain, Marie-Christine Robert, Marie Lenoir, Anne Roumanoff, Jacques Mars, Jean Dupouy
Charles Dance takes the role of the Phantom in this campy remake of the classic horror story about the disfigured man who haunts the opera house in Paris. Erik (also played by Dance) is the disfigured son of Carrier (Burt Lancaster) who is the dismissed director of the Paris Opera House. Erik lives beneath the opera house and falls in love with beautiful opera singer Christine (Teri Polo). He helps Christine with her career and trains her in an abandoned music room. But, when Christine falls in love with the arrogant Count De Chagny (Adam Storke), Erik seeks vengeance as the masked Phantom.
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Street of No Return 1989 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Keith Carradine, Valentina Vargas, Bill Duke, Andrea Ferreol, Bernard Fresson, Marc de Jonge, Rebecca Potok, Jacques Martial, Sergio Godinho, Antonio Rosario, Dominique Hulin, Gordon Heath
Michael (Keith Carradine), once a wealthy rock star, is now a drunken street bum. His current fate was a result of crime boss Eddie (Marc de Jonge), the boyfriend of Celia (Valentina Vargas) with whom Michael had had a passionate affair. Eddie had Michael's throat slashed, thus ruining Michael's career and life. When a major riot occurs and Michael is accused of the murder of a cop, he is convinced that Eddie is behind the riot and, with the help of a sympathetic policeman, sets out to prove it.
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Sweet Killing 1993 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eddy Matalon
Cast: Anthony Higgins, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Ironside, Leslie Hope, Andrea Ferreol, Aron Tager, Kathleen Fee, Terry Haig, Ann Page, Robert Higden
Middle-aged banker Adam Crosse (Anthony Higgins) plots to kill his wife, Louise (Andrea Ferreol), and succeeds. But, his alibi proves suspicious, and it doesn't take long before the police are hot in pursuit–determined to convict Adam on a murder charge.
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Three Brothers 1980  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Charles Vanel, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andrea Ferreol, Maddalena Crippa, Sara Tafuri, Marta Zoffoli, Simonetta Stefanelli, Accursio di Leo
The funeral of their mother is the catalyst for the reunion of three grown sons in this excellent movie that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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The Tin Drum 1979 R, 144 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach, Charles Aznavour, Andrea Ferreol, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Roland Teubner
Based on Gunter Grass' novel, this movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The story is about a little boy who refuses to grow up as a protest to the rise of Nazism and destruction of his world.
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Travels with Anita 1979 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Lovers and Liars
Director: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Aurore Clement, Laura Betti, Andrea Ferreol, Lorraine De Selle, Renzo Montagnani, Lorraine De Selle, Renzo Montagnani, Marne Maitland, Carlo Monni, Geoffrey Copleston
While vacationing in Rome, American actress Anita (Goldie Hawn) falls in love with a banker, Guido Massacesi (Giancarlo Giannini). Guido is on his way to Tuscany to visit his ailing father and invites Anita to join him. Unaware that Guido is married, Anita agrees to go off on the trip. Guido's father dies before Guido and Anita reach Tuscany, and during the funeral, family members gather to honor their deceased patriarch and end up in the midst of petty arguments.
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| 1. Casanova & Co. (1976)
aka: Sex on the Run
aka: Some Like It Cool
2. Iris Blonde (1996)
3. La Grande Bouffe (1973)
aka: The Grande Bouffe
4. The Last Metro (1980)
aka: Le Dernier Metro
5. The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
6. Street of No Return (1989)
7. Sweet Killing (1993)
8. Three Brothers (1980)
9. The Tin Drum (1979)
10. Travels with Anita (1979)
aka: Lovers and Liars
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