A Few Hours of Sunlight 1971  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Deray
Cast: Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Judith Magre, Barbara Bach, Andre Falcon, Jean-Claude Carriere, Nadine Alari, Gerard Depardieu, Marc Eyraud, Jacques Debary
This is the tragic story of a man who is depressed, though he has an attractive mistress. On a visit to his sister in the country, he meets a woman with whom he can relate and brings her back to Paris. But, his depression persists, and the woman– realizing that he does not love her–sets him free by committing suicide. Notable only for an early film appearance of Gerard Depardieu.
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Happy New Year 1973  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Francoise Fabian, Charles Gerard, Andre Falcon, Claude Mann, Frederic de Pasquale, Mireille Mathieu, Lilo, Gerard Sire, Silvano Tranquilli
Con man Simon (Lino Ventura) is released from prison with investigators on his trail–the jewelry from his last big job has not been found and the police hope he will lead them to it. After Simon loses the tail, he looks up his partner in crime (Charles Gerard) and reminisces about the heist and the woman (Francoise Fabian) he found while preparing for it.
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Money Money Money 1972  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Charles Gerard, Aldo Maccione, Yves Robert, Johnny Hallyday, Nicole Courcel, Andre Falcon, Juan Luis Bunuel
Five thieves find that business is slowing with a change in the times. They decide they need new line of work and posing as terrorists, complete with abductions, is the business of choice. Business booms.
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Nada 1974 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Nada Gang
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Fabio Testi, Mariangela Melato, Maurice Garrel, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Aumont, Didier Kaminka, Lou Castel, Katia Romanoff, Andre Falcon, Viviane Romance, Francois Perrot, Henri Attal
The Nada Gang, as the group of anarchist terrorists is called, kidnap an American ambassador, leaving death in their wake. They hole up, and as they begin to bicker, the government and police gain information about them and home in on their location. A good thriller by Chabrol.
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A Slightly Pregnant Man 1973  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Claude Melki, Marisa Pavan, Mireille Mathieu, Andre Falcon, Maurice Biraud, Alice Sapritch, Raymond Gerome, Madeleine Barbulee, Tonie Marshall
Marco (Marcello Mastroianni) visits his girlfriend's (Catherine Deneuve) doctor (Micheline Presle) and is told that he is four months pregnant. A media frenzy ensues, and Marco is hired to model maternity clothes–until he finds out that the diagnosis was for his girlfriend.
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Stolen Kisses 1968  R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Romance
aka: Baisers Voles
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Delphine Seyrig, Claude Jade, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Ceccaldi, Marie-France Pisier, Jacques Rispal, Claire Duhamel, Andre Falcon, Serge Rousseau, Harry-Max, Catherine Lutz, Martine Ferriere, Paul Pavel, Albert Simono
This comedy continues the series of films about Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud). At this stage in his life, Antoine, recently discharged from the Army, looks for romance in all the wrong places and, in the process, falls in love with his old girlfriend Christine (Claude Jade). The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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| 1. A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971)
2. Happy New Year (1973)
3. Money Money Money (1972)
4. Nada (1974)
aka: The Nada Gang
5. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
6. Stolen Kisses (1968)
aka: Baisers Voles
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