Burnt by the Sun 1994  R, 152 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
Cast: Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Oleg Menshikov, Andre Oumansky, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Vladimir Ilyin, Alla A. Kazanskaya, Nina Arkhipova, Avangard Leontyev, Inna Ulyanova
This movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Set in 1936 Russia, the story revolves around Stalin's Communism and the rise of terrorism through his purges. Serguei (Nikita Mikhalkov) is the husband of Marorissia (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) and father of Nadia (Nadezhda Mikhalkova). Serguei is an army colonel who passionately believes in the hopes and dreams of the Russian Revolution. In the end, he becomes disillusioned with the product of his dreams.
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The Destructors 1974 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marseille Contract
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, James Mason, Maureen Kerwin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Maurice Ronet, Catherine Rouvel, Andre Oumansky, Alexandra Stewart, Vernon Dobtcheff
A United States drug agent (Anthony Quinn) is assigned the job of crushing an international drug dealer (James Mason) and combs Paris for his whereabouts.
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Sundays and Cybele 1962  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Serge Bourguignon
Cast: Hardy Kruger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel, Michel de Re, Andre Oumansky, France Anglade, Bibiane Stern, Jocelyne Loiseau, Anne-Marie Coffinet
This film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and reflects the devastation of post-war France. Hardy Kruger plays Pierre whose life comes to a tragic end through a series of misunderstandings.
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| 1. Burnt by the Sun (1994)
2. The Destructors (1974)
aka: The Marseille Contract
3. Sundays and Cybele (1962)
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