Alice and Martin 1998  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Marthe Villalonga, Roschdy Zem, Pierre Maguelon, Eric Kreikenmayer, Jeremy Kreikenmayer, Kevin Goffette, Christiane Ludot, Ruth Malka-Viellet, Jocelyn Henriot, Patrick Goavec
After his father's mysterious death, Martin (Alexis Loret) leaves for Paris, becomes a model, falls in love with Alice (Juliette Binoche), and suffers a nervous breakdown when he learns that Alice is pregnant. Alice then is faced with uncovering the demons of Martin's past if she is to find future happiness with him.
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Barocco 1976  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar, Helene Surgere, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Claude Brasseur, Peter Bonke, Leny Suck
Laure (Isabelle Adjani) and Samson (Gerard Depardieu) are in love and plan on marriage after his final fight–one that is fixed and should bring him wealth. But Samson is killed by a gunman (also played by Depardieu) who looks just like Samson. Laure and Samson's killer eventually fall in love.
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Changing Times 2004 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi, Lubna Azabal, Tanya Lopert, Nabila Baraka, Idir Elomri, Nadem Rachati, Jabir Elomri
After a 30 year absence, successful architect Antoine Lavair (Gerard Depardieu) arrives in Tangiers hoping to reunite with his long-lost love Cecile (Catherine Deneuve). But Cecile, who is now a local radio personality, has moved on and is married to a well-established doctor, Nathan (Gilbert Melki). Antoine realizes that Cecile's marriage is strained and professes his love for her. Now family members arrive for a visit, cause complications of their own, and emotional turmoil accelerates.
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Les Voleurs 1996  R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Thieves
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Cote, Benoit Magimel, Ivan Desny, Chiara Mastroianni, Didier Bezace, Fabienne Babe, Julien Riviere, Regis Betoule
Set in Northern France, this is the intriguing story of Juliette (Laurence Cote) and her relationships with a cop (who had arrested her for shoplifting and then let her go) (Daniel Auteuil) and Marie (Catherine Deneuve), a professor who loves her.
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Ma Saison Preferee 1993 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: My Favorite Season
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Chiara Mastroianni, Carmen Chaplin, Anthony Prada, Michele Moretti, Jacques Nolot, Bruno Todeschini, Jean Bousquet, Roschdy Zem, Ingrid Caven
Emilie (Catherine Deneuve) and Antoine (Daniel Auteuil) are a sister and brother who tend to the problems confronting their aged mother Berthe (Marthe Villalonga) when Berthe comes to live with Emilie. They reflect on their past, present, and future relationships with each other in this delicately perceptive examination of family bonds.
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The Mother and the Whore 1973   N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Eustache
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noel Picq, Jessa Darrieux, Genevieve Mnich, Marinka Matuszewski, Jean Eustache, Andre Techine, Jean Douchet
This is a compelling story of a love triangle that has fallen apart. Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Leaud), his girlfriend Veronika (Francoise Lebrun), and nurse/lover Marie (Bernadette Lafont) put the pieces of life's puzzle together as they discuss love, fears, real-life experiences, and emotions. Director Jean Eustache takes time to develop his characters, and the result is worth the effort.
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Strayed 2003  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Emmanuelle Beart, Gaspard Ulliel, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Clemence Meyer, Jean Fornerod, Samuel Labarthe, Eric Kreikenmayer, Nicholas Mead, Robert Eliott, Nigel Hollidge
In June 1940, as the Nazis arrived in Paris, a widow (Emmanuelle Beart) and her two children (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet and Clemence Meyer) flee to the forest where they meet a 17-year-old youth (Gaspard Ulliel) who leads them to an abandoned chateau where they take refuge.
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| 1. Alice and Martin (1998)
2. Barocco (1976)
3. Changing Times (2004)
4. Les Voleurs (1996)
aka: Thieves
5. Ma Saison Preferee (1993)
aka: My Favorite Season
6. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
7. Strayed (2003)
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