Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Alphaville
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Andre Fieschi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Christa Lang
The New Wave French film director Jean-Luc Godard pays homage to comic books in this tale of secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) visiting a futuristic society on a distant planet where science and technology have taken over, and love is forbidden.
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Band of Outsiders 1964  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Bande a Part
The Outsiders
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey, Louisa Colpeyn, Daniele Girard, Ernest Menzer, Chantal Darget, Georges Staquet, Jean-Claude Remoleux, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Makovski, Michele Seghers, Monsieur Jojot
Based on Dolores Hitchens' novel, "Fool's Gold," this story involves a robbery attempt by a band of outsiders–Arthur (Claude Brasseur), Frantz (Sami Frey), and Odile (Anna Karina). Odile resists joining them, but Arthur and Franz pressure her to join in the heist. They are ready to pull off the robbery, but problems ensue with dire consequences.
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Before Winter Comes 1969  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina, John Hurt, Anthony Quayle, Ori Levy, John Collin, Karel Stepanek, Guy Deghy, George Innes
During 1945, in an Austrian camp for displaced persons, British Major Giles Burnside (David Niven) is given the job of dispatching civilians to either the Russian or the American zones. Burnside is aided by a multilingual refugee, Janovic (Topol), who, it turns out, is not the person he pretends to be.
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Bread and Chocolate 1978  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Franco Brusati
Cast: Nino Manfredi, Anna Karina, Johnny Dorelli, Paolo Turco, Ugo D'Alessio, Frederico Scrobogna
The plight of migrant workers is the subject of this film about an Italian waiter, Nino Garofalo (Nino Manfredi), who tries, and fails, to become a member of Swiss society.
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Chinese Roulette 1976 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, Anna Karina, Brigitte Mira, Alexander Allerson, Andrea Schober, Macha Meril, Volker Spengler, Armin Meier, Roland Henschke
A wealthy, happily-married couple has a daughter who is crippled as a result of an accident. The husband heads off on a business trip to Oslo and his wife heads to Milan. But, both really pick up their lovers and go to the family vacation castle. When the four meet, they decide to continue with their respective plans at the castle. But when the daughter shows up and decides to play a game of "Chinese Roulette," the weekend takes a turn for the worse.
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La Ronde 1964  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Circle of Love
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet, Jean Sorel, Catherine Spaak, Francine Berge, Anna Karina, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernard Noel, Marie Dubois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Dani, Claude Giraud, Alice Cocea, Denise Benoit
This story takes place in Paris just before World War I begins. On the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, a soldier, Georges (Claude Giraud), lusts after and ends up in the bedrooms of a full circle of women–beginning with a prostitute (Marie Dubois), then Rose (Anna Karina), and finally housewife Sophie (Jane Fonda) before ending the circle with the prostitute.
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The Magus 1968 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina, Paul Stassino, Julian Glover, Takis Emmanuel, George Pastell, Daniele Noel, Jerome Willis, Ethel Farrugia, Andreas Malandrinos, Anthony Newlands, Corin Redgrave
Based on John Fowles' novel, this is the story of English teacher Nicholas Urfe (Michael Caine) and his strange odyssey on a Greek isle. Nicholas accepts a professorship on the isle of Phravous and meets the mysterious Conchis (Anthony Quinn) and his lover Lily (Candice Bergen). Nicholas is attracted to Lily, but when his ex-girlfriend Anne (Anna Karina) comes to the isle to visit him, they begin their affair anew. After Anne flies home, Nicholas learns that she has committed suicide. Now, Nicholas is showing signs of bizarre behavior. He confronts Conchis, blames him for Anne's death, and the mystery deepens.
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Pierrot le fou 1965 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders, Graziella Galvani, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller, Hans Meyer, Pascal Aubier, Laszlo Szabo, Henri Attal, Pierre Hanin, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Zardi
Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Marianne (Anna Karina), who insists on calling Ferdinand "Pierrot," try to escape past lives by heading for the Riviera in search of Marianne's rum-running brother Fred (Dirk Sanders). But, plans go awry because Marianne's gangster past of smuggling weapons ensures that an idyllic life is not to be when Marianne is pursued by mobsters.
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Regina Roma 1982 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Regina
Director: Jean-Yves Prate
Cast: Anna Karina, Ava Gardner, Ray Sharkey, Anthony Quinn
Mama (Ava Gardner) is the domineering and over-protective mother who tries to ensure her middle-aged son (Ray Sharkey) continues to be closely tied to her. Shy Regina (Anna Karina) and Mama's husband (Anthony Quinn) complete the setting for an emotional hour and a half as the four go at it in their living room.
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The Stranger 1967 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Bruno Cremer, Georges Wilson, Pierre Bertin, Georges Geret, Jean-Pierre Zola, Vittorio Duse, Jacques Herlin
Existentialist Meursault (Marcello Mastroianni) murders an Arab in cold blood for no reason other than that he feels he should. Meursault is a man who does not become involved in others' lives, and takes responsibility only for his own actions in this world. He believes that life has no meaning other than being true to oneself. This excellent film examines the consequences of such a philosophy.
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A Woman Is a Woman 1961 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nicole Paquin, Marie Dubois, Marion Sarraut, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Demongeot, Ernest Menzer, Karyn Balm
Striptease artist Angela (Anna Karina) wants to have a baby, but boyfriend Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy) says, "No!" Not ready to give up, Angela turns her attentions on Emile's friend, Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo). Will her ploy work to make Emile jealous and grant her wish?
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| 1. Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
aka: Alphaville
2. Band of Outsiders (1964)
aka: Bande a Part
aka: The Outsiders
3. Before Winter Comes (1969)
4. Bread and Chocolate (1978)
5. Chinese Roulette (1976)
6. La Ronde (1964)
aka: Circle of Love
7. Le Petit Soldat (1963)
aka: The Little Soldier
8. The Magus (1968)
9. Pierrot le fou (1965)
10. Regina Roma (1982)
aka: Regina
11. The Stranger (1967)
12. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
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