All the Mornings of the World 1991  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alain Corneau
Cast: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Carole Richert, Caroline Sihol, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Yves Gasc, Jean-Marie Poirier, Myriam Boyer, Yves Lambrecht
Musical director Marin Marais (Gerard Depardieu) at the court of Louis XIV reflects on his days as an aspiring artist when he arrived at the home of master 17th century French composer and cellist Monsieur de Sainte Colombe (Jean-Pierre Marielle) and asked him to teach him to play. Previously, Sainte Colombe had returned home and learned that his wife had died. He built a small home and planned to dedicate his life to his daughters and his music. The story is told in flashbacks as Marais recalls his past and his respect for his mentor.
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Driftwood 1997  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ronan O'Leary
Cast: James Spader, Anne Brochet, Barry McGovern, Anna Massey, Aiden Grenell, Kevin McHugh, John Cleere, Eamon Rohan, Liam Rigney, Ger Ryan, Caroline Grey
Sarah (Anne Brochet) is a sculptor living a reclusive life who, one day while walking on the beach, discovers an unconscious man (James Spader) who has washed up on the shore. He suffers from amnesia and relies on Sarah for his survival because, although there is a community nearby, she tells him that they are the only two people on the island. The two become lovers, but as the man wants more and more to find a civilized society, Sarah uses desperate means to keep him to herself.
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 Dust 2001  R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Cast: Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, Nikolina Kujaca, Rosemary Murphy, Vlado Jovanovski, Salaetin Bilal, Vera Farmiga, Matt Ross, Meg Gibson, Tamer Ibrahim
Two intertwined stories unfold–one in modern New York and the other in Oklahoma and Macedonia 100 years previously. When a small-time burglar breaks into an apartment, an elderly woman (Rosemary Murphy) subdues him and forces the burglar to listen to a story of her family. This involves the tale of two brothers (Joseph Fiennes and David Wenham), one a ruthless, fun-loving killer and the other a righteous Christian, who become rivals not only for a woman but in a Macedonian conflict.
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 Intimate Strangers 2004  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon, Helene Surgere, Urbain Cancelier, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Veronique Kapoyan
Thinking she is at her theripist's office, Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) enters the wrong office and tells her life secrets to financial advisor William Faber (Fabrice Luchini). Faber finds her fascinating and plays along.
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Masks 1987 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette, Anne Brochet, Roger Dumas, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Pierre Naugaro, Renee Dennsy, Yvonne Decade
TV game-show host Christian (Philippe Noiret) appears to be a friendly, upstanding citizen. Roland (Robin Renucci) poses as a reporter who wants to do a story on Christian, but his real motivation is to find out what happened to his missing sister who had been hired to care for Christian's sickly goddaughter. Roland finds out that behind Christian's mask is a man who may be drugging his goddaughter and may also be a murderer.
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| 1. All the Mornings of the World (1991)
2. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
3. Driftwood (1997)
4. Dust (2001)
5. Intimate Strangers (2004)
6. Masks (1987)
7. The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
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