5x2 2004  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss, Geraldine Pailhas, Francoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale, Antoine Chappey, Marc Ruchmann, Jason Tavassoli, Joan-Pol Brissart
The story begins with Marion and Gilles (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Stephane Freiss) signing divorce papers and then reverts to the past to show five segments of their married life that evolve from innocence–through lies and secrets that, ultimately, lead to the tragedy of divorce.
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 Days of Glory 2006   R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zern, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet, Benoit Giros, Melanie Laurent, Antoine Chappey, Assaad Bouab, Aurelie Eltvedt, Thomas Langmann
Young North Africans–Said Otmari (Jamel Debbouze), Yassir (Samy Naceri), Messaoud Souni (Roschdy Zem), and Abdelkader (Sami Bouajila)–enlist in the French Army in 1943 to help liberate their homeland from the Nazis during World War II. Despite obvious racism, they loyally go to Italy, Provence, and Alsace on tours of duty to defeat the Nazi death machine. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Foreign Language Film.
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I'm Going Home 2001 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Jean Koeltgen, Jean-Michel Arnold, Adrien de Van, Sylvie Testud, Ricardo Trepa
After an aging Parisian actor, Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli), learns that his daughter and son-in-law have died in a car accident, he takes over the support of his six-year-old grandson, Serge (Jean Koeltgen). Life goes on for Gilbert–until he is cast in an American film version of "Ulysses," and he realizes while making the difficult movie that it is time to go home.
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Un Air de Famille 1996 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Family Resemblances
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Cast: Agnes Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Claire Maurier, Wladimir Yordanoff, Alain Guillo, Sophie Simon, Cedric Klapisch, Antoine Chappey
A dysfunctional French family's dinner celebration brings out grudges, tensions, and memories as the family airs its dirty laundry. Siblings revert to roles played since childhood and freely push each other's buttons.
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| 1. 5x2 (2004)
2. Days of Glory (2006)
3. I'm Going Home (2001)
4. Un Air de Famille (1996)
aka: Family Resemblances
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