The Adventures of Felix 2000  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Funny Felix
Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Cast: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue, Maurice Benichou, Philippe Garziano, Didier Mahieu, Aliette Langolff-Colas, Arno Feffer
Felix (Sami Bouajila) is a gay, jobless North African who, while sorting through his deceased mother's apartment, finds a packet of letters from the father he never met. This leads to Felix setting off in search of his father. In the process of meeting others along the way, he learns a thing or two about himself.
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 Bad Company 1999 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Mauvaises Frequentations
Director: Jean-Pierre Ameris
Cast: Maud Forget, Lou Doillon, Robinson Stevenin, Maxime Mansion, Delphine Rich, Francois Berleand, Micheline Presle, Cyril Cagnat, Ariane Ascaride, Martine Gautier, Daniel Martin, Bruno Esposito, Brigitte Jouffre, Dominique Laidet, Eric Theobald
Impressionable 14-year-old Delphine (Maud Forget) falls under the influence of her new best friend, Olivia (Lou Doillon). Olivia takes Delphine to a local nightclub, and Delphine meets and falls for Laurent (Robinson Stevenin), while Olivia is attracted to Laurent's friend Alain (Maxime Mansion). When Laurent and Alain plan a trip to Jamaica, they try to convince Delphine and Olivia to prostitute themselves as the means of getting their hands on the needed cash. Olivia rebels, but Delphine wants to do what Laurent desires, and prostitution ultimately becomes the route she follows.
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A Common Thread 2004 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Sequins
Director: Eleonore Faucher
Cast: Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride, Jackie Berroyer, Thomas Laroppe, Marie Felix, Arthur Quehen, Anne Canovas, Marina Tome, Elisabeth Commelin, Christophe Hatey
Unmarried, pregnant teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) quits her supermarket job and goes to work for an embroiderer, Madame Melikian (Ariane Ascaride), who sews for Paris fashion houses. As the two women embroider, they form a relationship, and–after Claire saves Madame Melikian from a suicide attempt–the two bond.
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Marius and Jeannette 1997  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Guediguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Gerard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet, Frederique Bonnal, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Laetitia Pesenti, Miloud Nacer, Pierre Banderet, Monique Meylan
Set in present-day Marseilles, this story involves Jeannette (Ariane Ascaride) who is a mother struggling to raise her two children on her salary as a supermarket checkout clerk. Enter Marius (Gerard Meylan), a guard at an abandoned cement works. They form a hesitant relationship while trying to learn how to be happy together.
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The Town Is Quiet 2000 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Guediguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gerard Meylan, Alexandre Ogou, Pierre Banderet, Jacques Boudet, Pascale Roberts, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Christine Brucher, Veronique Balme
Interlocking stories emerge that involve prostitution, murder, and drugs in the lives of several troubled people in Marseilles.
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| 1. The Adventures of Felix (2000)
aka: Funny Felix
2. Bad Company (1999)
aka: Mauvaises Frequentations
3. A Common Thread (2004)
aka: Sequins
4. Marius and Jeannette (1997)
5. The Town Is Quiet (2000)
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