Celestial Clockwork 1995  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Musical
Director: Fina Torres
Cast: Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle, Evelyne Didi, Frederic Longbois, Lluis Homar, Chantal Aimee, Hildegarde Garcia Madriz, Michel Debrane, Olivier Granier, Alma Rose Castellanos, Philippe Beautier, Pedro De Llano
Ana (Ariadna Gil) flees from her husband-to-be when she leaves him at the altar and heads for Paris. In this Cinderella-like musical comedy, Ana dreams of being an opera singer while working as both a cleaning lady and bakery worker.
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Day and Night 1997  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bernard-Henri Levy
Cast: Alain Delon, Lauren Bacall, Xavier Beauvois, Arielle Dombasle, Marianne Denicourt, Francisco Rabal, Karl Zero, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Vanessa Bauche, Dionisos Espinoza
While the residents of a Mexican town prepare to revolt, life goes on for Parisian author Alexandre (Alain Delon) and his wife (Marianne Denicourt) who appear far-removed from the problems around them. But, they have their own unique set of problems within their small world at their Mexican hacienda.
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Fruits of Passion 1981  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Shuji Terayama
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Illiers, Arielle Dombasle, Kenichi Nakamura, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Sayoko Yamaguchi
Sir Stephen (Klaus Kinski) is a wealthy Englishman in 1920s' China, where political upheavals are taking place when Communists come into power. Sir Stephen has a much younger lover named O (Isabelle Illiers), and to test her love, he demands she become a prostitute. Sick man, sick story.
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Little Indian, Big City 1996  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Herve Palud
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand, Arielle Dombasle, Miou-Miou, Tolsty, Sonia Vollereaux
Disney Studios released this French film–dubbed in English. When Stephen Marchado (Thierry Lhermitte) learns that he has a young son, who was raised in the Brazilian rain forest, he takes the boy back to Paris. Once in the City of Lights, his son, Mimi Siku (Ludwig Briand), has problems adapting to city life as he strolls down the Champs Elysses in a loincloth, armed with a bow and arrow to shoot pigeons. A new low in filmmaking–story, acting, dubbing, etc.
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L'Ennui 1998  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Cedric Kahn
Cast: Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin, Arielle Dombasle, Robert Kramer, Alice Grey, Maurice Antoni, Tom Ouedraogo, P. Arrachequesne, Mirtha C. Medeiros, Pierre Chevalier
Martin (Charles Berling), a professor of philosophy, falls under the spell of a 17-year-old model, Cecilia (Sophie Guillemin). Martin's obsession stems from the fact that the more he desires Cecilia, the more frustrated he becomes with her indifference: while he can devour her sexually, he cannot gain her love, her soul.
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The Mad Monkey 1990 R, 105 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Twisted Obsession
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Miranda Richardson, Anemone, Dexter Fletcher, Daniel Ceccaldi, Liza Walker, Jerome Natali, Arielle Dombasle, Asuncion Balaguer, Micky Sebastian
Successful producer Julien Legrand (Daniel Ceccaldi) commissions newly divorced screenwriter Dan Gillis (Jeff Goldblum) to work on a film project with an unknown director, Malcolm Greene (Dexter Fletcher). Dan has doubts about the job but becomes infatuated with Malcolm's sister Jenny (Liza Walker) who offers him sexual favors. One thing leads to another until Dan must figure out what is really going on in his life–not only with the film project but with Jenny as well.
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Tess 1979  PG, 192 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, John Collin, Tony Church, Rosemary Martin, David Markham, Richard Pearson, Arielle Dombasle, Carolyn Pickles, Leigh Lawson, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge
Set in 19th-century England, this is a fine adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Beautiful peasant Tess (Nastassja Kinski) is sent to live with her relatives, the D'Urbervilles. It turns out that the family living there is not her family; they have bought the family's name. "Cousin" Alec (Leigh Lawson) becomes Tess' lover, and Tess becomes pregnant but loses the baby. Now, Tess goes to work on a dairy farm where she falls in love with Angel Clare (Peter Firth), but more problems lie ahead. This film was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Musical Score Oscars–and it won for Best Art Direction, Costume Design, and Cinematography.
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Three Lives and Only One Death 1996 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine, Jean-Yves Gautier, Jacques Pieiller, Pierre Bellemare
In a series of stories Marcello Mastroianni plays an ex-husband, a professor-turned-beggar, a killer, and a wealthy industrialist. The stories seem to come together (or do they?) at the end when the industrialist discovers members of the family that he has invented for himself are coming for a visit.
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Time Regained 1999 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Marie-France Pisier, Arielle Dombasle, Dominique Labourier, Marcello Mazzarella, Chiara Mastroianni
This film, based on Marcel Proust's autobiographical novel about a dying novelist, revolves around Marcel (Marcello Mazzarella) who associates tastes and smells to remember people and moments of his past. Boredom and arrogance highlight Marcel's trips back to the World War I era where he, once again, encounters the lovers of his past.
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Vatel 2000  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Joffe
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Julian Glover, Julian Sands, Timothy Spall, Jerome Pradon, Arielle Dombasle, Hywel Bennett, Richard Griffiths
Set in 1671, this fact-based story centers around a visit to the country manse of Prince de Conde (Julian Glover) by King Louis XIV (Julian Sands), Marie Therese (Nathalie Cerda), and her lady in waiting Anne de Montausier (Uma Thurman). Prince de Conde uses the occasion to impress the king for personal and professional gains. Prince de Conde's steward, Francois Vatel (Gerard Depardieu) is in charge of the festivities and sets out to accomplish de Conde's goal.
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| 1. Celestial Clockwork (1995)
2. Day and Night (1997)
3. Fruits of Passion (1981)
4. Little Indian, Big City (1996)
5. L'Ennui (1998)
6. The Mad Monkey (1990)
aka: Twisted Obsession
7. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
8. Tess (1979)
9. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
10. Time Regained (1999)
11. Vatel (2000)
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