The Children of the Century 1999  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carre, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Denis Podalydes, Olivier Foubert, Michel Robin, Ludivine Sagnier
This film reveals moments from the torrid love affair of early 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and gifted poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) in which they came close to destroying each other.
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L'Amant 1991 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lover
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Frederique Meininger, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Melvil Poupaud, Lisa Faulkner, Xiem Mang, Philippe LeDem, Ann Schaufuss, Tania Torrens
A young French girl is returning to boarding school in Indochina in the late 1920s when she eyes a wealthy Chinese businessman. They are soon in bed having the time of their lives, but soon the racial and class differences come into play–not to mention their difference in age. The French-language version has more explicit sex than the English-language version.
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| 1. The Children of the Century (1999)
2. L'Amant (1991)
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