The Blackout 1997  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Abel Ferrara
Cast: Matthew Modine, Dennis Hopper, Claudia Schiffer, Beatrice Dalle, Sarah Lassez, Steven Bauer, Laura Bailey, Nancy Ferrara, Andrew Fiscella, Nicholas De Cegli, Vincent Lamberti, Victoria Duffy
Sex, drugs, alcoholism, violence–Director Ferrara's trademarks– are back in the character of Matty (Matthew Modine), an actor whose life is falling apart. Much of Matty's activities take place at a club owned by Mickey (Dennis Hopper), who is always taking videos of what goes on.
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Clean 2004  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Beatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar, Martha Henry, James Johnston, James Dennis, Remi Martin, Laetitia Spigarelli, Mary Moulds, Jodi Crawford
After years of addiction and then recovery, Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung) tries to get her life back on the right track so that she can properly care for her son who is now in the legal custody of her father-in-law Albrecht (Nick Nolte) and his dying wife, Rosemary (Martha Henry).
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I Can't Sleep 1994  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Yekaterina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Vincent Dupont, Laurent Grevill, Alex Descas, Irina Grjebina, Ira Mandella-Paul, Tolsty, Line Renaud, Beatrice Dalle, Sophie Simon
A serial "Granny Killer" is terrorizing Paris while Lithuanian actress Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva) is staying at a hotel where she meets gay, cross-dressing, African immigrant Camille (Richard Courcet) and his musician brother Theo (Alex Descas). One of these three just happens to have a connection to the "Granny Killer." Can you guess which one?
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L'Intrus 2004 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Intruder
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou, Florence Loiret, Lolita Chammah, Alex Descas, Kim Dong-ho, Chang Se-tak, Park Hong-suk, Beatrice Dalle
Director Claire Denis' impressionist offering follows white-haired loner Louis Trebor (Michel Subor) who is estranged from his son, Sidney's (Gregoire Colin) family and lives in a cabin near the Swiss/French border. In need of a heart transplant, Louis undergoes a black market surgery and then heads to Tahiti in quest of another son who he abandoned years before. As in many impressionist films, the meaning of the story may rest with the individual viewer.
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Night on Earth 1991 R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Isaach De Bankole, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Lisanne Falk
Inventive Jim Jarmusch brings us five stories that happen simultaneously across the globe–all occurring in taxies. Set in Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinski, the international cast adds to the pleasure of this film.
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Time of the Wolf 2003 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Benichou, Lucas Biscombe, Anais Demoustier, Olivier Gourmet, Patrice Chereau, Brigitte Rouan, Beatrice Dalle, Rona Hartner, Hakim Taleb, Serge Riaboukine, Florence Loiret
When Anna (Isabelle Huppert) and her family arrive at their cabin, they are confronted by strangers. Gun shots fly, and the father is killed. Anna and children Ben (Lucas Biscombe) and Eva (Anais Demoustier) flee into a hostile world that suddenly lacks any apparent social order. After wandering through the eerie countryside, they arrive at a railroad station where they encounter other refugees waiting for salvation that may or may not come.
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Trouble Every Day 2001  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Beatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Raphael Neal, Jose Garcia, Helene Lapiower, Marilu Marini
An American doctor, Shane Brown (Vincent Gallo), and his bride, June (Tricia Vessey) are honeymooning in Paris when June learns that Shane refuses to consummate their marriage. It seems he has this fear that if he has sex with June he will devour her in an act of cannibalism. Seeking help, Shane tracks down a colleague, Dr. Leo Semineau (Alex Descas). But, it turns out that Leo's wife, Core (Beatrice Dalle), shares Shane's affliction and must be locked up in her own home to prevent her doing harm to unsuspecting souls. Could Shane and Core both be victims of Leo's experiments with the human libido?
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| 1. The Blackout (1997)
2. Clean (2004)
3. I Can't Sleep (1994)
4. L'Intrus (2004)
aka: The Intruder
5. Night on Earth (1991)
6. Time of the Wolf (2003)
7. Trouble Every Day (2001)
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