The Disenchanted 1990  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Judith Godreche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny, Therese Liotard, Malcolm Conrath, Thomas Salsmann, Hai Truhong
Seventeen-year-old Beth is disenchanted with life, and who could blame her when illicit sex is what seems to make her an acceptable person to those who influence her life? On the surface she appears controlled, but underneath, Beth is just a little girl trying to survive.
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Sade 2000  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Gregoire Colin, Isild Le Besco, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Duquesne, Vincent Branchet, Raymond Gerome, Jalil Lespert
In 1794, the imprisoned Marquis de Sade (Daniel Auteuil) was transferred–after 13 years in grim Saint Lazarde prison–to a luxury prison where he relived his youth by "educating" the beautiful, young Emilie de Lancris (Isild Le Besco).
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Seventh Heaven 1997 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, Francois Berleand, Francine Berge, Pierre Cassignard, Leo Le Bevillon, Sylvie Loeillet, Florence Loiret, Philippe Magnan, Anne Fassio, Eriq Ebouaney, Marc Rioufol
Mathilde (Sandrine Kiberlain) appears to have a nice life–attentive husband, one child, nice Paris apartment, good job–but she has been depressed recently. She even has been shoplifting toys, until she meets a man who turns out to by a hypnotherapist. He seems to cure her, and the emphasis shifts to her husband (Vincent Lindon) who has trouble communicating with her. A good job by the two stars.
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Tosca 2001  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi, Maurizio Muraro, David Cangelosi, Sorin Coliban, Enrico Fissore, Gwynne Howell, James Savage-Hanford, Karl-Heinz Rogosch
Pucchini's opera of tragic love and betrayal in Rome, circa 1800, is brought to the screen by Benoit Jacquot–with good results. Even those who are not opera fans may like this well-made film.
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A Tout de Suite 2004  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Right Now
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Isild Le Besco, Ouassini Embarek, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Laurence Cordier, Forini Kodoukaki, Leonor Graser, Emmanuelle Bercot, Odile Vuillemin, Catherine Davenier, Nicolas Pignon, Olivier Foubert
Nineteen-year-old French art student Lili (Isild Le Besco) falls in love with a Moroccan, Bada (Ouassini Embarek) and later learns that he is a bank robber. So, what does Lili do? She goes on the lam with Bada and his partner-in-crime Alain (Nicholas Duvauchelle). 2 User Reviews
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| | Jungle 03/18/2007 | | Ouassini Embarek is very fit. I wish he was my boyfriend. |
| | Jungle 03/18/2007 | | Ouassini Embarek is very fit. I wish he was my boyfriend. |
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| 1. The Disenchanted (1990)
2. Sade (2000)
3. Seventh Heaven (1997)
4. Tosca (2001)
5. A Tout de Suite (2004)
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