Canicule 1984  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dog Day
Director: Yves Boisset
Cast: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Tina Louise, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Pierre Clementi
Lee Marvin is on the lam after robbing a French bank. Somehow he escapes the police and takes refuge in a farming household where the family turns out to be strange, indeed. Lots of violence in this loser.
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A Double Tour 1959  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
aka: Web of Passion
Leda
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Dacqmine, Jeanne Valerie, Bernadette Lafont, Andre Jocelyn, Mario David, Laszlo Szabo, Raymond Pelissier
Murder in the midst of a dysfunctional family is the subject of this film by "New Wave" director Claude Chabrol.
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Genealogies of a Crime 1997  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Melinand, Hubert Saint-Macary, Jean-Yves Gautier, Mathieu Amalric, Camila Mora
Less-than-successful attorney Solange (Catherine Deneuve) is appointed to defend Rene (Michel Piccoli) who is accused of killing his Aunt Jeanne (also played by Catherine Deneuve). Jeanne was a psychoanalyst, and the plot follows the psychiatric vein of contemporary France–deep and boring to those not into French philosophy.
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Inspector Lavardin 1986  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean-Luc Bideau, Hermine Clair, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Florent Gibassier, Jean Depusse, Marc Adam
Inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is investigating a murder in a French seaside village when he recognizes the new widow, Helene (Bernadette Lafont), as one of his young loves from the past. And, to complicate matters, Helene and her brother, Claude (Jean-Claude Brialy), head Lavardin's list of murder suspects.
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L'Effrontee 1985 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Charlotte and Lulu
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Brialy, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Richard Guerry, Simon de La Brosse, Cedric Liddell
Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg) has nothing to do for a month after school is out. Her friends are gone for the summer and her brother is also leaving town. Her life changes when she becomes obsessed with a younger girl, a piano prodigy, who will be having a concert in town. Though her life is no longer drab, problems lie ahead.
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Masks 1987 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette, Anne Brochet, Roger Dumas, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Pierre Naugaro, Renee Dennsy, Yvonne Decade
TV game-show host Christian (Philippe Noiret) appears to be a friendly, upstanding citizen. Roland (Robin Renucci) poses as a reporter who wants to do a story on Christian, but his real motivation is to find out what happened to his missing sister who had been hired to care for Christian's sickly goddaughter. Roland finds out that behind Christian's mask is a man who may be drugging his goddaughter and may also be a murderer.
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The Mother and the Whore 1973   N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Eustache
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noel Picq, Jessa Darrieux, Genevieve Mnich, Marinka Matuszewski, Jean Eustache, Andre Techine, Jean Douchet
This is a compelling story of a love triangle that has fallen apart. Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Leaud), his girlfriend Veronika (Francoise Lebrun), and nurse/lover Marie (Bernadette Lafont) put the pieces of life's puzzle together as they discuss love, fears, real-life experiences, and emotions. Director Jean Eustache takes time to develop his characters, and the result is worth the effort.
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The Son of Gascogne 1995 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Pascal Aubier
Cast: Gregoire Colin, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dinara Drukarova, Stephane Audran, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claude Chabrol, Bernadette Lafont, Marina Vlady, Patrice Leconte, Alexandra Stewart
This is an "in" movie that will be enjoyed by lovers of the French "New Wave." Young Harvey and Dinara (Colin and Drukarova) meet Marco (Dreyfus), a chauffeur con man who claims to be a friend and inspiration to the French film industry's greats. He proceeds to pass off Harvey as the son of famed director Gascogne to the many celebrities they encounter.
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Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me 1972 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand, Andre Dussollier, Philippe Leotard, Anne Kreis, Gilberte Geniat, Daniele Girard, Martine Ferriere, Michel Delahaye, Jerome Zucca
While writing his book "Criminal Women," criminology student Stanislaus (Andre Dussollier) visits a prison and interviews inmate Camille Bliss (Bernadette Lafont). As she relates her past to Stanislaus, she reveals that while she is accused of attempting to kill both her husband (Philippe Leotard) and her lover (Charles Denner), she has indirectly been involved in the killing of her father and mother-in-law as well. By the time she finishes her stories, Stanislaus, like others before, falls in love with Camille, and now he determines to prove her innocence.
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Thief of Paris 1967 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Le Voleur
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Genevieve Bujold, Marie Dubois, Francoise Fabian, Julien Guiomar, Paul Le Person, Martine Sarcey, Marlene Jobert, Bernadette Lafont, Roger Crouzet, Christian Lude, Jacques Debary, Fernand Guiot, Madeleine Damien, Marc Dudicourt
At the turn of the 19th century in Paris, Georges Randal (Jean-Paul Belmondo) has been denied his uncle's fortune. When his uncle plans to marry off his daughter Charlotte (Genevieve Bujold) to a wealthy family, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels in hopes of preventing the marriage. His heist is successful, and Georges has found a solution to his financial problems. He continues stealing jewels until he becomes wealthy and then moves on to England where, later, he is joined by Charlotte.
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To Catch a Spy 1971 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Catch Me a Spy
Director: Dick Clement
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marlene Jobert, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay, Bernard Blier, Patrick Mower, Richard Pearson, Bernadette Lafont, Garfield Morgan, Isabel Dean, Sacha Pitoeff
After her husband is arrested for smuggling literary works, the wife finds herself becoming involved in Cold War espionage.
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Violette 1978  R, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: Violette Noziere
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Stephane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Guy Hoffman, Lisa Langlois, Bernard Alane, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Dalmain, Mario David, Francois Maistre, Francois-Eric Gendron, Henri-Jacques Huet, Fabrice Luchini
Violette Noziere (Isabelle Huppert) is bored with her life but still finds thrills in Parisian cafes where she meets her lover Jean Dabin (Jean-Francois Garreaud). When Jean needs money, Violette devises a plot in which she can inherit money after she kills her parents, Baptiste and Germaine (Jean Carmet and Stephane Audran). Violette puts her plans into action, and Baptiste dies, but Germaine survives and sends Violette to prison. Based on a true story that took place in Paris during the 1930s.
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| 1. Canicule (1984)
aka: Dog Day
2. A Double Tour (1959)
aka: Web of Passion
aka: Leda
3. Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
4. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
5. L'Effrontee (1985)
aka: Charlotte and Lulu
6. Masks (1987)
7. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
8. The Son of Gascogne (1995)
9. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
aka: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
10. Thief of Paris (1967)
aka: Le Voleur
11. To Catch a Spy (1971)
aka: Catch Me a Spy
12. Violette (1978)
aka: Violette Noziere
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