The Bridesmaid 2004  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Benoit Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clement, Bernard Le Coq, Solene Bouton, Anna Mihalcea, Michel Duchaussoy, Suzanne Flon, Eric Seigne, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Philippe Duclos, Thomas Chabrol, Isolde Barth
At his sister's wedding, Philippe (Benoit Magimel) meets and falls in love with a bridesmaid, Senta (Laura Smet). But, there is more to Senta than meets the eye as Philippe will soon discover.
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Cache 2005 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Hidden
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Lester Makedonsky, Walid Afkir, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Richard, Denis Podalydes, Caroline Baehr, Christian Benedetti
Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil) hosts a literary review roundtable and lives a comfortable life in his book-filled townhouse with wife Anne (Juliette Binoche) and 12-year-old son Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). One day, they receive a two-hour video tape of their home. More video tapes appear, often with childish drawings, giving the family a sense of danger hanging over them as it is apparent someone is monitoring their house. Tensions mount as Georges (and viewers as well) tries to solve the mystery.
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Capitaine Conan 1996  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich, Francois Berleand, Claude Rich, Laurent Schilling, Jean-Yves Roan
Based on Roger Veral's 1939 novel, this excellent film poses the question: "What do trained warriors do when the fighting ends?" Conan (Philippe Torreton) led a band of ruthless French warriors during World War I and now, in peacetime, he tries to protect them from themselves.
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Cesar and Rosalie 1972  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Claude Sautet
Cast: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Umberto Orsini, Bernard Le Coq, Eva Maria Meineke, Isabelle Huppert, Gisela Hahn, Henri-Jacques Huet, Pippo Merisi
Cesar (Yves Montand) loves Rosalie (Romy Schneider), a divorced woman with a young daughter. Life is good until a former lover of Rosalie's, David (Sami Frey), arrives on the scene. They still love each other, and now we have a threesome in this comedy/drama.
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The Flower of Evil 2003  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Benoit Magimel, Melanie Doutey, Suzanne Flon, Bernard Le Coq, Thomas Chabrol, Henri Attal, Kevin Ahyi, Francoise Bertin, Jerome Bertin, Caroline Baehr, Francois Maistre
Murder and genteel corruption come to the fore when Anne (Nathalie Baye)–a member of the wealthy, but dishonored, Charpin-Vasseur family–runs for mayor of a town in the Bordeaux region of France.
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Joyeux Noel 2005 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Merry Christmas
Director: Christian Carion
Cast: Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Daniel Bruhl, Lucas Belvaux, Bernard Le Coq, Ian Richardson, Natalie Dessay, Steven Robertson, Christopher Fulford, Robin Laing
"Joyeux Noel" is based on a true story that took place on Christmas Eve during World War I when French, Scottish, and German soldiers called for a cease fire, left their rifles in the trenches, and for 24 hours celebrated the spirit of Christmas together. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Mon Homme 1996 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Anouk Grinberg, Gerard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez, Dominique Valadie, Bernard Le Coq, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Sabine Azema, Jacques Francois, Bernard Fresson
Prostitute Marie Abarth (Anouk Grinberg) thoroughly enjoys her profession. Then one day she meets Jeannot (Gerard Lanvin), a vagrant. She takes Jeannot home, appoints him as her pimp, and determines to devote her energies to him. But Jeannot strays, and when he becomes a pimp for a new prostitute the tables are turned.
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Nearest to Heaven 2002  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tonie Marshall
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Helene Fillieres, Patrice Chereau, Nathalie Richard, Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Noemie Godin-Vigneau, Paulina Porizkova
Author Fanette (Catherine Deneuve) is still infatuated with an old flame and reminisces about their affair while watching 1957's "An Affair to Remember" several times. She travels to NYC and meets an American photographer (William Hurt) who may make her forget her old love. Bor-r-r-ing.
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The School of Flesh 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller, Francois Berleand, Daniele Dubroux, Bernard Le Coq, Roxane Mesquida, Jean-Louis Richard, Jean-Claude Dauphin
This delicate handling of the older woman Dominique (Isabelle Huppert)/younger man Quentin (Vincent Martinez) relationship provides excellent viewing. Yukio Mishima's novel is deftly adapted for the screen by director Benoit Jacquot. This is a "don't miss."
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| 1. Birgit Haas Must Be Killed (1981)
2. The Bridesmaid (2004)
3. Cache (2005)
aka: Hidden
4. Capitaine Conan (1996)
5. Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
6. The Flower of Evil (2003)
7. Joyeux Noel (2005)
aka: Merry Christmas
8. Mon Homme (1996)
9. Nearest to Heaven (2002)
10. The School of Flesh (1998)
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