Artemisia 1997  R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agnes Merlet
Cast: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti, Emmanuelle Devos, Frederic Pierrot, Jacques Nolot, Dominique Reymond, Maurice Garrel, Brigitte Catillon
Artemisia Gentileschi (Valentina Cervi) (1593-1652) was the daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi (Michel Serrault), and she became a Baroque artist in her own right. This biography deals with Artemisia's early years as an apprentice and the rape trial that resulted from her affair with her teacher, Angostino Tassi (Miki Manojlovic).
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A Heart in Winter 1992  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Claude Sautet
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart, Andre Dussollier, Elisabeth Bourgine, Brigitte Catillon, Maurice Garrel, Myriam Boyer, Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Dominique De Williencourt, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Van Doude
Stephane (Daniel Auteuil) and Maxime (Andre Dussollier) are partners in a violin repair shop. Troubles arise when Maxime's young girlfriend, Camille (Emmanuelle Beart), enters the scene, and Maxime tells Stephane that he is leaving his wife for Camille. A romantic, but repressed, triangle forms as Stephane enters into a platonic relationship with Camille.
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The Housekeeper 2002  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emilie Dequenne, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Frantz, Axelle Abbadie, Catherine Breillat, Apollinaire Louis-Philippe Dogue, Amalric Gerard
Barely out of her teens, Laura (Emilie Dequenne) goes to work as a housekeeper for an older man, newly divorced Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri). Against Jacques' better judgment, Laura and he become intimate–a decision that brings both pleasure and pain to Jacques' sexual ego.
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Nightcap 2000 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Brigitte Catillon, Michel Robin, Mathieu Simonet, Lydia Andrei, Veronique Alain, Isolde Barth
Mika (Isabelle Huppert) has inherited her family's chocolate company at the same time she and her concert-pianist husband, Andre (Jacques Dutronc), are making a new try at marriage. Then, 18-year-old Jeanne (Anna Mouglalis), an aspiring concert artist herself, stirs up the scene with questions of whether or not she is Andre's daughter.
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The Taste of Others 1999 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Cast: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Brigitte Catillon, Alain Chabat, Agnes Jaoui, Gerard Lanvin, Anne Le Ny, Christiane Millet, Wladimir Yordanoff, Xavier De Guillebon
This comedy revolves around romantic attachments among opposites, such as stodgy businessman Castella (Jean-Pierre Bacri), who has been enduring life with neurotic wife Angelique (Christiane Millet). He is now attracted to a 40ish actress, Clara (Anne Alvaro), who, for her part, long ago gave up on love. Meanwhile, Clara's friend Manie (Agnes Jaoui) begins a romance with Castella's dyed-in-the-wool bachelor chauffeur, Bruno (Alain Chabat), before switching over to Castella's bodyguard, Franck Moreno (Gerard Lanvin). A very good romantic comedy. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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| 1. Artemisia (1997)
2. A Heart in Winter (1992)
3. The Housekeeper (2002)
4. Nightcap (2000)
5. The Taste of Others (1999)
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