Lola 1961  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Anouk Aimee, Marc Michel, Elina Labourdette, Alan Scott, Annie Duperoux, Jacques Harden, Margo Lion, Catherine Lutz, Corinne Marchand, Yvette Anziani
In post-war France, Lola (Anouk Aimee), a carefree single mother and cabaret dancer, continues to hope that her child's father will return from the U.S.–even after a seven-year absence. Meanwhile, she is being courted by an old childhood friend, Roland (Marc Michel), as well as by an American sailor, Frankie (Alan Scott), but she cannot seem to get over her past love.
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 Shoot the Piano Player 1960  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Shoot the Pianist
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michele Mercier, Albert Remy, Claude Mansard, Richard Kanayan, Jean-Jacques Aslanian, Daniel Boulanger, Serge Davri, Catherine Lutz
Charlie (Charles Aznavour) plays the piano in a bar where waitress Lena (Marie Dubois) has fallen in love with him. But Charlie has lived a previous life as a famous concert pianist and has given up on his professional and personal lives following his wife's suicide. Now, his brother, Chico (Albert Remy), arrives at the bar with two gangsters, and events turn violent.
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Stolen Kisses 1968 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Romance
aka: Baisers Voles
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Delphine Seyrig, Claude Jade, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Ceccaldi, Marie-France Pisier, Jacques Rispal, Claire Duhamel, Andre Falcon, Serge Rousseau, Harry-Max, Catherine Lutz, Martine Ferriere, Paul Pavel, Albert Simono
This comedy continues the series of films about Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud). At this stage in his life, Antoine, recently discharged from the Army, looks for romance in all the wrong places and, in the process, falls in love with his old girlfriend Christine (Claude Jade). The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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| 1. Lola (1961)
2. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
aka: Shoot the Pianist
3. Stolen Kisses (1968)
aka: Baisers Voles
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