 The Double Life of Veronique 1991  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irene Jacob, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Aleksander Bardini, Sandrine Dumas, Chantal Neuwirth, Halina Gryglaszewska, Kalina Jedrusik, Jerzy Gudejko, Janusz Sterninski, Louis Ducreux
Irene Jacob plays the roles of two women–Veronika is Polish, and Veronique is French–who appear linked in their parallel, yet separate, lives. Both suffer from heart problems, and both have singing talents and aspire to have careers in music. Veronika ignores her health, but Veronique does get treatment for her heart problems. Veronika wins a singing competition, and later is scheduled to perform with a symphony. But on the night of her performance, she suffers a heart attack and dies. Now, the scene shifts to Veronique who gives up her singing ambitions and becomes a school teacher–as if she unconsciously learned from Veronika's mistakes.
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Gabreille 2005 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Patrice Chereau
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Claudia Coli, Thierry Hancisse, Chantal Neuwirth, Thierry Fortineau, Louise Vincent, Clement Hervieu-Leger, Nicolas Moreau, Rinaldo Rocco, Xavier Lafitte, Mai David
Based on Joseph Conrad's short story "The Return," this film begins with Jean Hervey (Pascal Greggory) extolling the virtues of his "perfect" marriage to his wife Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert). But, everything changes when Jean arrives home one day and finds a note from Gabrielle telling Jean that she is leaving him. Jean is miserable, and matters do not change much when Gabrielle returns home prepared to carry on with their now "less-than-perfect" marriage. Many struggles lie ahead for both of them.
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Madeline 1998 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Cast: Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels, Stephane Audran, Arturo Venegas, Chantal Neuwirth, Kristian de la Osa, Clare Thomas, Bianca Strohmann
Set in mid-1950s Paris, this film is based on Ludwig Bemelman's popular children's books about the young girls residing at a girls' school run by Miss Clavel (Frances McDormand). The redheaded Madeline (Hatty Jones) is usually in the middle of problems encountered, and this time is no exception as Miss Clavel deals with the possible forced closing of her school.
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 A Very Long Engagement 2004 R, 133 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, Andre Dussollier, Jerome Kircher, Clovis Cornillac, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ticky Holgado
Convinced that her fiance, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel)–who has disappeared between the French and German lines during World War I–is still alive, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) gets help in her search from private detective Germain Pire (Ticky Holgado). Two Academy Award nominations were received.
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| 1. The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
2. Gabreille (2005)
3. Madeline (1998)
4. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
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