Carnage 2002  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Delphine Gleize
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Angela Molina, Lio, Lucia Sanchez, Esther Gorintin, Marilyne Even, Clovis Cornillac, Jacques Gamblin, Feodor Atkine, Bernard Sens, Pascal Bongard, Raphaelle Molinier
After a bullfight, the bull is destroyed and its body parts are sent out across Europe where numerous people–an actress, an ice skater, an epileptic girl, a researcher, a taxidermist, and a teacher–come in contact with various parts of the bull's remains. Very European.
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Christmas Tale 2008  N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Francoise Bertin, Laurent Capelluto, Emmanuelle Devos, Emile Berling, David Frenkel, Hippolyte Girardot, Samir Guesmi, Thomas Obled, Clement Obled
Junon (Catherine Deneuve) and Abel (Jean-Paul Roussillon) "entertain" their grown children Elizabeth (Ann Consigny), Ivan (Melvil Poupaud), and black sheep of the family Henri (Matthieu Amalric) over the Christmas holiday. Junon has been diagnosed with leukemia, and it is hoped that one of her children will prove to be an acceptable match for a bone marrow transplant for Junon that will extend her life. As the family gathers together, old wounds are reopened. Elizabeth, for unknown reasons, is especially hostile to Henri who had been banished from the family years ago. Will the results of their lab tests bring the family together, or will more chaos ensue?
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Diary of a Seducer 1995 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Daniele Dubroux
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Hubert Saint-Macary, Serge Merlin, Mathieu Amalric, Daniele Dubroux, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Micheline Presle, Karin Viard, Jacques Nolot
This entertaining, philosophical romance revolves around the copy of one of Gregoire's (Melvil Poupaud) books–actually Soren Kierkegaard's "Diary of a Seducer." The book's treatise on love casts a love spell on an assortment of not-quite-"normal" characters and provides the catalyst for an entertaining storyline.
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Hotel 2001  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, John Malkovich, Heathcote Williams, Valeria Golino, Julian Sands, Chiara Mastroianni
As filmmakers converge on the Hungaria Hotel in Venice to make a movie, Charlee Boux (Salma Hayek) films her documentary of behind-the-scenes filming action. Other activities at the hotel include those of hotel workers who kidnap guests at night to serve their own cannibal tastes...and on and on it goes.
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It's Easier for a Camel... 2003  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Chiara Mastroianni, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Denis Podalydes, Marysa Borini, Roberto Herlitzka, Lambert Wilson, Nicolas Briancon, Yvan Attal, Emmanuelle Devos
Grown offspring of a wealthy Italian business magnate face their individual fears when their father lies on his deathbed.
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Les Voleurs 1996  R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Thieves
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Cote, Benoit Magimel, Ivan Desny, Chiara Mastroianni, Didier Bezace, Fabienne Babe, Julien Riviere, Regis Betoule
Set in Northern France, this is the intriguing story of Juliette (Laurence Cote) and her relationships with a cop (who had arrested her for shoplifting and then let her go) (Daniel Auteuil) and Marie (Catherine Deneuve), a professor who loves her.
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Ma Saison Preferee 1993 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: My Favorite Season
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Chiara Mastroianni, Carmen Chaplin, Anthony Prada, Michele Moretti, Jacques Nolot, Bruno Todeschini, Jean Bousquet, Roschdy Zem, Ingrid Caven
Emilie (Catherine Deneuve) and Antoine (Daniel Auteuil) are a sister and brother who tend to the problems confronting their aged mother Berthe (Marthe Villalonga) when Berthe comes to live with Emilie. They reflect on their past, present, and future relationships with each other in this delicately perceptive examination of family bonds.
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My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into an Argument 1996 N/R, 178 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Jeanne Balibar, Emmanuel Salinger, Marianne Denicourt, Chiara Mastroianni, Thibault de Montalembert, Denis Podalydes, Fabrice Desplechin, Helene Lapiower
Paul Dedalus (Mathieu Amalric) is a 29-year-old assistant professor facing a moment of crisis involving his personal and professional life.
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Nowhere 1997 R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Kathleen Robertson, Christina Applegate, Sarah Lassez, Guillermo Diaz, Heather Graham
This is Gregg Ariki's final offering in his trilogy about a lost generation of Los Angeles teens involved in sex, drugs, and a vicious brutalization as their form of recreation.
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Persepolis 2007 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Drama / Comedy
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands, Gabrielle Lopes Benites, Gabrielle Lopes, Arie Elmaleh, Jean-Francois Gallotte, Mathias Mlekuz, Sacha Alliel
This animated film is adapted from Marjane Satrapi's two autobiographical novels. Spirited, fun-loving Marjane (voice of Gabrielle Lopes ) is nine years old and living in Tehran when the Shah is overthrown. Her parents (voices of Catherine Deneuve and Simon Abkarian) and grandmother (voice of Danielle Darrieux) are in support of the revolution, and, after learning about Iran's history, Marjane agrees. Later, as a teenager, Marjane (now the voice of Chiara Mastroianni) finds her own ways to rebel–until her parents send her to a boarding school in Vienna. Feeling stranded, Marjane returns to Iran but suffers more under the mullahs and, finally, leaves for France when she is 24 and finds a better life. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Animation Feature.
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Pret-a-Porter 1994 R, 132 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Ready to Wear
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Kim Basinger, Tim Robbins, Julia Roberts, Sally Kellerman, Linda Hunt, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Rea, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Danny Aiello, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Chiara Mastroianni, Anouk Aimee, Rupert Everett, Forest Whitaker
The week-long unveiling of Paris designs is an "event" captured by this film. If you like fashion excess and shallow (but good-looking) people hopping into bed, this is the film for you. Actually, when subplots are deleted, this film is, in itself, one big satire on the fashion industry.
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Three Lives and Only One Death 1996 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine, Jean-Yves Gautier, Jacques Pieiller, Pierre Bellemare
In a series of stories Marcello Mastroianni plays an ex-husband, a professor-turned-beggar, a killer, and a wealthy industrialist. The stories seem to come together (or do they?) at the end when the industrialist discovers members of the family that he has invented for himself are coming for a visit.
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Time Regained 1999 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Marie-France Pisier, Arielle Dombasle, Dominique Labourier, Marcello Mazzarella, Chiara Mastroianni
This film, based on Marcel Proust's autobiographical novel about a dying novelist, revolves around Marcel (Marcello Mazzarella) who associates tastes and smells to remember people and moments of his past. Boredom and arrogance highlight Marcel's trips back to the World War I era where he, once again, encounters the lovers of his past.
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| 1. Carnage (2002)
2. Christmas Tale (2008)
3. Diary of a Seducer (1995)
4. Hotel (2001)
5. It's Easier for a Camel... (2003)
6. Les Voleurs (1996)
aka: Thieves
7. Ma Saison Preferee (1993)
aka: My Favorite Season
8. My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
9. Nowhere (1997)
10. Persepolis (2007)
11. Pret-a-Porter (1994)
aka: Ready to Wear
12. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
13. Time Regained (1999)
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