Beau Travail 1999  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Adiatou Massudi, Mickael Ravovski, Dan Herzberg
An ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup (Denis Lavant), reminisces about his life at an African outpost in Djibouti and how struggles with jealousy destroyed not only the new recruit Gilles Sentain (Gregoire Colin) but himself as well.
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Friday Night 2002  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Valerie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon, Helene de Saint-Pere, Helene Fillieres, Florence Loiret, Gregoire Colin, Gilles D'Ambra, Micha Lescot, Gianfranco Poddighe, Nordine Barour
While stuck in a Paris traffic jam, Laure (Valerie Lemercier) picks up a total stranger, Jean (Vincent Lindon), and the pair sets out on a romantic odyssey.
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I Can't Sleep 1994  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Yekaterina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Vincent Dupont, Laurent Grevill, Alex Descas, Irina Grjebina, Ira Mandella-Paul, Tolsty, Line Renaud, Beatrice Dalle, Sophie Simon
A serial "Granny Killer" is terrorizing Paris while Lithuanian actress Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva) is staying at a hotel where she meets gay, cross-dressing, African immigrant Camille (Richard Courcet) and his musician brother Theo (Alex Descas). One of these three just happens to have a connection to the "Granny Killer." Can you guess which one?
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L'Intrus 2004 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Intruder
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou, Florence Loiret, Lolita Chammah, Alex Descas, Kim Dong-ho, Chang Se-tak, Park Hong-suk, Beatrice Dalle
Director Claire Denis' impressionist offering follows white-haired loner Louis Trebor (Michel Subor) who is estranged from his son, Sidney's (Gregoire Colin) family and lives in a cabin near the Swiss/French border. In need of a heart transplant, Louis undergoes a black market surgery and then heads to Tahiti in quest of another son who he abandoned years before. As in many impressionist films, the meaning of the story may rest with the individual viewer.
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Trouble Every Day 2001 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Beatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Raphael Neal, Jose Garcia, Helene Lapiower, Marilu Marini
An American doctor, Shane Brown (Vincent Gallo), and his bride, June (Tricia Vessey) are honeymooning in Paris when June learns that Shane refuses to consummate their marriage. It seems he has this fear that if he has sex with June he will devour her in an act of cannibalism. Seeking help, Shane tracks down a colleague, Dr. Leo Semineau (Alex Descas). But, it turns out that Leo's wife, Core (Beatrice Dalle), shares Shane's affliction and must be locked up in her own home to prevent her doing harm to unsuspecting souls. Could Shane and Core both be victims of Leo's experiments with the human libido?
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| 1. Beau Travail (1999)
2. Friday Night (2002)
3. I Can't Sleep (1994)
4. L'Intrus (2004)
aka: The Intruder
5. Nenette and Boni (1996)
6. Trouble Every Day (2001)
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