Banana Peel 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marrielle, Gert Frobe, Paulette Dubost, Cathy Baieff, Bob Morel, Henri Poirier, Charles Regnier, Alain Cuny, Dominique Zardi
Con-artists Cathy (Jeanne Moreau) and Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) track down a millionaire and try to take off with his fortune while he is vacationing on the French Riviera. But, they soon discover that this millionaire is pretty crafty, and they may have met their match.
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Band of Outsiders 1964  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Bande a Part
The Outsiders
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey, Louisa Colpeyn, Daniele Girard, Ernest Menzer, Chantal Darget, Georges Staquet, Jean-Claude Remoleux, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Makovski, Michele Seghers, Monsieur Jojot
Based on Dolores Hitchens' novel, "Fool's Gold," this story involves a robbery attempt by a band of outsiders–Arthur (Claude Brasseur), Frantz (Sami Frey), and Odile (Anna Karina). Odile resists joining them, but Arthur and Franz pressure her to join in the heist. They are ready to pull off the robbery, but problems ensue with dire consequences.
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Barocco 1976  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar, Helene Surgere, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Claude Brasseur, Peter Bonke, Leny Suck
Laure (Isabelle Adjani) and Samson (Gerard Depardieu) are in love and plan on marriage after his final fight–one that is fixed and should bring him wealth. But Samson is killed by a gunman (also played by Depardieu) who looks just like Samson. Laure and Samson's killer eventually fall in love.
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Detective 1985  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Claude Brasseur, Johnny Hallyday, Stephane Ferrara, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Alain Cuny, Eugene Berthier, Cyril Autin, Julie Delpy
New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard sets this story in the elegant Hotel Concorde at St. Lazare, France, where a variety of characters seek love, money owed them, or even the solution to a murder mystery. The plot is confusing, but the feel is pure Godard.
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Please Not Now! 1961 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Aurel, J.D. Trop, Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Josephine James, Mireille Darc, Edith Zetling, Michel Subor, Jacques Riberolles, Claude Brasseur, Serge Marquand, Jean Tissier, Bernard Fresson
Sophie (Brigitte Bardot), a model, is not at all happy when she finds out that her boyfriend Philippe is cheating on her and decides she will just have to shoot him. But Alain also loves Sophie and tries to talk her out of it and suggests that she try to get Philippe back. When Philippe takes off with his new love (after finding out what Sophie intends), Sophie and Alain take chase. A fair comedy most noted for the "nude" dance by Sophie–though she was really wearing a body sock, with the pictures being shot out-of-focus.
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Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me 1972 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand, Andre Dussollier, Philippe Leotard, Anne Kreis, Gilberte Geniat, Daniele Girard, Martine Ferriere, Michel Delahaye, Jerome Zucca
While writing his book "Criminal Women," criminology student Stanislaus (Andre Dussollier) visits a prison and interviews inmate Camille Bliss (Bernadette Lafont). As she relates her past to Stanislaus, she reveals that while she is accused of attempting to kill both her husband (Philippe Leotard) and her lover (Charles Denner), she has indirectly been involved in the killing of her father and mother-in-law as well. By the time she finishes her stories, Stanislaus, like others before, falls in love with Camille, and now he determines to prove her innocence.
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| 1. Banana Peel (1963)
2. Band of Outsiders (1964)
aka: Bande a Part
aka: The Outsiders
3. Barocco (1976)
4. Detective (1985)
5. The Heroes (1972)
6. Please Not Now! (1961)
7. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
aka: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
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