Accident 1967  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard, Michael York, Vivien Merchant, Delphine Seyrig, Alexander Knox, Terence Rigby, Harold Pinter, Freddie Jones, Ann Firbank, Brian Phelan
When an Oxford professor (Dirk Bogarde), who appears to be happily married, finds himself attracted to a student, he must now examine his own motives and what it is that he really stands for.
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Daughters of Darkness 1971  R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harry Kumel
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet, John Karlen, Andrea Rau, Paul Esser, Georges Jamin, Joris Collet, Fons Rademakers
Stefan (John Karlen) and Valerie (Danielle Ouimet) are the only guests at a posh seaside resort until Countess Elisabeth Bathory (Delphine Seyrig) and her lesbian lover Ilona (Andrea Rau) appear at the resort. Valerie is attracted to the Countess, especially after finding out that Stefan is a brutal sadist. But, the audience soon begins to suspect that the Countess is a vampire when the blood-draining of townsfolk begins, and the Countess makes plans to replace her lover with Valerie. Good mood and visual effects by Director Harry Kumel.
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 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Fernando Rey, Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli, Bernard Musson, Paul Frankeur, Julien Bertheau, Milena Vukotic, Maria Gabriella Maione, Claude Pieplu
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this is a satirical look at the bourgeoisie following the activities of upper-middle-class friends. Don Raphael (Fernando Rey), Francois Thevenot (Paul Frankeur), Simone (Delphine Seyrig), Florence (Bulle Ogier), Henri Senechal (Jean-Pierre Cassel), and Alice (Stephane Audran) try, again and again, to spend an evening together. But, no matter how many times they try, and fail, to have dinner together, their plans are frustrated by events over which they have no control. The obstacles are bizarre–ranging from a mixed- up date for the dinner, to army maneuvers, to a dead body, to a stage play in which they are characters. Good entertainment.
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Donkey Skin 1970 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Fantasy
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Perrin, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig, Micheline Presle, Fernand Ledoux, Henri Cremieux, Sacha Pitoeff, Pierre Repp, Jean Servais, Louise Chevalier
When the queen (Catherine Deneuve) died, she made the king (Jean Marais) promise to marry a woman as beautiful as she, and he chooses his own daughter (also played by Catherine Deneuve). The daughter is not happy with this match, and a fairy (Delphine Seyrig) offers advice and helps her to escape. But, it is a prince (Jacques Perrin) who finally comes to the rescue.
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Last Year at Marienbad 1961 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff, Francoise Bertin, Luce Garcia-Ville, Helena Kornel, Francois Spira, Karin Touche-Mittler, Pierre Barbaud, Wilhelm von Deek, Jean Lanier, Gilles Queant, Gerard Lorin, Davide Montemuri, Gabriel Werner
A stranger, X (Giorgio Albertazzi), meets a woman, A (Delphine Seyrig), at a European chateau and tries to convince her that they were once lovers. She does not appear to remember meeting him, but is she just being coy? This dreamlike parody on melodramas is a distinctive film that has earned "classic" status.
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Muriel 1963 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Muriel, or the Time of Return
The Time of Return
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thierree, Claude Sainval, Laurence Badie, Jean Champion, Jean Daste, Martine Vatel, Philippe Laudenbach, Nelly Borgeaud, Julien Verdier
Memory and its effect on present-day lives is the theme of this Alain Resnais film about a widowed antiques dealer, Helene (Delphine Seyrig), who attempts to rekindle a romance with an old lover, Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Kerien). But, Helene's memory is playing tricks on her, and Alphonse is not the way she remembered. Matters are further complicated by Helene's troubled stepson who suffers from his own memory problems–and then there is Alphonse's 20-year-old lover Francoise (Nita Klein). The use of montage, overlapping dialogue, and photography provide a haunting quality to this story of attempting to reach an accord between memories and the present.
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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. Accident (1967)
2. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
3. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
4. A Doll's House (1973)
5. Donkey Skin (1970)
6. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
7. Muriel (1963)
aka: Muriel, or the Time of Return
aka: The Time of Return
8. Stolen Kisses (1968)
aka: Baisers Voles
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