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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Don Juan 1998  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Jacques Weber
Cast: Jacques Weber, Michel Boujenah, Emmanuelle Beart, Penelope Cruz, Ariadna Gil, Denis Lavant, Michael Lonsdale, Jacques Frantz, Pierre Gerard, Philippe Khorsand
Jacques Weber directs and stars in this adaptation of Moliere's play about the womanizer who ignores the feelings of two women (Penelope Cruz and Ariadna Gil) in his quest for self-gratification.
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The Lovers on the Bridge 1991  R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Leos Carax
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Gruber, Daniel Buain, Marion Stalens, Chrichan Larsson, Edith Scob
Two homeless people–Michele (Juliette Binoche), an artist who is losing her eyesight, and Alex (Denis Lavant), an alcoholic street performer, spend one week on a bridge which has been closed for repairs but now serves as their "home."
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The Night is Young 1986 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Mauvais sang
Director: Leos Carax
Cast: Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy, Carroll Brooks, Hugo Pratt, Mireille Perrier, Serge Reggiani, Jerome Zucca, Paulo Handford, Thomas Peckre, Charles Schmitt, Philippe Fretun, Francois Negret
There's a new AIDS-like disease out there in the future, and it attacks only those who make love without feeling love. There is also a cure, but the serum is locked away, and a woman, known as "The American" (Carroll Brooks) hires thieves Hans (Hans Meyer) and Marc (Michel Piccoli) to steal it. They recruit teenage Alex (Denis Lavant) to steal the serum, and while preparing for the theft, Alex leaves his girlfriend Lise (Julie Delpy) and moves in with Marc. Alex falls for Marc's girlfriend Anna (Juliette Binoche), but she stays faithful to Marc. Now it is time for the theft, and the pace steps up with double crosses awaiting Alex–and also a daring rescue.
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Tuvalu 1999  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Veit Helmer
Cast: Denis Lavant, Chulpan Khamatova, Philippe Clay, Terrence Gillespie, E.J. Callahan, Djoko Rosic, Catalina Murgea, Todor Georgiev
When greedy Gregor (Terrence Gillespie) schemes to get his blind father's (Philippe Clay) bathhouse torn down, his actions threaten to bring his brother Anton's (Denis Lavant) world crushing down as well. Anton, who has cared for both the bathhouse and his father is faced with figuring out how to improve the ramshackle bathhouse and pool in order to keep the business. Silent, black and white film.
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| 1. Beau Travail (1999)
2. Don Juan (1998)
3. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
4. The Night is Young (1986)
aka: Mauvais sang
5. Tuvalu (1999)
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