Almost Peaceful 2002  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Simon Abkarian, Zabou, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal, Denis Podalydes, Julie Gayet, Malik Zidi, Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Silvie Milhaud, Pierre Diot, Francois Clavier
Emotionally scarred during World War II, a group of Parisian Jews starts life anew working in a tailor shop, reawakens, and tries to come to terms with the past.
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Cache 2005 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Hidden
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Lester Makedonsky, Walid Afkir, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Richard, Denis Podalydes, Caroline Baehr, Christian Benedetti
Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil) hosts a literary review roundtable and lives a comfortable life in his book-filled townhouse with wife Anne (Juliette Binoche) and 12-year-old son Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). One day, they receive a two-hour video tape of their home. More video tapes appear, often with childish drawings, giving the family a sense of danger hanging over them as it is apparent someone is monitoring their house. Tensions mount as Georges (and viewers as well) tries to solve the mystery.
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The Children of the Century 1999  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carre, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Denis Podalydes, Olivier Foubert, Michel Robin, Ludivine Sagnier
This film reveals moments from the torrid love affair of early 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and gifted poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) in which they came close to destroying each other.
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The Comedy of Innocence 2000  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Charles Berling, Edith Scob, Nils Hugon, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Denis Podalydes, Chantel Bronner, Bruno Marengo, Nicolas de La Baume
Camille (Nils Hugon) feels neglected and, thus, frequently lives in his own fantasy world. On this ninth birthday, he announces that he in not really Camille, but Paul, a boy who had drowned two years previously. He even takes his mother (Isabelle Huppert) to Paul's home and demonstrates his detailed knowledge of the place–including Paul's mother (Jeanne Balibar). Has Paul really come back and taken over Camille's body?
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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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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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Safe Conduct 2002 N/R, 163 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Ged Marlon, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Laurent Schilling, Maria Pitarresi, Christian Berkel, Richard Sammel
This semi-biographical story is based on the lives of two, real-life filmmakers who found ways to practice their craft when the Germans occupied France during World War II. Jean Devaivre (Jacques Gamblin) wrote screenplays for French films while Jean Aurenche (Denis Podalydes) worked for the Germans as an assistant director for propaganda films. Both lives are celebrated for the creativity exerted under the circumstances.
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| 1. Almost Peaceful (2002)
2. Cache (2005)
aka: Hidden
3. The Children of the Century (1999)
4. The Comedy of Innocence (2000)
5. It's Easier for a Camel... (2003)
6. My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into an Argument (1996)
7. Safe Conduct (2002)
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