Keep Your Right Up! 1987  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard, Jane Birkin, Dominique Lavanant, Jacques Villeret, Isabelle Sadoyan, Francois Perier, Michel Galabru, Pauline Lafont, Jean-Pierre Delamour, Carina Barone, Eva Darlan, Catherine Houssay, Anny Seneque, Eloise Beaune, Agnes Sourdillion
This film by Jean-Luc Godard consists of three stories, the main one concerning a director (Godard) who is to deliver a film in 24 hours. The other minor plots involve a pop band, Rita Mitsouko, rehearsing and an overweight man (Jacques Villeret) in a series of comedy scenes.
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Love Songs 1984  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Christopher Lambert, Richard Anconina, Jacques Perrin, Nick Mancuso, Dayle Haddon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dominique Lavanant, Franck Ayas, Nelly Borgeaud, Laszlo Szabo, Inigo Lezzi
When Yves (Jacques Perrin) leaves for New York to work on a book, his wife, Margaux (Catherine Deneuve), remains behind in Paris to raise their children. While Yves is working across the Atlantic, Margaux meets and has an affair with rock singer Jeremy (Christopher Lambert). She sends the kids to New York to be with their father, but there is another problem: Jeremy's singing partner Michel (Richard Anconina) doesn't like the fact that Margaux is taking up valuable time with Jeremy. But, with success in the music world just around the corner, who will Jeremy then turn to?
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 The Monster 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi, Jean-Claude Brialy, Massimo Girotti, Dominique Lavanant, Laurent Spielvogel, Ivano Marescotti, Franco Mescolini, Luciana Pieri Palombi, Vittorio Amandola, Gennaro Morrone, Rita Di Lernia, Vincenzo Vitagliano, Guilio Turli
Loris (Roberto Benigni) is a quiet man, mistaken as a serial murderer/rapist because he has been caught in compromising situations. Undercover agent Jessica (Nicoletta Braschi) is assigned to trip him up and provide evidence against him, BUT plans go awry.
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Three Men and a Cradle 1985 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Coline Serreau
Cast: Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Dominique Lavanant, Marthe Villalonga, Annick Alane, Josine Comellas, Gwendoline Mourlet, Jennifer Moret
This Cesar (French Academy Award) winner is often trite but at other times is fairly well done. Three swinging bachelors in Paris have a baby delivered to them. One of them is the father. Meanwhile, bad guys are after heroin that was supposedly delivered to the men. This was remade in the U.S. as "Three Men and a Baby."
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| 1. Keep Your Right Up! (1987)
2. Love Songs (1984)
3. The Monster (1994)
4. Three Men and a Cradle (1985)
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