Elena and Her Men 1956  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer, Jean Richard, Magali Noel, Juliette Greco, Pierre Bertin, Elina Labourdette, Juliette Greco, Leon Larive
Nineteenth-century Polish Princess Elena (Ingrid Bergman) is romanced by three very different suitors, and she must choose between them.
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The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne 1945  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Ladies of the Park
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Paul Bernard, Lucienne Bogaert, Yvette Etievant, Jean Marchat, Bernard La Jarrige, Lucy Lancy, Marguerite De Morlaye, Blanchette Brunoy
Helene (Maria Casares) recognizes that her lover, Jean (Paul Bernard), is losing interest in her and, to regain his interest, she suggests a breakup. She is shocked when he agrees, and now it's revenge time. Helene introduces him to a prostitute, Agnes (Elina Labourdette), not telling him about Agnes' "profession." The new lovers hit it off, and Helene, after the marriage, tells Jean about Agnes. The results are not what Helene wanted.
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Lola 1961 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Anouk Aimee, Marc Michel, Elina Labourdette, Alan Scott, Annie Duperoux, Jacques Harden, Margo Lion, Catherine Lutz, Corinne Marchand, Yvette Anziani
In post-war France, Lola (Anouk Aimee), a carefree single mother and cabaret dancer, continues to hope that her child's father will return from the U.S.–even after a seven-year absence. Meanwhile, she is being courted by an old childhood friend, Roland (Marc Michel), as well as by an American sailor, Frankie (Alan Scott), but she cannot seem to get over her past love.
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To Paris with Love 1955 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Odile Versois, Vernon Gray, Jacques Francois, Austin Trevor, Jacques B. Brunius, Elina Labourdette, Claude Romain, Maureen Davis, Mollie Hartley Milburn
Colonel Edgar Fraser (Alec Guinness) and his son, Jon (Vernon Gray), travel to Paris where they play matchmakers for each other, but they end up with their own "finds."
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| 1. Elena and Her Men (1956)
aka: Paris Does Strange Things
2. The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne (1945)
aka: Ladies of the Park
3. Lola (1961)
4. To Paris with Love (1955)
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