The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankole, Emma de Caunes, Gerard Watkins, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Based on French "Elle" editor Jean-Dominique Bauby's best-selling memoir, this story shows how Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) suffers a stroke and the psychological torment he endures when he suffers "locked-in syndrome" in which his brain is working, but he is not able to speak nor move his body. The one thing Bauby can do is blink one eye, and, with help from speech therapist Henriette (Marie-Josee Croze), he is able to form sentences by blinking when she calls out a letter in the alphabet. As a result, Bauby is able to author a manuscript revealing what it is like to be trapped inside one's body and relating fantasies that he has imagined. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Director.
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Mr. Bean's Holiday 2007  G, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Bendelack
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Steve Pemberton, Willem Dafoe, Lily Atkinson, Jean Rochefort, Karel Roden, Max Baldry, Preston Nyman, Sharlit Deyzac, Francois Touch, Arsene Mosca, Stephane Debac, Philippe Spall
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins a trip to the French Riviera where he hooks up with 11-year-old Stepan (Max Baldry) after asking Stepan's father Emil (Karel Roden)–who just happens to be a Russian filmmaker–to tape him boarding the train. Emil misses the train, and Mr. Bean and Stepan continue the trip while Emil reports that Stepan has been abducted. Meanwhile, Mr. Bean loses his passport, wallet, and luggage, but he and Stepan get a ride from French actress Sabine (Emma de Caunes) who is on her way to Cannes for the premiere of her new film. They make it to Cannes–just in time for more stumbling adventures.
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The Science of Sleep 2006  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Pierre Vaneck, Aurelia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Stephane Metzger, Alain de Moyencourt, Inigo Lezzi, Yvette Petit
After his father dies, introverted Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) moves to Paris where his mother (Miou-Miou) finds him a job at a calendar-making company. But, the job is not what Stephane expected, and now he falls in love with Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who, unfortunately, does not feel the same way about him. When things go bad for Stephane, he escapes into his dream world, and, in this film, members of the audience join him in escaping from their real lives.
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| 1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
2. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
3. The Science of Sleep (2006)
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