Bitter Moon 1992   R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Peter Coyote, Hugh Grant, Emmanuelle Seigner, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Victor Banerjee, Sophie Patel, Patrick Albenque, Stockard Channing, Luca Vellani, Eric Gonzales, Richrd Dieux, Danny Wuyts, Daniel Dhubert, Olivia Brunaux, Heavon Grant
In typical Roman Polanski style, this film brings together psychologically impaired characters who search for offbeat sexual fulfillment. The story takes place on an ocean voyage where a British couple, Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas), meet wheelchair-bound novelist Oscar (Peter Coyote) and his French wife Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner). When Oscar realizes that Nigel is drawn to Mimi, he makes him listen to the stories (told in flashbacks) of how Mimi's actions caused Oscar to turn their relationship around from Mimi's degrading sex games into his sadistic abuse. Matters get really out of hand during the New Year's Eve party.
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Buddy Boy 1999  R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Hanlon
Cast: Aidan Gillen, Emmanuelle Seigner, Susan Tyrrell, Mark Boone Junior, Harry Groener, Hector Elias, Jon Huertas, Richard Assad, Kelly Waymire, Tim DeKay
The only highlight in Francis' (Aidan Gillen) wretched life seems to be evenings spent peeking through a fence hole at his luscious, vegetarian neighbor, Gloria (Emmanuelle Seigner). It isn't long before Francis and Gloria are engaged in an affair, but that doesn't stop Francis from spying and beginning to wonder who Gloria really is.
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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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Frantic 1988  R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Jimmie Ray Weeks, David Huddleston, Yorgo Voyagis, Gerard Klein, Dominique Pinon, Alexandra Stewart, Djiby Soumare, Robert Barr
While American surgeon Doctor Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) is visiting Paris, his wife Sondra (Betty Buckley) disappears from their hotel. This sets off a frantic chain of events leading to a miniature Statue of Liberty: the key to identifying the kidnappers.
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Happily Ever After 2004 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Yvan Attal
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Alain Chabat, Emmanuelle Seigner, Alain Cohen, Angie David, Anouk Aimee, Claude Berri, Aurore Clement, Kitu Gidwani, Keith Allen, Johnny Depp
Parisian 40-year-olds (Yvan Attal, Alain Chabat, and Alain Cohen) are unhappy in their current romances, and each searches in his own unique way for solutions in the war between the sexes.
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La Vie en Rose 2007 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical
aka: La Mome
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Clotilde Courau, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Martins, Catherine Allegret, Marc Barbe, Caroline Sihol, Manon Chevallier, Pauline Burlet
Writer-director Olivier Dahan's story skips back and forth as it chronicles events in the life of fabled French singer Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard). She was born into poverty to street singer mother Anetta (Clotilde Courau) and circus contortionist father Louis (Jean-Paul Rouve), but as a young girl (played by Manon Chevallier) Edith was given to Louis' mother (Catherine Allegret) to raise. Later, with support from friend Momone (Sylvie Testud), song writer Raymond Asso (Marc Barbe), and manager Louis Barrier (Pascal Greggory) she succeeds as a singer. As the story shows, Edith's powerful singing voice helps her survive when she goes through the trials and triumphs of her short, bittersweet life. The film received two Academy Awards including Best Actress (Cotillard) and received one other nomination.
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 The Ninth Gate 1999 R, 130 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jack Taylor, James Russo, Jose Lopez Rodero, Toni Amoni, Willy Holt, Allen Garfield, Jaques Dacqmine, Joe Sheridan, Rebecca Pauly, Catherine Benguigue
Dean (Johnny Depp) is hired to find two missing copies of a book that give the "recipe" for conjuring up the devil. The third book is held by the man who hired Dean–but only one book is the real one. As Dean travels through Europe, it is clear that he's not the only one interested in the books. Dark and moody.
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Nirvana 1997  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Stefania Rocca, Sergio Rubini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amanda Sandrelli, Claudio Bisio, Gigio Alberti, Antonio Catania, Ugo Conti, Silvio Orlando, Leonardo Gajo
Jimi's (Christopher Lambert) latest virtual reality computer game becomes infected with a virus that causes the game's hero, Solo (Diego Abatantuono), to have human consciousness. Solo pleads to be destroyed, but the master copy has been provided to his bosses for distribution. Furthermore, the company has many safeguards to protect their products. Jimi, with help from hackers, must play his own reality game to get to his program and destroy Solo.
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Place Vendome 1998 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nicole Garcia
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson, Francois Berleand, Dragan Nikolic, Otto Tausig, Laszlo Szabo, Philippe Clevenot
Catherine Deneuve won the award for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Marianne, an alcoholic at a crossroads in her life. She has become widowed and, now, attempts to pull her financial life together with seven magnificent diamonds her husband had hidden in a secret compartment.
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R.P.M. 1998  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ian Sharp
Cast: David Arquette, Emmanuelle Seigner, Famke Janssen, Steve John Shepherd, Stephen Yardley, Kenneth Cranham, John Bluthal, Debora Weston, Jean-Luc Bideau, George Rossi
You know, they just don't get any worse than this. Luke (David Arquette) is a car thief who decides to pull off the "big one"– the prototype of a super car. Just about everything in this one is bad.
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| 1. Bitter Moon (1992)
2. Buddy Boy (1999)
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
4. Frantic (1988)
5. Happily Ever After (2004)
6. La Vie en Rose (2007)
aka: La Mome
7. The Ninth Gate (1999)
8. Nirvana (1997)
9. Place Vendome (1998)
10. R.P.M. (1998)
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