8 Women 2002  R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Musical / Comedy
Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard, Dominique Lamure
Stranded by a snowstorm, eight women search for the truth of who murdered the family patriarch. Telephone lines have been cut. One of them must be the killer. Whodunit?
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Afraid of the Dark 1991  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mark Peploe
Cast: James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann, Clare Holman, Robert Stephens, Susan Wooldridge, David Thewlis, Ben Keyworth, Catriona MacColl, Hilary Mason, Sheila Burrell, Frances Cuka
His mother, Miriam (Fanny Ardant), is blind, and 11-year-old Lucas' (Ben Keyworth) eyesight is deteriorating to the point where he faces eye surgery. In the meantime, he wanders around the neighborhood, believes that someone is committing brutal assaults on blind people, and begins his own investigation. Is Lucas living in the real world, or is it his imagination?
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Balzac 1999 N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Balzac: A Life of Passion
Director: Josee Dayan
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Virna Lisi, Katja Riemann, Gert Voss, Katja Studt, Sergio Rubini, Marianne Denicourt, Gottfried John
Gerard Depardieu assumes the role of great French writer Honore de Balzac in this made-for-French-TV biography. The story covers Balzac's childhood under the influence of his critical mother (Jeanne Moreau), later romantic relationships (Fanny Ardant and Virna Lisi), and, finally, fame and fortune.
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Beyond the Clouds 1995 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders
Cast: John Malkovich, Kim Rossi Stuart, Ines Sastre, Sophie Marceau, Chiara Caselli, Peter Weller, Fanny Ardant, Irene Jacob, Vincent Perez, Jean Reno
Four short stories linked with an underlying theme of "the true image of that absolute and mysterious reality that nobody will ever see" make up this complex effort. Unfortunately, the beautiful cinematography is marred by the film's unbelievable tales.
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Bolero 1981   N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hessein, Nicole Garcia, Daniel Olbrychski, Richard Bohringer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Feodor Atkine, Fanny Ardant, Francis Huster
This film spans the era between the 1920s and 1970s as it relates experiences in the lives of a family of European musicians. 1 User Review
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| | Warren 05/15/2007 | | Best movie I have ever seen. Complex intertwining of the fates of artists from each of the theatres of WW2. Much human passion, plenty of tragedy, expert artistic performances and a convincing fictional portrayal of the history of the period. |
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Callas Forever 2002 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan, Gabriel Garko, Manuel de Blas, Justino Diaz, Jean Dalric, Stephen Billington, Anna Lelio
Later days in the life of opera diva Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant) are the focus of this fictionalized tribute to Callas, which was written and directed by her friend of 20 years, Franco Zeffirelli. In this story, she loses her voice and is talked into making a video on which her voice from a past performance will be used as a lip-sync.
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Confidentially Yours 1983  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Jean-Louis Richard, George Coulouris, Yann Dedet
Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is accused of murdering his wife and her lover, but Vercel's secretary, Barbara Becker (Fanny Ardant), is convinced he is innocent and begins to investigate.
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Don't Tempt Me 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Cast: Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz, Fanny Ardant, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Echanove, Demian Bichir, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Cristina Marcos, Gemma Jones, Elena Anaya, Bruno Bichir, Peter McDonald
Mexican boxer Manny (Demian Bichir) is close to committing suicide when an angel, Lola (Victoria Abril), from Heaven answers the call for help. But, the powers-that-be in Hell step in to interrupt the rescue and send their own agent, Carmen (Penelope Cruz), onto the scene.
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Elizabeth 1998 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, Fanny Ardant, Kathy Burke, John Gielgud, Emily Mortimer, Kelly Macdonald
In 1558, at the age of 25, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) took over the throne of England; she would rule for the next 45 years but not before successfully fighting off her Catholic enemies–the French, the Spanish, and the Pope. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Actress (Blanchett).
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A Hundred and One Nights 1995 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
Director: Agnes Varda
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet, Mathieu Demy, Emmanuel Salenger, Anouk Aimee, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Romane Bohringer, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Patrick Bruel, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve
A 100-year-old movie buff, Simon Cinema (Michel Piccoli), enjoys the stories of Camille Miralis (Julie Gayet) who spends 101 nights reminiscing with him about the history of filmmaking.
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Life Is a Bed of Roses 1983 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Geraldine Chaplin, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Andre Dussollier, Jean-Louis Richard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Robert Manuel, Martine Kelly, Samson Fainsilber
The possibility of a perfect world is examined in this fable, which uses a World War II "Temple of Happiness" from that era and compares its purpose with a present-day conference on education. The findings are that utopia does not seem to be the answer to society's problems.
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Nathalie... 2003 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Anne Fontaine
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Gerard Depardieu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Judith Magre, Rodolphe Pauly, Evelyne Dandry, Christian Aaron Boulogne, Aurore Auteuil, Idit Cebula, Serge Boutleroff, Sasha Rucavina
Middle-aged Catherine (Fanny Ardant) believes her husband, Bernard (Gerard Depardieu), is cheating on her and hires Parisian prostitute Nathalie (Emmanuelle Beart) to seduce him and report back on his performances–week after week.
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Swann in Love 1984 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Alain Delon, Fanny Ardant, Marie-Christine Barrault, Anne Bennent, Nathalie Juvet, Charlotte Kerr, Humbert Balsan, Catherine Lachens, Philippine Pascal, Charlotte de Turckheim
During the 1890s, when Jewish aristocrat Charles Swann (Jeremy Irons) pursues and marries French courtesan Odette de Crecy (Ornella Muti), he suffers the loss of any standing he has in French society.
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The Woman Next Door 1981 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool, Veronique Silver, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Olivier Becquaert, Nicole Vaughier, Muriel Combe
As a couple, Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) and Mathilde (Fanny Ardant) enjoyed a passionate affair years ago that ended unhappily. Years later, after Bernard had married Arlette (Michele Baumgartner) and Mathilde had married Philippe (Henri Garcin), the couples find themselves to be next-door neighbors. It doesn't take long for Bernard and Mathilde to rekindle their relationship, but their mutual obsession is doomed to failure.
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| 1. 8 Women (2002)
2. Afraid of the Dark (1991)
3. Balzac (1999)
aka: Balzac: A Life of Passion
4. Beyond the Clouds (1995)
5. Bolero (1981)
6. Callas Forever (2002)
7. Confidentially Yours (1983)
8. Don't Tempt Me (2001)
9. Elizabeth (1998)
10. A Hundred and One Nights (1995)
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
11. Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
12. Nathalie... (2003)
13. Ridicule (1996)
14. Swann in Love (1984)
15. The Woman Next Door (1981)
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