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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Carnage 2002  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Delphine Gleize
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Angela Molina, Lio, Lucia Sanchez, Esther Gorintin, Marilyne Even, Clovis Cornillac, Jacques Gamblin, Feodor Atkine, Bernard Sens, Pascal Bongard, Raphaelle Molinier
After a bullfight, the bull is destroyed and its body parts are sent out across Europe where numerous people–an actress, an ice skater, an epileptic girl, a researcher, a taxidermist, and a teacher–come in contact with various parts of the bull's remains. Very European.
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Henry & June 1990 NC-17, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, Kevin Spacey, Richard E. Grant, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Bruce Myers, Juan Luis Bunuel, Feodor Atkine, Sylvie Huguel, Artus de Penguern, Pierre Etaix, Alexandre De Gall, Gaetan Bloom, Pierre Edernac
Anais (Maria de Medeiros) and her husband, Hugo (Richard E. Grant), live in Paris. Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife, June (Uma Thurman), arrive, and Anais is attracted to June. When June returns to America, she gives Henry and Anais approval to become involved in a love affair. This is the story of the real-life, 1930s' love affair between American author Henry Miller and French writer Anais Nin–with dreams of a few liaisons between Anais and June thrown in.
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 Ronin 1998  R, 121 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Skipp Sudduth, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Triska, Bernard Bloch, Feodor Atkine, Tolsty, Ron Perkins, Amadou, Leopoldine Serre
Irish activist Dierdre (Natascha McElhone) hires a team to track down a mysterious briefcase–contents unknown. They do not know who hired them, but former CIA agent Sam (Robert De Niro), former Euro intelligence agent Vincent (Jean Reno), former KGB agent Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), British demolitions expert Spence (Sean Bean), and driver Larry (Skipp Sudduth) set out to track down the briefcase. And the chase is on, with a few twists and turns, car chases, and action scenes as they travel from Paris, to Cannes, and then to Nice.
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The Shanghai Spell 2002  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Fernando Tielve, Aida Folch, Ariadna Gill, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Eduard Fernandez, Antonio Resines, Rosa Maria Sarda, Jorge Sanz, Juan Jose Ballesta, Gotz Otto, Feodor Atkine
Set during the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Dani (Fernando Tielve) is the primary character as he narrates events in this drama. Capt. Blay (Fernando Fernan Gomez) encourages Dani to draw a portrait of young Susana (Aida Folch) who is recovering from tuberculosis. The story unfolds as events from Susana's father's (Eduard Fernandez) life come to the fore when she tells about her father's activities as a spy. By story's end, Dani and Susana are on the verge of a romance with each other.
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Three Lives and Only One Death 1996 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine, Jean-Yves Gautier, Jacques Pieiller, Pierre Bellemare
In a series of stories Marcello Mastroianni plays an ex-husband, a professor-turned-beggar, a killer, and a wealthy industrialist. The stories seem to come together (or do they?) at the end when the industrialist discovers members of the family that he has invented for himself are coming for a visit.
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| 1. Bolero (1981)
2. Carnage (2002)
3. Henry & June (1990)
4. Pauline at the Beach (1983)
5. Ronin (1998)
6. The Shanghai Spell (2002)
7. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
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