Artemisia 1997  R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agnes Merlet
Cast: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti, Emmanuelle Devos, Frederic Pierrot, Jacques Nolot, Dominique Reymond, Maurice Garrel, Brigitte Catillon
Artemisia Gentileschi (Valentina Cervi) (1593-1652) was the daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi (Michel Serrault), and she became a Baroque artist in her own right. This biography deals with Artemisia's early years as an apprentice and the rape trial that resulted from her affair with her teacher, Angostino Tassi (Miki Manojlovic).
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For Ever Mozart 1996  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Madeleine Assas, Frederic Pierrot, Ghalia Lacroix, Berangere Allaux, Vicky Messica, Harry Cleven, Michel Francini, Sabine Bail, Max Andre, Sylvie Herbert
Told in four separate segments, this story is set during Bosnia's civil war when the director of a film crew tries to cast and film a movie about what is going on in the area.
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The Girl from Paris 2001  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: One Swallow Brought Spring
Director: Christian Carion
Cast: Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Frederic Pierrot, Marc Berman, Francoise Bette, Christophe Rossignon, Roland Chalosse, Achiles Francisco Varas Dell'Aquila, Henri Pasquale
A young Parisian, Sandrine (Mathilde Seigner), has bought a goat farm in the French Alps. But, the previous owner, Adrien (Michel Serrault), has a stipulation: Adrien will remain in the farmhouse for 18 months after the sale to provide guidance for running the farm. In the duration, Sandrine and Adrien learn to accept and even like each other.
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Les Revenants 2004 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Fantasy
aka: They Came Back
Director: Robin Campillo
Cast: Geraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccai, Frederic Pierrot, Victor Garrivier, Catherine Samie, Djemel Barek, Marie Matheron, Saady Delas, Maurice Garrel, Dan Herzberg, Gerard Watkins, Alain Guillo
In a small French city, 13,000 dead souls have risen from their graves and returned to life and want to come back living as they had in their past lives. But mixing past and present lives proves difficult, and when complications ensue, they meet at night and seem to be searching for other solutions.
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Monsieur N. 2003 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Antoine de Caunes
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Richard E. Grant, Jay Rodan, Elsa Zylberstein, Roschdy Zem, Bruno Putzulu, Stephane Freiss, Frederic Pierrot, Siobhan Hewlett, Peter Sullivan, Igor Skreblin, Bernard Bloch
This story begins with the exhumation of a body and then continues, through flashbacks, to 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte (Philippe Torreton) was in exile on Elba. The story then explores age-old questions surrounding the mystery of how Napoleon died.
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| 1. Artemisia (1997)
2. For Ever Mozart (1996)
3. The Girl from Paris (2001)
aka: One Swallow Brought Spring
4. Inside/Out (1997)
5. Les Revenants (2004)
aka: They Came Back
6. Monsieur N. (2003)
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