Frantic 1958  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: Elevator to the Gallows
Elevator to the Scaffold
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Ivan Petrovich, Lino Ventura, Elga Andersen, Felix Marten, Charles Denner, Gerard Darrieu, Sylviane Aisenstein, Micheline Bona
Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) plots with her lover Julien (Maurice Ronet) to kill Florence's husband, Simon (Jean Wall), and make it look like a suicide. They proceed with their plan, but their "perfect crime" leads, instead, to their own doom.
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Mademoiselle 1966  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Ettore Manni, Umberto Orsini, Keith Skinner, Jane Beretta, Mony Rey, Georges Douking, Rosine Luguet, Jean Gras, Georges Aubert, Paul Barge, Pierre Collet, Gerard Darrieu
Manou (Ettore Manni) arrives in a small French village where he catches the eye of schoolteacher Mademoiselle (Jeanne Moreau), an anti-social, sexually disturbed woman. When a rash of crimes begins–fires and animal poisonings, for example–Manou is blamed, especially after Mademoiselle seduces him and then claims he raped her. But we, and Manou's son, know who is behind the mischief. Different and disturbing.
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Mon Oncle D'Amerique 1980 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: My American Uncle
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Marie Dubois, Henri Laborit, Jean Daste, Pierre Arditi, Philippe Laudenbach, Bernard Malaterre, Alexandre Rignault, Gerard Darrieu
Human behavior analyst Henry Laborit (played by himself) observes the actions of three characters (Gerard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, and Roger Pierre) as they go through crises in their lives.
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| 1. Frantic (1958)
aka: Elevator to the Gallows
aka: Elevator to the Scaffold
2. Mademoiselle (1966)
3. Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980)
aka: My American Uncle
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