Bobby Deerfield 1977  PG, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn, Romolo Valli, Stephan Meldegg, Jaime Sanchez, Mickey Knox, Guido Alberti, Norm Nielsen, Dorothy James, Monique Lejeune, Van Doude, Gerard Hernandez
Racecar driver Bobby Deerfield (Al Pacino) is living with his French lover Lydia (Anny Duperey) when he meets and falls in love with Killian (Marthe Keller) who is a patient at a hospital in Switzerland. Up until now, Bobby has lived an emotionless life, but now he has found love. It turns out that Killian is dying of leukemia, and Bobby, who has problems dealing with the situation, turns to Lydia for comfort.
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Coup de Torchon 1981  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
aka: Clean Slate
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand, Irene Skobline, Michel Beaune, Jean Champion, Victor Garrivier, Gerard Hernandez, Abdoulaye Diop, Daniel Langlet, Francois Perrot, Raymond Hermantier
Just before World War II begins in 1938, police chief Lucien (Philippe Noiret) works in a French/African colony and changes his persona from that of a meek and mild doormat. He has been nagged by his abusive wife Hugette (Stephane Audran) and spends more time with his lover Rose (Isabelle Huppert) but would prefer being with schoolteacher Anne (Irene Skobline). Reaching beyond his personal life, Lucien takes his job more seriously and goes on a killing spree as the exterminator of the town's unsavory characters.
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A Crime in Paradise 2001  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Becker
Cast: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, Andre Dussollier, Suzanne Flon, Gerard Hernandez, Roland Magdane, Valerie Mairesse, Maryse Deol, Jenny Cleve, Daniel Prevost, Jacques Dacqmine
Jojo (Jacques Villeret) and his mean-spirited wife, Lulu (Josiane Balasko), live in the French countryside where Lulu makes Jojo so unhappy that, when he discovers the method for committing a perfect murder, he executes the plan.
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| 1. Bobby Deerfield (1977)
2. Coup de Torchon (1981)
aka: Clean Slate
3. A Crime in Paradise (2001)
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