Changing Times 2004  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Gilbert Melki, Malik Zidi, Lubna Azabal, Tanya Lopert, Nabila Baraka, Idir Elomri, Nadem Rachati, Jabir Elomri
After a 30 year absence, successful architect Antoine Lavair (Gerard Depardieu) arrives in Tangiers hoping to reunite with his long-lost love Cecile (Catherine Deneuve). But Cecile, who is now a local radio personality, has moved on and is married to a well-established doctor, Nathan (Gilbert Melki). Antoine realizes that Cecile's marriage is strained and professes his love for her. Now family members arrive for a visit, cause complications of their own, and emotional turmoil accelerates.
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Cote D'Azur 2005 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Gilbert Melki, Jean-Marc Barr, Jacques Bonnaffe, Edouard Collin, Romain Torres, Sabrina Seyvecou, Yannick Baudin, Julien Weber, Marion Roux
When Beatrix (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and Marc (Gilbert Melki) head to the beach with their teenagers–Charly (Romain Torres) and Laura (Sabrina Seyvecou)–in tow, Laura falls for a biker, Charley may be in love with a gay guy, Marie's lover appears on the scene, and then the gay plumber (Jean-Marc Barr) arrives on a house call and sets his sights on Marc. Not the usual family vacation.
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 Intimate Strangers 2004 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon, Helene Surgere, Urbain Cancelier, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Veronique Kapoyan
Thinking she is at her theripist's office, Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) enters the wrong office and tells her life secrets to financial advisor William Faber (Fabrice Luchini). Faber finds her fascinating and plays along.
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La Patinoire 1999  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Ice Rink
Director: Jean-Phillipe Toussaint
Cast: Tom Novembre, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marie-France Pisier, Dolores Chaplin, Bruce Campbell, Mireille Perrier, Dominique Deruddere, Gilbert Melki, Eva Ionesco, Dominic Gould
While rushing to finish his latest film in time for the Venice Film Festival, the director (Tom Novembre) receives little cooperation from his producers, actors, and stars.
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Love Bites 2001 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Antoine de Caunes
Cast: Guillaume Canet, Asia Argento, Gerard Lanvin, Jean-Marie Winling, Gilbert Melki, Jose Garcia, Vincent Perez, Orazio Massaro, Frederic Pellegeay, James Arch
After wealthy Abraham von Bulow (Jean-Marie Winling) pays Antoine (Guillaume Canet) to search for Jordan (Orazio Massaro) who might be a vampire, Antoine sets off through the Paris underworld on his violence-filled quest.
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Monsieur Ibrahim 2003 R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Dupeyron
Cast: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger, Gilbert Melki, Isabelle Renauld, Lola Naymark, Anne Suarez, Mata Gabin, Celine Samie, Isabelle Adjani, Guillaume Gallienne, Guillaume Rannou, Manuel Le Lievre
Set in Paris during the 1960s, this film involves the relationship of an Arab grocery store owner (Omar Sharif) who befriends a young Jewish boy (Pierre Boulanger) and becomes a father figure to him. By story's end, each has learned valuable lessons from the other.
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Nearest to Heaven 2002  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tonie Marshall
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Helene Fillieres, Patrice Chereau, Nathalie Richard, Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Noemie Godin-Vigneau, Paulina Porizkova
Author Fanette (Catherine Deneuve) is still infatuated with an old flame and reminisces about their affair while watching 1957's "An Affair to Remember" several times. She travels to NYC and meets an American photographer (William Hurt) who may make her forget her old love. Bor-r-r-ing.
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| 1. Changing Times (2004)
2. Cote D'Azur (2005)
3. Intimate Strangers (2004)
4. La Patinoire (1999)
aka: The Ice Rink
5. Love Bites (2001)
6. Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
7. Nearest to Heaven (2002)
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