La Belle Noiseuse 1991 N/R, 240 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: The Beautiful Troublemaker
Director: Jacques Rivette Cast: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Beart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Marie-Claude Roger, Leila Remili, Daphne Goodfellow, Marie Belluc
A visit from Nicholas (David Bursztein) and girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Beart) inspires artist Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) to restart work on an unfinished painting. This leads to a love/hate relationship.
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Summer Hours 2008 N/R, 102 min. Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jeremie Renier, Edith Scob, Dominique Reymond, Valerie Bonneton, Isabelle Sadoyan, Kyle Eastwood, Alice de Lencquesaing, Emile Berling, Jean-Baptiste Malartre, Gilles Arbona, Eric Elmosnino, Marc Voinchet, Sara Martins
Helene (Edith Scob) prepares for her 75th birthday and invites her children to her home in the French countryside. Designer Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) arrives from New York, and Jeremie (Jeremie Renier) comes from China with his wife Angela (Valerie Bonneton). Economist Frederick (Charles Berling) arrives with his wife Lisa (Dominique Reymond). When they are gathered together, Helene asks them to decide on what to do with her home and valuable art collection after she dies. They have different opinions. Later, Helene dies, and now her children must take on the difficult task of deciding how to dispose of her property, which involves many memories of their lifetime.
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| 1. La Belle Noiseuse (1991) aka: The Beautiful Troublemaker
2. Summer Hours (2008)
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