Beau Travail 1999  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Adiatou Massudi, Mickael Ravovski, Dan Herzberg
An ex-Foreign Legion officer, Galoup (Denis Lavant), reminisces about his life at an African outpost in Djibouti and how struggles with jealousy destroyed not only the new recruit Gilles Sentain (Gregoire Colin) but himself as well.
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Before the Rain 1994  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Milcho Manchevski
Cast: Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Serbedzija, Gregoire Colin, Labina Mitevska, Jay Villiers, Silvija Stojanovska, Phyllida Law, Josif Josifovski, Kiro Ristevski, Petar Mircevski, Ljupco Bresliski, Igor Madzirov, Ilko Stefanovski, Suzana Kirandziska, Katerina Kocevska
Three episodes link together showing hatred, violence, and war. The story centers on the civil wars that Macedonia has endured and is told from the point of view of three different characters. The effect is stunning as events are not in chronological order, and the viewer must put puzzle pieces together. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
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The Dreamlife of Angels 1998  R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Erick Zonca
Cast: Elodie Bouchez, Natacha Regnier, Gregoire Colin, Jo Prestia, Patrick Mercado
Two working-class women from Lille–Isa (Elodie Bouchez) and Marie (Natacha Regnier)–become apartment roommates and good friends. But, when Marie becomes sexually attracted to Chris (Gregoire Colin), the friendship turns bitter. Bouchez and Regnier shared Best Actress honors at the Cannes Film Festival for their roles in this film.
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Friday Night 2002 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Valerie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon, Helene de Saint-Pere, Helene Fillieres, Florence Loiret, Gregoire Colin, Gilles D'Ambra, Micha Lescot, Gianfranco Poddighe, Nordine Barour
While stuck in a Paris traffic jam, Laure (Valerie Lemercier) picks up a total stranger, Jean (Vincent Lindon), and the pair sets out on a romantic odyssey.
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L'Intrus 2004 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Intruder
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou, Florence Loiret, Lolita Chammah, Alex Descas, Kim Dong-ho, Chang Se-tak, Park Hong-suk, Beatrice Dalle
Director Claire Denis' impressionist offering follows white-haired loner Louis Trebor (Michel Subor) who is estranged from his son, Sidney's (Gregoire Colin) family and lives in a cabin near the Swiss/French border. In need of a heart transplant, Louis undergoes a black market surgery and then heads to Tahiti in quest of another son who he abandoned years before. As in many impressionist films, the meaning of the story may rest with the individual viewer.
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Olivier, Olivier 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Cast: Francois Cluzet, Brigitte Rouan, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Gregoire Colin, Marina Golovine, Frederic Quiring, Emmanuel Morozof, Faye Gatteau, Carole Lemerle, Jean-Bernard Josko
Nine-year-old Olivier (Emmanuel Morozof) disappears and is absent for six years. When Olivier (Gregoire Colin) returns, members of his family react in quite different ways–from open acceptance to outright suspicion as to his true identity.
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Sade 2000 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Gregoire Colin, Isild Le Besco, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Duquesne, Vincent Branchet, Raymond Gerome, Jalil Lespert
In 1794, the imprisoned Marquis de Sade (Daniel Auteuil) was transferred–after 13 years in grim Saint Lazarde prison–to a luxury prison where he relived his youth by "educating" the beautiful, young Emilie de Lancris (Isild Le Besco).
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Secret Defense 1998 PG, 170 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Gregoire Colin, Laure Marsac, Francoise Fabian, Christine Vouilloz, Mark Saporta, Sara Louis, Hermine Karagheuz, Bernadette Giraud
Sylvie (Sandrine Bonnaire) is determined to avenge her father's death by shooting Walser (Jerzy Raziwilowicz), the man her brother, Paul (Gregoire Colin), is convinced is the killer. But Sylvie's plans go awry; in a struggle over the gun she murders Walser's mistress, and Sylvie's mind begins to unravel as Walser, instead of becoming her victim, becomes her co-conspirator.
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 Sex Is Comedy 2002  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger, Dominique Colladant, Bart Binnema, Yves Osma, Elisabete Piecho, Francis Seleck, Diane Scapa
When a director, Jeanne (Anne Parillaud), is set to film the sex scene for her movie, there is one big problem: the two actors (Gregoire Colin and Roxane Mesquida) despise each other.
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The Son of Gascogne 1995 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Pascal Aubier
Cast: Gregoire Colin, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dinara Drukarova, Stephane Audran, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claude Chabrol, Bernadette Lafont, Marina Vlady, Patrice Leconte, Alexandra Stewart
This is an "in" movie that will be enjoyed by lovers of the French "New Wave." Young Harvey and Dinara (Colin and Drukarova) meet Marco (Dreyfus), a chauffeur con man who claims to be a friend and inspiration to the French film industry's greats. He proceeds to pass off Harvey as the son of famed director Gascogne to the many celebrities they encounter.
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| 1. Beau Travail (1999)
2. Before the Rain (1994)
3. The Dreamlife of Angels (1998)
4. Friday Night (2002)
5. L'Intrus (2004)
aka: The Intruder
6. Nenette and Boni (1996)
7. Olivier, Olivier (1992)
8. Sade (2000)
9. Secret Defense (1998)
10. Sex Is Comedy (2002)
11. The Son of Gascogne (1995)
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