Bad Girls 1968  R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Les Biches
The Girlfriends
The Does
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Stephane Audran, Jacqueline Sassard, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Nane Germon, Serge Bento, Henri Frances, Henri Attal, Dominique Zardi, Claude Chabrol
Rich and sophisticated Frederique (Stephane Audran), a bisexual, picks up a poor Bohemian, Why (Jacqueline Sassard), seduces her, and takes her to his villa in St. Tropez. While there, Why meets and falls for an architect, Paul (Jean-Louis Trintignant). Frederique also makes a play for him, and before long the two head to Paris, leaving Why to suffer alone.
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Betty 1992 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Marie Trintignant, Stephane Audran, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Yves Lambrecht, Christiane Minazzoli, Pierre Vernier, Nathalie Kousnetzoff, Pierre Martot, Thomas Chabrol, Yves Verhoeven, Henri Attal, Emmanuelle Bataille
Divorced and legally barred from seeing her daughters, 28-year-old Betty (Marie Trintignant) is taken under the wing of middle-aged Laure (Stephane Audran). The two women spend their time drinking scotch and reminiscing through flashbacks. While Laure tries to help Betty, she makes the mistake of missing the flaws in Betty's personality and pays for it in the end.
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Cop au Vin 1985 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Poiret, Stephane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart, Caroline Cellier, Lucas Belvaux, Pauline Lafont, Andree Tainsy, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Jacques Frantz, Albert Dray, Henri Attal
Inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) investigates fatal accidents in a small French town where a money-hungry trio is trying to evict an invalid mother and her postal worker son from their home. A sequel follows: "Inspector Lavardin."
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Don Juan 73 1973  R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Ms. Don Juan
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere, Jane Birkin, Michele Sand, Antoine Fontaine, Dominique Zardi, Samson Fainsilber, Henri Attal
Jeanne (Brigitte Bardot) is a female Don Juan who pursues love/sex with man after man, leaving ruined lives in her wake. Bardot is fun to watch in one of her later films, but it still drags.
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Dr. Popaul 1972  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: High Heels
Scoundrel in White
Play Now, Pay Later
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Laura Antonelli, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mia Farrow, Daniel Ivernel, Daniel Lacourtois, Marlene Appelt, Michel Peyrelon, Carlo Bartolotta, Henri Attal, Patrick Prejean
An ambitious medic will do anything to make it in his chosen field–even marry the hospital president's ugly daughter.
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The Flower of Evil 2003 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Benoit Magimel, Melanie Doutey, Suzanne Flon, Bernard Le Coq, Thomas Chabrol, Henri Attal, Kevin Ahyi, Francoise Bertin, Jerome Bertin, Caroline Baehr, Francois Maistre
Murder and genteel corruption come to the fore when Anne (Nathalie Baye)–a member of the wealthy, but dishonored, Charpin-Vasseur family–runs for mayor of a town in the Bordeaux region of France.
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The Innocents with Dirty Hands 1975 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Dirty Hands
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger, Paolo Giusti, Jean Rochefort, Hans Christian Blech, Francois Perrot, Pierre Santini, Henri Attal, Serge Bento, Dominique Zardi
Two lovers, Julie (Romy Schneider) and Jeff (Paolo Giusti) kill Julie's alcoholic husband, Louis (Rod Steiger), and do NOT live happily ever after.
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Just Before Nightfall 1971 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Stephane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Francois Perier, Jean Carmet, Dominique Zardi, Henri Attal, Paul Temps, Marina Ninchi, Clelia Matania, Anna Douking
Charles (Michel Bouquet) has been enjoying an affair with the wife (Anna Douking) of his best friend, Francois (Francois Perier). But, during their sadomasochistic lovemaking, Charles kills his lover. When Charles' conscience gets the better of him, he confesses to both Francois and his own wife, Helene (Stephane Audran), who fail to react with dismay.
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Nada 1974 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Nada Gang
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Fabio Testi, Mariangela Melato, Maurice Garrel, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Aumont, Didier Kaminka, Lou Castel, Katia Romanoff, Andre Falcon, Viviane Romance, Francois Perrot, Henri Attal
The Nada Gang, as the group of anarchist terrorists is called, kidnap an American ambassador, leaving death in their wake. They hole up, and as they begin to bicker, the government and police gain information about them and home in on their location. A good thriller by Chabrol.
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Pierrot le fou 1965  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders, Graziella Galvani, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller, Hans Meyer, Pascal Aubier, Laszlo Szabo, Henri Attal, Pierre Hanin, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Zardi
Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Marianne (Anna Karina), who insists on calling Ferdinand "Pierrot," try to escape past lives by heading for the Riviera in search of Marianne's rum-running brother Fred (Dirk Sanders). But, plans go awry because Marianne's gangster past of smuggling weapons ensures that an idyllic life is not to be when Marianne is pursued by mobsters.
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| 1. Bad Girls (1968)
aka: Les Biches
aka: The Girlfriends
aka: The Does
2. Betty (1992)
3. Cop au Vin (1985)
4. Don Juan 73 (1973)
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
aka: Ms. Don Juan
5. Dr. Popaul (1972)
aka: High Heels
aka: Scoundrel in White
aka: Play Now, Pay Later
6. The Flower of Evil (2003)
7. The Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
aka: Dirty Hands
8. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
9. Nada (1974)
aka: The Nada Gang
10. Pierrot le fou (1965)
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