The Eighth Day 1996  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Isabelle Sadoyan, Henri Garcin, Michele Maes, Fabienne Loriaux
Professional actor, Georges (Pascal Duquenne), with Downs Syndrome resides in an institution. He decides to take off on his own and meets Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a corporate manager who has had it with life. The two become friends in this enchanting story. The two men were co-winners of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor.
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A Hundred and One Nights 1995 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
Director: Agnes Varda
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet, Mathieu Demy, Emmanuel Salenger, Anouk Aimee, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Romane Bohringer, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Patrick Bruel, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve
A 100-year-old movie buff, Simon Cinema (Michel Piccoli), enjoys the stories of Camille Miralis (Julie Gayet) who spends 101 nights reminiscing with him about the history of filmmaking.
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Love at the Top 1974  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The French Way
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Florinda Bolkan, Henri Garcin, Georges Wilson, Michel Vitold, Jean-Francois Balmer, Dominique Constanza, Estella Blain, Mary Marquet
Meek bank clerk Nicolas (Jean-Louis Trintignant) becomes an overnight success–with women and wealth–when he agrees to take the advice of a struggling novelist (Jean-Pierre Cassel). A so-so comedy.
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A Matter of Resistance 1966  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Brasseur, Mary Marquet, Henri Garcin, Carlos Thompson, Marc Dudicourt, Alexis Micha, Robert Moor, Donald O'Brien, Paul Le Person
Set during World War II, young and beautiful Marie (Catherine Deneuve) and her lazy husband, Jerome (Philippe Noiret), live near the Normandy shore. She longs to move to Paris, but the indifferent Jerome refuses to leave. Along comes French Resistance agent, Julien (Henri Garcin), who is preparing for the Allied invasion. He is more preoccupied with chasing Marie than his work, it seems, but so is the local German commander, who sets up headquarters at her chateau in order to be closer to her. This is the English-dubbed title.
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My Best Friend 2006 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet, Julie Durand, Henri Garcin, Jacques Mathou, Marie Pillet, Elisabeth Bourgine, Jacques Spiesser, Audrey Marnay, Anne Le Ny, Pierre Aussedat, Philippe Du Janerand
Business partners Francois Coste (Daniel Auteuil) and Catherine (Julie Gayet) deal in antiques, and Francois is a ruthless workaholic who has no friends. Catherine makes a deal with Francois: if he can produce one true friend, she will give him a valuable ancient vase they just purchased for their business. And the fun and games begin as Francois treks through the Paris streets and finds big-hearted cab driver Bruno (Dany Boon) who just might be the one to pull off the pretense that will result in Francois getting the vase.
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 The Pink Panther 2006 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Rees, William Abadie, Scott Adkins, Dexter Bell, Monty C. Floyd, Beyonce Knowles, Phillip Goodwin, Henri Garcin
In this prequel to the original "Pink Panther" (1964), the bumbling Inspector Clousseau (Steve Martin) is working on a murder case in which a diamond ring has been stolen from a murdered soccer coach. That ring just happens to be the famous Pink Panther diamond, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) promotes Clousseau to inspector in the quest to find the diamond. Dreyfus then places Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) on the case with instructions to report back all actions taken by Clousseau–and the search is on.
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Someone Behind the Door 1971 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Gessner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Anthony Perkins, Jill Ireland, Henri Garcin, Adriano Magestretti, Agathe Natanson, Viviane Everly, Andre Penvern, Denise Peronne, Isabelle Del Rio, Silvana Blasi, Yves Elliot, Carl Studer, Colin Mann
"The Stranger" (Charles Bronson) is an amnesiac who was found disoriented on a beach with the body of a dead woman. Laurence Jeffries (Anthony Perkins) is the doctor on duty when the Stranger is brought to the hospital, and he has a "different" method of treatment. Jeffries takes the Stranger home, hypnotizes him, and gives him instructions to kill Jeffries' wife Frances (Jill Ireland) and her lover Paul (Henri Garcin). The Stranger, in his hypnotized state, sets off to do the killings, but will Jeffries change the plans before both are killed?
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The Woman Next Door 1981  R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool, Veronique Silver, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Olivier Becquaert, Nicole Vaughier, Muriel Combe
As a couple, Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) and Mathilde (Fanny Ardant) enjoyed a passionate affair years ago that ended unhappily. Years later, after Bernard had married Arlette (Michele Baumgartner) and Mathilde had married Philippe (Henri Garcin), the couples find themselves to be next-door neighbors. It doesn't take long for Bernard and Mathilde to rekindle their relationship, but their mutual obsession is doomed to failure.
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| 1. An Almost Perfect Affair (1979)
2. The Dress (1996)
3. The Eighth Day (1996)
4. A Hundred and One Nights (1995)
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
5. Kill! (1971)
aka: Kill! Kill! Kill!
6. Love at the Top (1974)
aka: The French Way
7. A Matter of Resistance (1966)
8. My Best Friend (2006)
9. The Pink Panther (2006)
10. Someone Behind the Door (1971)
11. The Woman Next Door (1981)
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