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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Keep Your Right Up! 1987  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard, Jane Birkin, Dominique Lavanant, Jacques Villeret, Isabelle Sadoyan, Francois Perier, Michel Galabru, Pauline Lafont, Jean-Pierre Delamour, Carina Barone
This lesser-known film by Jean-Luc Godard consists of three stories, the main one concerning a director (Godard) who is to deliver a film in 24 hours. The other minor plots involve a pop band rehearsing and an overweight man in a series of comedy scenes.
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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. The Eighth Day (1996)
2. Keep Your Right Up! (1987)
3. Summer Hours (2008)
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