Comedy of Power 2006  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Francois Berleand, Patrick Bruel, Robin Renucci, Marilyne Canto, Thomas Chabrol, Jean-Francois Balmer, Pierre Vermier, Jacques Boudet, Philippe Duclos, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Roger Dumas, John Arnold, Yves Verhoeven
Jeanne Charmant-Killman (Isabelle Huppert) is a French judge whose relentless efforts to prosecute a large corporation C.E.O. Michel Humeau (Francois Berleand) lead to uncovering criminal activity in high levels of government. Notoriety in the case results in Jeanne's celebrity status, but along with new-found fame comes an attempt on her life, and her husband Philippe (Robin Renucci) resents all the media attention the case has brought into their lives.
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Dangerous Moves 1984  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Richard Dembo
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Michel Aumont, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Bernhard Wicki, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jacques Boudet
This story centers on a world chess championship as competitors, the old master (Michel Piccoli) and a young admirer (Alexandre Arbatt), become more and more obsessed with winning. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Marius and Jeannette 1997 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Guediguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Gerard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet, Frederique Bonnal, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Laetitia Pesenti, Miloud Nacer, Pierre Banderet, Monique Meylan
Set in present-day Marseilles, this story involves Jeannette (Ariane Ascaride) who is a mother struggling to raise her two children on her salary as a supermarket checkout clerk. Enter Marius (Gerard Meylan), a guard at an abandoned cement works. They form a hesitant relationship while trying to learn how to be happy together.
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The Town Is Quiet 2000 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Guediguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gerard Meylan, Alexandre Ogou, Pierre Banderet, Jacques Boudet, Pascale Roberts, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Christine Brucher, Veronique Balme
Interlocking stories emerge that involve prostitution, murder, and drugs in the lives of several troubled people in Marseilles.
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| 1. Comedy of Power (2006)
2. Dangerous Moves (1984)
3. Marius and Jeannette (1997)
4. The Town Is Quiet (2000)
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