Caroline and the Rebels 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Jean Devaivre
Cast: Jean-Claude Pascal, Jacques Dacqmine, Sophie Desmarets, Georges Descrieres, Brigitte Bardot, Magali Noel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Robert Dalban, Jean Galland, Jean Debucourt
This romantic adventure follows Juan (Jean-Claude Pascal) in his sexual exploits across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. Brigitte Bardot plays one of his conquests. Censored prior to U.S. release, this is the third film of a series that formerly had Caroline as the heroine, but now her son (Juan) carries on the adventures.
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A Crime in Paradise 2001  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Becker
Cast: Jacques Villeret, Josiane Balasko, Andre Dussollier, Suzanne Flon, Gerard Hernandez, Roland Magdane, Valerie Mairesse, Maryse Deol, Jenny Cleve, Daniel Prevost, Jacques Dacqmine
Jojo (Jacques Villeret) and his mean-spirited wife, Lulu (Josiane Balasko), live in the French countryside where Lulu makes Jojo so unhappy that, when he discovers the method for committing a perfect murder, he executes the plan.
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A Double Tour 1959 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
aka: Web of Passion
Leda
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Dacqmine, Jeanne Valerie, Bernadette Lafont, Andre Jocelyn, Mario David, Laszlo Szabo, Raymond Pelissier
Murder in the midst of a dysfunctional family is the subject of this film by "New Wave" director Claude Chabrol.
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Inspector Lavardin 1986 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean-Luc Bideau, Hermine Clair, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Florent Gibassier, Jean Depusse, Marc Adam
Inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is investigating a murder in a French seaside village when he recognizes the new widow, Helene (Bernadette Lafont), as one of his young loves from the past. And, to complicate matters, Helene and her brother, Claude (Jean-Claude Brialy), head Lavardin's list of murder suspects.
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| 1. Caroline and the Rebels (1955)
2. A Crime in Paradise (2001)
3. A Double Tour (1959)
aka: Web of Passion
aka: Leda
4. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
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