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 1998 N/R, 104 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama / Romance'
Director: Jacques Weber Cast: Jacques Weber, Michel Boujenah, Emmanuelle Beart, Penelope Cruz, Ariadna Gil, Denis Lavant, Michael Lonsdale, Jacques Frantz, Pierre Gerard, Philippe Khorsand, Lucas Uranga, Pedro Casablanc, Claudia Gravy, Xavier Thiam, Arnaud Bedouet
Jacques Weber directs and stars in this adaptation of Moliere's play about the womanizer, Don Juan, who ignores the feelings of two women, Mathurine and Charlotte (Penelope Cruz and Ariadna Gil), in his quest for self-gratification.
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The Housekeeper 2002 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Berri Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emilie Dequenne, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Frantz, Axelle Abbadie, Catherine Breillat, Apollinaire Louis-Philippe Dogue, Amalric Gerard
Barely out of her teens, Laura (Emilie Dequenne) goes to work as a housekeeper for an older man, newly divorced Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri). Against Jacques' better judgment, Laura and he become intimate–a decision that brings both pleasure and pain to Jacques' sexual ego.
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A Loving Father 2002 N/R, 103 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jacob Berger Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Julien Boisselier, Noemie Kocher, Hiyam Abbas, Frederic Polier, Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux, Pippa Schallier, Johanna Mohs, Jacques Frantz, Sten Eirik
Leo (Gerard Depardieu) is notified that he has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son, Paul (Gerard's actual son Guillaume Depardieu), attempts to congratulate his father, but his words fall on deaf ears. As Leo motorcycles his way to Sweden, Paul also heads out to track down his father, still wanting to connect. Paul finds him at the site where Leo's motorcycle crashed with Leo injured. Leo insists he does not need to go to the hospital, but Paul is intent on reaching out to his father and ties him in the back seat to aid in the reconciliation process.
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| 1. Cop au Vin (1985)
2. Don Juan (1998)
3. The Housekeeper (2002)
4. A Loving Father (2002)
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