 The 400 Blows 1959  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Four Hundred Blows
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decomble, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Francois Truffaut, Georges Flamant, Richard Kanayan, Jean Douchet, Robert Beauvais, Pierre Repp, Claude Mansard, Yvonne Claudie
Thirteen-year-old Antoine Doenel (Jean-Pierre Leaud) has problems getting along in the world. His parents (Claire Maurier and Albert Remy) yell at him, and his teacher (Guy Decomble) torments him. After stealing his father's typewriter, Antoine is thrown into jail where even more troubles await. His one friend is Rene Simonet (Patrick Auffay), and through their eyes Antoine's tenacity is shown–revealing that there is always hope that Antoine will find his niche in life. Later periods in Antoine's life are shown in "Love at Twenty" and "Stolen Kisses" that follow this film.
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Barocco 1976  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar, Helene Surgere, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Claude Brasseur, Peter Bonke, Leny Suck
Laure (Isabelle Adjani) and Samson (Gerard Depardieu) are in love and plan on marriage after his final fight–one that is fixed and should bring him wealth. But Samson is killed by a gunman (also played by Depardieu) who looks just like Samson. Laure and Samson's killer eventually fall in love.
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Bolero 1981   N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: James Caan, Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Hessein, Nicole Garcia, Daniel Olbrychski, Richard Bohringer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Feodor Atkine, Fanny Ardant, Francis Huster
This film spans the era between the 1920s and 1970s as it relates experiences in the lives of a family of European musicians. 1 User Review
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| | Warren 05/15/2007 | | Best movie I have ever seen. Complex intertwining of the fates of artists from each of the theatres of WW2. Much human passion, plenty of tragedy, expert artistic performances and a convincing fictional portrayal of the history of the period. |
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The Bride Wore Black 1967 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Boulanger, Luce Fabiole, Alexandra Stewart, Paul Pavel
A bride's (Jeanne Moreau) husband is accidentally killed on their wedding day, and now she sets out to track down those who did the deed. An exciting tribute to Hitchcock by Truffaut with an excellent musical score.
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Deadly Circuit 1983  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stephane Audran, Macha Meril, Genevieve Page, Sami Frey, Dominique Frot, Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Claude Brialy, Isabelle Ho, Francois Bernheim
Private detective Beauvoir, The "Eye," (Michel Serrault) is on the trail of a seductress (Isabelle Adjani), a serial killer leaving victims in her wake as she travels through Europe.
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Famous Love Affairs 1961  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michel Boisrond
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Simone Signoret, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Pierre Dux, Suzanne Flon
Four different stories based loosely on fact are told–from Brigitte Bardot's story that is set in the Middle Ages to a mistress of Louis XIV that is sought by a dashing soldier.
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The Holy Year 1976 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
Director: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Henri Virlojeux, Renato Romano, Maurice Teynac, Luciano Bartoli, Paolo Guisti, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Raho
This comedy revolves around escaped thief Max Lambert (Jean Gabin) who plots to recover the money he hid years before. Dressed as a priest, he takes a plane to Rome. The plane is hijacked, and now Max must act to get to the money.
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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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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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La Reine Margot 1994  R, 143 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Queen Margot
Director: Patrice Chereau
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi, Dominique Blanc, Pascal Greggory, Claudio Amendola, Miguel Bose, Asia Argento, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Based on a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, this lavish adaptation tells of the events leading up to the "Massacre of St. Bartholomew" in 1572. Religious strife was prevalent during the reign of the Catholic King, Charles IX (Jean-Hugues Anglade). In an effort to appease the Protestants, the real power behind the throne, Catherine de Medici (Virna Lisi), initiates a marriage between her daughter Margot (Isabelle Adjani), the heiress to the throne, and Protestant Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil). But this only leads to further violence.
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La Ronde 1964 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Circle of Love
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet, Jean Sorel, Catherine Spaak, Francine Berge, Anna Karina, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernard Noel, Marie Dubois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Dani, Claude Giraud, Alice Cocea, Denise Benoit
This story takes place in Paris just before World War I begins. On the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, a soldier, Georges (Claude Giraud), lusts after and ends up in the bedrooms of a full circle of women–beginning with a prostitute (Marie Dubois), then Rose (Anna Karina), and finally housewife Sophie (Jane Fonda) before ending the circle with the prostitute.
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L'Effrontee 1985 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Charlotte and Lulu
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Brialy, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Raoul Billerey, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Richard Guerry, Simon de La Brosse, Cedric Liddell
Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg) has nothing to do for a month after school is out. Her friends are gone for the summer and her brother is also leaving town. Her life changes when she becomes obsessed with a younger girl, a piano prodigy, who will be having a concert in town. Though her life is no longer drab, problems lie ahead.
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 The Monster 1994 R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi, Jean-Claude Brialy, Massimo Girotti, Dominique Lavanant, Laurent Spielvogel, Ivano Marescotti, Franco Mescolini, Luciana Pieri Palombi, Vittorio Amandola, Gennaro Morrone, Rita Di Lernia, Vincenzo Vitagliano, Guilio Turli
Loris (Roberto Benigni) is a quiet man, mistaken as a serial murderer/rapist because he has been caught in compromising situations. Undercover agent Jessica (Nicoletta Braschi) is assigned to trip him up and provide evidence against him, BUT plans go awry.
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Paris Belongs to Us 1962 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Paris Is Ours
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Betty Schneider, Giani Esposito, Francoise Prevost, Daniel Crohem, Francois Maistre, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Marie Robain, Brigitte Juslin, Paul Bisciglia, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Demy, Jean Martin, Henri Poirier
As a literature student in Paris during the 1950s, Anne Goupil (Betty Schneider) takes part in Shakespeare's play "Pericles" and tries to help theater director Gerard Lenz (Giani Esposito) after he confides to Anne that their Spanish activist friend Juan was murdered by an organization plotting a totalitarian takeover and that he is now on their death list.
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 The Phantom of Liberty 1974 R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Specter of Freedom
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Jean-Claude Brialy, Monica Vitti, Milena Vukotic, Michael Lonsdale, Anne-Marie Deschott, Michel Piccoli, Claude Pieplu, Paul Frankeur, Julien Bertheau, Adolfo Celi
Talk about bizarre! At age 75, Luis Bunuel still had the knack for innovative filmmaking. This surrealistic comedy is a collection of barely related sketches that include a group of patriots in the Napoleonic era egging on a firing squad to shoot them, a missing girl helping police fill out a missing person report on her, and the well-known scene of an elegantly dressed group sitting on toilets around a dinner table until hunger strikes, when they retire to stalls in a separate room to eat. And that's just a sample.
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Portraits Chinois 1996 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Shadow Play
Director: Martine Dugowson
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Romane Bohringer, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Marie Trintignant, Elsa Zylberstein, Yvan Attal, Sergio Castellitto, Miki Manojlovic, Jean-Claude Brialy, Mathilde Seigner
Complicated relationships can be found everywhere in this story of two costume designers–Ada (Helena Bonham Carter) and Lise (Romane Bohringer)–who work in Paris. Although there is not much insight into these two, the storyline is entertaining.
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The Son of Gascogne 1995 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Pascal Aubier
Cast: Gregoire Colin, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dinara Drukarova, Stephane Audran, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claude Chabrol, Bernadette Lafont, Marina Vlady, Patrice Leconte, Alexandra Stewart
This is an "in" movie that will be enjoyed by lovers of the French "New Wave." Young Harvey and Dinara (Colin and Drukarova) meet Marco (Dreyfus), a chauffeur con man who claims to be a friend and inspiration to the French film industry's greats. He proceeds to pass off Harvey as the son of famed director Gascogne to the many celebrities they encounter.
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A Woman Is a Woman 1961 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nicole Paquin, Marie Dubois, Marion Sarraut, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Demongeot, Ernest Menzer, Karyn Balm
Striptease artist Angela (Anna Karina) wants to have a baby, but boyfriend Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy) says, "No!" Not ready to give up, Angela turns her attentions on Emile's friend, Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo). Will her ploy work to make Emile jealous and grant her wish?
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| 1. The 400 Blows (1959)
aka: The Four Hundred Blows
2. Barocco (1976)
3. Bolero (1981)
4. The Bride Wore Black (1967)
5. Claire's Knee (1970)
6. Deadly Circuit (1983)
7. Famous Love Affairs (1961)
8. The Holy Year (1976)
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
9. A Hundred and One Nights (1995)
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
10. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
11. King of Hearts (Le Roi de Coeur) (1966)
12. La Reine Margot (1994)
aka: Queen Margot
13. La Ronde (1964)
aka: Circle of Love
14. L'Effrontee (1985)
aka: Charlotte and Lulu
15. The Monster (1994)
16. Paris Belongs to Us (1962)
aka: Paris Is Ours
17. The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
aka: The Specter of Freedom
18. Portraits Chinois (1996)
aka: Shadow Play
19. The Son of Gascogne (1995)
20. A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
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