Delicatessen 1991 R, 99 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro Cast: Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Ticky Holgado, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Karin Viard, Anne-Marie Pisani, Howard Vernon, Pascal Benezech, Rufus, Dominique Zardi, Jean-Francois Perrier, Marc Caro, Boban Janevski, Mikael Todde, Edith Ker
In a future world, after the "Big One," life is not easy, and food is in short supply. But the tenants of an old apartment complex get meat from time-to-time when the butcher provides human cutlets for his tenants. Now, along comes a young man who falls in love with the butcher's daughter. Believe it or not, this original-thinking comedy is interesting.
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Grosse Fatigue 1994 R, 92 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy aka: Dead Tired
Director: Michel Blanc Cast: Michel Blanc, Carole Bouquet, Philippe Noiret, Josiane Balasko, Roman Polanski, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Jean-Francois Perrier, Jean-Louis Richard, Francois Morel
Written by, directed by, and starring Michel Blanc, this movie satirizes the French film industry as Blanc suffers from the actions of an impersonator who is ruining the actor's reputation.
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La Ceremonie 1995 N/R, 111 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: A Judgement in Stone A Judgment in Stone
Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet, Jean-Francois Perrier, Yves Verhoeven, Dominique Frot, Serge Rousseau
"La Ceremonie" is French for events leading to inevitable death by Guillotine. This is the story of a French family that hires a new housekeeper, Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire). Sophie has unique problems of her own that are exploited by the local postmistress (Isabelle Huppert) with unexpected consequences for her employers.
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Macaroni 1985 PG, 104 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Ettore Scola Cast: Jack Lemmon, Marcello Mastroianni, Daria Nicolodi, Isa Danieli, Maria Luisa Santella, Patrizia Sacchi, Bruno Esposito, Orsetta Gregoretti, Marc Berman, Jean-Francois Perrier
Years after his experience as a soldier in Italy during World War II, aerospace executive Bob Traven (Jack Lemmon) returns to Naples and meets Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni), the brother of his lover from the past.
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| 1. Delicatessen (1991)
2. Grosse Fatigue (1994) aka: Dead Tired
3. La Ceremonie (1995) aka: A Judgement in Stone aka: A Judgment in Stone
4. Macaroni (1985)
5. Vincent & Theo (1990)
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