 Breathless 1960  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Jean-Pierre Melville, Liliane Robin, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Louis Richard, Philippe de Broca, Van Doude
In director Jean-Luc Godard's first feature film, the story involves Michel Poiccard's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) run from the police after he kills a policeman and steals a car. His girlfriend is an American student Patricia (Jean Seberg) who joins him on the race against time as Michel tries to collect on a debt that will enable them to escape to Italy. This exciting film introduced the French New Wave to theaters.
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Confidentially Yours 1983  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Jean-Louis Richard, George Coulouris, Yann Dedet
Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is accused of murdering his wife and her lover, but Vercel's secretary, Barbara Becker (Fanny Ardant), is convinced he is innocent and begins to investigate.
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Fort Saganne 1984  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alain Corneau
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau, Michel Duchaussoy, Robin Renucci, Salah Teskouk, Florent Pagny, Roger Dumas, Said Amadis, Hippolyte Girardot, Jean-Laurent Cochet, Jean-Louis Richard
In the early 1900s while France is colonizing North Africa, Charles Saganne (Gerard Depardieu) is a peasant man who is sent to the area where he takes on the mission of convincing Chief Amajar (Said Amadis) to side with the French. After a perilous journey, Saganne saves Amajar's life and returns a hero. He comes home to Paris and marries socially prominent Madeleine De Saint Ilette (Sophie Marceau), but he is again called off to war where his final destiny awaits.
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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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 Jules and Jim 1961  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Marie Dubois, Jean-Louis Richard, Boris Bassiak, Anny Nelsen, Sabine Haudepin, Michel Subor, Bernard Largemain, Kate Noelle, Christiane Wagner
The moral of this film is "Watch out for what you think you want, since you may get it." Set in Paris around the period of World War I, the plot involves two writers Jules and Jim (Oskar Werner and Henri Serre). They both fall in love with beautiful Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) who is the personification of an ancient stone carving the men saw in Greece and have been obsessed by ever since. The three become inseparable friends. Jules marries Catherine, and they have a baby (Sabine Haudepin)–but Catherine still loves both Jules and Jim. The war ends, and Jim moves in with Catherine and Jules, and, with Jules approval, Jim becomes Catherine's lover. Now, just when they think they have what they want, problems ensue and lead to tragedy.
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La Sentinelle 1992  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Sentinal
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Cast: Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard, Valerie Dreville, Marianne Denicourt, Jean-Luc Boutte, Bruno Todeschini, Emmanuelle Devos, Philippe Laudenbach, Laszlo Szabo
A young doctor, Mathias Barillet (Emmanuel Salinger), is confronted by a strange man during his train ride from Germany to Paris. Later, he discovers a shrunken human head in his luggage. The head develops into an obsession for Mathias, and he is determined to discover its identity.
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The Last Metro 1980 PG, 133 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Le Dernier Metro
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Andrea Ferreol, Marcel Berbert, Richard Bohringer, Paulette Dubost, Maurice Risch, Franck Pasquier, Pierre Belot, Rene Dupre, Rose Thiery
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) strives to save both her Jewish husband Lucas (Heinz Bennent) and the Theatre Montmarte. The only hope of saving the Montmarte is a new play in which Marion stars, while director Lucas hides in the basement listening in on rehearsals. Meanwhile, there is a romantic attraction between Marion and the play's leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), but they manage to resist temptations as Marion chooses to remain loyal to her country and to her husband.
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 Le Professionnel 1981 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Professional
Director: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire, Jean-Louis Richard, Sidiki Bakaba, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Pierre Vernier
Secret Agent Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is on a mission to kill an African president. But, due to a change in leadership at home, he is jailed. Escaping jail, Joss now heads home to finish the job when the African president, now an ally, visits Paris. Will the new regime be able to stop him? An entertaining action/thriller.
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Life Is a Bed of Roses 1983 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Ruggero Raimondi, Geraldine Chaplin, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Andre Dussollier, Jean-Louis Richard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Robert Manuel, Martine Kelly, Samson Fainsilber
The possibility of a perfect world is examined in this fable, which uses a World War II "Temple of Happiness" from that era and compares its purpose with a present-day conference on education. The findings are that utopia does not seem to be the answer to society's problems.
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L'Appat 1995 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Fresh Bait
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry, Philippe Duclos, Marie Ravel, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Louis Richard, Christophe Odent, Jean-Paul Comart, Alain Sarde, Daniel Russo
Beautiful, young Nathalie (Marie Gillain), her boyfriend Eric (Olivier Sitruk), and Eric's friend Bruno (Bruno Putzulu) need money to start a business in the U.S. They hatch a scheme in which Nathalie will pick up rich men, take them home, and have Eric and Bruno rob their apartments. But things go sour when they commit a murder. Based on a true story.
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Post Coitum, Animal Triste 1997 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: After Sex
Director: Brigitte Rouan
Cast: Francoise Arnoul, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Louis Richard, Brigitte Rouan, Nils Tavernier, Boris Terral, Emmanuelle Bach, Carmen Chaplin, Gaelle Le Fur, Elodie Pong, Roberto Plate, Olivier Lechat
Diane Clovier (Brigitte Rouan), a Parisian book editor in her mid-40s, is happily married to an attorney, Philippe (Patrick Chesnais), and together they are raising their young sons. But when Diane meets young stud Emilio Pessi (Boris Terral), she throws caution to the wind and risks both her professional and personal lives for the sake of a torrid love affair.
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The School of Flesh 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller, Francois Berleand, Daniele Dubroux, Bernard Le Coq, Roxane Mesquida, Jean-Louis Richard, Jean-Claude Dauphin
This delicate handling of the older woman Dominique (Isabelle Huppert)/younger man Quentin (Vincent Martinez) relationship provides excellent viewing. Yukio Mishima's novel is deftly adapted for the screen by director Benoit Jacquot. This is a "don't miss."
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| 1. Breathless (1960)
2. Confidentially Yours (1983)
3. Fort Saganne (1984)
4. Grosse Fatigue (1994)
aka: Dead Tired
5. Jules and Jim (1961)
6. La Sentinelle (1992)
aka: The Sentinal
7. The Last Metro (1980)
aka: Le Dernier Metro
8. Le Professionnel (1981)
aka: The Professional
9. Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
10. L'Appat (1995)
aka: Fresh Bait
11. Post Coitum, Animal Triste (1997)
aka: After Sex
12. The School of Flesh (1998)
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