La Buche 1999  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Daniele Thompson
Cast: Sabine Azema, Emmanuelle Beart, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Claude Rich, Francoise Fabian, Christopher Thompson, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Isabelle Carre, Samuel Labarthe, Francoise Brion
When Yvette's (Francoise Fabian) second husband drops dead just before Christmas, she asks her grown children to spend Christmas with her instead of her ex-husband Stanislas (Claude Rich). Daughter Sonia (Emmanuelle Beart) immediately sets plans into action for the "perfect" Christmas–despite the fact that she is dealing with secrets, secrets, and more secrets of her sisters Milla (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and Louba (Sabine Azema).
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Marius and Jeannette 1997  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Guediguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Gerard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet, Frederique Bonnal, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Laetitia Pesenti, Miloud Nacer, Pierre Banderet, Monique Meylan
Set in present-day Marseilles, this story involves Jeannette (Ariane Ascaride) who is a mother struggling to raise her two children on her salary as a supermarket checkout clerk. Enter Marius (Gerard Meylan), a guard at an abandoned cement works. They form a hesitant relationship while trying to learn how to be happy together.
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Red Lights 2004 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Cedric Kahn
Cast: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Charline Paul, Jean-Pierre Gos, Sava Lolov, Eric Moreau, Igor Skreblin, Mylene Demongeot
While imbibing liquor, insurance man Antoine (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) sets out on a drive with his corporate attorney wife, Helene (Carole Bouquet) to pick up their children from summer camp. Arguments ensue, Helene leaves to catch a train instead, and Antoine picks up a hitchhiker (Vincent Deniard). As if things aren't bad enough, they are going to get much worse.
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The Town Is Quiet 2000  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Robert Guediguian
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gerard Meylan, Alexandre Ogou, Pierre Banderet, Jacques Boudet, Pascale Roberts, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Christine Brucher, Veronique Balme
Interlocking stories emerge that involve prostitution, murder, and drugs in the lives of several troubled people in Marseilles.
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Un Air de Famille 1996 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Family Resemblances
Director: Cedric Klapisch
Cast: Agnes Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine Frot, Claire Maurier, Wladimir Yordanoff, Alain Guillo, Sophie Simon, Cedric Klapisch, Antoine Chappey
A dysfunctional French family's dinner celebration brings out grudges, tensions, and memories as the family airs its dirty laundry. Siblings revert to roles played since childhood and freely push each other's buttons.
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 A Very Long Engagement 2004 R, 133 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, Andre Dussollier, Jerome Kircher, Clovis Cornillac, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ticky Holgado
Convinced that her fiance, Manech (Gaspard Ulliel)–who has disappeared between the French and German lines during World War I–is still alive, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) gets help in her search from private detective Germain Pire (Ticky Holgado). Two Academy Award nominations were received.
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| 1. La Buche (1999)
2. Marius and Jeannette (1997)
3. Red Lights (2004)
4. The Town Is Quiet (2000)
5. Un Air de Famille (1996)
aka: Family Resemblances
6. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
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