Canicule 1984  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dog Day
Director: Yves Boisset
Cast: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Tina Louise, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Pierre Clementi
Lee Marvin is on the lam after robbing a French bank. Somehow he escapes the police and takes refuge in a farming household where the family turns out to be strange, indeed. Lots of violence in this loser.
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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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The Cry of the Owl 1987  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller / Drama / Romance
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Virginie Thevenet, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Patrice Kerbrat, Jean-Claude Lecas, Agnes Denefle, Victor Garrivier, Jacques Brunet, Charles Millot, Yvette Petit, Dominique Zardi, Henri Attal, Albert Dray
In this dark, dark thriller, Robert (Christophe Malavoy) moves to a quiet town to overcome his depression resulting from a divorce. With no erotic intent, he spies on his neighbor, Juliette (Mathilda May), and finds that she leads a well-rounded life. When Juliette breaks off with her boyfriend, Patrick (Jacques Penot), in order to pursue Robert, Patrick intends to get revenge.
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Day and Night 1997 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bernard-Henri Levy
Cast: Alain Delon, Lauren Bacall, Xavier Beauvois, Arielle Dombasle, Marianne Denicourt, Francisco Rabal, Karl Zero, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Vanessa Bauche, Dionisos Espinoza
While the residents of a Mexican town prepare to revolt, life goes on for Parisian author Alexandre (Alain Delon) and his wife Ariane (Marianne Denicourt) who appear far-removed from the issues around them. But, they have their own unique set of problems within their small world at their Mexican hacienda.
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La Vallee 1972  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Valley Obscured by the Clouds
The Valley
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michael Gothard, Valerie Lagrange, Jerome Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy
A bored and sophisticated diplomat's wife (Bulle Ogier) seeks rare feathers for export from her home in New Guinea. She joins a group of hippies on an expedition to the "Valley obscured by the clouds," which is not shown on any map, in search of a tribal commune. They find the commune, and our heroine experiences a new lifestyle to her liking. Musical score by Pink Floyd.
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Weekend 1967  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Yves Beneyton, Paul Gegauff, Daniel Pommereulle, Yves Afonso, Blandine Jeanson
A Parisian couple head off on a weekend trip that turns into a nightmare traffic jam during which society begins its collapse. Jean-Luc Godard's attack on bourgeois values provides classic viewing.
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| 1. Canicule (1984)
aka: Dog Day
2. Condorman (1981)
3. Confidentially Yours (1983)
4. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
5. Day and Night (1997)
6. The Dreamers (2003)
7. La Vallee (1972)
aka: The Valley Obscured by the Clouds
aka: The Valley
8. Weekend (1967)
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