 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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Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Alphaville
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Andre Fieschi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Christa Lang
The New Wave French film director Jean-Luc Godard pays homage to comic books in this tale of secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) visiting a futuristic society on a distant planet where science and technology have taken over, and love is forbidden.
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Bed and Board 1970 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claude Jade, Hiroko Berghauer, Barbara Laage, Daniel Ceccaldi, Daniel Boulanger, Claire Duhamel
In this, the fourth chapter of Francois Truffoult's "Antoine Doinel," Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is married to Christine (Claude Jade) but has an affair with Kyoto (Hiroko Berghauer), which results in Christine opting to get away from "domestic bliss."
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Day for Night 1973  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Baye, Dani, Jean Champion, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez
This film provides an excellent satire on the art of filmmaking. While filming at the Victorine Studio in Nice, chaos reigns on the set, which is filled with personal dilemmas as well as technical problems. At the center of all the turmoil is the director, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut), who attempts to keep his cast in line at least long enough to complete the project. The cast includes temperamental Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Leaud), emotionally unstable Julie (Jacqueline Bisset), closet homosexual Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), alcoholic Severine (Valentina Cortese), and pregnant Stacey (Alexandra Stewart)–all of whose problems affect Ferrand's effort to keep the filming on track. Winner of Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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Detective 1985  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Claude Brasseur, Johnny Hallyday, Stephane Ferrara, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Alain Cuny, Eugene Berthier, Cyril Autin, Julie Delpy
New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard sets this story in the elegant Hotel Concorde at St. Lazare, France, where a variety of characters seek love, money owed them, or even the solution to a murder mystery. The plot is confusing, but the feel is pure Godard.
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Diary of a Seducer 1995 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Daniele Dubroux
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Melvil Poupaud, Hubert Saint-Macary, Serge Merlin, Mathieu Amalric, Daniele Dubroux, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Micheline Presle, Karin Viard, Jacques Nolot
This entertaining, philosophical romance revolves around the copy of one of Gregoire's (Melvil Poupaud) books–actually Soren Kierkegaard's "Diary of a Seducer." The book's treatise on love casts a love spell on an assortment of not-quite-"normal" characters and provides the catalyst for an entertaining storyline.
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Irma Vep 1996  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alex Descas, Dominique Faysse, Arsinee Khanjian, Bernard Nissile, Olivier Torres, Bulle Ogier, Lou Castel
A former New-Wave director Rene Vidal (Jean-Pierre Leaud) has seen better times, and now he wants to remake the French film "Les Vampire." Actress Maggie Cheung (played by herself) has been signed to star in the film; however, there is much chaos on the set (all but the director are against his choice of Cheung as star). When both director and star are replaced, they set out for revenge.
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Last Tango in Paris 1973 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Maria Michi, Gitt Magrini, Luce Marquand, Massimo Girotti, Catherine Breillat, Laura Betti, Marie-Helene Breillat, Dan Diament, Catherine Sola, Mauro Marchettil
This movie was banned in a number of cities in the 1970s, but by today's standards it is relatively tame. In fact, the director and stars were convicted of obscenity charges in Italy. It is the story of the torrid love affair between middle-aged American businessman Paul (Marlon Brando) and young Parisian Jeanne (Maria Schneider). Academy award nominations were received for Best Actor (Brando) and Director.
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Love at Twenty 1962 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, Renzo Rossellini, Francois Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier, Francois Darbon, Rosy Varte, Nami Tamura, Barbara Lass, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Cristina Gajoni, Geronimo Meynier, Koji Furuhata, Barbara Frey, Zbigniew Cybulski, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Vera Tschechowa, Werner Finck
This episode of the story of Antoine Doinel's (Jean-Pierre Leaud) life, which began with "The 400 Blows" (1959), presents five stories that are told to reflect love among the younger generation. Five directors–Francois Truffaut, Renzo Rossellini, Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, and Andrzej Wajda–present the stories, which are each set in a different country (France, Italy, Japan, West Germany, and Poland).
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Love on the Run 1979 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani, Dorothee, Rosy Varte, Marie Henriau, Daniel Mesguich, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Pierre Ducos
This is the final episode (of five) of Truffaut's "Antoine Doinel" series, which started 20 years previously with "The 400 Blows." Antoine, now in his 30s, reflects on his past loves and adds them to his autobiographical novel. Currently, he is taking on a new lover while awaiting a divorce from his current wife. Problems arise with both the divorce and new lover, and he joins a past lover. They reminisce about their past affair, and he also visits with another old friend.
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Masculine-Feminine 1966 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Chantal Goya, Marlene Jobert, Michel Debord, Catherine Duport, Eva-Britt Strandberg, Birger Malmsten, Francoise Hardy, Chantal Darget, Brigitte Bardot
The theme of this film is "Children of the Sixties"–described by Godard as, "the children of Marx and Coca Cola." The story centers on Paul (Jean-Pierre Leaud) whose struggles to understand social and political realities result in his isolation not only from his girlfriend Madeleine (Chantal Goya) but other friends and cohorts as well.
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Mon Homme 1996 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Anouk Grinberg, Gerard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez, Dominique Valadie, Bernard Le Coq, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Sabine Azema, Jacques Francois, Bernard Fresson
Prostitute Marie Abarth (Anouk Grinberg) thoroughly enjoys her profession. Then one day she meets Jeannot (Gerard Lanvin), a vagrant. She takes Jeannot home, appoints him as her pimp, and determines to devote her energies to him. But Jeannot strays, and when he becomes a pimp for a new prostitute the tables are turned.
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The Mother and the Whore 1973 N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Eustache
Cast: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noel Picq, Jessa Darrieux, Genevieve Mnich, Marinka Matuszewski, Jean Eustache, Andre Techine, Jean Douchet
This is a compelling story of a love triangle that has fallen apart. Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Leaud), his girlfriend Veronika (Francoise Lebrun), and nurse/lover Marie (Bernadette Lafont) put the pieces of life's puzzle together as they discuss love, fears, real-life experiences, and emotions. Director Jean Eustache takes time to develop his characters, and the result is worth the effort.
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Pierrot le fou 1965 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders, Graziella Galvani, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller, Hans Meyer, Pascal Aubier, Laszlo Szabo, Henri Attal, Pierre Hanin, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Zardi
Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Marianne (Anna Karina), who insists on calling Ferdinand "Pierrot," try to escape past lives by heading for the Riviera in search of Marianne's rum-running brother Fred (Dirk Sanders). But, plans go awry because Marianne's gangster past of smuggling weapons ensures that an idyllic life is not to be when Marianne is pursued by mobsters.
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Porcile 1969 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Pigpen
Pigsty
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Pierre Clementi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi, Anne Wiazemsky, Margarita Lozano, Marco Ferreri, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Two obscure narratives are told in this film. One involves the son of a post-World War II German industrialist who gets fed up with human relationships and protests by becoming involved with pigs. The other, set several centuries ago, follows a young cannibal as he searches for food in his volcanic surroundings.
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Stolen Kisses 1968 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Romance
aka: Baisers Voles
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Delphine Seyrig, Claude Jade, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Ceccaldi, Marie-France Pisier, Jacques Rispal, Claire Duhamel, Andre Falcon, Serge Rousseau, Harry-Max, Catherine Lutz, Martine Ferriere, Paul Pavel, Albert Simono
This comedy continues the series of films about Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud). At this stage in his life, Antoine, recently discharged from the Army, looks for romance in all the wrong places and, in the process, falls in love with his old girlfriend Christine (Claude Jade). The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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 The Testament of Orpheus 1960 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Le Testament d'Orphee
Director: Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermithe, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean Marais, Francoise Christophe, Maria Casares, Francois Perier, Yul Brynner, Daniel Gelin, Brigitte Bardot
This is filmmaker, poet, painter, and sculptor Jean Cocteau's farewell, as he brings back memories of his films, stars, and friends. Cocteau plays a dying poet (Cocteau was actually dying) who is after immortality. Beautifully photographed and full of Cocteau's inventive scenes.
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Two English Girls 1971 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Anne and Muriel
Two English Girls and the Continent
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Kika Markham, Stacey Tendeter, Sylvia Marriott, Marie Mansart, Philippe Leotard, Irene Tunc, Mark Peterson, Georges Delerue, Marcel Berbert
During the early 20th century, aspiring French writer Claude Roe (Jean-Pierre Leaud) is invited to the home of a British friend of his mother for the summer. Claude meets and falls in love with two sisters (Kika Markham and Stacey Tendeter), which marks the beginning of an obsession with one of them that will endure for 20 years.
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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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What Time Is It There? 2001 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-ching, Miao Tien, Chen Chao-jung, Cecilia Yip, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Tsai Guei
Protagonist Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) is back for the fifth time in this art film from Taiwan. Patience is the theme of the story, which continues on after the death of Hsiao-kang's father. When Hsiao-kang sells a watch (that may have a connection to his father) to a woman who is leaving for Paris, the sale sets off Hsiao-kang's obsession to reset every clock to Parisian time–somehow connecting them to the watch that is now in Paris.
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| 1. The 400 Blows (1959)
aka: The Four Hundred Blows
2. Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
aka: Alphaville
3. Bed and Board (1970)
4. Day for Night (1973)
5. Detective (1985)
6. Diary of a Seducer (1995)
7. The Dreamers (2003)
8. Irma Vep (1996)
9. Last Tango in Paris (1973)
10. Love at Twenty (1962)
11. Love on the Run (1979)
12. Masculine-Feminine (1966)
13. Mon Homme (1996)
14. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
15. Pierrot le fou (1965)
16. Porcile (1969)
aka: Pigpen
aka: Pigsty
17. Stolen Kisses (1968)
aka: Baisers Voles
18. The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
aka: Le Testament d'Orphee
19. Two English Girls (1971)
aka: Anne and Muriel
aka: Two English Girls and the Continent
20. Weekend (1967)
21. What Time Is It There? (2001)
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