All the Mornings of the World 1991  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alain Corneau
Cast: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Guillaume Depardieu, Carole Richert, Caroline Sihol, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Yves Gasc, Jean-Marie Poirier, Myriam Boyer, Yves Lambrecht
Musical director Marin Marais (Gerard Depardieu) at the court of Louis XIV reflects on his days as an aspiring artist when he arrived at the home of master 17th century French composer and cellist Monsieur de Sainte Colombe (Jean-Pierre Marielle) and asked him to teach him to play. Previously, Sainte Colombe had returned home and learned that his wife had died. He built a small home and planned to dedicate his life to his daughters and his music. The story is told in flashbacks as Marais recalls his past and his respect for his mentor.
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Coup de Torchon 1981 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
aka: Clean Slate
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand, Irene Skobline, Michel Beaune, Jean Champion, Victor Garrivier, Gerard Hernandez, Abdoulaye Diop, Daniel Langlet, Francois Perrot, Raymond Hermantier
Just before World War II begins in 1938, police chief Lucien (Philippe Noiret) works in a French/African colony and changes his persona from that of a meek and mild doormat. He has been nagged by his abusive wife Hugette (Stephane Audran) and spends more time with his lover Rose (Isabelle Huppert) but would prefer being with schoolteacher Anne (Irene Skobline). Reaching beyond his personal life, Lucien takes his job more seriously and goes on a killing spree as the exterminator of the town's unsavory characters.
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 The Da Vinci Code 2006 PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jurgen Prochnow, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Seth Gabel, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Clive Carter
Dan Brown's best-selling–and controversial to many Christians– novel is brought to the screen by Ron Howard. Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a Harvard professor/symbologist, is visiting Paris when he is called to the Louvre after the curator is found murdered in the museum. A cipher found near the body begins Langdon's and cryptologist Sophie Neveu's (Audrey Tautou) thrilling race for the secrets of the cipher, which includes Leonardo Da Vinci's hidden meanings in his paintings and encounters with secret societies. This film version tiptoes around the more controversial parts of the novel.
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La Petite Lili 2003  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Little Lili
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ludivine Sagnier, Robinson Stevenin, Julie Depardieu, Yves Jacques, Anne Le Ny, Marc Betton, Michel Piccoli
In this updated adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," Mado Marceaux (Nicole Garcia) hostesses family and friends at her French country home where they critique both good and bad aspects of the film industry–and even find time for secret affairs during breaks in the discussions.
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Les Femmes 1969 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Women
The Vixen
Director: Jean Aurel
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Christina Holme, Anny Duperey, Joelle Latour, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Tanya Lopert, Maria Schneider
Clara (Brigitte Bardot) is a secretary for writer Jerome (Maurice Ronet) who is working on his memoirs. As they travel by train, he dictates his adventures, and they begin an affair. She soon finds out that he is quite the womanizer.
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Let Joy Reign Supreme 1975 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal, Alfred Adam, Marina Vlady, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Gerard Desarthe, Michel Beaune, Monique Chaumette, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Hilling
Set in France during the reign of Louis XV, this film depicts life in the French Court–as seen through the eyes of Philippe d'Orleans (Philippe Noiret)–in an era before the French Revolution.
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One Wild Moment 1977  R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Victor Lanoux, Christine Dejoux, Agnes Soral, Martine Sarcey, Peter Bonke, Robert Bahr, Tessa Bouche
Divorced father Pierre (Jean-Pierre Marielle) takes his teen daughter, Martine (Christine Dejoux), on vacation with his friend Jacques (Victor Lanoux) and Jacques' daughter, Francoise (Agnes Soral). Francoise comes on to Pierre, and an affair begins. When Francoise tells her father of the affair (leaving out who the lover is), Jacques asks Pierre to help him find out who he is. Remade in 1984 as "Blame it on Rio."
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Tomorrow We Move 2004  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clement, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Natacha Regnier, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Reymond, Elsa Zylberstein, Gilles Privat, Georges Siatidis, Anne Coesens
Charlotte (Sylvie Testud) and her mother, Catherine (Aurore Clement), live amidst clutter in cramped quarters where Catherine teaches piano lessons. The decision is made to move, and realtor Popernick (Jean-Pierre Marielle) enters the picture–introducing Charlotte to prospective tenants, some of which become new friends.
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| 1. All the Mornings of the World (1991)
2. Coup de Torchon (1981)
aka: Clean Slate
3. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
4. La Petite Lili (2003)
aka: Little Lili
5. Les Femmes (1969)
aka: The Women
aka: The Vixen
6. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
7. One Wild Moment (1977)
8. Tomorrow We Move (2004)
9. Uranus (1991)
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