A Chef in Love 1997  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nana Dzhordzadze
Cast: Pierre Richard, Micheline Presle, Nino Kirtadze, Timur Kamkhadze, Jean-Yves Gautier, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Aleksandr Baluyev, Danielle Darrieux
This story is told in flashback via a journal. The story is told by Cecilia (Nino Kirtadze) who met and fell in love with a Frenchman, Pascal Ichac (Pierre Richard), in the 1920s–before her native Georgia became part of the Soviet Union. When Communism became their way of life, Pascal lost his restaurant (and Cecilia)–but NEVER his unique talent for preparing culinary delights.
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Genealogies of a Crime 1997  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Melinand, Hubert Saint-Macary, Jean-Yves Gautier, Mathieu Amalric, Camila Mora
Less-than-successful attorney Solange (Catherine Deneuve) is appointed to defend Rene (Michel Piccoli) who is accused of killing his Aunt Jeanne (also played by Catherine Deneuve). Jeanne was a psychoanalyst, and the plot follows the psychiatric vein of contemporary France–deep and boring to those not into French philosophy.
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Three Lives and Only One Death 1996 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes, Melvil Poupaud, Chiara Mastroianni, Arielle Dombasle, Feodor Atkine, Jean-Yves Gautier, Jacques Pieiller, Pierre Bellemare
In a series of stories Marcello Mastroianni plays an ex-husband, a professor-turned-beggar, a killer, and a wealthy industrialist. The stories seem to come together (or do they?) at the end when the industrialist discovers members of the family that he has invented for himself are coming for a visit.
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Voyage to the Beginning of the World 1997  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Yves Gautier, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Doria, Isabel de Castro, Manoel de Oliveira, Cecile Sanz de Alba, Jose Pinto, Adelaide Teixeira, Isabel Ruth
While tracking down the biographical story of actor Afonso (Jean-Yves Gautier), film director Manoel (Marcello Mastroianni) relives experiences of his own life.
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| 1. A Chef in Love (1997)
2. Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
3. Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
4. Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997)
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