Black and White in Color 1976  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jean Carmet, Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Dufilho, Claude Legros, Catherine Rouvel, Dora Doll, Maurice Barrier, Benjamin Memel, Peter Berling, Marius Beugre Boignan
This anti-war film centers on French residents of a colonial West African outpost in 1915 who learn that France is at war with Germany. This news is the catalyst that propels them into a mini-war against a neighboring German outpost that is now identified as the enemy. This picture won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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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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Circle of Deceit 1981 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: False Witness
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen, Peter Martin Urtel, John Munro, Fouad Naim, Josette Khalil, Khaled El Sayed, Sarah Salem, Tafic Najem
The Lebanon War, as seen through the eyes of German journalist Georg Laschen (Bruno Ganz), is the subject of this film. Laschen stays long after other journalists pull out because of danger as he tries to understand the violence between Christians and Palestinians and report it to the world.
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Just Before Nightfall 1971  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Stephane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Francois Perier, Jean Carmet, Dominique Zardi, Henri Attal, Paul Temps, Marina Ninchi, Clelia Matania, Anna Douking
Charles (Michel Bouquet) has been enjoying an affair with the wife (Anna Douking) of his best friend, Francois (Francois Perier). But, during their sadomasochistic lovemaking, Charles kills his lover. When Charles' conscience gets the better of him, he confesses to both Francois and his own wife, Helene (Stephane Audran), who fail to react with dismay.
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La Rupture 1970 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Break Up
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Michel Bouquet, Jean-Claude Drouot, Michel Duchaussoy, Catherine Rouvel, Marguerite Cassan, Annie Cordy, Jean Carmet, Louise Chevalier
During a drug-induced rage, Charles (Jean-Claude Drouot) attacks his wife, Helene (Stephane Audran), and their four-year-old son, severely injuring the son. Helene takes the son to the hospital and rents a room. Meanwhile, Charles moves in with his wealthy parents. His father (Michel Bouquet) believes that Helene is to blame for the problems and is determined to gain custody of the injured grandson. He hires Paul (Jean-Pierre Cassel) to dig up dirt on Helene, but when that comes up negative, a plan is devised to manufacture dirt.
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Les Novices 1970  R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Guy Casaril
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Annie Girardot, Jean Carmet, Jacques Duby, Jess Hahn, Jacques Jouanneau, Noel Roquevert, Dominique Zardi, Angelo Bardi, Lucien Barjon
Sister Agnes (Brigitte Bardot) takes off to check out life on the "outside," participating in several adventures, including prostitution. Eventually she returns to her former life as a nun.
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Monsieur Vincent 1947 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Maurice Cloche
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Aime Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Germaine Dermoz, Gabrielle Dorziat, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jean Carmet, Pierre Dux, Michel Bouquet, Gabrielle Fontan, Robert Murzeau, Marcel Peres, Marcel Vallee, Francette Vernillat
During Europe's epidemic of the bubonic plague–the Black Death–Vincent de Paul (Pierre Fresnay) struggles to help the French peasants and their nobility deal with the tragedy in their midst. He is canonized for his efforts. This biography received an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.
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Violette 1978 R, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: Violette Noziere
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Stephane Audran, Jean Carmet, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Guy Hoffman, Lisa Langlois, Bernard Alane, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Dalmain, Mario David, Francois Maistre, Francois-Eric Gendron, Henri-Jacques Huet, Fabrice Luchini
Violette Noziere (Isabelle Huppert) is bored with her life but still finds thrills in Parisian cafes where she meets her lover Jean Dabin (Jean-Francois Garreaud). When Jean needs money, Violette devises a plot in which she can inherit money after she kills her parents, Baptiste and Germaine (Jean Carmet and Stephane Audran). Violette puts her plans into action, and Baptiste dies, but Germaine survives and sends Violette to prison. Based on a true story that took place in Paris during the 1930s.
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| 1. And Soon the Darkness (1970)
2. Black and White in Color (1976)
3. Canicule (1984)
aka: Dog Day
4. Circle of Deceit (1981)
aka: False Witness
5. Germinal (1993)
6. Just Before Nightfall (1971)
7. La Rupture (1970)
aka: The Break Up
8. Les Novices (1970)
9. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
10. Violette (1978)
aka: Violette Noziere
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