The Grand Illusion 1937  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Dita Parlo, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Jean Daste, Jacques Becker, Georges Peclet, Werner Florian, Sylvain Itkine, Albert Brouett, Claude Sainval, Michel Salina
Written while Hitler was beginning to make his move in Europe, this film examines the mindset of men involved in World War I and shows how the aristocratic backgrounds of French prisoner de Boldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and the German commandant of the prison camp, von Rauffenstein (Eric von Stroheim), contribute to them forming a bond that will have deadly consequences when they allow two French soldiers (Jean Gabin and Marcel Dalio) to escape. The negatives of the film survived, and the restored movie was released in 1999, complete with a new translation.
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L'Atalante 1934 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Vigo
Cast: Michel Simon, Jean Daste, Dita Parlo, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Fanny Clar, Raphael Diligent, Maurice Gilles, Rene Bleck, Charles Goldblatt
French Surrealism combines for the first time with French Poetic Realism in this fantasy about a sea captain, Jean (Jean Daste), and his bride, Juliette (Dita Parlo), who begin married life aboard Jean's ship. They soon find that the close proximity and Juliette's boredom bring out more than a few problems.
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 The Man Who Loved Women 1977  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Charles Denner, Leslie Caron, Nelly Borgeaud, Genevieve Fontanel, Brigitte Fossey, Nathalie Baye, Jean Daste, Valerie Bonnier, Sabine Glaser, Henri Agel
This movie starts with a funeral and then focuses on a bachelor who is obsessed with women–and they seem to return his passions. Another good Truffaut film.
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Mon Oncle D'Amerique 1980 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: My American Uncle
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Marie Dubois, Henri Laborit, Jean Daste, Pierre Arditi, Philippe Laudenbach, Bernard Malaterre, Alexandre Rignault, Gerard Darrieu
Human behavior analyst Henry Laborit (played by himself) observes the actions of three characters (Gerard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, and Roger Pierre) as they go through crises in their lives.
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Muriel 1963  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Muriel, or the Time of Return
The Time of Return
Director: Alain Resnais
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thierree, Claude Sainval, Laurence Badie, Jean Champion, Jean Daste, Martine Vatel, Philippe Laudenbach, Nelly Borgeaud, Julien Verdier
Memory and its effect on present-day lives is the theme of this Alain Resnais film about a widowed antiques dealer, Helene (Delphine Seyrig), who attempts to rekindle a romance with an old lover, Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Kerien). But, Helene's memory is playing tricks on her, and Alphonse is not the way she remembered. Matters are further complicated by Helene's troubled stepson who suffers from his own memory problems–and then there is Alphonse's 20-year-old lover Francoise (Nita Klein). The use of montage, overlapping dialogue, and photography provide a haunting quality to this story of attempting to reach an accord between memories and the present.
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The Wild Child 1970 G, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Jean Daste, Paul Ville, Annie Miller, Claude Miller, Francoise Seigner, Mathieu Schiffman, Jean Grualt, Robert Cambourakis, Gitt Magrini, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Laura Truffaut, Eva Truffaut, Guillaume Schiffman
This film is based on a true story about a child, Victor (Jean-Pierre Cargol), who was raised in the wilds. When Victor is rescued, he is taken under the tutelage of Dr. Itard (Francois Truffaut) whose love and understanding helps him adapt to civilization. Dr. Itard takes Victor into his own home and uses rewards and punishments to teach him how to listen and respond in his new world.
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Zero for Conduct 1933 N/R, 44 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Vigo
Cast: Jean Daste, Robert Le Flon, Du Verron, Delphin, Mme. Emile, Leon Larive, Louis Lefebvre, Gilbert Pruchon, Gerard de Bedarieux
Returning from the holidays, students at a boys' boarding school decide they have had enough, and a full-scale rebellion ensues. A landmark film that inspired the French New Wave Movement.
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| 1. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
2. The Grand Illusion (1937)
3. L'Atalante (1934)
4. The Man Who Loved Women (1977)
5. Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980)
aka: My American Uncle
6. Muriel (1963)
aka: Muriel, or the Time of Return
aka: The Time of Return
7. The Wild Child (1970)
8. Zero for Conduct (1933)
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