Cop au Vin 1985 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Jean Poiret, Stephane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart, Caroline Cellier, Lucas Belvaux, Pauline Lafont, Andree Tainsy, Jean-Claude Bouillaud, Jacques Frantz, Albert Dray, Henri Attal
Inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) investigates fatal accidents in a small French town where a money-hungry trio is trying to evict an invalid mother and her postal worker son from their home. A sequel follows: "Inspector Lavardin."
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Inspector Lavardin 1986 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean-Luc Bideau, Hermine Clair, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Florent Gibassier, Jean Depusse, Marc Adam
Inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is investigating a murder in a French seaside village when he recognizes the new widow, Helene (Bernadette Lafont), as one of his young loves from the past. And, to complicate matters, Helene and her brother, Claude (Jean-Claude Brialy), head Lavardin's list of murder suspects.
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The Last Metro 1980 PG, 133 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance aka: Le Dernier Metro
Director: Francois Truffaut Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Andrea Ferreol, Marcel Berbert, Richard Bohringer, Paulette Dubost, Maurice Risch, Franck Pasquier, Pierre Belot, Rene Dupre, Rose Thiery
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) strives to save both her Jewish husband Lucas (Heinz Bennent) and the Theatre Montmarte. The only hope of saving the Montmarte is a new play in which Marion stars, while director Lucas hides in the basement listening in on rehearsals. Meanwhile, there is a romantic attraction between Marion and the play's leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), but they manage to resist temptations as Marion chooses to remain loyal to her country and to her husband.
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Mam'zelle Pigalle 1956 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy aka: Naughty Girl That Naughty Girl
Director: Michel Boisrond Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jean Bretonniere, Francoise Fabian, Mischa Auer, Raymond Bussieres, Madeleine Lambert, Bernard Lancret, Michel Serrault, Jacques Marin, Jean Poiret
A nightclub owner (Bernard Lancret) makes himself scarce when his nightclub is suspected of being home to a counterfeit ring. He asks his club singer, Jean (Jean Bretonniere), to watch after his daughter Brigitte (Brigitte Bardot) during his absence. Thus begins a series of escapades for the two as Brigitte and Jean get into one scrape after another.
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| 1. Cop au Vin (1985)
2. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
3. The Last Metro (1980) aka: Le Dernier Metro
4. Mam'zelle Pigalle (1956) aka: Naughty Girl aka: That Naughty Girl
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