A Few Hours of Sunlight 1971 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Deray Cast: Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Judith Magre, Barbara Bach, Andre Falcon, Jean-Claude Carriere, Nadine Alari, Gerard Depardieu, Marc Eyraud, Jacques Debary
This is the tragic story of a man who is depressed, though he has an attractive mistress. On a visit to his sister in the country, he meets a woman with whom he can relate and brings her back to Paris. But, his depression persists, and the woman– realizing that he does not love her–sets him free by committing suicide. Notable only for an early film appearance of Gerard Depardieu.
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Le Voyou 1970 G, 120 min. Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Comedy aka: The Crook
Director: Claude Lelouch Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Daniele Delorme, Charles Gerard, Christine Lelouch, Charles Denner, Amidou, Yves Robert, Judith Magre, Aldo Maccione, Paul Le Person, Gabriella Giorgelli, Luciano Pigozzi
Immediately after Simon (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is released from jail, he calls on friends Charlot and Martine (Charles Gerard and Christine Lelouch) to help in his new escapade: kidnap a boy and force the bank where the boy's father works into paying a large ransom. Although the ransom is paid, complications lie ahead for the trio.
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Nathalie... 2003 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Anne Fontaine Cast: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Gerard Depardieu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Judith Magre, Rodolphe Pauly, Evelyne Dandry, Christian Aaron Boulogne, Aurore Auteuil, Idit Cebula, Serge Boutleroff, Sasha Rucavina
Middle-aged Catherine (Fanny Ardant) believes her husband, Bernard (Gerard Depardieu), is cheating on her and hires Parisian prostitute Nathalie (Emmanuelle Beart) to seduce him and report back on his performances–week after week.
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Woman Times Seven 1967 N/R, 96 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Sellers, Elspeth March, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Morley, Elsa Martinelli, Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, Lex Barker, Laurence Badie, Judith Magre, Catherine Samie, Zanie Campan, Robert Duranton
Shirley MacLaine takes on the diverse roles of Paulette, Maria Teresa, Linda, Edith, Eve Minou, Marie, and Jeanne in this series of seven short stories about adultery. In "Funeral Possession," a widow finds a romantic interest (Peter Sellers) at her husband's funeral. "Amateur Night" tells about an unhappy wife turning to streetwalking for revenge against her husband (Rossano Brazzi). "Two Against One" features a prudish wife who turns out to be anything but. In "Super Simone" a wife uses unique methods to get the attention of her husband (Lex Barker). "At the Opera" features a Parisian woman who will stop at nothing to own a particular designer gown. In "Suicide Pacts," a woman and her lover (Alan Arkin) make a suicide pact. Finally, in "Snow," a woman's husband hires a private detective (Michael Caine) to spy on her.
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| 1. A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971)
2. Le Voyou (1970) aka: The Crook
3. Nathalie... (2003)
4. Woman Times Seven (1967)
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