Alice and Martin 1998  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Marthe Villalonga, Roschdy Zem, Pierre Maguelon, Eric Kreikenmayer, Jeremy Kreikenmayer, Kevin Goffette, Christiane Ludot, Ruth Malka-Viellet, Jocelyn Henriot, Patrick Goavec
After his father's mysterious death, Martin (Alexis Loret) leaves for Paris, becomes a model, falls in love with Alice (Juliette Binoche), and suffers a nervous breakdown when he learns that Alice is pregnant. Alice then is faced with uncovering the demons of Martin's past if she is to find future happiness with him.
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 Bee Season 2005 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Cast: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth, Corey Fischer, Joan Mankin, Sam Zuckerman, Piers Mackenzie, John Evans
When 11-year-old Eliza (Flora Cross) begins winning spelling bees, her religious studies professor father (Richard Gere) believes that her gift of spelling is a form of Kabbalah and becomes obsessed with Eliza's world. In the process, he neglects his wife (Juliette Binoche) and son, Aaron (Max Minghella), causing tension to erupt over family connections.
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Breaking and Entering 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Martin Freeman, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Rafi Gavron, Poppy Rogers, Mark Benton, Juliet Stevenson, Caroline Chikezie, Red Lazar, Branka Katic, Velibor Topic
Landscape architect Will (Jude Law) has problems at home, which include fights with his wife (Robin Wright Penn) and more troubles with her teenage daughter Bea (Poppy Rogers). Now, Will and partner Sandy (Martin Freeman) have opened an office in the inner-city area of London's King's Cross. As soon as they move in, the office is burglarized, and then the crime is committed again. Will spends evenings at the office hoping to catch the culprit. Another strike occurs, and this time Will gives chase and sees a young man entering a seedy apartment building. Will learns that he is a 15-year-old Bosnian refugee, Miro (Rafi Gavron), and visits the apartment where he meets Miro's mother, Amira (Juliette Binoche), who ekes out a living as a seamstress. They form a friendship, but more problems follow.
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Cache 2005  R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Hidden
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Lester Makedonsky, Walid Afkir, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Richard, Denis Podalydes, Caroline Baehr, Christian Benedetti
Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil) hosts a literary review roundtable and lives a comfortable life in his book-filled townhouse with wife Anne (Juliette Binoche) and 12-year-old son Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). One day, they receive a two-hour video tape of their home. More video tapes appear, often with childish drawings, giving the family a sense of danger hanging over them as it is apparent someone is monitoring their house. Tensions mount as Georges (and viewers as well) tries to solve the mystery.
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The Children of the Century 1999 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carre, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Denis Podalydes, Olivier Foubert, Michel Robin, Ludivine Sagnier
This film reveals moments from the torrid love affair of early 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and gifted poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) in which they came close to destroying each other.
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Chocolat 2000 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Judi Dench, Victoire Thivisol, Hugh O'Conor, Peter Stormare, Leslie Caron, Carrie-Anne Moss
Adapted from Joan Harris' 1999 novel, this culinary fable takes place in a small French village where Vianne (Juliette Binoche) has moved with her young daughter, Anouk (Victoire Thivisol). Vianne opens a chocolate shop during the middle of Lent and, in the process, liberates (spiritually, mentally, and physically) the townsfolk. Nominations included: Picture, Actress (Juliette Binoche) and Supporting Actress (Judi Dench). 1 User Review
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| | You Won't Be Sorry | fringedweller 03/06/2007 | It's a graceful, quality movie, that's simply beautiful to watch.
It's a tale about social constraints, and how some people always seem to be caught up in them, while others seem to have an inner compass or knowingness that to steer clear of restraints is what's right for them...and in small towns life one often has to pay a price for not buying into prevailing attitudes of the day.
If this is a morality tale, it's at least told in a thouroughly entertaining, 'non-lectury' way. |
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Code Unknown 2000 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi, Maimouna Helene Diarra, Ona Lu Yenke, Djibril Kouyate, Luminita Gheorghiu, Grenguta Hariton, Bob Nicolaescu, Bruno Todeschini
Separate lives intersect as a result of one incident on the streets of Paris. This film explores how that incident affected them in this complex film that focuses on intolerence. Each viewer will walk away with a different take on meaning of the "unknown code."
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A Couch in New York 1996  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Stephanie Buttle, Barbara Garrick, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Richard Jenkins, Kent Broadhurst
Major problems occur when Henry Harriston (William Hurt) trades flats with Beatrice Saulnier (Juliette Binoche). First, Henry is attacked by Beatrice's lover, and then Beatrice is mistaken for Henry's assistant. What started out as a way to get some peace and quiet turns out to be anything but. But, it's not all that great.
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Dan in Real Life 2007 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Hedges
Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson, Marlene Lawston, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Norbert Leo Butz, Amy Ryan, Jessica Hecht, Frank Wood
Widowed Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is a New Jersey newspaper advice columnist who is raising his three rebellious daughters–Jane (Alison Pill), Cara (Brittany Robertson), and Lilly (Marlene Lawston). Dan and the girls head for a family reunion in Rhode Island, and after settling in Dan takes a break from the festivities and visits a local book store. While looking for a newspaper, Dan meets and is instantly attracted to Marie (Juliette Binoche). However, a few hours later Marie shows up at the reunion, and Dan learns that Marie is his brother Mitch's (Dane Cook) new girlfriend. Now, amidst awkward moments, the fun and suffering begin as Dan and Marie try to hide their attraction to each other.
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 The English Patient 1996  R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jurgen Prochnow, Clive Merrison, Kevin Whately, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Ruhring, Torri Higginson, Geordie Johnson
Based on Michael Ondaatje's novel, this is the story of the changing of Count Laszlo de Almasy's (Ralph Fiennes) life by aristocrat Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in 1938. Now, in 1944, following his World War II plane crash, the count, nursed by Canadian Hana (Juliette Binoche), remembers events leading to the accident in which he was badly burned. The movie won an impressive nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Binoche).
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A Few Days in September 2006 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Santiago Amigorena
Cast: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley, Nick Nolte, Mathieu Demy, Said Amadis, Magne Brekke, Joel Lefrancois, Alexis Galmot, Jean-Luc Lucas, Roberto Moro
On September 1, 2001, French intelligence agent Irene Montano (Juliette Binoche) gets a call from her former colleague, American spy Elliot (Nick Nolte), asking her to arrange a visit between him and his daughter Orlando (Sara Forestier). Irene picks up Orlando and takes her to Paris where they team up with Elliot's stepson David (Tom Riley). Now, while Irene tries to set up meetings between Elliot and his children, she also manages to keep one step ahead of deranged CIA assassin William Pound (John Turturro) who–along with Elliot–has information about a planned attack on the United States.
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Flight of the Red Balloon 2008 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Song Fang, Hippolyte Girardot, Louise Margolin, Anna Sigalevitch
Simon (Simon Iteanu) is the seven-year-old son of puppeteer Suzanne (Juliette Binoche), with more than a few personal problems of her own, who is raising Simon alone. When Suzanne hires Song (Song Fang) to help care for Simon, Song uses him in a video she is shooting about balloons. As Simon and Song stroll on the streets of Paris, it appears that Simon is actually shadowed by a red balloon that floats above–watching over them.
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In My Country 2004 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi Ngubane, Sam Ngakane, Aletta Bezuidenhout, Lionel Newton, Langley Kirkwood, Owen Sejake, Harriet Lanabe, Louis Van Niekerk, Dan Robbertse
Washington Post reporter Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) covers the South African Truth and Reconciliation hearings, which are examining murders and tortures that were committed by both sides during Apartheid. Also at the hearings is Afrikaans poet Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche) who is covering the event for a radio station. Langston and Anna meet; share personal experiences; and, in spite of racial differences, are drawn to each other.
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Jet Lag 2002 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Daniele Thompson
Cast: Jean Reno, Juliette Binoche, Sergi Lopez, Scali Delpeyrat, Karine Belly, Nadege Beausson-Diagne, Alice Taglioni, Jerome Keen, Sebastien Lalanne, Michel Lefriol, Raoul Billerey
Felix (Jean Reno) and Rose (Juliette Binoche) meet accidentally at a Paris airport where both are stranded due to weather and a utility strike. Although they represent direct opposites, love conquers all in this amusing, romantic offering.
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The Lovers on the Bridge 1991 R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Leos Carax
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Gruber, Daniel Buain, Marion Stalens, Chrichan Larsson, Edith Scob
Two homeless people–Michele (Juliette Binoche), an artist who is losing her eyesight, and Alex (Denis Lavant), an alcoholic street performer, spend one week on a bridge which has been closed for repairs but now serves as their "home."
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The Night is Young 1986 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Mauvais sang
Director: Leos Carax
Cast: Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy, Carroll Brooks, Hugo Pratt, Mireille Perrier, Serge Reggiani, Jerome Zucca, Paulo Handford, Thomas Peckre, Charles Schmitt, Philippe Fretun, Francois Negret
There's a new AIDS-like disease out there in the future, and it attacks only those who make love without feeling love. There is also a cure, but the serum is locked away, and a woman, known as "The American" (Carroll Brooks) hires thieves Hans (Hans Meyer) and Marc (Michel Piccoli) to steal it. They recruit teenage Alex (Denis Lavant) to steal the serum, and while preparing for the theft, Alex leaves his girlfriend Lise (Julie Delpy) and moves in with Marc. Alex falls for Marc's girlfriend Anna (Juliette Binoche), but she stays faithful to Marc. Now it is time for the theft, and the pace steps up with double crosses awaiting Alex–and also a daring rescue.
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Summer Hours 2008 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jeremie Renier, Edith Scob, Dominique Reymond, Valerie Bonneton, Isabelle Sadoyan, Kyle Eastwood, Alice de Lencquesaing, Emile Berling, Jean-Baptiste Malartre, Gilles Arbona, Eric Elmosnino, Marc Voinchet, Sara Martins
Helene (Edith Scob) prepares for her 75th birthday and invites her children to her home in the French countryside. Designer Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) arrives from New York, and Jeremie (Jeremie Renier) comes from China with his wife Angela (Valerie Bonneton). Economist Frederick (Charles Berling) arrives with his wife Lisa (Dominique Reymond). When they are gathered together, Helene asks them to decide on what to do with her home and valuable art collection after she dies. They have different opinions. Later, Helene dies, and now her children must take on the difficult task of deciding how to dispose of her property, which involves many memories of their lifetime.
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Three Colors: Blue 1993 R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Blue
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Very, Helene Vincent, Emmanuelle Riva, Julie Delpy, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Hugues Quester, Florence Vignon, Daniel Martin, Catherine Therouenne, Yann Tregouet, Jacek Ostaszewski
Following the tragic death of her composer husband Patrice (Claude Duneton) and daughter in a car wreck, Julie (Juliette Binoche) heads for Paris and a new life, but she cannot come to grips with her memories. After a failed suicide attempt and overcoming rumors that she is the composer of Patrice's music, Julie finally leaves the past behind and begins her new life. This is the first of Polish director Krzysztof Kielslowski's trilogy.
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Three Colors: Red 1994 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
aka: Red
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Samuel Le Bihan, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Marion Stalens, Teco Celio, Jean Schlegel, Bernard Escalon, Elzbieta Jasinska, Paul Vermeulen, Jean-Marie Daunas, Roland Carey
"Red" concludes Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy, following "White" and "Blue." Connections, or misconnections, we all experience as we go about our lives is the theme of this film about Valentine (Irene Jacob) who runs over a dog with her car. She rescues the dog and then returns it to its owner, Judge Joseph Kern (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who says that he no longer wants it. The judge is a bitter old man, but, after a series of connections, Valentine grows close to him, and they both gain happiness through their friendship. Director Kieslowski was nominated for an Oscar.
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Three Colors: White 1994 R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: White
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Juliette Binoche, Grzegorz Warchol, Cezary Harasimowicz, Jerzy Nowak, Jerzy Trela, Cezary Pazura, Michel Lisowski, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Francis Coffinet, Barbara Dziekan
As the second part of a trilogy based on the French tricolor flag, this is the story of a divorce and how the ex-husband Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) seeks revenge against his ex-wife Dominique (Julie Delpy). Karol has been left with nothing after the divorce, but his luck does change, and he amasses a fortune. He is still haunted by memories of Dominique when he comes up with his plot in which he stages his disappearance, and a series of unique events ensue.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988  R, 172 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgard, Bruce Myers, Pavel Landovsky, Tomasz Borkowy, Pavel Slaby, Pascale Kalensky, Jacques Ciron, Anne Lonnberg
In this film adaptation of Milan Kundera's story, Czechoslovakian surgeon Thomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an irresponsible lover whose sexual appetite is never satisfied. He falls in love with Tereza (Juliette Binoche) and marries her but continues his many affairs–particularly with Sabina (Lena Olin). In 1968, when Russia invades Prague, Sabina forms a friendship with Tereza while Thomas is obsessed with the collapse of his country. Well written, acted, and photographed.
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The Widow of Saint-Pierre 2000 R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Magnan, Christian Charmetant, Philippe Du Janerand, Reynald Bouchard, Yves Jacques, Catherine Lascault
Based on court records, this is the story of events following a murder when the perpetrator (Emir Kusturica) is arrested and awaits the guillotine. He is placed in custody of an army captain (Daniel Anteuil) whose wife sets out to redeem the prisoner.
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Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules 1991 TV, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Women & Men 2
Women and Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Women and Men 2
Director: Mike Figgis, Walter Bernstein, Kristi Zea
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Matt Dillon, Scott Glenn, Ray Liotta, Andie MacDowell, Kyra Sedgwick, Jerry Stiller, Ariane, Jared Harris, Jane Krakowski
This film is the second of a pair that presents three stories–this time from works by Irwin Shaw, Carson McCullers, and Henry Miller. Mike Figgis, Walter Bernstein, and Kristi Zea each directed a story, and like its predecessor, it is an overall good effort.
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 Wuthering Heights 1992  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer, Sophie Ward, Simon Shepherd, Jeremy Northam, Jason Riddington, Simon Ward, Robert Demeger, Dick Sullivan, Paul Geoffrey, John Woodvine, Jennifer Daniel, Janine Wood, Jonathan Firth
Emily Bronte's 18th-century story about star-crossed lovers is again brought to the screen. In this version of the romantic drama, Juliette Binoche plays Cathy, while Ralph Fiennes takes on the role of Heathcliff. As an orphan, Heathcliff was raised by the Earnshaw family, and when Hendley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam) takes over Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is forced to work in the stables. Meanwhile, Hendley's sister Cathy and Heathcliff fall in love, but Cathy opts for wealth over love and marries Edgar Linton (Simon Shepherd). Cathy dies in childbirth. Eighteen years later, Cathy's daughter Catherine (also played by Juliette Binoche) meets Heathclliff who forces her to marry his son Linton (Jonathan Firth) so that he will have avenged his enemies by controlling the estate. But, Cathy's ghost appears, Heathcliff dies, and, once again, even death cannot part those ill-fated lovers.
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1. Alice and Martin (1998)
2. Bee Season (2005)
3. Breaking and Entering (2006)
4. Cache (2005)
aka: Hidden
5. The Children of the Century (1999)
6. Chocolat (2000)
7. Code Unknown (2000)
8. A Couch in New York (1996)
9. Damage (1992)
10. Dan in Real Life (2007)
11. The English Patient (1996)
12. A Few Days in September (2006)
13. Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)
14. The Horseman on the Roof (1996)
15. In My Country (2004)
16. Jet Lag (2002)
17. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
18. The Night is Young (1986)
aka: Mauvais sang
19. Summer Hours (2008)
20. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
aka: Blue
21. Three Colors: Red (1994)
aka: Red
22. Three Colors: White (1994)
aka: White
23. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
24. The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
25. Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
aka: Women & Men 2
aka: Women and Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
aka: Women and Men 2
26. Wuthering Heights (1992)
aka: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
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