Adoption 1975  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Marta Meszaros
Cast: Katalin Berek, Laszlo Szabo, Flora Kadar, Gyongyver Vigh, Peter Fried, Isvan Szoke, Janos Boross, Erzsi Varga, Istvan Kaszas, Aniko Kiss
Widowed Kata (Katalin Berek) befriends young Anna (Gyongyver Vigh) who resides in an institution due to uncaring parents. Kata strengthens Anna's confidence and resolve, freeing her from her insecurities. As Anna marries, Kata adopts a child from Anna's former institution.
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Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Alphaville
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Louis Comolli, Michel Delahaye, Jean-Andre Fieschi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Christa Lang
The New Wave French film director Jean-Luc Godard pays homage to comic books in this tale of secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) visiting a futuristic society on a distant planet where science and technology have taken over, and love is forbidden.
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A Double Tour 1959  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
aka: Web of Passion
Leda
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Dacqmine, Jeanne Valerie, Bernadette Lafont, Andre Jocelyn, Mario David, Laszlo Szabo, Raymond Pelissier
Murder in the midst of a dysfunctional family is the subject of this film by "New Wave" director Claude Chabrol.
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Esther Kahn 2000 N/R, 163 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Cast: Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Frances Barber, Ian Bartholomew, Emmanuelle Devos, Akbar Kurtha, Anton Lesser, Kika Markham, Paul Regan, Laszlo Szabo
This is an interesting portrait of a late 19th-century actress, Esther Kahn (Summer Phoenix), who was born into a large Jewish immigrant family and raised on the streets of London. Her one interest was the theater, where she could escape life's realities. A good depiction of the acting profession.
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La Sentinelle 1992 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Sentinal
Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Cast: Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard, Valerie Dreville, Marianne Denicourt, Jean-Luc Boutte, Bruno Todeschini, Emmanuelle Devos, Philippe Laudenbach, Laszlo Szabo
A young doctor, Mathias Barillet (Emmanuel Salinger), is confronted by a strange man during his train ride from Germany to Paris. Later, he discovers a shrunken human head in his luggage. The head develops into an obsession for Mathias, and he is determined to discover its identity.
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Love Songs 1984  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Christopher Lambert, Richard Anconina, Jacques Perrin, Nick Mancuso, Dayle Haddon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dominique Lavanant, Franck Ayas, Nelly Borgeaud, Laszlo Szabo, Inigo Lezzi
When Yves (Jacques Perrin) leaves for New York to work on a book, his wife, Margaux (Catherine Deneuve), remains behind in Paris to raise their children. While Yves is working across the Atlantic, Margaux meets and has an affair with rock singer Jeremy (Christopher Lambert). She sends the kids to New York to be with their father, but there is another problem: Jeremy's singing partner Michel (Richard Anconina) doesn't like the fact that Margaux is taking up valuable time with Jeremy. But, with success in the music world just around the corner, who will Jeremy then turn to?
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Passion 1982 R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Patrick Bonnel, Sophie Lucachevski, Barbara Tissier, Magali Campos, Myriem Roussel, Serge Desarnanos, Agnes Banfalvy
Polish director Jerzy (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) is working on a film that is a study in light and image and is using paintings by Goya, Velasquez, and other masters for the scenery. There are problems: the actors do not understand the story, and filming is behind schedule because Jerzy cannot get the lighting right. Now the backers are complaining that the film lacks a story. Meanwhile, Jerzy is ending his affair with Hanna (Hanna Schygulla) whose husband just happens to own the hotel where Jerzy's cast and crew are staying. And then there is his other affair with a factory worker Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert) who is trying to unionize her fellow workers. And Jerzy still wonders why there must be a story.
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Pierrot le fou 1965 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders, Graziella Galvani, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller, Hans Meyer, Pascal Aubier, Laszlo Szabo, Henri Attal, Pierre Hanin, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Dominique Zardi
Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Marianne (Anna Karina), who insists on calling Ferdinand "Pierrot," try to escape past lives by heading for the Riviera in search of Marianne's rum-running brother Fred (Dirk Sanders). But, plans go awry because Marianne's gangster past of smuggling weapons ensures that an idyllic life is not to be when Marianne is pursued by mobsters.
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Place Vendome 1998 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nicole Garcia
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson, Francois Berleand, Dragan Nikolic, Otto Tausig, Laszlo Szabo, Philippe Clevenot
Catherine Deneuve won the award for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Marianne, an alcoholic at a crossroads in her life. She has become widowed and, now, attempts to pull her financial life together with seven magnificent diamonds her husband had hidden in a secret compartment.
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| 1. Adoption (1975)
2. Alphaville, A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
aka: Alphaville
3. A Double Tour (1959)
aka: Web of Passion
aka: Leda
4. Esther Kahn (2000)
5. La Sentinelle (1992)
aka: The Sentinal
6. Le Petit Soldat (1963)
aka: The Little Soldier
7. Love Songs (1984)
8. Passion (1982)
9. Pierrot le fou (1965)
10. Place Vendome (1998)
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