A Flea in Her Ear 1968  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jacques Charon
Cast: Rex Harrison, Rosemary Harris, Louis Jourdan, Rachel Roberts, John Williams, Gregoire Aslan, Edward Hardwicke, Georges Descrieres, Isla Blair, Frank Thornton, Victor Sen Yung, Laurence Badie, Dominique Davray, Olivier Hussenot, Estella Blain
Based on Georges Feydeau's play, the plot involves a lecherous lawyer who visits a hotel and has an effect on various guests' relationships.
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Forbidden Games 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Lucien Hubert, Suzanne Courtal, Amedee, Laurence Badie, Jacques Marin, Pierre Merovee, Madeleine Barbulee, Denise Peronne, Louis Sainteve, Andre Wasley, Violette Monier, Fernande Roy
This psychological study of the effects of war on children revolves around a five-year-old French girl, Paulette (Brigitte Fossey), who witnesses the killing of her parents and pet dog by German soldiers during World War II. Eleven-year-old Michel Dolle (Georges Poujouly) brings Paulette to his family home, and the two children create a pet cemetery for animals killed in the war. They steal crosses from a nearby human cemetery to mark the animals' graves. Michel's parents are too busy with their own lives to notice what the children are doing in this story of how war causes children to find unique ways to deal with it. The film won an Honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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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 Soft Skin 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorleac, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi, Laurence Badie, Jean Lanier, Paule Emanuele, Philippe Dumat, Rierre Risch, Dominique Lacarriere, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Garrel, Gerard Poirot
Revenge and adultery factor into this Francois Truffaut film involving publisher and lecturer Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) who meets stewardess Nicole (Francoise Dorleac) on a trip to Portugal, has an affair with her, and falls in love. But, when Pierre's wife Franca (Nelly Benedetti) catches onto the affair, the situation rages out of control and leads to a tragic end.
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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 Flea in Her Ear (1968)
2. Forbidden Games (1952)
3. Muriel (1963)
aka: Muriel, or the Time of Return
aka: The Time of Return
4. The Soft Skin (1964)
5. Woman Times Seven (1967)
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