Capitaine Conan 1996  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich, Francois Berleand, Claude Rich, Laurent Schilling, Jean-Yves Roan
Based on Roger Veral's 1939 novel, this excellent film poses the question: "What do trained warriors do when the fighting ends?" Conan (Philippe Torreton) led a band of ruthless French warriors during World War I and now, in peacetime, he tries to protect them from themselves.
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Fiorile 1993  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio, Constanze Engelbrecht, Athina Cenci, Giovanni Guidelli, Norma Martelli, Pier Paolo Capponi, Laurent Schilling, Chiara Caselli, Renato Carpentieri, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri, Paul Muller, Dominique Proust
In the late 18th century, Elisabetta Benedetti (Galatea Ranzi) puts a curse on the Benedetti family after her lover Jean (Michael Vartan) is executed for a crime committed by her brother Corrado (Claudio Bigagli). Over the next two centuries, the family has gained and lost wealth and is hated by their neighbors. Now, Luigi (Lino Capolicchio), his wife Juliette (Constanze Engelbrecht), and their children visit Luigi's father Massimo (also played by Vartan) who has frittered away the family fortune. Massimo relates the story of the family's misfortunes to the children, and he just may hold the key to removing the curse, or will he pass it on to them?
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Safe Conduct 2002 N/R, 163 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydes, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges, Ged Marlon, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Laurent Schilling, Maria Pitarresi, Christian Berkel, Richard Sammel
This semi-biographical story is based on the lives of two, real-life filmmakers who found ways to practice their craft when the Germans occupied France during World War II. Jean Devaivre (Jacques Gamblin) wrote screenplays for French films while Jean Aurenche (Denis Podalydes) worked for the Germans as an assistant director for propaganda films. Both lives are celebrated for the creativity exerted under the circumstances.
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| 1. Capitaine Conan (1996)
2. Fiorile (1993)
3. Safe Conduct (2002)
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