Coup de Grace 1976  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rudiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carriere, Marc Eyraud, Valeska Gert, Bruno Thost, Frederik von Zichy, Henry van Lyck, Franz Morek
World War I has just ended and the Soviet Civil War is in full swing in 1919 Latvia where three aristocrats have lived out the war on their estate–despite bombings and fighting around them. One of the aristocrats, Sophie (Margarethe von Trotta), is a Communist sympathizer and continuously falls in love with men who do not love her. An eerie film with abundant symbolism (much of which only a historian can pick up on).
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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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Rum Runners 1971 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Comedy
aka: Rum Boulevard
Boulevard du Rhum
Director: Robert Enrico
Cast: Lino Ventura, Brigitte Bardot, Bill Travers, Clive Revill, Jess Hahn, Antonio Casas, Andreas Voutsinas, Guy Marchand, Jack Betts, Roger Jacquet, Marc Eyraud
During the United States' prohibition era, rum-runner Captain Cornelius von Zeelinga (Lino Ventura) sails the Caribbean Sea with his smuggled rum. While on one of his runs, he meets and falls in love with his favorite actress Linda Larue (Brigitte Bardot), and a doomed romance ensues.
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| 1. Coup de Grace (1976)
2. A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971)
3. Rum Runners (1971)
aka: Rum Boulevard
aka: Boulevard du Rhum
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