Barocco 1976  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar, Helene Surgere, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Claude Brasseur, Peter Bonke, Leny Suck
Laure (Isabelle Adjani) and Samson (Gerard Depardieu) are in love and plan on marriage after his final fight–one that is fixed and should bring him wealth. But Samson is killed by a gunman (also played by Depardieu) who looks just like Samson. Laure and Samson's killer eventually fall in love.
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Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974  N/R, 193 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder, Nathalie Asnar, Marie-Therese Saussure, Philippe Clevenot, Anne Zamire, Jean Douchet, Michael Graham, Adele Taffetas, Monique Clement, Jerome Richard, Jean-Marie Senia
A magician, Celine (Juliet Berto), and a librarian, Julie (Dominique Labourier), are transported to a mansion (is it real or imaginary?) where a strange melodrama keeps repeating itself. Celine claims that she is the nanny to Madlyn (Nathalie Asnar) whose widower father, Olivier (Barbet Schroeder), is being pursued by two women, Sophie (Marie-France Pisier) and Camille (Bulle Ogier). It is beginning to look like Sophie and Camille will stop at nothing to gain Olivier's love, and Celine is trying to shield Madlyn from the tension.
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Cousin, Cousine 1975  R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Charles Tacchella
Cast: Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier, Guy Marchand, Ginette Garcin, Sybil Maas, Jean Herbert
Marthe (Marie-Christine Barrault) and Pascal (Guy Marchand) become cousins–by marriage. This leads to a friendship that, in turn, develops into a love affair. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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French Postcards 1979  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Willard Huyck
Cast: Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valerie Quennessen, Debra Winger, Mandy Patinkin, Marie-France Pisier, Jean Rochefort, Lynn Carlin, George Coe, Christophe Bourseiller, Francois Lalande, Anemone, Veronique Jannot, Marie-Anne Chazel
American college students spend their junior year in Paris where one of them, Joel (Miles Chapin), engages in a torrid, but short, love affair with teacher Madame Catherine Tessier (Marie-France Pisier). Meanwhile, the other students enjoy their share of adventures in and out of the classroom as they explore the streets and cafes of Paris while visiting famous sights.
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La Patinoire 1999  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Ice Rink
Director: Jean-Phillipe Toussaint
Cast: Tom Novembre, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marie-France Pisier, Dolores Chaplin, Bruce Campbell, Mireille Perrier, Dominique Deruddere, Gilbert Melki, Eva Ionesco, Dominic Gould
While rushing to finish his latest film in time for the Venice Film Festival, the director (Tom Novembre) receives little cooperation from his producers, actors, and stars.
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Love at Twenty 1962 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, Renzo Rossellini, Francois Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier, Francois Darbon, Rosy Varte, Nami Tamura, Barbara Lass, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Cristina Gajoni, Geronimo Meynier, Koji Furuhata, Barbara Frey, Zbigniew Cybulski, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Vera Tschechowa, Werner Finck
This episode of the story of Antoine Doinel's (Jean-Pierre Leaud) life, which began with "The 400 Blows" (1959), presents five stories that are told to reflect love among the younger generation. Five directors–Francois Truffaut, Renzo Rossellini, Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, and Andrzej Wajda–present the stories, which are each set in a different country (France, Italy, Japan, West Germany, and Poland).
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Love on the Run 1979 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claude Jade, Marie-France Pisier, Dani, Dorothee, Rosy Varte, Marie Henriau, Daniel Mesguich, Julien Bertheau, Jean-Pierre Ducos
This is the final episode (of five) of Truffaut's "Antoine Doinel" series, which started 20 years previously with "The 400 Blows." Antoine, now in his 30s, reflects on his past loves and adds them to his autobiographical novel. Currently, he is taking on a new lover while awaiting a divorce from his current wife. Problems arise with both the divorce and new lover, and he joins a past lover. They reminisce about their past affair, and he also visits with another old friend.
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The Magic Mountain 1982 N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hans Geissendoerfer
Cast: Chrisoph Eichhorn, Marie-France Pisier, Rod Steiger, Flavio Bucci, Charles Aznavour, Balduin Baas, Hans Christian Blech, Alexander Radszun, Margot Hielscher, Gudrun Gabriel
Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" is the basis for this ambitious film. Hans (Christoph Eichhorn) visits his cousin in a tuberculosis sanitarium and remains. Rod Steiger plays the wealthy Mynheer Peeperkorn.
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The Other Side of Midnight 1977   R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone, Clu Gulager, Christian Marguand, Michael Lerner, Howard Hesseman
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel, this is the story of prostitute Noelle Page's (Marie-France Pisier) rise to fame as a movie star. But, she can never forget her hatred for the man who, during World War II, left her pregnant and alone to face the world.
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Stolen Kisses 1968  R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy / Romance
aka: Baisers Voles
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Delphine Seyrig, Claude Jade, Michael Lonsdale, Daniel Ceccaldi, Marie-France Pisier, Jacques Rispal, Claire Duhamel, Andre Falcon, Serge Rousseau, Harry-Max, Catherine Lutz, Martine Ferriere, Paul Pavel, Albert Simono
This comedy continues the series of films about Antoine (Jean-Pierre Leaud). At this stage in his life, Antoine, recently discharged from the Army, looks for romance in all the wrong places and, in the process, falls in love with his old girlfriend Christine (Claude Jade). The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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Time Regained 1999 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Marie-France Pisier, Arielle Dombasle, Dominique Labourier, Marcello Mazzarella, Chiara Mastroianni
This film, based on Marcel Proust's autobiographical novel about a dying novelist, revolves around Marcel (Marcello Mazzarella) who associates tastes and smells to remember people and moments of his past. Boredom and arrogance highlight Marcel's trips back to the World War I era where he, once again, encounters the lovers of his past.
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| 1. Barocco (1976)
2. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
3. Cousin, Cousine (1975)
4. French Postcards (1979)
5. La Patinoire (1999)
aka: The Ice Rink
6. Love at Twenty (1962)
7. Love on the Run (1979)
8. The Magic Mountain (1982)
9. The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
10. Stolen Kisses (1968)
aka: Baisers Voles
11. Time Regained (1999)
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