L'Appat 1995 N/R, 116 min. Genre: Foreign / Thriller aka: Fresh Bait
Director: Bertrand Tavernier Cast: Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry, Philippe Duclos, Marie Ravel, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Louis Richard, Christophe Odent, Jean-Paul Comart, Alain Sarde, Daniel Russo
Beautiful, young Nathalie (Marie Gillain), her boyfriend Eric (Olivier Sitruk), and Eric's friend Bruno (Bruno Putzulu) need money to start a business in the U.S. They hatch a scheme in which Nathalie will pick up rich men, take them home, and have Eric and Bruno rob their apartments. But things go sour when they commit a murder. Based on a true story.
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My Father the Hero 1991 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Gerard Lauzier Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Patrick Mille, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim, Gerard Herold, Thierry Der'ven, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Jean-Francois Rangasamy, Koomaren Chetty
Andre (Gerard Depardieu), trying to make up not being around for her, takes his 14-year-old daughter, Veronique (Marie Gillain), to a resort. In order to win over a windsurfer, she fabricates that she is older than she is, that she in Andre's lover, and that Andre is a dying gangster. After Andre finds out about the stories, he goes along with her story. Remade in English in 1994 with Depardieu returning as Andre.
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On Guard! 1997 N/R, 128 min. Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Philippe de Broca Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Perez, Marie Gillain, Yann Collette, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Didier Pain, Philippe Noiret, Claire Nebout, Charlie Nelson, Renato Scarpa
Set in the late-17th century, this swashbuckling story involves the efforts of Lagardere (Daniel Auteuil) to regain the family inheritance for Aurore (Marie Gillain). During the greedy Gonzague's (Fabrice Luchini) plot to gain the family fortune 20 years earlier, Lagardere was a survivor–along with the rightful heir: an infant girl, Aurore. Now, Lagardere schemes to avenge the earlier atrocities.
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| 1. L'Appat (1995) aka: Fresh Bait
2. My Father the Hero (1991)
3. On Guard! (1997)
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