Betty 1992  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Marie Trintignant, Stephane Audran, Jean-Francois Garreaud, Yves Lambrecht, Christiane Minazzoli, Pierre Vernier, Nathalie Kousnetzoff, Pierre Martot, Thomas Chabrol, Yves Verhoeven, Henri Attal, Emmanuelle Bataille
Divorced and legally barred from seeing her daughters, 28-year-old Betty (Marie Trintignant) is taken under the wing of middle-aged Laure (Stephane Audran). The two women spend their time drinking scotch and reminiscing through flashbacks. While Laure tries to help Betty, she makes the mistake of missing the flaws in Betty's personality and pays for it in the end.
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Portraits Chinois 1996 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Shadow Play
Director: Martine Dugowson
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Romane Bohringer, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Marie Trintignant, Elsa Zylberstein, Yvan Attal, Sergio Castellitto, Miki Manojlovic, Jean-Claude Brialy, Mathilde Seigner
Complicated relationships can be found everywhere in this story of two costume designers–Ada (Helena Bonham Carter) and Lise (Romane Bohringer)–who work in Paris. Although there is not much insight into these two, the storyline is entertaining.
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Story of Women 1988 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Francois Cluzet, Nils Tavernier, Marie Trintignant, Louis Ducreux, Michel Beaune, Marie Bunel, Dominique Blanc, Evelyne Didi, Dani, Francois Maistre
During 1941 in German-occupied France, Marie (Isabelle Huppert) struggles for the survival of her family by performing illegal abortions. Marie grows wealthy–until one patient dies, and Marie is arrested, tried, and executed. Based on a true story.
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| 1. Betty (1992)
2. Ponette (1996)
3. Portraits Chinois (1996)
aka: Shadow Play
4. Story of Women (1988)
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