 The Barbarian Invasions 2003  R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Denys Arcand
Cast: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Dorothee Berryman, Louise Portal, Dominique Michel, Yves Jacques, Pierre Curzi, Marie-Josee Croze, Marina Hands, Toni Cecehinato, Mitsou, Sophie Lorain, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Denis Bouchard, Micheline Lanctot
When she learns that Remy (Remy Girard), a professor of history, is dying of cancer, his ex-wife Louise (Dorothee Berryman) calls on their son, Sebastien (Stephane Rousseau), to visit him. After one look at the hospital situation, Sebastien finds Remy a more suitable room and then contacts Remy's friends from around the world who all respond by visiting Remy. Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankole, Emma de Caunes, Gerard Watkins, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Based on French "Elle" editor Jean-Dominique Bauby's best-selling memoir, this story shows how Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) suffers a stroke and the psychological torment he endures when he suffers "locked-in syndrome" in which his brain is working, but he is not able to speak nor move his body. The one thing Bauby can do is blink one eye, and, with help from speech therapist Henriette (Marie-Josee Croze), he is able to form sentences by blinking when she calls out a letter in the alphabet. As a result, Bauby is able to author a manuscript revealing what it is like to be trapped inside one's body and relating fantasies that he has imagined. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Director.
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| 1. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
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