Dangerous Moves 1984  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Richard Dembo
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, Leslie Caron, Liv Ullmann, Daniel Olbrychski, Michel Aumont, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Bernhard Wicki, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jacques Boudet
This story centers on a world chess championship as competitors, the old master (Michel Piccoli) and a young admirer (Alexandre Arbatt), become more and more obsessed with winning. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Le Placard 2000 R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Closet
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michele Laroque, Michel Aumont, Jean Rochefort, Alexandra Vandernoot, Stanislas Crevillen, Edgar Givry, Thierry Ashanti
To save his neighbor, Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil), from being fired from his job at a condom factory, Belone (Michel Aumont) sends "evidence" to Pignon's employer that Pignon is gay. This sets off a series of hilarious moments that make the film well worth seeing.
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Les Comperes 1983  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu, Anny Duperey, Michel Aumont, Stephane Bierry, Philippe Khorsand, Jean-Jacques Scheffer, Maurice Barrier, Roland Blanche
A tough newsman, Jean Lucas (Gerard Depardieu), and a meek teacher, Francois Pignon (Pierre Richard), are both past lovers of Christine Martin (Anny Duperey). The story evolves from Christine's manipulative plan to get them to search for her missing son by telling each man that he is the boy's father.
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Monsieur Klein 1976 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Mr. Klein
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michael Lonsdale, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Francine Berge, Massimo Girotti, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Hermine Karagheuz, Jean Champion
Set in Paris during 1942, this story involves French/Catholic antiques dealer Robert Klein (Alain Delon) who finds that his name is also being used by a Jewish refugee. Gradually, the refugee siphons off more and more of Klein's identity until Klein himself evolves into a Jewish identity.
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Nada 1974 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Nada Gang
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Fabio Testi, Mariangela Melato, Maurice Garrel, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Aumont, Didier Kaminka, Lou Castel, Katia Romanoff, Andre Falcon, Viviane Romance, Francois Perrot, Henri Attal
The Nada Gang, as the group of anarchist terrorists is called, kidnap an American ambassador, leaving death in their wake. They hole up, and as they begin to bicker, the government and police gain information about them and home in on their location. A good thriller by Chabrol.
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A Sunday in the Country 1984  G, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azema, Genevieve Mnich, Monique Chaumette, Claude Winter, Quentin Ogier, Katia Wostrikoff, Jean-Roger Milo, Pascale Vignal
One summer day in 1912 an elderly French painter entertains his children and grandchildren at his home. Family relationships and differing expectations from life are the focus of that day in this good film.
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The Valet 2006 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry, Virginie Ledoyen, Dany Boon, Michel Jonasz, Michel Aumont, Laurent Gamelon, Patrick Mille, Michele Garcia
Francois Pignon (Gad Elmaleh) is a parking valet working at a Paris restaurant who just happens to get in the frame of an incriminating picture the paparazzi take of wealthy businessman Pierre Lavasseur (Daniel Auteuil) and his mistress Elina (Alice Taglioni). To convince his wife Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas) that there is nothing going on between him and Elena, Lavasseur convinces Francois and Elena to move in together and pretend that they are in love when out in public. As the games begin, tensions increase, and complications ensue–especially when Christine learns the truth and joins in on the "games."
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| 1. Dangerous Moves (1984)
2. La Vie Continue (1982)
3. Le Placard (2000)
aka: The Closet
4. Les Comperes (1983)
5. Monsieur Klein (1976)
aka: Mr. Klein
6. Nada (1974)
aka: The Nada Gang
7. A Sunday in the Country (1984)
8. The Valet (2006)
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