Coup de Torchon 1981  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
aka: Clean Slate
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Stephane Audran, Eddy Mitchell, Guy Marchand, Irene Skobline, Michel Beaune, Jean Champion, Victor Garrivier, Gerard Hernandez, Abdoulaye Diop, Daniel Langlet, Francois Perrot, Raymond Hermantier
Just before World War II begins in 1938, police chief Lucien (Philippe Noiret) works in a French/African colony and changes his persona from that of a meek and mild doormat. He has been nagged by his abusive wife Hugette (Stephane Audran) and spends more time with his lover Rose (Isabelle Huppert) but would prefer being with schoolteacher Anne (Irene Skobline). Reaching beyond his personal life, Lucien takes his job more seriously and goes on a killing spree as the exterminator of the town's unsavory characters.
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez Vos Mouchoirs) 1978 R, 109 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Bertrand Blier
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Carole Laure, Riton Liebman, Michel Serrault, Eleonore Hirt, Jean Rougerie, Sylvie Joly, Liliane Rovere, Michel Beaune
In this Best Foreign Film Academy Award winner, Raoul (Gerard Depardieu) tries to relieve his wife's (Carole Laure) listlessness by finding a new sexual partner for her. Although his choice of lovers fails, she finds sexual arousal through a 13-year-old boy.
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 Le Professionnel 1981  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Professional
Director: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire, Jean-Louis Richard, Sidiki Bakaba, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Pierre Vernier
Secret Agent Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is on a mission to kill an African president. But, due to a change in leadership at home, he is jailed. Escaping jail, Joss now heads home to finish the job when the African president, now an ally, visits Paris. Will the new regime be able to stop him? An entertaining action/thriller.
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Let Joy Reign Supreme 1975 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Christine Pascal, Alfred Adam, Marina Vlady, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Gerard Desarthe, Michel Beaune, Monique Chaumette, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Hilling
Set in France during the reign of Louis XV, this film depicts life in the French Court–as seen through the eyes of Philippe d'Orleans (Philippe Noiret)–in an era before the French Revolution.
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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. Coup de Torchon (1981)
aka: Clean Slate
2. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez Vos Mouchoirs) (1978)
3. Le Professionnel (1981)
aka: The Professional
4. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
5. Story of Women (1988)
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