Almost Peaceful 2002 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michel Deville Cast: Simon Abkarian, Zabou, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal, Denis Podalydes, Julie Gayet, Malik Zidi, Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Silvie Milhaud, Pierre Diot, Francois Clavier
Emotionally scarred during World War II, a group of Parisian Jews starts life anew working in a tailor shop, reawakens, and tries to come to terms with the past.
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Love at the Top 1974 R, 105 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy aka: The French Way
Director: Michel Deville Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Florinda Bolkan, Henri Garcin, Georges Wilson, Michel Vitold, Jean-Francois Balmer, Dominique Constanza, Estella Blain, Mary Marquet
Meek bank clerk Nicolas (Jean-Louis Trintignant) becomes an overnight success–with women and wealth–when he agrees to take the advice of a struggling novelist (Jean-Pierre Cassel). A so-so comedy.
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Voyage en Douce 1980 N/R, 98 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama / Comedy
Director: Michel Deville Cast: Dominique Sanda, Geraldine Chaplin, Jacques Zabor, Jean Crubelier, Valerie Masterson, Cecile Le Bailly, Jacqueline Parent, Jacques Pieiller, Francoise Morhange, Frederic Andrei, Christophe Malavoy, Andre Marcon
Best friends Helene (Dominique Sanda) and Lucie (Geraldine Chaplin) travel by car from Paris into the French countryside and, through many long discussions, present different viewpoints concerning the subjects of their erotic and intellectual lives. The end result is that, by trip's end, each has a better understanding of the other's feelings about life.
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| 1. Almost Peaceful (2002)
2. Love at the Top (1974) aka: The French Way
3. Voyage en Douce (1980)
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