Amelie 2001  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Romance
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern, Urbain Cancelier, Dominique Pinon, Maurice Benichou, Claude Perron, Michel Robin, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, James Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty
Amelie (Audrey Tautou), a shy waitress working in the Montmarte section of Paris, begins meddling in the lives of those around her. While the result is brighter lives for those she touches, Amelie is forced to face her own loneliness and must find enough confidence to pursue Nino Quincampoix (Mathieu Kassovitz) in her quest for love. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Foreign-Language Film.
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The Children of the Century 1999  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carre, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Denis Podalydes, Olivier Foubert, Michel Robin, Ludivine Sagnier
This film reveals moments from the torrid love affair of early 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and gifted poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) in which they came close to destroying each other.
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La Chevre 1981  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Goat
Director: Francis Veber
Cast: Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Corynne Charbit, Andre Valardy, Jorge Luke, Michel Robin
Bumbling detective Francois Perrin (Pierre Richard) and a logic-oriented investigator, Campana (Gerard Depardieu) join forces to track down an absent-minded, accident-prone girl who is missing in Mexico. The key to the solution: retrace her steps because the klutzy Campana is apt to stumble onto the same things. With Campana's ensuing calamities, the clues naturally rise to the surface.
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Nightcap 2000  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly, Brigitte Catillon, Michel Robin, Mathieu Simonet, Lydia Andrei, Veronique Alain, Isolde Barth
Mika (Isabelle Huppert) has inherited her family's chocolate company at the same time she and her concert-pianist husband, Andre (Jacques Dutronc), are making a new try at marriage. Then, 18-year-old Jeanne (Anna Mouglalis), an aspiring concert artist herself, stirs up the scene with questions of whether or not she is Andre's daughter.
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 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 PG-13, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Animation / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Cast: Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas, Michele Caucheteux, Beatrice Bonifassi, Lina Boudreau, Mari-Lou Gauthier, Charles Linton
This animated, B&W, adult comedy involves the antics of Madam Souza; her dog, Bruno; and two aging sisters who set out to rescue Madam Souza's grandson after he was kidnapped while racing in the Tour de France road race. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film.
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| 1. Amelie (2001)
2. The Children of the Century (1999)
3. La Chevre (1981)
aka: The Goat
4. Nightcap (2000)
5. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
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