Canicule 1984  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dog Day
Director: Yves Boisset
Cast: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Tina Louise, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Pierre Clementi
Lee Marvin is on the lam after robbing a French bank. Somehow he escapes the police and takes refuge in a farming household where the family turns out to be strange, indeed. Lots of violence in this loser.
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Dry Cleaning 1997  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Anne Fontaine
Cast: Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, Stanislas Merhar, Mathilde Seigner, Nanou Meister, Noe Pflieger, Michel Bompoil, Christopher King, Gerard Blanc, Betty Petristy
A middle-aged couple, Nicole (Miou-Miou) and Jean-Marie Kunstler (Charles Berling), has been married 15 years and run a successful dry cleaning business, but life has become too routine UNTIL they take in Loic (Stanislas Merhar)–the brother part of a brother/sister drag queen act. Once Loic is in their home, he turns their lives inside out, which leads to the demise of everything Nicole and Jean-Marie have ever known.
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The Eighth Day 1996 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Isabelle Sadoyan, Henri Garcin, Michele Maes, Fabienne Loriaux
Professional actor, Georges (Pascal Duquenne), with Downs Syndrome resides in an institution. He decides to take off on his own and meets Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a corporate manager who has had it with life. The two become friends in this enchanting story. The two men were co-winners of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor.
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Entre Nous 1983  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Robin Renucci, Patrick Bauchau, Francois Cluzet
This is an insightful examination of two women, Madeline (Miou-Miou) and Lena (Isabelle Huppert), who bond with each other through their long-term friendship. This is the second film based on Director Diane Kurys' life, the first being "Entre Nous" and the third being "C'est la Vie".
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Little Indian, Big City 1996  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Herve Palud
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand, Arielle Dombasle, Miou-Miou, Tolsty, Sonia Vollereaux
Disney Studios released this French film–dubbed in English. When Stephen Marchado (Thierry Lhermitte) learns that he has a young son, who was raised in the Brazilian rain forest, he takes the boy back to Paris. Once in the City of Lights, his son, Mimi Siku (Ludwig Briand), has problems adapting to city life as he strolls down the Champs Elysses in a loincloth, armed with a bow and arrow to shoot pigeons. A new low in filmmaking–story, acting, dubbing, etc.
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The Science of Sleep 2006  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Michel Gondry
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Pierre Vaneck, Aurelia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Stephane Metzger, Alain de Moyencourt, Inigo Lezzi, Yvette Petit
After his father dies, introverted Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) moves to Paris where his mother (Miou-Miou) finds him a job at a calendar-making company. But, the job is not what Stephane expected, and now he falls in love with Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) who, unfortunately, does not feel the same way about him. When things go bad for Stephane, he escapes into his dream world, and, in this film, members of the audience join him in escaping from their real lives.
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 Women 1997 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Galvao Teles
Cast: Miou-Miou, Carmen Maura, Marthe Keller, Marisa Berenson, Geusch Patti, Joaquim de Almeida, Morgan Perez, Didier Flamand, Robert Guilmard, Maurice Chevit
Five middle-aged friends–Eva (Miou-Miou), Linda (Carmen Maura), Barbara (Marthe Keller), Chloe (Marisa Berenson), and Branca (Guesch Patti)–agree to be videotaped for a segment of Linda's TV show on which they will discuss their lives and loves through sarcasm, tears, and laughter.
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| 1. Canicule (1984)
aka: Dog Day
2. Dry Cleaning (1997)
3. The Eighth Day (1996)
4. Entre Nous (1983)
5. Germinal (1993)
6. Going Places (1974)
7. Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
8. Little Indian, Big City (1996)
9. The Science of Sleep (2006)
10. Women (1997)
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