Creezy 1973 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama aka: Elite Group
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre Cast: Alain Delon, Sydne Rome, Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Marc Bory, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Louis Seigner, Jacques Maury, Monique Melinand, Madeleine Ozeray, Tom Felleghy, Dominique Zardi
Julien (Alain Delon) has high political ambitions and devises plans to achieve a government post. Meanwhile, he strives to please his mistress, Creezy (Sydne Rome), while dealing with his problems, which include his radical son and a guilt complex concerning his wife who is in a mental institution. Based on an award-winning novel by Felicien Marceau.
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Genealogies of a Crime 1997 N/R, 103 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Raoul Ruiz Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Melinand, Hubert Saint-Macary, Jean-Yves Gautier, Mathieu Amalric, Camila Mora
Less-than-successful attorney Solange (Catherine Deneuve) is appointed to defend Rene (Michel Piccoli) who is accused of killing his Aunt Jeanne (also played by Catherine Deneuve). Jeanne was a psychoanalyst, and the plot follows the psychiatric vein of contemporary France–deep and boring to those not into French philosophy.
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The Scarlet Lady 1968 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean Valere Cast: Monica Vitti, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein, Claudio Brook, Albert Simono, Lucien Raimbourg, Monique Melinand, Simone Bach, Robert Rollis, Sabine Sun, Colette Gerard, Antonio Passalia
Lucie (Monica Vitti) decides to kill herself after breaking up with her boyfriend (Robert Hossein). But first, she gets drunk on champagne. Then she continues her drinking while thinking it over, finally coming to the conclusion that no man is worth the trouble of committing suicide. Harmless, black comedy.
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| 1. Creezy (1973) aka: Elite Group
2. Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
3. The Scarlet Lady (1968)
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