Read My Lips 2001  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier, Olivia Bonamy, Bernard Alane, Celine Samie, Pierre Diot, Serge Boutleroff, Francois Loriquet
An almost-deaf office clerk, Carla (Emmanuelle Devos), and an ex-con, Paul (Vincent Cassal), join forces to beat the office system and, in the process, raise the level of intrigue into the categories of violence and death.
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Rosetta 1999 R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Emilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet, Bernard Marbaix, Frederic Bodson, Florian Delain, Christiane Dorval, Mireille Bailly, Thomas Gollas
This film won the "Palm d'Or" prize for best film at the Cannes film festival where Emilie Dequenne also took honors for the "Best Actress" award for her portrayal of 17-year-old Rosetta who is desperate in her attempts to rise beyond her wretched family circumstances.
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The Son 2002  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Remy Renaud, Nassim Hassaini, Kevin Leroy, Felicien Pitsaer, Fabian Marnette, Jimmy Deloof, Annette Closset
Quiet, middle-aged Olivier (Olivier Gourmet)–a carpentry teacher at a rehab center for troubled boys–at first refuses to work with new arrival Francis (Morgan Marinne) because five years ago Francis murdered Olivier's son. But Olivier reconsiders, takes on Francis as his apprentice, and then begins to stalk Francis throughout the city.
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Time of the Wolf 2003 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Benichou, Lucas Biscombe, Anais Demoustier, Olivier Gourmet, Patrice Chereau, Brigitte Rouan, Beatrice Dalle, Rona Hartner, Hakim Taleb, Serge Riaboukine, Florence Loiret
When Anna (Isabelle Huppert) and her family arrive at their cabin, they are confronted by strangers. Gun shots fly, and the father is killed. Anna and children Ben (Lucas Biscombe) and Eva (Anais Demoustier) flee into a hostile world that suddenly lacks any apparent social order. After wandering through the eerie countryside, they arrive at a railroad station where they encounter other refugees waiting for salvation that may or may not come.
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When the Sea Rises 2004 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Yolande Moreau, Gilles Porte
Cast: Yolande Moreau, Wim Willaert, Olivier Gourmet, Jackie Berroyer, Jan Hammenecker, Vincent Mahieu, Philippe Duquesne, Jacques Bonnaffe, Severine Caneele, Bouli Lanners, Nan Buyl
Irene (Yolande Moreau) roams around northern France performing her one-woman show while her husband and son wait at home for her return. During every performance, she calls an audience member onstage and calls him "Chicken" for a pretend romance and robbery that are part of the act. One night she pulls Dries (Wim Willaert) onto the stage and later has a drink with him, which sets the stage for a tender, if unsettling, love affair.
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| 1. Read My Lips (2001)
2. Rosetta (1999)
3. The Son (2002)
4. Time of the Wolf (2003)
5. When the Sea Rises (2004)
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