Coco Chanel 2008  PG, 180 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Christian Duguay
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Barbora Bobulova, Malcolm McDowell, Olivier Sitruk, Sagamore Stevenin, Valentina Lodovini, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Cosimo Fusco, Sagamore Stevenin, Brigitte Boucher, Valentina Carnelutti, Carla Cassola, Valentina Mezzacappa
Through flashbacks, this story shows high-fashion designer Coco Chanel persevering to succeed in life. The story begins in 1950s' Paris where 70-year-old Coco (Shirley MacLaine) is preparing to release a new collection. Through flashbacks, the story shows young Coco (Barbora Bobulova) experiencing a humble youth working long hours as a seamstress. Then, Coco moves in with wealthy Etienne (Sagamore Stevenin) and becomes a kept woman. That relationship does not last long, and Coco leaves Etienne and opens her own shop. She later falls in love with Boy Capel (Olivier Sitruk), and happiness is hers–for awhile. But, through it all, Coco finds huge success as a fashion icon.
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Le Grand Role 2004  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Steve Suissa
Cast: Stephane Freiss, Berenice Bejo, Peter Coyote, Lionel Abelanski, Laurent Bateau, Sephen Guerin-Tillie, Francois Berleand, Olivier Sitruk, Valerie Benguigui, Rufus, Clement Sibony, Steve Suissa
The same day he learns his wife, Perla (Berenice Bejo), has terminal cancer, film director Maurice Kurtz (Stephane Freiss) thinks he has nailed an acting role in an upcoming film. He reports the news to Perla and later learns that the role is awarded, instead, to a famous actor. Determined to keep bad news from Perla, Maurice gets help from his friends to make Perla believe he is acting in the film. But the deception backfires, and comedy mixes with pathos in the lives of Maurice and Perla.
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L'Appat 1995  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Fresh Bait
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry, Philippe Duclos, Marie Ravel, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Louis Richard, Christophe Odent, Jean-Paul Comart, Alain Sarde, Daniel Russo
Beautiful, young Nathalie (Marie Gillain), her boyfriend Eric (Olivier Sitruk), and Eric's friend Bruno (Bruno Putzulu) need money to start a business in the U.S. They hatch a scheme in which Nathalie will pick up rich men, take them home, and have Eric and Bruno rob their apartments. But things go sour when they commit a murder. Based on a true story.
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| 1. Coco Chanel (2008)
2. Le Grand Role (2004)
3. L'Appat (1995)
aka: Fresh Bait
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