Banana Peel 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marrielle, Gert Frobe, Paulette Dubost, Cathy Baieff, Bob Morel, Henri Poirier, Charles Regnier, Alain Cuny, Dominique Zardi
Con-artists Cathy (Jeanne Moreau) and Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) track down a millionaire and try to take off with his fortune while he is vacationing on the French Riviera. But, they soon discover that this millionaire is pretty crafty, and they may have met their match.
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The Last Metro 1980  PG, 133 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Le Dernier Metro
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Heinz Bennent, Jean Poiret, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Andrea Ferreol, Marcel Berbert, Richard Bohringer, Paulette Dubost, Maurice Risch, Franck Pasquier, Pierre Belot, Rene Dupre, Rose Thiery
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) strives to save both her Jewish husband Lucas (Heinz Bennent) and the Theatre Montmarte. The only hope of saving the Montmarte is a new play in which Marion stars, while director Lucas hides in the basement listening in on rehearsals. Meanwhile, there is a romantic attraction between Marion and the play's leading man Bernard Granger (Gerard Depardieu), but they manage to resist temptations as Marion chooses to remain loyal to her country and to her husband.
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Lola Montes 1955 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Oskar Werner, Paulette Dubost, Lise Delamare, Henri Guisol, Jean Galland
Lola Montes (Martine Carol) is a member of a circus troupe who, through flashbacks, remembers her more illustrious past when her fortunes were reversed. Ophuls' last, and perhaps best, film.
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The Rules of the Game 1939  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain, Jean Renoir, Paulette Dubost, Gaston Modot, Julien Carette, Mila Parely, Odette Talazac, Claire Gerard, Anne Mayen, Lise Elina
The moral vacuum inherent in the upper-class system of pre-World War II France is presented in this comedy about marriages, mistresses, and mayhem. A great film.
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Viva Maria! 1965  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, George Hamilton, Paulette Dubost, Gregor von Rezzori, Poldo Bendandi, Claudio Brook, Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, Francisco Reiguera, Jose Baviera
In 1907, Maria I (Jeanne Moreau) and Maria II (Brigitte Bardot) are vaudevillians who gain fame in the circus and end up fighting for Pancho Villa.
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| 1. Banana Peel (1963)
2. The Last Metro (1980)
aka: Le Dernier Metro
3. Lola Montes (1955)
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
4. The Rules of the Game (1939)
5. Viva Maria! (1965)
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