Celine and Julie Go Boating 1974  N/R, 193 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, Barbet Schroeder, Nathalie Asnar, Marie-Therese Saussure, Philippe Clevenot, Anne Zamire, Jean Douchet, Michael Graham, Adele Taffetas, Monique Clement, Jerome Richard, Jean-Marie Senia
A magician, Celine (Juliet Berto), and a librarian, Julie (Dominique Labourier), are transported to a mansion (is it real or imaginary?) where a strange melodrama keeps repeating itself. Celine claims that she is the nanny to Madlyn (Nathalie Asnar) whose widower father, Olivier (Barbet Schroeder), is being pursued by two women, Sophie (Marie-France Pisier) and Camille (Bulle Ogier). It is beginning to look like Sophie and Camille will stop at nothing to gain Olivier's love, and Celine is trying to shield Madlyn from the tension.
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The Hairdresser's Husband 1990  R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Henry Hocking, Anne-Marie Pisani, Roland Bertin, Philippe Clevenot, Maurice Chevit, Albert Delpy, Jacques Mathou, Claude Aufaure, Pierre Meyrand, Ticky Holgado, Michele Laroque, Yveline Ailhaud, Julien Bukowski
This French film tells the story of how a young boy, Antoine (Henry Hocking) has a sensual experience at age 12 while having his hair shampooed by hairdresser Mathilde (Anna Galiena). His dreams come to fruition years later when Antoine (Jean Rochefort) marries Mathilde, and all goes well for a while–until doubts set in.
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Place Vendome 1998  R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Nicole Garcia
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson, Francois Berleand, Dragan Nikolic, Otto Tausig, Laszlo Szabo, Philippe Clevenot
Catherine Deneuve won the award for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Marianne, an alcoholic at a crossroads in her life. She has become widowed and, now, attempts to pull her financial life together with seven magnificent diamonds her husband had hidden in a secret compartment.
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| 1. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
2. The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
3. Place Vendome (1998)
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