Don Juan 73 1973  R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Ms. Don Juan
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere, Jane Birkin, Michele Sand, Antoine Fontaine, Dominique Zardi, Samson Fainsilber, Henri Attal
Jeanne (Brigitte Bardot) is a female Don Juan who pursues love/sex with man after man, leaving ruined lives in her wake. Bardot is fun to watch in one of her later films, but it still drags.
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 Le Professionnel 1981  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Professional
Director: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein, Michel Beaune, Cyrielle Claire, Jean-Louis Richard, Sidiki Bakaba, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Pierre Vernier
Secret Agent Joss Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is on a mission to kill an African president. But, due to a change in leadership at home, he is jailed. Escaping jail, Joss now heads home to finish the job when the African president, now an ally, visits Paris. Will the new regime be able to stop him? An entertaining action/thriller.
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Love on a Pillow 1962 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Warrior's Rest
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, James Robertson Justice, Macha Meril, Yves Barsacq, Jean-Marc Bory, Jacqueline Porel, Christian Melson, Michel Serrault, Robert Dalban
A young woman, Genevieve (Brigitte Bardot), while in a small town to receive an inheritance, saves alcoholic Renaud (Robert Hossein) from committing suicide. They start a relationship, and his abusive nature starts to show. Though Genevieve loves him, will that be enough in this dysfunctional affair?
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A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later 1986  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry, Evelyne Bouix, Robert Hossein, Marie-Sophie Pochat, Philippe Leroy, Charles Gerard, Thierry Sabine, Antoine Sire
A widow (Anouk Aimee) and a racecar driver (Jean-Louis Trintignant) find love during the Paris to Dakar Rally. Very poor sequel to the fine film with the same stars 20 years before.
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Rififi 1954  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Jean Servais, Carl Mohner, Robert Manuel, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel, Marie Sabouret, Janine Darcey, Pierre Grasset, Robert Hossein, Marcel Lupovici, Dominique Maurin, Claude Sylvain, Andre Dalibert, Emile Genevois, Maryse Paillet
This is the prototype heist film that set a high standard for those to come. Tony (Jean Servais), recently out of prison, puts together a team to rob a large jewelry store. The burglary itself is fascinating, with no talk or music as the team plies their trade in a half-hour sequence. Problems develop after the successful job. This is Director Dassin's second film in France after the House Un-American Activities Committee started its investigations.
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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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Venus Beauty Institute 1999 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tonie Marshall
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffe, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Elli Medeiros, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva
Madame Nadine (Bulle Ogier) and her employees–Angele (Nathalie Baye), Samantha (Mathilde Seigner), and Marie (Audrey Tautou)–at the Parisian Venus Beauty Institute make their customers feel better about themselves. But, at the same time, the beauticians suffer their own psychological ups and downs running the gamut from casual sex to jealousy to suicide. This film received four Cesars (French Oscars) for Best Picture, Screenplay, Director, and Young Actress.
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| 1. The Dirty Game (1965)
2. Don Juan 73 (1973)
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
aka: Ms. Don Juan
3. Le Professionnel (1981)
aka: The Professional
4. Love on a Pillow (1962)
aka: Warrior's Rest
5. A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
6. Rififi (1954)
7. The Scarlet Lady (1968)
8. Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
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