The Children of the Century 1999 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carre, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Denis Podalydes, Olivier Foubert, Michel Robin, Ludivine Sagnier
This film reveals moments from the torrid love affair of early 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and gifted poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) in which they came close to destroying each other.
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Comedy of Power 2006 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Francois Berleand, Patrick Bruel, Robin Renucci, Marilyne Canto, Thomas Chabrol, Jean-Francois Balmer, Pierre Vermier, Jacques Boudet, Philippe Duclos, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Roger Dumas, John Arnold, Yves Verhoeven
Jeanne Charmant-Killman (Isabelle Huppert) is a French judge whose relentless efforts to prosecute a large corporation C.E.O. Michel Humeau (Francois Berleand) lead to uncovering criminal activity in high levels of government. Notoriety in the case results in Jeanne's celebrity status, but along with new-found fame comes an attempt on her life, and her husband Philippe (Robin Renucci) resents all the media attention the case has brought into their lives.
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Entre Nous 1983 PG, 110 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys Cast: Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Robin Renucci, Patrick Bauchau, Francois Cluzet
This is an insightful examination of two women, Madeline (Miou-Miou) and Lena (Isabelle Huppert), who bond with each other through their long-term friendship. This is the second film based on Director Diane Kurys' life, the first being "Entre Nous" and the third being "C'est la Vie".
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Fort Saganne 1984 N/R, 180 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alain Corneau Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau, Michel Duchaussoy, Robin Renucci, Salah Teskouk, Florent Pagny, Roger Dumas, Said Amadis, Hippolyte Girardot, Jean-Laurent Cochet, Jean-Louis Richard
In the early 1900s while France is colonizing North Africa, Charles Saganne (Gerard Depardieu) is a peasant man who is sent to the area where he takes on the mission of convincing Chief Amajar (Said Amadis) to side with the French. After a perilous journey, Saganne saves Amajar's life and returns a hero. He comes home to Paris and marries socially prominent Madeleine De Saint Ilette (Sophie Marceau), but he is again called off to war where his final destiny awaits.
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Masks 1987 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Chabrol Cast: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette, Anne Brochet, Roger Dumas, Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud, Pierre Naugaro, Renee Dennsy, Yvonne Decade
TV game-show host Christian (Philippe Noiret) appears to be a friendly, upstanding citizen. Roland (Robin Renucci) poses as a reporter who wants to do a story on Christian, but his real motivation is to find out what happened to his missing sister who had been hired to care for Christian's sickly goddaughter. Roland finds out that behind Christian's mask is a man who may be drugging his goddaughter and may also be a murderer.
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Taking Sides 2001 N/R, 108 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Istvan Szabo Cast: Harvey Keitel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgard, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur, Oleg Tabakov, Hanns Zischler, Armin Rohde, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Robin Renucci, Jed Curtis
Based on the life of the 1930s' Berlin Philharmonic conductor, Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler (Stellan Skarsgard), this story involves American Army Major Steve Arnold's (Harvey Keitel) brutal, post-war investigation into the activities of Furtwangler during the Nazi era.
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| 1. The Children of the Century (1999)
2. Comedy of Power (2006)
3. The Dreamers (2003)
4. Entre Nous (1983)
5. Fort Saganne (1984)
6. Masks (1987)
7. Taking Sides (2001)
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