Alias Betty 2001  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner, Luck Mervil, Edouard Baer, Stephane Freiss, Yves Jacques, Alexis Chatrian, Roschdy Zem, Consuelo De Haviland
In this suspense thriller, adapted from Ruth Rendell's "The Tree of Hands," several stories intertwine to exemplify aspects of motherhood when one child is kidnapped to replace another who has died.
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Alice and Martin 1998  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Marthe Villalonga, Roschdy Zem, Pierre Maguelon, Eric Kreikenmayer, Jeremy Kreikenmayer, Kevin Goffette, Christiane Ludot, Ruth Malka-Viellet, Jocelyn Henriot, Patrick Goavec
After his father's mysterious death, Martin (Alexis Loret) leaves for Paris, becomes a model, falls in love with Alice (Juliette Binoche), and suffers a nervous breakdown when he learns that Alice is pregnant. Alice then is faced with uncovering the demons of Martin's past if she is to find future happiness with him.
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Ma Saison Preferee 1993  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: My Favorite Season
Director: Andre Techine
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Chiara Mastroianni, Carmen Chaplin, Anthony Prada, Michele Moretti, Jacques Nolot, Bruno Todeschini, Jean Bousquet, Roschdy Zem, Ingrid Caven
Emilie (Catherine Deneuve) and Antoine (Daniel Auteuil) are a sister and brother who tend to the problems confronting their aged mother Berthe (Marthe Villalonga) when Berthe comes to live with Emilie. They reflect on their past, present, and future relationships with each other in this delicately perceptive examination of family bonds.
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Monsieur N. 2003  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Antoine de Caunes
Cast: Philippe Torreton, Richard E. Grant, Jay Rodan, Elsa Zylberstein, Roschdy Zem, Bruno Putzulu, Stephane Freiss, Frederic Pierrot, Siobhan Hewlett, Peter Sullivan, Igor Skreblin, Bernard Bloch
This story begins with the exhumation of a body and then continues, through flashbacks, to 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte (Philippe Torreton) was in exile on Elba. The story then explores age-old questions surrounding the mystery of how Napoleon died.
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Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train 1998 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Chereau
Cast: Pascal Greggory, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling, Vincent Perez, Bruno Todeschini, Sylvain Jacques, Roschdy Zem, Dominique Blanc, Delphine Schiltz
Friends and relatives of a deceased, French filmmaker board a train that will take them to the funeral in the provincial city of Limoge. Each member of the entourage carries his or her own emotional baggage on the journey, which is shown as individual stories unfold.
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| 1. Alias Betty (2001)
aka: Betty Fisher and Other Stories
2. Alice and Martin (1998)
3. Ma Saison Preferee (1993)
aka: My Favorite Season
4. Monsieur N. (2003)
5. Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
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