 Jules and Jim 1961  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Marie Dubois, Jean-Louis Richard, Boris Bassiak, Anny Nelsen, Sabine Haudepin, Michel Subor, Bernard Largemain, Kate Noelle, Christiane Wagner
The moral of this film is "Watch out for what you think you want, since you may get it." Set in Paris around the period of World War I, the plot involves two writers Jules and Jim (Oskar Werner and Henri Serre). They both fall in love with beautiful Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) who is the personification of an ancient stone carving the men saw in Greece and have been obsessed by ever since. The three become inseparable friends. Jules marries Catherine, and they have a baby (Sabine Haudepin)–but Catherine still loves both Jules and Jim. The war ends, and Jim moves in with Catherine and Jules, and, with Jules approval, Jim becomes Catherine's lover. Now, just when they think they have what they want, problems ensue and lead to tragedy.
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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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The Soft Skin 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorleac, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi, Laurence Badie, Jean Lanier, Paule Emanuele, Philippe Dumat, Rierre Risch, Dominique Lacarriere, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Garrel, Gerard Poirot
Revenge and adultery factor into this Francois Truffaut film involving publisher and lecturer Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly) who meets stewardess Nicole (Francoise Dorleac) on a trip to Portugal, has an affair with her, and falls in love. But, when Pierre's wife Franca (Nelly Benedetti) catches onto the affair, the situation rages out of control and leads to a tragic end.
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| 1. Jules and Jim (1961)
2. The Last Metro (1980)
aka: Le Dernier Metro
3. The Soft Skin (1964)
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