The Color of Lies 1999  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Antoine de Caunes, Bernard Verley, Bulle Ogier, Pierre Martot, Noel Simsolo, Rodolphe Pauly, Adrienne Pauly, Florent Gibassier, Thomas Chabrol
After his 10-year-old art student is found murdered, Rene Sterne (Jacques Bonnaire) is the primary suspect, and his relationships with his neighbors, his wife, and his students take a turn as they question his guilt or innocence.
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A Hundred and One Nights 1995 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
Director: Agnes Varda
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet, Mathieu Demy, Emmanuel Salenger, Anouk Aimee, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Romane Bohringer, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Patrick Bruel, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve
A 100-year-old movie buff, Simon Cinema (Michel Piccoli), enjoys the stories of Camille Miralis (Julie Gayet) who spends 101 nights reminiscing with him about the history of filmmaking.
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 Intimate Strangers 2004 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon, Helene Surgere, Urbain Cancelier, Isabelle Petit-Jacques, Veronique Kapoyan
Thinking she is at her theripist's office, Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire) enters the wrong office and tells her life secrets to financial advisor William Faber (Fabrice Luchini). Faber finds her fascinating and plays along.
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La Ceremonie 1995  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: A Judgement in Stone
A Judgment in Stone
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet, Jean-Francois Perrier, Yves Verhoeven, Dominique Frot, Serge Rousseau
"La Ceremonie" is French for events leading to inevitable death by Guillotine. This is the story of a French family that hires a new housekeeper, Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire). Sophie has unique problems of her own that are exploited by the local postmistress (Isabelle Huppert) with unexpected consequences for her employers.
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Monsieur Hire 1989  PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
Director: Patrice Leconte
Cast: Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, Andre Wilms, Eric Berenger, Marielle Berthon, Philippe Dormoy, Marie Gaydu, Michel Morano, Nora Noel, Cristiana Reali, Bernard Soufflet
When a young girl is murdered in his Paris suburb, middle-aged Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc) becomes a murder suspect simply because his neighbors are suspicious of his introverted behavior. The police inspector (Andre Wilms) harasses Hire who is now making plans to move away with his neighbor Alice (Sandrine Bonnaire). But, things are not always what they seem to be, and big problems lie ahead for this ill-fated couple.
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The Plague 1992  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luis Puenzo
Cast: William Hurt, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marc Barr, Robert Duvall, Raul Julia, Victoria Tennant, Lautaro Murua, China Zorrilla, Atilio Veronelli, Francisco Cocuzza
This is the film adaptation of Albert Camus's existential story "The Plague" and concerns Dr. Bernard Rieux (William Hurt) who dedicates himself to saving his fellow citizens dying from an epidemic of the plague.
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Secret Defense 1998 PG, 170 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Gregoire Colin, Laure Marsac, Francoise Fabian, Christine Vouilloz, Mark Saporta, Sara Louis, Hermine Karagheuz, Bernadette Giraud
Sylvie (Sandrine Bonnaire) is determined to avenge her father's death by shooting Walser (Jerzy Raziwilowicz), the man her brother, Paul (Gregoire Colin), is convinced is the killer. But Sylvie's plans go awry; in a struggle over the gun she murders Walser's mistress, and Sylvie's mind begins to unravel as Walser, instead of becoming her victim, becomes her co-conspirator.
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Towards Evening 1991 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Francesca Archibugi
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Sandrine Bonnaire, Zoe Incrocci, Giorgio Tirabassi, Victor Cavallo, Veronica Lazar, Lara Pranzoni, Paolo Panelli, Giovanna Ralli, Gisella Burinato, Pupo De Luca, Dante Biagioni
Widowed Professor Bruschi (Marcello Mastroianni) is a Communist living an orderly life. But chaos enters the professor's quiet world when his four-year-old granddaughter (Lara Pranzoni) is dropped off on his doorstep. Not only must the professor deal with the toddler, his son's (Giorgio Tirabassi) ex- lover, Stella (Sandrine Bonnaire), joins the household, and with her arrival comes a destructive influence. For a short time the professor's life changes, but nothing lasts forever.
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Vagabond 1985  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Agnes Varda
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Francis Balchere, Jean-Louis Perletti, Urbain Causse, Christophe Alcazar, Dominique Durand, Setti Ramdane, Joel Fosse, Patrick Schmit, Daniel Bos, Katy Champaud, Raymond Roulle, Heri Fridlani, Patrick Sokol, Pierre Imbert
After Mona Bergeron's (Sandrine Bonnaire) body is discovered in the wilds, flashbacks provide a haunting drama about the people she met during her life as a vagabond. It turns out that Mona's aloofness prevented her from having close relationships, and the story shows that because of her personality, no one knew the real Mona.
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| 1. The Color of Lies (1999)
2. East-West (1999)
3. A Hundred and One Nights (1995)
aka: A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema
4. Intimate Strangers (2004)
5. La Ceremonie (1995)
aka: A Judgement in Stone
aka: A Judgment in Stone
6. Monsieur Hire (1989)
7. The Plague (1992)
8. Secret Defense (1998)
9. Towards Evening (1991)
10. Vagabond (1985)
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