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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Apres Vous... 2003  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: After You
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Jose Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Marilyne Canto, Michele Moretti, Garance Clavel, Fabio Zenoni, Ange Ruze, Andree Tainsy, Jean-Luc Abel, Jean-Charles Dumay, Jean-Claude Lecas
Antoine (Daniel Auteuil) is employed as a maitre d' in Paris when he saves Louis (Jose Garcia) from committing suicide. He takes Louis under his wing, and Louis' quality of life improves. But, meanwhile, Antoine begins a downhill slide in his own relationships.
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A Self-Made Hero 1996 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Albert Dupontel, Nadia Barentin, Bernard Bloch, Francois Chattot, Philippe Duclos, Daniele Lebrun, Francois Berleand
For his entire life, Albert Dehousse (Mathieu Kassovitz) has always lived in a life of make-believe. Now, during World War II, Albert heads for Paris where he invents a new identity and becomes a hero as a resistance fighter.
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Seventh Heaven 1997 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, Francois Berleand, Francine Berge, Pierre Cassignard, Leo Le Bevillon, Sylvie Loeillet, Florence Loiret, Philippe Magnan, Anne Fassio, Eriq Ebouaney, Marc Rioufol
Mathilde (Sandrine Kiberlain) appears to have a nice life–attentive husband, one child, nice Paris apartment, good job–but she has been depressed recently. She even has been shoplifting toys, until she meets a man who turns out to by a hypnotherapist. He seems to cure her, and the emphasis shifts to her husband (Vincent Lindon) who has trouble communicating with her. A good job by the two stars.
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| 1. Alias Betty (2001)
aka: Betty Fisher and Other Stories
2. Apres Vous... (2003)
aka: After You
3. A Self-Made Hero (1996)
4. Seventh Heaven (1997)
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