Caricies 1998  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Caresses
Director: Ventura Pons
Cast: David Selvas, Laura Conejero, Julieta Serrano, Montserrat Salvador, Agustin Gonzalez, Naim Thomas, Sergi Lopez, Merce Pons, Jordi Dauder, Roger Coma
Based on a Sergi Belbel play, this film consists of 11 interconnected dialogues between two people in various situations. One of the characters in each encounter is followed as he/she proceeds to the next. Interesting at times.
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 Dirty Pretty Things 2002  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergi Lopez, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Wong, Zlatko Buric, Kriss Dosanjh, Israel Aduramo, Yemi Ajibade, Nizwar Karanj
Problems faced by illegal immigrants are the focus of this story. Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a Nigerian doctor who now ekes out a living in London working as a cab driver and hotel porter. Then there is his friend, Senay (Audrey Tautou), who is a Turkish illegal immigrant finding survival by offering sexual favors to her sweatshop boss. As if that's not enough, the hotel manager (Sergi Lopez) buys human kidneys from desperate donors, which he sells on the black market. Despite all, Okwe and Senay are survivors.
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Jet Lag 2002 R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Daniele Thompson
Cast: Jean Reno, Juliette Binoche, Sergi Lopez, Scali Delpeyrat, Karine Belly, Nadege Beausson-Diagne, Alice Taglioni, Jerome Keen, Sebastien Lalanne, Michel Lefriol, Raoul Billerey
Felix (Jean Reno) and Rose (Juliette Binoche) meet accidentally at a Paris airport where both are stranded due to weather and a utility strike. Although they represent direct opposites, love conquers all in this amusing, romantic offering.
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The New Eve 1999 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Corsini
Cast: Karin Viard, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Catherine Frot, Sergi Lopez, Mireille Roussel, Nozha Khouadra, Laurent Lucas, Valentine Vidal, Francois Caron, Frederic Gelard
A French woman, Camille (Karin Viard), leaps from one reckless liaison to another–lost in a depraved world of drugs, sex, and alcohol–in this film reflecting the style of new French realism.
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 Pan's Labyrinth 2006   R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Alex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Doug Jones, Manolo Solo, Cesar Vea, Ivan Massague, Gonzalo Uriarte, Eusebio Lazaro
In 1944, young Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) moves to Northern Spain with her pregnant mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), where they join Carmen's new husband, Capitan Vidal (Sergi Lopez). With post-war Fascist repression in full swing and her new father serving as one of Franco's officers, Ofelia retreats into her own private world and meets the goat-god Pan (Doug Jones) who tells her that she is not human but is, instead, Princess Moanna who is the daughter of the King of the Underworld. In Ofilia's fable, in order to regain her status of princess, she must complete three tasks, which include killing a huge toad that lurks under a fig tree. Four Academy Award were received, including Best Foreign Film, and two other nominations were received. 1 User Review
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| | A true work of art! | davveb 02/02/2007 | What time is it? Do you have to obey? The aerchtypal princess is within you if you can face your
fears. First begin with nothing. The vision will appear to you in all it's terror. The inside will become the outside. Who is your daddy?? Do not give in to temptation.
The sacrifice of the inocent may open things up for your rembrance of the deap old ways, including what we would call magic. The first step may be the realization of the stunning real-surreal BEAUTY all too close to you. Same as it ever was! |
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Western 1997 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
Director: Manuel Poirier
Cast: Sergi Lopez, Sacha Bourdo, Elisabeth Vitali, Marie Matheron, Basile Siekoua, Daphne Gaudefroy, Karine LeLievre, Jean-Louis Dupont, Olivier Herveet, Alain Luc Guhur
Paco (Sergi Lopez) picks up a hitchhiker, Nino (Sacha Bourdo), who returns the favor by robbing Paco and taking his vehicle. Paco is driven to town by passer-by Marinette (Elizabeth Vitali) who interests him for awhile. Later, Paco runs into Nino, beats him up, and the two head off together down the road. And so it goes.
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With a Friend Like Harry 2000  R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Dominik Moll
Cast: Laurent Lucas, Sergi Lopez, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin, Victoire de Koster, Dominique Rozan, Liliane Rovere, Michel Fau, Laurie Caminata, Lorena Caminata
Michel (Laurent Lucas) and Claire (Mathilde Seigner) need a vacation; their partially finished beach home seems like the perfect retreat for them and their three daughters. At a rest stop along the way, Michel runs into Harry (Sergi Lopez) who, according to Harry, was a school friend of Michel's. Michel doesn't remember him, but Harry remembers all the details of Michel's younger life. Almost instantly, Harry and his fiancee, Prune (Sophie Guillemin), install themselves in Michel's vacation home. They prove to be helpful–so helpful that matters turn eerie.
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| 1. An Affair of Love (1999)
2. Caricies (1998)
aka: Caresses
3. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
4. Jet Lag (2002)
5. The New Eve (1999)
6. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
7. Western (1997)
8. With a Friend Like Harry (2000)
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