5x2 2004  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Francois Ozon
Cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss, Geraldine Pailhas, Francoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale, Antoine Chappey, Marc Ruchmann, Jason Tavassoli, Joan-Pol Brissart
The story begins with Marion and Gilles (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Stephane Freiss) signing divorce papers and then reverts to the past to show five segments of their married life that evolve from innocence–through lies and secrets that, ultimately, lead to the tragedy of divorce.
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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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Crime Spree 2003  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
Director: Brad Mirman
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Gerard Depardieu, Johnny Hallyday, Renaud, Said Taghmaoui, Stephane Freiss, Shawn Lawrence, Albert Dray, Joanne Kelly, Richard Bohringer, Abe Vigoda, Sal Figliomeni, Gino Marrocco, Diego Chambers, Carlos Diaz
A trio of French burglars, led by Daniel Foray (Gerard Depardieu), are sent to Chicago to pull off a jewel heist, but they mistakenly rob Chicago mob boss Frankie (Harvey Keitel). Now the Mafia, FBI, Chicago police, and street gangs are all after the burglars as they try to get back to Paris.
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Le Grand Role 2004 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Steve Suissa
Cast: Stephane Freiss, Berenice Bejo, Peter Coyote, Lionel Abelanski, Laurent Bateau, Sephen Guerin-Tillie, Francois Berleand, Olivier Sitruk, Valerie Benguigui, Rufus, Clement Sibony, Steve Suissa
The same day he learns his wife, Perla (Berenice Bejo), has terminal cancer, film director Maurice Kurtz (Stephane Freiss) thinks he has nailed an acting role in an upcoming film. He reports the news to Perla and later learns that the role is awarded, instead, to a famous actor. Determined to keep bad news from Perla, Maurice gets help from his friends to make Perla believe he is acting in the film. But the deception backfires, and comedy mixes with pathos in the lives of Maurice and Perla.
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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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| 1. 5x2 (2004)
2. Alias Betty (2001)
aka: Betty Fisher and Other Stories
3. Crime Spree (2003)
4. Le Grand Role (2004)
5. Monsieur N. (2003)
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