I Can't Sleep 1994 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Claire Denis Cast: Yekaterina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Vincent Dupont, Laurent Grevill, Alex Descas, Irina Grjebina, Ira Mandella-Paul, Tolsty, Line Renaud, Beatrice Dalle, Sophie Simon
A serial "Granny Killer" is terrorizing Paris while Lithuanian actress Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva) is staying at a hotel where she meets gay, cross-dressing, African immigrant Camille (Richard Courcet) and his musician brother Theo (Alex Descas). One of these three just happens to have a connection to the "Granny Killer." Can you guess which one?
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Little Indian, Big City 1996 PG, 90 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Herve Palud Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Patrick Timsit, Ludwig Briand, Arielle Dombasle, Miou-Miou, Tolsty, Sonia Vollereaux
Disney Studios released this French film–dubbed in English. When Stephen Marchado (Thierry Lhermitte) learns that he has a young son, who was raised in the Brazilian rain forest, he takes the boy back to Paris. Once in the City of Lights, his son, Mimi Siku (Ludwig Briand), has problems adapting to city life as he strolls down the Champs Elysses in a loincloth, armed with a bow and arrow to shoot pigeons. A new low in filmmaking–story, acting, dubbing, etc.
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Ronin 1998 R, 121 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard, Skipp Sudduth, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jan Triska, Bernard Bloch, Feodor Atkine, Tolsty, Ron Perkins, Amadou, Leopoldine Serre
Irish activist Dierdre (Natascha McElhone) hires a team to track down a mysterious briefcase–contents unknown. They do not know who hired them, but former CIA agent Sam (Robert De Niro), former Euro intelligence agent Vincent (Jean Reno), former KGB agent Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), British demolitions expert Spence (Sean Bean), and driver Larry (Skipp Sudduth) set out to track down the briefcase. And the chase is on, with a few twists and turns, car chases, and action scenes as they travel from Paris, to Cannes, and then to Nice.
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| 1. I Can't Sleep (1994)
2. Little Indian, Big City (1996)
3. Ronin (1998)
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