Nearest to Heaven 2002 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Tonie Marshall Cast: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Helene Fillieres, Patrice Chereau, Nathalie Richard, Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos, Noemie Godin-Vigneau, Paulina Porizkova
Author Fanette (Catherine Deneuve) is still infatuated with an old flame and reminisces about their affair while watching 1957's "An Affair to Remember" several times. She travels to NYC and meets an American photographer (William Hurt) who may make her forget her old love. Bor-r-r-ing.
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A Slightly Pregnant Man 1973 PG, 95 min. Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jacques Demy Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Claude Melki, Marisa Pavan, Mireille Mathieu, Andre Falcon, Maurice Biraud, Alice Sapritch, Raymond Gerome, Madeleine Barbulee, Tonie Marshall
Marco (Marcello Mastroianni) visits his girlfriend's (Catherine Deneuve) doctor (Micheline Presle) and is told that he is four months pregnant. A media frenzy ensues, and Marco is hired to model maternity clothes–until he finds out that the diagnosis was for his girlfriend.
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Venus Beauty Institute 1999 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tonie Marshall Cast: Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffe, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Elli Medeiros, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva
Madame Nadine (Bulle Ogier) and her employees–Angele (Nathalie Baye), Samantha (Mathilde Seigner), and Marie (Audrey Tautou)–at the Parisian Venus Beauty Institute make their customers feel better about themselves. But, at the same time, the beauticians suffer their own psychological ups and downs running the gamut from casual sex to jealousy to suicide. This film received four Cesars (French Oscars) for Best Picture, Screenplay, Director, and Young Actress.
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| 1. Nearest to Heaven (2002)
2. A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
3. Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
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