La Ronde 1964  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Circle of Love
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Jane Fonda, Maurice Ronet, Jean Sorel, Catherine Spaak, Francine Berge, Anna Karina, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernard Noel, Marie Dubois, Anne-Marie Coffinet, Dani, Claude Giraud, Alice Cocea, Denise Benoit
This story takes place in Paris just before World War I begins. On the day Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated, a soldier, Georges (Claude Giraud), lusts after and ends up in the bedrooms of a full circle of women–beginning with a prostitute (Marie Dubois), then Rose (Anna Karina), and finally housewife Sophie (Jane Fonda) before ending the circle with the prostitute.
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La Vallee 1972 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Valley Obscured by the Clouds
The Valley
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michael Gothard, Valerie Lagrange, Jerome Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy
A bored and sophisticated diplomat's wife (Bulle Ogier) seeks rare feathers for export from her home in New Guinea. She joins a group of hippies on an expedition to the "Valley obscured by the clouds," which is not shown on any map, in search of a tribal commune. They find the commune, and our heroine experiences a new lifestyle to her liking. Musical score by Pink Floyd.
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A Man and a Woman 1966  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh, Valerie Lagrange, Simone Paris, Antoine Sire, Souad Amidou, Yane Barry, Paul Le Person, Henri Chemin
Racecar driver Jean-Louis (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Anouk Aimee) fall in love. Both have lost spouses, and each is the parent of one child. Anne decides to live with her fear of his profession, and the couple unites. This picture was honored with an Academy Award as Best Foreign Film, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actress and Director.
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Weekend 1967  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valerie Lagrange, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Yves Beneyton, Paul Gegauff, Daniel Pommereulle, Yves Afonso, Blandine Jeanson
A Parisian couple head off on a weekend trip that turns into a nightmare traffic jam during which society begins its collapse. Jean-Luc Godard's attack on bourgeois values provides classic viewing.
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| 1. La Ronde (1964)
aka: Circle of Love
2. La Vallee (1972)
aka: The Valley Obscured by the Clouds
aka: The Valley
3. A Man and a Woman (1966)
4. Weekend (1967)
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