Canicule 1984  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dog Day
Director: Yves Boisset
Cast: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David Bennent, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Tina Louise, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Pierre Clementi
Lee Marvin is on the lam after robbing a French bank. Somehow he escapes the police and takes refuge in a farming household where the family turns out to be strange, indeed. Lots of violence in this loser.
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Cousin, Cousine 1975  R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Charles Tacchella
Cast: Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux, Marie-France Pisier, Guy Marchand, Ginette Garcin, Sybil Maas, Jean Herbert
Marthe (Marie-Christine Barrault) and Pascal (Guy Marchand) become cousins–by marriage. This leads to a friendship that, in turn, develops into a love affair. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
aka: European Vacation
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Eric Idle, Victor Lanoux, John Astin, Paul Bartel, Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Lively, Didier Pain, Cynthia Szigeti, Malcolm Danare, Kevi Kendall, William Zabka
The Griswold family is back at it again. This time, Clark and Ellen (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) and their children Rusty and Audrey (Jason Lively and Dana Hill) compete on a family game show and win a trip to Europe. There is plenty of trouble awaiting them in Europe–from London where Clark must learn to drive a European car, to Paris where their camcorder is stolen, and then on to Germany to meet relatives IF they can find the correct home. All of this culminates in the camcorder thief selling erotic pictures of Ellen and then Ellen being kidnapped by other thieves. By the vacation's end, the Griswold family is very happy to return to American soil.
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One Wild Moment 1977 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Victor Lanoux, Christine Dejoux, Agnes Soral, Martine Sarcey, Peter Bonke, Robert Bahr, Tessa Bouche
Divorced father Pierre (Jean-Pierre Marielle) takes his teen daughter, Martine (Christine Dejoux), on vacation with his friend Jacques (Victor Lanoux) and Jacques' daughter, Francoise (Agnes Soral). Francoise comes on to Pierre, and an affair begins. When Francoise tells her father of the affair (leaving out who the lover is), Jacques asks Pierre to help him find out who he is. Remade in 1984 as "Blame it on Rio."
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Two Men in Town 1973  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Two Against the Law
Director: Jose Giovanni
Cast: Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Mimsy Farmer, Michel Bouquet, Victor Lanoux, Cecile Vassort, Ilaria Occhini, Gerard Depardieu, Guido Alberti, Maurice Barrier, Paul Beauvais, Jacques Monod
With support from social worker Germain (Jean Gabin), Gino (Alain Delon) gets out of prison after serving 10 years. Gino plans to settle into a new life but finds himself hounded by a vengeful cop and is pushed to the breaking point. After Gino kills the cop, he is tried and executed in what proves to be one very graphic portrayal.
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| 1. Canicule (1984)
aka: Dog Day
2. Cousin, Cousine (1975)
3. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
aka: European Vacation
4. One Wild Moment (1977)
5. Two Men in Town (1973)
aka: Two Against the Law
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