Chaos 2001  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Coline Serreau
Cast: Catherine Frot, Vincent Lindon, Rachida Brakni, Line Renaud, Aurelien Wiik, Ivan Franek, Chloe Lambert, Marie Denarnaud, Michel Lagueyrie, Wojciech Pszoniak
After Helene and Paul Vidal (Catherine Frot and Vincent Lindon) watch prostitute Malika (Rachida Brakni) being beaten into a coma by her pimp, Helene puts her own family life on hold and ministers to Malika.
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C'est la Vie 1990  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry, Zabou, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Lindon, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Didier Benureau, Julie Bataille, Candice Lefranc, Alexis Derlon
Set in the late 1950s, this film is the final entry in Diane Kurys' autobiographical trilogy (preceded by "Peppermint Soda" and "Entre Nous"). When Lena (Nathalie Baye) decides to divorce her husband, Michele (Richard Berry), she sends her daughters to a seaside resort and joins them later. As the girls learn life's lessons, Lena starts an affair with a young man, Leon (Jean-Pierre Bacri). The fun lifestyle ends when Michel arrives on the scene.
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Friday Night 2002 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claire Denis
Cast: Valerie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon, Helene de Saint-Pere, Helene Fillieres, Florence Loiret, Gregoire Colin, Gilles D'Ambra, Micha Lescot, Gianfranco Poddighe, Nordine Barour
While stuck in a Paris traffic jam, Laure (Valerie Lemercier) picks up a total stranger, Jean (Vincent Lindon), and the pair sets out on a romantic odyssey.
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Half Moon Street 1986 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Bob Swaim
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine, Patrick Kavanagh, Ram John Holder, Niall O'Brien, Nadim Sawalha, Angus MacInnes, Keith Buckley, Faith Kent, Ann Hanson, Patrick Newman, Vincent Lindon, Muriel Villiers, Michael Elwyn, Ninka Scott
While stationed in London, American government employee Dr. Lauren Slaughter (Sigourney Weaver) decides to increase her income by performing as an "escort service" in her spare time. All goes well until she meets Lord Sam Bulbeck (Michael Caine), and they form a bond. Unbeknownst to Lauren, she becomes a pawn in Lord Bulbeck's dealings with a powerful group of wealthy Arabs when wealthy sheik Karim Hatami (Nadim Sawalha) showers her with attention and gifts.
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The School of Flesh 1998 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller, Francois Berleand, Daniele Dubroux, Bernard Le Coq, Roxane Mesquida, Jean-Louis Richard, Jean-Claude Dauphin
This delicate handling of the older woman Dominique (Isabelle Huppert)/younger man Quentin (Vincent Martinez) relationship provides excellent viewing. Yukio Mishima's novel is deftly adapted for the screen by director Benoit Jacquot. This is a "don't miss."
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Seventh Heaven 1997  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Lindon, Francois Berleand, Francine Berge, Pierre Cassignard, Leo Le Bevillon, Sylvie Loeillet, Florence Loiret, Philippe Magnan, Anne Fassio, Eriq Ebouaney, Marc Rioufol
Mathilde (Sandrine Kiberlain) appears to have a nice life–attentive husband, one child, nice Paris apartment, good job–but she has been depressed recently. She even has been shoplifting toys, until she meets a man who turns out to by a hypnotherapist. He seems to cure her, and the emphasis shifts to her husband (Vincent Lindon) who has trouble communicating with her. A good job by the two stars.
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| 1. Chaos (2001)
2. C'est la Vie (1990)
3. Friday Night (2002)
4. Half Moon Street (1986)
5. The School of Flesh (1998)
6. Seventh Heaven (1997)
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