Cesar and Rosalie 1972  R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Claude Sautet
Cast: Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Umberto Orsini, Bernard Le Coq, Eva Maria Meineke, Isabelle Huppert, Gisela Hahn, Henri-Jacques Huet, Pippo Merisi
Cesar (Yves Montand) loves Rosalie (Romy Schneider), a divorced woman with a young daughter. Life is good until a former lover of Rosalie's, David (Sami Frey), arrives on the scene. They still love each other, and now we have a threesome in this comedy/drama.
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Goodbye Again 1961  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Jessie Royce Landis, Diahann Carroll, Pierre Dux, Lee Patrick, Peter Bull, Michele Mercier
Based on a story by Francoise Sagan, the plot for this film involves an older woman (Ingrid Bergman) who is torn between her longtime paramour (Yves Montand) and a dashing younger man (Anthony Perkins).
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 Grand Prix 1966 N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Francoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Genevieve Page, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien
This film includes important European competitions and follows the exploits of various drivers both on and off the track, which include affairs between Jean-Pierre Sarte (Yves Montand) and Louise Frederickson (Eva Marie Saint) and Nino Barlini (Antonio Sabato) and Lisa (Francoise Hardy). At the same time, while Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner) recovers from a crash at Monaco in which his teammate Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) was critically injured, Pete becomes involved with Scott's estranged wife, Pat (Jessica Walter). Adding more changes to his life, Pete begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team. Racing footage is good with many shots taken inches from the track.
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Is Paris Burning? 1966  N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rene Clement
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Yves Montand, Anthony Perkins, Simone Signoret, Orson Welles
This is the story of the liberation of Paris in 1944. When the Allies approached the city, the Nazis were ordered to burn it to the ground.
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Let's Make Love 1960 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Frankie Vaughan, David Burns, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Milton Berle, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Madge Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" makes this light, musical comedy worthwhile. Will rich Montand get her?
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Manon of the Spring 1986  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart, Hippolyte Girardot, Elisabeth Depardieu, Gabriel Bacquier, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy, Ticky Holgado, Jean Bouchaud
Manon (Emmanuelle Beart) seeks revenge against Cesar (Yves Montand) and his nephew, Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil), for the death of her father in this excellent follow-up to "Jean de Florette."
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My Geisha 1962 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yoko Tani, Tatsuo Saito, Alex Gerry, Tamae Kyokawa, Ichiro Hayakawa, Tsugundo Maki
Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine) covets a role in her theater producer husband's (Yves Montand) play. To that end she even poses as a geisha to obtain her goal.
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 Napoleon 1955 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sacha Guitry
Cast: Orson Welles, Maria Schell, Raymond Pellegrin, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Erich von Stroheim, Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gelin, Danielle Darrieux, Sacha Guitry, Dany Robin, Jean Gabin, Cosetta Greco, Yves Montand, Roger Pigaut, Micheline Presle
Writer/director Sacha Guitry costars as Tallyrand who tells his friends about Napoleon Bonaparte's life. The story covers Napoleon's (Raymond Pellegrin) life from his campaigns in Italy to the Battle of Waterloo and, finally, his imprisonment and death on St. Helena.
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970 G, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry Blyden, Simon Oakland, Jack Nicholson, John Richardson, Pamela Brown, Irene Handl, Roy Kinnear
Daisy Gamble (Barbra Streisand) has ESP, which is explained when she undergoes hypnosis and tells about being a number of people who have lived in the past.
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The Red Circle 1970 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: Le Cercle rouge
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Cast: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet, Andre Ekyan, Jean-Pierre Posier, Francois Perier, Yves Arcanel, Jean Champion, Jean-Marc Boris, Yvan Chiffre, Rene Berthier
Suave thief Corey (Alaine Delon) is released from prison at the same time that criminal Vogel (Gian Maria Volonte) escapes from custody. After Corey robs his mob boss Rico (Andre Ekyan), he teams up with Vogel and sharpshooter Jansen (Yves Montand) to pull off a sophisticated jewel heist. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Mattei (Bourvil), from whom Vogel escaped, will do anything to bring the thieves to justice, with the mob boss also in the hunt. A great heist film.
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Tout Va Bien 1972 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Just Great
Director: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin
Cast: Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Vittorio Caprioli, Jean Pignol, Pierre Oudrey, Elizabeth Chauvin, Eric Chartier, Yves Gabrielli, Castel Casti, Louis Bugette, Anne Wiazemsky
A journalist (Jane Fonda) and her former filmmaker husband (Yves Montand) get involved in a factory strike in this film about revolutions and relationships amidst global imperialism.
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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others 1974 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Sautet
Cast: Yves Montand, Gerard Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Stephane Audran, Serge Reggiani, Marie Dubois, Antonella Lualdi, Umberto Orsini, Ludmila Mikael, Catherine Allegret, Betty Beckers, Yves Gabrielli, Jean Capel, Mohamed Galoul, Jacques Richard
This film is about the enduring friendship between a group of male friends–including Vincent (Yves Montand), Francois (Michel Piccoli), Paul (Serge Reggiani), and Jean (Gerard Depardieu)–who spend their weekends in the country together. They smoke and drink too much and have many problems, but they are resilient and refuse to give up on life.
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The Wages of Fear 1953  N/R, 156 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli, Vera Clouzot, William Tubbs, Antonio Centa, Darling Legitimus, Luis De Lima, Jo Dest, Dario Moreno, Gregoire Gromoff
Four men (Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, and Folco Lulli) are lured by high wages to drive two trucks, loaded with nitroglycerin, over treacherous roads in South America. The chemicals are needed to put out a fire in an American-owned oil field. Remade in 1977 as "Sorcerer."
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The Wide Blue Road 1957 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Umberto Spadaro, Peter Carsten, Federica Ranchi, Terence Hill, Ronaldo Bonacchi, Giancarlo Soblone, Josip Batistic
Squarcio's (Yves Montand) family is one of many poor fishing families who live in a small village off of Italy's Dalmatian coast. Times are indeed tough, and the local wholesaler exploits the fisherman. Squarcio has a plan to increase his yield, but the results are tragic.
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 Z 1969 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Francois Perier, Pierre Dux, Bernard Fresson, Renato Salvatori, Marcel Bozzuffi, Gorges Geret, Julien Guiomar, Magali Noel, Clotilde Joano, Habib Reda
On his way to giving a speech opposing the use of the atomic bomb, Greek pacifist Z (Yves Montand) is attacked by right-wing political extremists. The police have done little to protect Z, and, later, when Z is killed after being clubbed on the head, the police also had not protected him. The Examining Magistrate (Jean-Luis Trintignant) is appointed to look into the matter and finds that there was, indeed, a cover-up involving the police. The film is based on the 1963 killing of Gregorios Lambrakis and employs flashbacks as a tool for intrigue. "Z" won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Picture and Editing and was nominated for Best Picture and Director.
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| 1. Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
2. Goodbye Again (1961)
3. Grand Prix (1966)
4. Is Paris Burning? (1966)
5. Jean de Florette (1986)
6. Let's Make Love (1960)
7. Manon of the Spring (1986)
8. My Geisha (1962)
9. Napoleon (1955)
10. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
11. The Red Circle (1970)
aka: Le Cercle rouge
12. Tout Va Bien (1972)
aka: Just Great
13. Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
14. The Wages of Fear (1953)
15. The Wide Blue Road (1957)
16. Z (1969)
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