Almost Peaceful 2002 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michel Deville Cast: Simon Abkarian, Zabou, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal, Denis Podalydes, Julie Gayet, Malik Zidi, Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Silvie Milhaud, Pierre Diot, Francois Clavier
Emotionally scarred during World War II, a group of Parisian Jews starts life anew working in a tailor shop, reawakens, and tries to come to terms with the past.
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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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| 1. Almost Peaceful (2002)
2. C'est la Vie (1990)
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