A recently divorced mother of two struggles to make the right decisions for her two young children amidst constant meddling...
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Annie
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2009
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A suicidal police detective travels from La Havre to Deauville at the behest of a mysterious femme fatale in the suspenseful...
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2007
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A widower's grief leads him down the road to madness in this drama from French filmmaker Jean Marboeuf. Pierre Valois (Pierre...
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2006
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Eric Rohmer is one of the best-respected filmmakers in the history of the French cinema, as well as among the most elusive....
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2005
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Giuseppe (Paolo Villaggio) takes his blind seven-year-old granddaughter Carla (Francesca Pipoli) from Puglia to his native...
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2000
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In the offbeat comedy La Dilettante, Pierette (Catherine Frot) is a woman who describes herself as having "opted for the...
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Therese
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1999
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Fifteen-year-old Sabine is unusually confident and analytical. She is also extraordinarily gifted in mathematics. This...
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Christine
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1998
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In order to solve a family mystery, John, a stonemason from Zimbabwe, travels to Berlin to search for 1928 footage of a...
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1997
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Marie Wileska
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1993
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The study of semantics has convinced Amedio (Jean Rochefort) that things only have relative validity, and that everything is...
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Elena
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1993
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Ernesto and Valentina are sure of their relationship. It is late in the 19th century in Europe, and this sophisticated...
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Valentina
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1991
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A modern-day Passion Play becomes a reenactment of the life and death of Jesus Christ in more ways than one with this...
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1990
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Despite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome (Richard Bohringer) manages to find much more time for amorous...
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Jacquette de Bourdeille
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1990
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Anne
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1989
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Nicole (Agnes Soral) is sent up the river for infanticide in this routine woman-in-prison feature. There she meets Marthe...
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Mme. Dessombes
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1989
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This uneven historical drama tries but fails to give any insight into the cultural differences between Arabs and Christians...
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1989
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Andre Delvaux directed this stylish, yet ultimately empty adaptation of a historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar....
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1988
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This quietly provocative drama makes a realistic exploration of the relationships between three generations of European...
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1987
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A lesbian love triangle leads to heartache in this erotic emotional drama. Bacha (Alida Valli) is a concentration-camp...
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Manuela
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1987
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1987
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In a befuddling look at the nature of evil (apparently linked with how much money one has), a young idealist finds himself in...
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Sylvie
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1985
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In this amusing, entertaining tale of three men and the two dominant women in their lives, a potpourri of individual...
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Madeleine
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1985
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Two quarreling lovers from opposite sides of the economic scale take central stage in this well-executed drama about...
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V's mother
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1985
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With this 410-minute epic, Prolific Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira adapts the 7-hour stage play of Catholic...
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1985
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Enhanced by a good musical score and good cinematography, this first-time directorial effort by Francesca Comencini is an...
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Maria's mother
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1984
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The common problem of a generation gap between young teens and their parents is exacerbated by a cultural gap as well in this...
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Mme. Royer
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1984
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This ambitious attempt to film a portion of Marcel Proust's epic novel Remembrance of Things Past stars Jeremy Irons as...
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Mme. Verdurin
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1984
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Based on a non-fiction bestseller of the same name by Rolf Hochhuth, Eine Liebe In Deutschland is about a tragic and...
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Maria Wyler
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1983
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Jon Voight stars in this David Seltzer-scripted sentimental tale about a divorced father who tries to achieve an emotional...
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Marie
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1983
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In a curiously undefined story about a macho-man who roughs up his very attractive but submissive wife and feisty teenage...
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Jane
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1983
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Based on an autobiographical novel by Marie Cardinal, this well-acted psychological drama details the tormented relationship...
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Eliane
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1983
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1982
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1981
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Woody Allen's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and...
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Isobel
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1980
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Both subtle and obvious fluctuations in a mother-daughter relationship are explored in this sensitive, insightful drama by...
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Jeanne
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1980
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This dignified and stylized film, set in the Middle Ages, follows the exploits of Sir Perceval, a legendary exemplar of...
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Guinevere
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1979
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Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to...
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Lieve
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1979
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In The Medusa Touch Brunel (Lino Ventura), a French detective on temporary assignment with Scotland Yard, investigates a...
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Patricia Morlar
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1978
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L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles...
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Laurence
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1978
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This film explores everyday lives of a small group of middle-class women who meet frequently (if not daily) by the tennis...
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Marie
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1976
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Adapted from the novel Die Döppelgänger by Theodor Storm, this black-and-white drama tells the tragic story of a war veteran...
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Hanna Hansen
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1975
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Love turns out to be all in the family in this romantic comedy from France. When an elderly couple decides to marry, their...
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Marthe
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1975
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1972
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This crime melodrama features a dramatic performance by singer Charles Aznavour. In the film, he plays a doctor whose summer...
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1972
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The Daydreamer (Le Distrait) stars Pierre Richard (who also directed) as a stumblebum ad-agency employee. Unable to get by in...
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Lisa
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1970
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The "my" in My Night At Maud's belongs to the protagonist played by Jean-Louis Trintignant, a Catholic engineer whose...
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Francoise
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1969
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