A middle-aged maid with few prospects before her finds a new lease on life via the game of chess, in this unusual tale that...
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Hélène
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2011
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In a dramatic setup that recalls the opening act of Robert Wise's chiller Audrey Rose (1977), Sandrine Bonnaire (Monsieur...
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Claire Vigneaux
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2008
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Two women are caught in a rivalry over the love of a child in this period drama, loosely adapted from a short story by...
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Felicite
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2008
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The disheartening failure of specialized institutions and the irreparably damaging effect that they can have on the ailing...
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Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
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2007
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When wealthy and divorced tech company president Lucas becomes hopelessly smitten by the beautiful artist he has hired to...
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2007
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2007
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2006
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Anna
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2004
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Mabe
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2004
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2004
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Brian De Palma blends the emotional netherworld of film noir with a stylish portrayal of life among the wealthy and powerful...
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2002
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As directed by Olivier Bourbeillon, this documentary profiles Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), one of the most vital contributors...
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2002
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Author Anita Shreve's wartime romance comes to life on the big screen in this tale of passion and danger set against the...
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Lucette
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2002
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Following up on his acclaimed 1999 work Mauvaises frequentations, Jean-Pierre Ameris spins this sensitive, understated drama...
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2001
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Two people with little in common enter into a brief, impulsive love affair in this comedy-drama. Pierre (Jacques Gamblin) is...
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Claire
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2001
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French director Regis Wargnier's fifth feature film is a romantic period drama which is also a tribute to the victims of a...
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Marie
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2000
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This thriller from veteran director Claude Chabrol is a tense suspense drama, leavened with sly humor, about the fallout from...
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Vivian Sterne
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1999
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Yves Angelo directed this slow-paced French drama adapted from the novel by Steinunn Sigurdardottir about two sisters -- high...
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Olga
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1998
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Sylvie
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1998
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In this Austrian-French-Swiss thriller, upwardly mobile career woman Monika Besse (Sandrine Bonnaire) returns home to...
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Monika Besse
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1997
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When young banker Thomas Murray's marriage to the blue-blooded Amanda falls apart, he begins working with his father-in-law...
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1996
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This homage to the cinema by venerated movie-maker Agnes Varda, often dubbed the "grandmother" of the French New Wave,...
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1995
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This French-Italian drama is set in pre-Revolutionary Russia during 1907 and chronicles the relationship between a...
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Natalia
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1995
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Sophie
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1995
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Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles,"...
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Joan of Arc
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1994
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Jacques Rivette directed this richly detailed six-hour drama based on the story of Joan of Arc. In Part one, "Les Batailles,"...
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Joan of Arc
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1994
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Released directly on to video in the U.S., but exhibited on the festival circuit and in Europe, Plague is an adaptation of...
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Martine Rambert
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1992
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This ambitious overview of the history of Prague provides a wealth of information about the city, both visual and verbal,...
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Elena
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1992
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Unrequited and unhappy love is one of the themes of this romantic drama. In the story, Suzanne (Sandrine Bonnaire) has had an...
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Suzanne
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1991
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Lonely and shy bachelor Monsieur Hire (Michel Blanc), suspected in the murder of a girl, secretly watches his young,...
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Alice
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1990
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In this austere drama, the situation of being a hostage is explored. Sandrine Bonnaire plays a European researcher who is...
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1990
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Professor Brusci (Marcello Mastroianni) is a widower who has been alone for a long time. He has finally ordered his life in a...
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Stella
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1990
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Francine
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1989
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A slow, complex and involving tale of a French priest and his moral trials and tribulations, Under the Sun of Satan is...
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Mouchette
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1989
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Angele Dubreuil
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1989
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This brooding, enigmatic story won the 1989 Prix George Sadoul at the Cannes Film Festival, in the category "Un Certain...
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Annie
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1988
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The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama from director Andre Techine. Jeanne...
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Jeanne
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1987
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This strange crime-cum-romance story starts out with the ordinary work-a-day life of Mangin, an apparently...
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Lydie (the young prostitute)
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1986
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This portrayal of the reunion of an estranged father and daughter is set against the backdrop of a theatrical production. The...
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Manon
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1986
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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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Veronique
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1985
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Mona
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1985
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Marie
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1985
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One of the more forgettable action films, especially for the talented Sandrine Bonnaire who plays Marilyn the anti-heroine,...
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Marilyn
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1984
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Director, co-writer, and star Maurice Pialat brought his typically unblinking New Wave style and interest in socially...
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Suzanne
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1983
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1978
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