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Subgenre Sampler
Hairdresser's Husband, The (1991)- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena - Everything you may love or loathe about French movies is taken to an (intentional?) extreme in this whimsical venture into the one–track mind…
Mediterraneo (1991)- Dir. Gabriele Salvatores
Feat. Claudio Bigagli, Diego Abatanthono, Giuseppe Cederna - Oscar–winning tale of eight Italian soldiers who find themselves stranded on a remote Greek isle during WW2. An affecting and surprising…
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
- Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez… - Rostand's classic play filmed in its native tongue, with the man born to play the poet with the outsized hooter, Gerard Depardieu. Little expense has…
Romuald et Juliette (1989)
- Dir. Coline Serreau
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Firmine Richard, Pierre Vernier - French comedy at its very best contrasts the lives of a yoghurt company director and a black mother–of–five cleaning lady who through…
Dark Eyes (1987)- Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni - The Soviet director ventures to Italy for this exquisite Chekhovian romantic tragedy in which Marcello Mastroianni abandons rationale for the allure…
Betty Blue (1986)- Dir. Jean-Jacques Beineix
Feat. Beatrice Dalle, Jean-Hugues Anglade - Beatrice Dalle stars as the ultra crazy and ultra sexy Betty in this lusty, over–the–top drama as only the French aspire to create.…
Man and A Woman: 20 Years Later, A (1986)- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Richard Berry - Worthy follow–up to Lelouch's seminal 60's romantic drama benefits from appealing performances by it's two leads.
Mauvais Sang (The Night Is Young) (1986)- Dir. Leos Carax
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche - A street–punk joins a gang of hoods intent on stealing a top–secret serum, but complications prevail. Romantic thriller contains…
Melo (1986)- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Sabine Azema, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi… - New Wave dir. Resnais explores unusually restrained, linear territory in this bittersweet melodrama centered around a love triangle between longtime…
Shadows in Paradise (Varjoja paratiisissa) (1986)- Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Matti Pellonpaa, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen - The first film in Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy follows a lonely garbage collector who finds romance with a check–out clerk (Kaurismäki…
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