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Subgenre Sampler

 
L627L627 (1992)
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Didier Bezace, Jean-Paul Comart
A sharp, unsentimental depiction of the daily grind that a Paris drugs–squad detective must endure, contending with dealers, addicts and…
AutobusAutobus (1991) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Yvan Attal, Kristin Scott Thomas
A desperate, attention–seeking young man (Yvan Attal – superb) hijacks a school bus, taking its two adults and little passengers hostage.…
Highway PatrolmanHighway Patrolman (1991)
Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Vanessa Bauche
A wayward film–maker returns to form in using road–movie conventions to enrich this tale of poverty, drugs, prostitution and rampant…
Hors La VieHors La Vie (Life on Hold) (1991)
Dir. Maroun Bagdadi
Feat. Hippolyte Girardot, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Nidal Ashkov
A fictionalised depiction of a freelance photographer's ten months in Shi'ite custody. Charged with political anger but unsensationalist and…
Indecent Woman, TheIndecent Woman, The (1991) Recommended
Dir. Ben Verbong
Feat. Jose Way, Coen Van Vrijberghe de Coningh, Huub Stapel
A married violinist is drawn into a no–holds–barred relationship with a mystery man. A decent erotic parable that perceptively explores…
LoversLovers (1991) Recommended
Dir. Vincente Aranda
Feat. Victoria Abril
Almodovar–regular Victoria Abril brings her sultry star presence to this smouldering tale of illicit lovers who conspire to a horrendous crime…
Cup FinalCup Final (1990)
Dir. Eran Riklis
Feat. Moshe Ivgy, Mohamed Bakri, Salim Dau
An engaging Israeli film about a soccer player whose dreams of representing his country at the World Cup in Spain are shattered by war. He is…
Doctor PetiotDoctor Petiot (1990)
Dir. Christian De Chalonge
Feat. Michel Serrault, Pierre Romans, Berangere Bonvoisin
A dark, expressionistic account of a depraved physician who, in occupied Paris, used his practise to facilitate emigration for hopeful Jews, only to…
Elegant Criminel, L' (1990)
Dir. Francis Girod
Feat. Daniel Auteuil, Jean Poiret, Jaques Weber
Daniel Auteuil stars in this irreverent and witty biography of suave petty thief and condemned killer Pierre Lacenaire, whose brief flame burned…
Dark Woods, The (1989)
Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Beatrice Dalle
Beatrice Dalle (BETTY BLUE) marries a stranger on a whim, and lives to regret it when her affections for his brother leads to a brutal crime of…

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