Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Venus Beauty Institute (Venus Beauty) (1999)- Dir. Tonie Marshall
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou - A modest beauty salon is the setting for this wry ensemble piece about the vagaries of womanhood, with an engagingly eccentric collection of clients…
An Autumn Tale (1998)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand, Alain Libolt - Completing his suite of films based on the four seasons, dir. Rohmer provides another mellow, seemingly unplotted comedy, in which Rhone valley…
Dinner Game, The (1998)- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret - Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…
Late August, Early September (Fin août, début septembre) (1998)- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, Francois Cluzet… - Overlooked French drama from prolific and distinctive auteur Olivier Assayas (IRMA VEP, PERSONAL SHOPPER) following a group of friends and lovers as…
Life Is Beautiful (La vita e bella) (1998)- Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni - Winner of both Best Foreign Film and Best Actor Oscars (a first for an actor speaking a foreign tongue) as well as the top prize at Cannes, Roberto…
For Roseanna (Roseanna's Grave) (1997)- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Mercedes Ruehl, Jean Reno - Terminally–ill Mercedes Ruehl's dying wish is to be buried in the local cemetary, but the plots are filling up fast, thus sending off her…
Junk Mail (1997)- Dir. Pal Sletaune
Feat. Robert Skjaerstad, Andrine Saether, Per Egil Aske - A sex–obsessed, surly postman tampers with the mail, stalks pretty girls and steals erotic letters from his delivery sack, one of which leads…
Le Bonheur Est Dans Le Pre (Happiness Is in the Field) (1997)- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Michel Serrault, Carmen Maura - The director of TATIE DANIELLE puts a sly new twist on that most reliable of French film conceits – the 'imposter' genre. Grouchy…
Ma Vie En Rose (1997)- Dir. Alain Berliner
Feat. George Du Fresne, Michele Laroque, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey… - Confusion envelops an idyllic French suburban household when their youngest son starts believing he is a little girl. Solemn regard for themes of…
On Connait la Chanson (Same Old Song) (1997)- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Bacri… - A winner of seven Cesar awards, this light–hearted homage to Dennis Potter applies his musical–cinematic ideas to the…
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