Francine Bergé
1938 (87 лет)
Confort Moderne
Dominique Choisy
Nathalie Richard, Valérie Mairesse
Irene is an ordinary married woman living in Amiens, in the North of France. She works in a bank where, one day, she finds herself duty-bound to strip a client of her credit card and check book for ten years. Later on, while walking in a park Irene notices a mysterious homeless woman wearing a yellow coat. At a time she witnesses her shoplifting in a store. One night, on her way back home, she is attacked by the mysterious woman.
Modern Comforts
The Nun
Jacques Rivette
Anna Karina, Liselotte Pulver
In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
The Nun
Mr. Klein
Joseph Losey
Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Mr. Klein
Judex
Georges Franju
Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex (Channing Pollock) whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux (Michel Vitold) unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
Judex
The Crimson Rivers
Mathieu Kassovitz
Jean Reno, Венсан Кассель
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.
The Crimson Rivers
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Jacques Doillon
Anne Brochet, Benoît Régent
1794, During the French Revolution : Benjamin Constant meets Germaine de Staël and falls madly in love with her. He has the spirit of a young writer, weighed down by the hardships of life. Germaine, daughter of a wellknown figure, is one of the most brilliant woman of the century. Early on, Germaine lutes against Benjamin's love and only admits ot admiring his spirit. But, little by little, a violent and indispensable passion bonds them together. The two lovers continue to love one another and to struggle against this love for a period of twenty years. Season after season they meet and bask in each other's company. These intimate moments are at times ambivalent, but never lack in obstinance and passion.
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin
Madame Baptiste
Claude Santelli
Isabelle Huppert, Francine Bergé
The narrator, who is expecting her train, following a funeral procession to care . He learns that the deceased was raped in her youth by a valet and was considered, not without hypocrisy, as an untouchable in his village.
Madame Baptiste
Benjamin ou les mémoires d'un puceau
Michel Deville
Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Set in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aunt, the Countess de Valandry. There, he is seduced by a variety of women, including a few flirtatious maidservants and neighboring countesses who all want to be Benjamin's "first".
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
