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The Fire Within and Mr Klein
The Bay Of Angels (La Baie des Anges)
(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Jacques Demy; Writer: Jacques Demy; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet, André Certes, Nicole Chollet, Georges Alban, Conchita Parodi, Jacques Moreau, André Canter, Jean-Pierre Lorrain)
Gambling addiction and romance mix in Demy's second feature.
The Fire Within (Le Feu Follet)
(Country: France; Year: 1963; Director: Louis Malle; Writer: Louis Malle, based on the book by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle; Stars: Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Paul Moulinot, Mona Dol, Pierre Moncorbier, René Dupuy, Bernard Tiphaine, Bernard Noël, Ursula Kubler, Jeanne Moreau, Alain Mottet, François Gragnon, Romain Bouteille, Jacques Sereys, Alexandra Stewart)
A suicidal man struggling to avoid sliding back into alcoholism visits former friends and lovers to say goodbye.
Indochine
(Country: France; Year: 1992; Director: Régis Wargnier; Writer: Erik Orsenna, Louis Gardel, Catherine Cohen, Régis Wargnier; Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau, Carlo Brandt, Gérard Lartigau, Hubert Saint-Macary, Andrzej Seweryn, Mai Chau, Alain Fromager, Chu Hung, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Thibault de Montalembert)
A plantation owner in Indochina finds herself in a love rivalry with her adopted daughter as France's colonial strength wanes.
Jean De Florette
(Country: Switzerland, France, Italy; Year: 1986; Director: Claude Berri; Writer: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach, Marcel Pagnol; Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, Margarita Lozano, Ernestine Mazurowna, Armand Meffre, André Dupon, Pierre Nougaro, Jean Maurel, Roger Souza, Didier Pain, Pierre-Jean Rippert, Marc Betton, Clement Cal)
A greedy landowner conspires against the owner of an adjoining property to force him to sell.
The Lovers (Les Amants)
(Country: France; Year: 1958; Director: Louis Malle; Writer: Louise de Vilmorin, based on the book by Dominique Vivant.; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Cuny, José Luis de Villalonga, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre, Gaston Modot)
Controversial drama about a married mum who walks out on her husband.
Indochine and The Lovers
Manon Of The Spring (Manon des sources)
(Country: Switzerland, Italy, France; Year: 1986; Director: Claude Berri; Writer: Claude Berri, Gérard Brach, based on the novel by Marcel Pagnol; Stars: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy, Ticky Holgado, Jean Bouchaud, Elisabeth Depardieu, Gabriel Bacquier, Armand Meffre, André Dupon, Pierre Nougaro, Jean Maurel, Roger Souza)
A beautiful shepherdess is out for revenge against the men who caused her father's death.
Mr Klein (Monsieur Klein)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1976; Director: Joseph Losey; Writer: Franco Solinas, Fernando Morandi; Stars: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Jean Champion, Etienne Chicot, Magali Clément, Gérard Jugnot, Hermine Karagheuz)
A man who is taking advantage of his fleeing Jewish neighbours in the Second World War becomes obsessed with his Jewish 'double'.
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