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Que La Lumière Soit (1998)

Cast: Tchéky Karyo Pierre Arditi   

Tags: Satire Comedy Drama Fantasy Comedy 

Length: 102min

Arthur Joffe directed this French comic fantasy, in French and English dialogue, about God (voice of Pierre Arditi), invisible and spinning through Heavenly space on an asteroid, along with his sidekick angel Rene (Ticky Holgado). God observes Earthly...

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Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1997)

Tags: Road Movie 

Length: 116min

The title of this British-French production refers to the dream of the film's hero -- aka The Young Man (Glenn Fitzgerald) -- to hunt an African rhino. After a failed suicide, The Young Man treks across Europe in an effort to track the girlfriend who...

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L'Honneur de la Tribu (1993)

Cast: Thierry Lhermitte   

Tags: Comedy 

Length: 90min

Though this is billed as a combination drama and comedy, but the storyline gives no clue as to the humorous elements of this Algerian picture. In the story, a brother and his sister are orphaned when their father accepts a challenge to fight a trained...

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Les Milles (1995)

Cast: Philippe Noiret Kristin Scott Thomas Jean-Pierre Marielle   

Tags: War Historical Film War Adventure 

Length: 106min

This French WW II action-adventure is based on a fascinating footnote in history. Set just after the Franco-German armistice was signed in June 1940, it chronicles the courage of a compassionate French officer who defied his superiors and, acting...

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Justinien Trouve, Ou Le Batard De Dieu (1993)

Length: 162min

If this engaging costume adventure is perhaps just one notch shy of being a full-fledged swashbuckler, it is only because it so lovingly recreates the era in which its story takes place. In the film, it is 1685 and a baby is being left on the steps of...

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Le Plus Beau Métier du Monde (1996)

Cast: Gérard Depardieu Vladimir Cosma   

Tags: Comedy Drama Comedy of Errors 

Length: 101min

A genteel teacher finds himself out of his element when his request to be assigned to a Parisian school lands him in an impoverished, multi-cultural ghetto suburb outside of Paris. There Laurent Monier (Gerard Depardieu) finds himself forced to live...

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Le Souper (1992)

Cast: Michel Piccoli Claude Brasseur Edouard Molinaro Sylvie de Segonzac   

Tags: Period Film Historical Film 

Length: 90min

France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand (Claude Rich), a shrewd politician of flexible...

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French Twist (1995)

Cast: Victoria Abril Josiane Balasko Claude Berri   

Tags: Satire Comedy Domestic Comedy Gay & Lesbian Films Sex Comedy 

Length: 105min

In this French comedy, a man discovers that he has something unexpected in common with his wife -- they're both involved with another woman. Loli (Victoria Abril) is a woman of Spanish blood married to a French businessman, Laurent (Alain Chabat)....

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Tombes du Ciel (1993)

Cast: Jean Rochefort Marisa Paredes Laura del Sol Claude Jade   

Tags: Comedy 

Length: 91min

It is not necessary to know that this story is based on a true incident in order to enjoy it; in real life, a man landed in a major European airport without the necessary papers, and while authorities worked (slowly, ever-so slowly) to resolve his...

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