Queen Margot (1994)

Queen Margot (1994)
Director: Patrice Chéreau
Writers: Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
Danièle Thompson (scenario & adaptation) ...
Release Date: 13 May 1994 (France) more
Genre: Biography - Drama - History - Romance


* Cast :


Isabelle Adjani ... Marguerite de Valois dite La Reine Margot
Daniel Auteuil ... Henri de Navarre
Jean-Hugues Anglade ... Charles IX
Vincent Perez ... La Môle
Virna Lisi ... Catherine de Médicis
Dominique Blanc ... Henriette de Nevers
Pascal Greggory ... Anjou
Claudio Amendola ... Coconnas
Miguel Bosé ... Guise (as Miguel Bosè)
Asia Argento ... Charlotte of Sauve
Julien Rassam ... Alençon
Thomas Kretschmann ... Nançay
Jean-Claude Brialy ... Coligny
Jean-Philippe Écoffey ... Condé (as Jean-Philippe Ecoffey)
Albano Guaetta ... Orthon


* Plot :


The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging.


In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre.


Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.

Marion Bridge (2002)

Marion Bridge (2002)
Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
Writers: Daniel MacIvor (play)
Daniel MacIvor (writer)
Release Date: 18 April 2003 (Canada)
Genre: Drama



* Awards :


- ACTRA Awards(II):
2003 Won ACTRA Maritimes Award Outstanding Performance - Female
Ellen Page

- Atlantic Film Festival:
2002 Won Atlantic Canadian Award - Honorable Mention: Excellence in Editing

- Chlotrudis Awards:
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Chlotrudis Award Buried Treasure
And was Nominated for Chlotrudis Award, Best Cast and Best Screenplay

- Directors Guild of Canada:
2003 Nominated for DGC Craft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Feature Film

- Genie Awards:
2004 Nominated for Genie Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
and Best Screenplay

- Rotterdam International Film Festival:
2003 Nominated for Tiger Award

- Sudbury Cinéfest:
2002 Won Best Canadian First Feature Award

- Toronto International Film Festival:
2002 Won Best Canadian First Feature Film

-Verona Love Screens Film Festival:
2004 - Won the Youth Jury Award
And was ominated for Best Film Award



* Cast :


Molly Parker ... Agnes
Rebecca Jenkins ... Theresa
Stacey Smith ... Louise (as Stacy Smith)
Marguerite McNeil ... Rose
Ellen Page ... Joanie
Hollis McLaren ... Chrissy
Emmy Alcorn ... Dory
Joseph Rutten ... Ken
Nicola Lipman ... Valerie
Jackie Torrens ... Marlene
Kevin Curran ... Sandy
Ashley MacIsaac ... Mickey
Heather Rankin ... Sue
Linda Busby ... Evie
Stephen Manuel ... Tavern Bartender


* Plot :

Agnes, a recovering alcoholic, returns to her Sydney, Nova Scotia home when she learns that her ailing mother, also an alcoholic, has been hospitalized. Both her sisters - opinionated Theresa and Louise, who prefers nothing better than to watch television - now live in the home.


Against Theresa's better judgment, the sisters decide to bring their cantankerous mother, Rose, back to the house so that the collective three can take care of her in what looks to be her final days. As the sisters try to cope with the care-taking of their mother, they must also learns to live harmoniously with each other, not an easy task especially considering their differing personalities.


While in Sydney, Agnes also feels the need to connect with certain aspects of her past, one that includes a teenager named Joanie.

The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)

The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
Director: Tony McNamara
Writer: Tony McNamara
Release Date: 28 August 2003 (Australia)
Genre: Comedy



* Cast :

Jordan Brooking ... Young Placid
Ben Lee ... Placid Lake
Rose Byrne ... Gemma Taylor
Miranda Richardson ... Sylvia Lake
Lucas Fraccaro ... Bull (5 years old)
Cruise Moylan ... Angus (5 years old)
Zan Cross ... Lachie (5 years old)
Garry McDonald ... Doug Lake
Eleeza Hooker ... Young Gemma
Jesse Spence ... Jenny
Simone Cullinan ... Sharon
Socratis Otto ... Bozo
Toby Schmitz ... Bull
Nathaniel Dean ... Lachie
Stephen James King ... Angus


* Plot :


Placid Lake (Ben Lee) has always been different.


As an odd fish, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. Soon hes embracing conformity on the fast track to corporate success.


But his girlfriend (Rose Byrne) and mother (Miranda Richardson) will do almost anything to get the old Placid back.

All Things Fair: Love Lessons (1995 - Swedish with English subtitles)

All Things Fair: Love Lessons (1995 - Swedish with English subtitles)
Director: Bo Widerberg
Writer: Bo Widerberg (screenplay)
Release Date: 8 March 1996 (USA) more
Genre: Drama - Romance - War
Country: Sweden - Denmark
Runtime: 130 min



* Cast:

Johan Widerberg ... Stig
Marika Lagercrantz ... Viola
Tomas von Brömssen ... Kjell
Karin Huldt ... Lisbet
Nina Gunke ... Stig's Mother
Björn Kjellman ... Sigge
Kenneth Milldoff ... Stig's Father
Frida Lindholm ... Olga
Sigge Cederlund ... Biografmaskinisten
George Bisset
Gösta Ekstrand
Hilda Suovanen
Per Olov Börjeson
Jörgen Svensson
Monica Stenbeck ... Gymnastiklärarinnan


* Awards:

- Academy Awards, USA:

*1996 Nominated for Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film


- Berlin International Film Festival:

*1996 Blue Angel Award: Bo Widerberg
Silver Berlin Bear: Special Jury Prize
& Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear



- Guldbagge Awards:

*1996 Guldbagge: Best Direction and Best Film


- Rouen Nordic Film Festival:

*1996 Award for Best Actor


* Plot:

Malmoe, Sweden during the Second World War. Stig is a 15 year old pupil on the verge of adulthood. Viola is 37 years old and his teacher.


He is attracted by her beauty and maturity. She is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a god-sent relief from her drunk and miserable husband.


They start a passionate and forbidden relationship - but it has consequences they never could have expected.

Close My Eyes (1991)

Close My Eyes (1991)
Director:Stephen Poliakoff
Writer: Stephen Poliakoff
Release Date: 6 September 1991 (UK)
Genre: Drama - Romance


* Cast:


Alan Rickman ... Sinclair
Clive Owen ... Richard
Saskia Reeves ... Natalie
Karl Johnson ... Colin
Lesley Sharp ... Jessica
Kate Gartside ... Paula
Karen Knight ... Philippa
Niall Buggy ... Geof
Campbell Morrison ... Scotsman
Annie Hayes ... Receptionist
Maxwell Hutcheon ... Interviewee
Geraldine Somerville ... Natalie's Boss
Helen FitzGerald ... Scottish Girl
Christopher Barr ... Noley
Gordon Salkilld ... Hotel Porter



* Awards:


- Evening Standard British Film Awards:

*Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor(Alan Rickman) and Best Film



- London Critics Circle Film Awards:

*1992 ALFS Award: British Actor of the Year (Alan Rickman)




- Seattle International Film Festival:

*1991 Golden Space Needle Award: Best Actor (Alan Rickman)



* Plot:


After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessional.


Their private intensity (& working class origins) contrast with the middle-class, inhibited, stuffy public scenes we see in the Richmond world into which Natalie has moved with her marriage.


As the guilt and intensity of the siblings increases we seem to be heading for disaster, a forboding which increases when Natalie's husband Sinclair finds out.

The Lover (1992)

The Lover (1992)
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers: Jean-Jacques Annaud (writer)
Gérard Brach (writer)
Release Date: 22 January 1992 (France) more
Genre: Biography - Drama - Romance


* Cast:

Jane March ... The Young Girl
Tony Leung Ka Fai ... The Chinaman
Frédérique Meininger ... The Mother
Arnaud Giovaninetti ... The Elder Brother
Melvil Poupaud ... The Younger Brother
Lisa Faulkner ... Helene Lagonelle
Xiem Mang ... The Chinaman's Father
Philippe Le Dem ... The French Teacher
Ann Schaufuss ... Anne-Marie Stretter
Quach Van An ... The Driver
Tania Torrens ... The Principal
Raymonde Heudeline ... The Writer (end)
Yvonne Wingerter ... The Writer (beginning)
Do Minh Vien ... The Young Boy
Hélène Patarot ... The Assistant Mistress


* Awards:


- Academy Awards, USA:

*1993 Nominated for Oscar: Best Cinematography (Robert Fraisse)



- Awards of the Japanese Academy:

*1993 Nominated for Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Foreign Film




- César Awards, France:

*1993 César for Best Music Written for a Film (Gabriel Yared)



Nominated for César:

Best Cinematography (Meilleure photographie)
Robert Fraisse

Best Costume Design (Meilleurs costumes)
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle

Best Editing (Meilleur montage)
Noëlle Boisson

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Best Production Design (Meilleurs décors)
Hoang Thanh At


- Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA:

*1993 Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing - Foreign Feature




* Plot:


It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school.


She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly.


Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time?


Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Maugerite Duras.

Charles Bronson's "Someone Behind the Door" (1971)

Someone Behind the Door (1971)
Director: Nicolas Gessner
Writers: Marc Behm & Nicolas Gessner
Release Date: 28 July 1971 (France)
Genre: Crime - Drama
Runtime: 01:33:40


* Plot :

A neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the "appropriate" action.



* Cast :

Charles Bronson ... The Stranger
Anthony Perkins ... Laurence Jeffries
Jill Ireland ... Frances Jeffries
Henri Garcin ... Paul Damien
Adriano Magistretti ... Andrew
Agathe Natanson ... Lucy
Viviane Everly ... Young Girl on Beach
André Penvern ... Intern
Carl Studer ... Fisherman (as Carl J. Studer)
Denise Péronne ... Nurse
Isabelle Del Rio ... Nurse
Silvana Blasi ... Mrs. Evans
Colin Mann ... Sgt. Gordon
Yves Elliot ... Policeman