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Tag Archives: Sami Frey
My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud AKA En compagnie d’Antonin Artaud (1993) Gérard Mordillat, Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel
May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer just released from a mental asylum. Read More »
State of Grace AKA L’état de grâce (1986) Jacques Rouffio, Nicole Garcia, Sami Frey, Pierre Arditi
The story of an affair between a bachelor junior minister in the French Read More »
Family Life AKA La vie de famille (1985) Jacques Doillon, Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto
This is an affecting story about a father’s attempts to mend the breaches Read More »
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? AKA Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966) William Klein, Dorothy McGowan, Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey
This excoriating satire of the fashion industry follows 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model Polly Maggoo in Paris Read More »
See Here My Love (1979) Hugo Santiago, Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey, Antoine Vitez
Young aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult Read More »
Black Widow (1987) Bob Rafelson, Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey
Catherine is a black widow. “She mates and then she kills”. Read More »
The Abyss (1988) André Delvaux, Gian Maria Volontè, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe
In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Read More »
The Night of the Hunted (1959) Bernard-Roland, Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey
A young and hapless Antwerp thief, working for a gang led by leather-clad Philippe Clay, quarrels with his boss and kills him during a fight. Read More »
Pourquoi pas! / Why Not! (1977) Coline Serreau, Sami Frey, Christine Murillo, Mario Gonzales, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A threesome becomes a foursome in this sensitive drama. The tale begins with the relationship between a recently divorced man and woman (from different marriages) and the bisexual they get involved with. Read More »
César et Rosalie / Cesar & Rosalie (1972) Claude Sautet, Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Drama, Romance
Rosalie is amicably divorced, dividing her time between her mother’s house, with her siblings and small daughter, and César’s. He’s self made, a scrap iron king, outgoing, amiable, in love with her. Enter David, an artist and Rosalie’s flame before her marriage. In a quiet, brooding way, he seeks to reclaim Rosalie. César’s jealous outbursts and attempts at cunning backfire and send Rosalie into David’s arms. César keeps trying: he buys Rosalie’s childhood seaside vacation home as a gift, wins her back, then must ask David to join them so Rosalie will be happy. When Rosalie discovers César and David’s complicity, she again asserts her freedom, leaving the men alone together.
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