Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016

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Subway and Betty Blue
Les Amants Du Pont Neuf (The Lovers On The Bridge) (Country: France; Year: 1991; Director: Leos Carax; Writer: Leos Carax; Stars: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Daniel Buain, Klaus-Michael Grüber, Marion Stalens, Chrichan Larsson, Paulette Berthonnier, Roger Berthonnier, Edith Scob, Georges Aperghis, Michel Vandestien, Georges Castorp, Marc Desclozeaux, Alain Dahan, Pierre Pessemesse)
A homeless alcoholic and a woman who is going blind form a relationship.
Betty Blue (37°2 Le Matin) (Country: France; Year: 1986; Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix; Writer: Jean-Jacques Beineix, based on the book by Philippe Dijan.; Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon, Consuelo De Haviland)
A struggling writer embars on a passionate love affair with a beautiful, vivacious woman who is gradually losing her mind.
The Big Blue (Le grand bleu) (Country: France, US, Italy; Year: 1988; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson, Luc Besson, Robert Garland, Marilyn Goldin, Jacques Mayol, Marc Perrier; Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Jean Bouise, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne, Andréas Voutsinas, Valentina Vargas, Kimberly Beck, Patrick Fontana, Alessandra Vazzoler, Geoffrey Carey, Bruce Guerre-Berthelot)
Two of the best ‘free’ divers in the world are set to compete against each other at the world championships.
Diva (Country: France; Year: 1981; Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix; Writer: Daniel Odier, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jean Van Hamme; Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu, Jacques Fabbri, Chantal Deruaz, Anny Romand, Roland Bertin, Gérard Darmon, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Patrick Floersheim, Raymond Aquilon, Eugène Berthier, Gérard Chaillou)
Thriller sees an opera fan become embroiled in mob machinations.
La Femme Nikita (Country: France, Italy; Year: 1990; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson; Stars: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Vincent Skimenti, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey)
A convict is given a new identity and trained as an assassin.
Diva Diva
Diva and The Big Blue
Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood, The Night Is Young) (Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 1986; Director: Leos Carax; Writer: Leos Carax; Stars: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy, Carroll Brooks, Hugo Pratt, Mireille Perrier, Serge Reggiani, Jérôme Zucca, Paul Handford, Charles Schmitt, François Négret, Philippe Fretun, Thomas Peckre)
In the near-future a deadly sexually transmitted disease is sweeping the land.
Subway (Country: France; Year: 1985; Director: Luc Besson; Writer: Luc Besson, Pierre Jolivet, Alain Le Henry, Marc Perrier, Sophie Schmit; Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Bouise, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Michel D'Oz, Alain Guillard, Jimmy Blanche)
A thief stumbles on a Parisian subculture after he robs a house and takes the loot into the Paris Metro.
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