Madame Bovary and Falbalas
Dear Louise (Chère Louise)
(Country: France, Italy; Year: 1972; Director: Philippe de Broca; Writer: Jean-Louis Curtis, Jean-Loup Dabadie; Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Julian Negulesco, Didi Perego, Jill Larson, Lucienne Legrand, Pippo Starnazza, Luce Fabiole, Jenny Arasse, Louis Navarre, Yves Robert, Haydée Caillot, Antoine Casez)
Divorced and childless in her 40s, Louise becomes infatuated with 20-year-old Italian immigrant.
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children Of Paradise)
(Country: France; Year: 1945; Director: Marcel Carne; Writer: Jacques Prvert; Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Maria Casars, Marcel Herrand)
Four men compete for the affections of Garance, a free spirited courtesan.
Falbalas (Paris Frills)
(Country: France; Year: 1945; Director: Jacques Becker; Writer: Maurice Aubergé, Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe; Stars: Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Françoise Lugagne, Christiane Barry, Rosine Luguet, Yolande Bloin, Eveline Volney, Maria Carld, François Joux, Georges Roullet, Marc Doelnitz, Nicolas Amato)
A fashion designer woos his best friend's fiancee and finds himself in too deep.
Fearless Little Soldier (Fanfan la tulipe)
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 1952; Director: Christian-Jaque; Writer: Christian-Jaque; Stars: Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand)
Swashbuckling tale about a peasant who joins the army to avoid an arranged marriage.
Madame Bovary
(Country: France; Year: 1991; Director: Claude Chabrol; Writer: Claude Chabrol, based on the
novel by Gustave Flaubert; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Francois
Balmer, Christophe Malavoy,
Jean Yanne, Lucas Belvaux,
Christiane Minazzoli, Jean-Louis
Maury)
Emma Bovary thinks to escape
her dull, provincial life by
marrying the local doctor and
moving to town, only to find more
of the same.
A Room In Town (Une Chambre en Ville)
(Country: France; Year: 1982; Director: Jacques Demy; Writer: Jacques Demy; Stars: Dominique Sanda, Danielle Darrieux, Richard Berry, Michel Piccoli, Fabienne Guyon, Anna Gaylor, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Louis Rolland, Marie-France Roussel, Georges Blaness, Yann Dedet, Nicolas Hossein, Gil Warga, Antoine Mikola, Marie-Pierre Feuillard)
A sung-through musical about workers during a strike and the relationships that develop against its backdrop.
