Films with: Legrand, Michel

4 by Agnès Varda

La Ponté Courté. A film about a fishing town and a couple who are evaluating their changing relationship. Varda juxtaposes the two tales to create a unique perspective on life. Cléo from 5 to 7. A girl waiting for the result of a medical examination wanders around Paris thinking she has cancer; the film focuses on her ever-changing moods, and her search for answers. Le bonheur. Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. Vagabond. Mona, an aimless drifter in the French countryside, deeply touches the lives of the people she meets and confronts them with her own ideas of freedom.

DVD 5617

Atlantic City

A smalltime, aging Mafia hood falls in love with a clam bar waitress, and they share the spoils of the big score against the backdrop of a changing Atlantic City.

DVD 2020

Femme est une femme A woman is a woman.

When the beautiful Angéla wants to have a baby and her lover refuses to participate, she looks to recruit his best friend.

DVD 782

Gardiennes The Guardians /

An affecting human drama of love, loss, and strength unfolds against the backdrop of World War I. The women of the Paridier farm, under the deft hand of Hortense, the family's matriarch, must grapple with the workload while the men are off at the front. New tools allow the women to triumph over the land, newfound independence is acquired, yet emotions are stirred, especially when the men return.

DVD 12817

Joli mai The lovely month of May /

"Filmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, Le Joli Mai documents Paris during a turning point in French history: the first time since 1939 that France was not involved in any war."--www.icarusfilms.com

DVD 10127

Lola

Drama about a woman who must choose among three men. Restoration was done in 2000 by Ciné-Tamaris.

DVD 3830

Parapluies de Cherbourg The umbrellas of Cherbourg /

A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.

DVD 671

Thomas Crown affair

A millionaire Bostonian who robs banks for fun gets romantically involved with the insurance investigator assigned to track him down.

DVD 548

Young girls of Rochefort les demoiselles de Rochefort /

Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher, dream of big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape.

DVD 13301