L’ENFER

L'ENFER( director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: Henri-Georges Clouzot/from the book by Jose-Andre Lacour; cinematographer: Bernard Zitzermann; editor: Monique Fardoulis; music: Matthieu Chabrol; cast: Emmanuelle Beart (Nelly), Francois Cluzet (Paul), Nathalie Cardone…

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LES COMPERES

  LES COMPERES (aka: THE COMDADS) (director/writer: Francis Veber; screenwriter: story by Francis Veber; cinematographer: Claude Agostini; editor: Marie Sophie Dubus; music: Vladimir Cosma; cast: Anny Duperey (Christine Martin), Pierre…

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LIFE AND DEBT

LIFE AND DEBT (director/producer: Stephanie Black; screenwriter: narration written by Jamaica Kincaid, based on her book "A Small Place"; cinematographers: Malik Sayeed, Kyle Kibbe, Richard Lannaman and Alex Nepomniaschy; editor:…

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LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vita è Bella) (director/writer: Roberto Benigni; screenwriter: Vincenzo Cerami; cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli; editor: Simmona Paggi; cast: Roberto Benigni (Guido), Nicoletta Braschi (Dora), Giorgio Cantarini (Giosue),…

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LIFE SENTENCE

LIFE SENTENCE (CADENA PERPETUA) (director/writer/producer: Arturo Ripstein; screenwriter: Vicente Leñero; cinematographer: Jorge Stahl Jr.; editor: Rafael Ceballos; music: Miguel Pous; cast: Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (Javier "Tarzan" Lira), Narciso Busquets (Burro…

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LILITH

LILITH (director/writer: Robert Rossen; screenwriter: from the novel by J.R. Salamanca; cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan; editor: Aram Avakian; music: Kenyon Hopkins; cast: Warren Beatty (Vincent Bruce), Jean Seberg (Lilith Arthur), Peter…

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LION’S LOVE

LION'S LOVE (director/writer: Agnes Varda; cinematographer: Stefan Larner; editor: Robert Dalva; music: Joseph Byrd; cast: Viva, Jerome Ragni, James Rado, Shirley Clarke, Carlos Clarens, Eddie Constantine, Hal Landers, Peter Bogdanovich;…

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LITTLE FOXES, THE

LITTLE FOXES, THE (director: William Wyler; screenwriters: Lillian Hellman/with additional scenes & dialogue by Arthur Kober/Dorothy Parker/Alan Campbell/ based on the play by Lillian Hellman; cinematographer: Gregg Toland; editor: Daniel…

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