August 8, 1995

Deux fois cinquante ans de cinema francais (1995) *

Michel Piccoli discusses the centennial of cinema with Jean-Luc Godard.

Elisa (1995) ***

Le Rocher d'Acapulco (1995) **

Interesting French film about a young girl encouraged into prostitution.

Nelly et M.Arnaud (1995) **

Interesting French film about a young woman (Emmanuelle Beart) and her friendship with an older man (Michel Serrault).

Un Indien dans la ville (1995) **

A French "Crocodile Dundee", starring Thierry Lhermitte as a Parisian stock-broker, whose son (raised among Amazonian Indians), comes for a visit. It was later remade as a Hollywood film, "Jungle 2 Jungle", starring Tim Allen.

Gazon maudit (1995) **

Vulgar, but enjoyable sex farce starring Victoria Abril as a young housewife torn between her lesbian lover (Josiane Balasco, who also directed) and her cheating husband.

En avoir (ou pas) (1995) **

Well directed film about two young people.

Les Trois frères (1995) *

Une farce assez debile.

Poussieres de vie (1995) *

Depressing film set in a Vietnamese labor camp for Amerasian children, left behind by their American fathers after the fall of Saigon in 1975.

Coute que coute (1995) *

Documentary about a food company facing bankrupcy.

La Ceremonie (1995) **

A psychological thriller directed by Claude Chabrol.

N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir (1995) *

A French drama about AIDS, love and heroism.

Adultère, mode d'emploi (1995) *

Marital infidelities, drugs, job contracts - a boring mess.

Le Bonheur est dans le pré (1995) **

Amusing comedy about a middle-aged man (Michel Serrault) trying to find a new life.

L'Amour conjugal (1995) **

Interesting film about love and revenge.

L'Appat (1995) ***