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The History of French Cinema: 1999 |
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Writer-director Tonie Marshall’s Vénus beauté is released. Nathalie Baye, Samuel Le Bihan, Audrey Tautou, Mathilde Seigner and Bulle Ogier star in this wistful romance. [ADD] |
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Olivier Assaya's ensemble piece Fin août, début septembre (Late August, Early September) is released. Mathieu Amalric, Jeanne Balibar, Virginie Ledoyen and François Cluzet star. [ADD] |
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Philippe Garrel’s Le Vent de la nuit (Night Wind), starring Daniel Duval and Catherine Deneuve, is released. [ADD] |
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10/3 - |
Gabriel Aghion's screwball comedy, Belle maman (Beautiful Mother), starring Vincent Lindon, Mathilde Seigner, Catherine Deneuve, Idris Elba and Line Renaud is released. [ADD] |
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23/5 - |
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s French-Belgian co-production Rosetta wins the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. [ADD] |
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1/9 - |
Regis Wargnier's Est-Ouest (East-West), a tale set in post WWII Russia, is released. Oleg Menshikov, Sandrine Bonnaire, Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Catherine Deneuve star. [ADD] |
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4/9 - |
Frederic Fonteyne's Une liaison pornographique (An Affair of Love), in which two lonely people (Nathalie Baye and Sergi López) begin an affair after meeting through the ads of a singles magazine for casual sex, is released. [ADD] |
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22/9 - |
Diane Kurys' Les Enfants du siècle (Children of the Century), a retelling of the love affair between controversial 19th Century French novelist George Sand and Alfred de Musset, is released. Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel star. [ADD] |
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6/10 - |
La Débandade, a comedy in which director Claude Berri plays an ageing art dealer concerned about his failing prowess between the sheets, is released. Fanny Ardant, Alain Chabat, Claude Brasseur and François Berléand also appear. [ADD] |
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3/11 - |
Solveig Anspach's Haut les coeurs! (Chin Up!), about a pregnant woman who discovers she has cancer and might risk her baby’s health to save her own, is released. Karin Viard plays the stricken mother-to-be. [ADD] |
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10/11 - |
Cédric Klapisch’s Peut-être (Perhaps) is released. Romain Duris finds himself transported to Paris in 2075 as he explores the attic of a party host on New Years Eve. Géraldine Pailhas and Jean-Paul Belmondo also star. [ADD] |
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15/12 - |
Hélène Angel’s Peau d'homme cœur de bête (Skin of Man, Heart of Beast), which won the Golden Leopard for Best Film at the 1999 Locarno International Film Festival, is released. Bernard Blancan stars as a man returning to his family after a mysterious absence of 15 years. Cathy Hinderchied and Maaike Jansen also star. [ADD] |
