Hotel des Ameriques (Motion picture) J'embrasse pas (Motion picture) Ma saison préférée (Motion picture) Roseaux sauvages (Motion picture)
Notes:
Not rated. Hotel America: Catherine Deneuve ; I Don't Kiss: Manuel Blanc, Philippe Noiret, Emmanuelle Beart ; My Favorite Season: Daniel Auteuil, Catherine Deneuve ; Wild Reeds: Elodie Bouchez.
Contents:
(1994, 114 min.). Wild reeds (1981, 95 min.) -- I don't kiss (1991, 116 min.) -- Disc 2. My favorite Season (1993, 127 min.) -- Disc 3. Wild reeds (1994, 114 min.).
Summary:
Hotel America: Hélène, a distracted anesthetist, almost runs down Gilles one evening on a Biarritz street. She is still numb from the drowning death earlier that year of her lover, a visionary architect. Gilles presses for a relationship, then backs away, deciding she could never love someone of lower class and limited prospects. But she does fall in love with him and gradually her depression eases. As she heals, he becomes obsessed with her lover's talents and his own limitations, behaving bizarrely and pushing her away. I don't kiss: Pierre breaks away from his family life in rural France and moves to Paris where he finds it harder than expected to become an actor. He rejects the help of an older gay man and lives on the streets, where he meets a young female prostitute. My favorite season: Set in beautiful southwest France and marked by the symbolic passage of seasons, this film explores the turbulent relationship between Emilie and her brother Antoine during a particularly emotional eruption of their long-time dysfunctional family. Wild reeds: A poignant coming-of-age story set in southwest France in 1962. Sensitive young François is uncertain of his sexuality as he finds himself more attracted to his classmate Serge than to his platonic girlfriend Maïté. An older boy, Henri, is drawn into the circle, further complicating relationships. Through their passage into adulthood, the four experience a series of sexual and political conflicts as they explore the mysteries of the human heart.
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