Le souffle au coeur (1971)

Storyline :  This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. This is France in the mid-1950s rather than America in the 1990s. Thus, Laurent is unharmed by events which would irreparably shatter the self-esteem of a modern American adolescent: he gets drunk, he smokes, he has sex, he is smothered by his mother, he is ignored by his father, a priest makes a pass at him, he gets rheumatoid fever, etc. There's enough scandalous behavior in this film to make 100 made-for-TV movies, and yet this is a very happy and oddly innocent tale.

Stars : Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Gila von Weitershausen, Marc Winocourt, Henri Poirier, Micheline Bona, Liliane Sorval

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Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)

Storyline :  When Pete's plane crashes in the swamp, he's rescued by young Tammy, an unsophisticated backwoods girl who lives with her lay-preacher-cum-moonshiner grandfather. When Pete's well, he goes back home to his fiancée. But then Grampa gets sent to jail and he sends Tammy to stay with Pete. At Pete's house, Tammy's home cooking, enthusiasm and quaint sunshiny personality bring about changes in Pete's family and in Pete himself.

Stars :  Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Mildred Natwick, Fay Wray, Philip Ober, Craig Hill, Louise Beavers, April Kent

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La marge (1976)

Storyline :  Sigismond  is a man lost in an erotic haze which clouds his judgment. Early in the film, it is evident that the man has a physically passionate relationship with his wife, with whom he has a son. While on a business trip to Paris, he comes under the spell of a famous, beautiful prostitute who resembles his wife. However, his efforts to monopolize her attention are not appreciated by her pimp, and he is severely beaten. When he gets a letter informing him of the death of his wife and son, he is totally devastated.

Stars :  Sylvia Kristel ,Joe Dallesandro, André Falcon ,Mireille Audibert ,Denis Manuel ,Emmanuel Franval , Dominique Marcas  ,Norma Picadilly ,Camille Larivière ,Luz Laurent  ,Louise Chevalier ,Karin Albin    Jean Lara  ,  Carlo Nell  ,  Dominique Erlanger

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The Million Dollar Face (1981)

Storyline :  Chester Masteron owns a famous cosmetics company. For years, he has sought the perfect face to model his company's products. He finds it in Brett Devereaux and falls in love with her in this tale of greed and glamour.

Stars :  Tony Curtis ,David Huffman ,Herschel Bernardi ,Gayle Hunnicutt ,William Daniels ,Deidre Hall ,Sylvia Kristel ,Roddy McDowall ,Murray Matheson ,Polly Bergen ,Lee Grant ,Stefan Gierasch ,Michael Anderson Jr.  , Peter MacLean  , Milton Selzer

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Tranquille Donne di Campagna (1980)

Storyline :  Italy, late thirties: Italian volunteers for the regime of Mussolini are sent to the civil war in Spain. On the background of a peaceful village landscapes, behind the walls of the old farmhouse, Guido is creating his own dictatorship: he runs everything, requires unquestioning obedience to his will. He believes all women around are his property, and, as a rooster in the hen house, must constantly confirm this action. His problem- his young son Alberto, is not similar to the father. He dreams of breaking free from the dictatorial care. When his beautiful aunt, Gloria and later his cousin, Gloria who is older than him help him for the needs of coming of age.

Stars :  Silvia Dionisio,  Philippe Leroy,  Christian Borromeo,  Rossana Podestà, Germana Savo,  Carmen Scarpitta,  Serena Grandi,  Silvano Tranquilli, Mario Maranzana,  Daniel Gohl,  Elisa Mainardi

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Angélique, Marquise des Anges (1964)

Storyline :  In the first of the Angélique series, the beautiful feisty teenage heroine becomes entangled in a political assassination plot and is betrothed to a stranger who is twelve years her senior and a reputed sorcerer. 

Stars :  Michèle Mercier,  Robert Hossein,  Jean Rochefort,  Claude Giraud,  Giuliano Gemma, Charles Régnier,  Jacques Toja,  Madeleine LeBeau,  Jean Topart,  Bernard Woringer, Philippe Lemaire,  Serge Marquand

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