Oh! I can participate in this one! When I lived in Rochester, New York, there
was a small movie theater a few blocks from my home that was exclusively
devoted to foreign films and a smattering of indie releases. Now I know I am
going to spend all day trying to remember the name of the place, damn it!.
For a few years in the early 80's, I saw just about everything that they ran
and my all time favorite movie comes right from that period.
"Entre Nous" is a gem. Funny and witty and poignant; it is the story of two
women who become friends in post WWII France. I've always taken its theme as
being how we deal with sadness and how sometimes the antidote to deep pain is
stepping outside of the status quo. And how sometimes when we do that, others
suffer pain and confusion from our choices.
And just about anything with Gerald Diepardieu from that time is worth seeing.
Fanny and Alexandra is another classic that I pretend to watch every
Christmas season for no good reason.
MG - too tired to know if I'm up early or still up late from quarter end
close week
