3 Movies Starring Valèrie Mairesse

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

One Sings, the Other Doesn't

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-03-09

Languages:

French

Countries:

Venezuela, France, Belgium

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (357 Reviews)

Director:

Agnès Varda

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The intertwined lives of 2 women in 1970's France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.

The Umbrella Coup

The Umbrella Coup

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-10-08

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1247 Reviews)

Director:

Gèrard Oury

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Fullplot:

A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.

Trilogy: Two

Trilogy: Two

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (933 Reviews)

Director:

Lucas Belvaux

Fullplot:

The first installment of the trilogy focuses on Cecile. She is a teacher who is still madly in love with her husband Alain, a hypochondriac who is convinced that a routine operation will take his life. He doesn't want to alarm his wife, and she mistakes his secrecy for an affair. Enter Pascal, who is hired by Cecile to track Alain, but who falls in love with Cecile instead.

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