COCO BEFORE CHANEL

GENRE:  Biographical/ Drama
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Allessandro Nivola
DIRECTOR:  Anne Fontaine
WRITER:  Anne Fontaine, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Camille Fontaine

PLOT:  Based off the book by Edmonde Charles-Roux, this biographical film takes a look into the life of Gabrielle before becoming Coco Chanel.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Milk, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, Girl With A Pearl Earring

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GOD IS GREAT, I'M NOT

GENRE:  Foreign, Comedy, Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu
DIRECTOR:  Pascale Bailly
WRITER:  Alain Tasma, Pascale Bailly, Marcia Romano

PLOT:  Michele is looking for faith and spirituality when she meets Francois who is Jewish.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Pretty Devils, Happenstance

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HE LOVES ME HE LOVES ME NOT

GENRE:  Romance/ Thriller
MADE:  2002
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carre
DIRECTOR:  Laetitia Colombani
WRITER:  Laetitia Colombani, Caroline Thivel

PLOT:  Young Angelique falls in love with the handsome married Dr. Loic Le Garrec, suffering from delusions of feelings reciprocated, Angelique becomes dangerous when she begins to realize that the doctor is not in love with her.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Priceless, Poison Ivy, Lolita

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A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

GENRE:  Romance/ Mystery/ Drama/ Foreign
MADE:  2004
CAST:  Audrey Totou, Marion Cotillard, Dominque Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Sebastien Japrisot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant

PLOT:  The story of a young lady's hunt for her missing fiance after World War I.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Amelie, Delicatessen, City Of Lost Children

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PRICELESS

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy/ Foreign
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam
DIRECTOR:  Pierre Salvadori
WRITER:  Pierre Salvadori, Benoit Graffin, Franck Bauchard

PLOT:  A young woman whose goal is to find a rich man accidentally falls in love with a young man who she mistakenly took for being wealthy.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  He Loves Me He Loves Me Not, Pretty Woman, Heartbreakers, French Kiss

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AMELIE

GENRE:  Foreign/Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovits, Lorella Cravotta, Jamel Debbouze, Dominique Pinon
DIRECTOR:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
WRITER:  Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

PLOT:  A young lady in Paris takes to doing-good and is on a mission to find the owner of a long-lost box filled with memorabelia, on the way she meets a mysterious photo booth man and a game of cat & mouse ensues.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  A Very Long Engagement, Chocolat, Alice In Wonderland by Tim Burton

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