Catherine Cauwet

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Glenn Close  •  John Malkovich  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Swoosie Kurtz

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Frears
CAST:  Glenn Close  •  John Malkovich  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Swoosie Kurtz

L'homme fragile (1981)

A middle class leftist man of the Seventies decade, starting to show signs of aging and a loss of identity, runs away from his commitments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Clouzot
CAST:  Richard Berry  •  Françoise Lebrun  •  Didier Sauvegrain  •  Catherine Cauwet

A middle class leftist man of the Seventies decade, starting to show signs of aging and a loss of identity, runs away from his commitments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claire Clouzot
CAST:  Richard Berry  •  Françoise Lebrun  •  Didier Sauvegrain  •  Catherine Cauwet

Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)

In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Ruggero Raimondi  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Geraldine Chaplin

In this whimsical fable, Resnais deftly interweaves three story lines: the creation of an early-20th-century utopia; romantic high jinks at a school conference; and a fantasy sparked by F/X pioneer Georges Méliès.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Ruggero Raimondi  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Geraldine Chaplin