Marc Cassot Movies

In the labyrinthine streets of 21st century Paris, where every move is monitored and ever action recorded, a mysterious kidnapping sets into motion a catastrophic series of events that could ultimately prove the downfall of civilization. The year is 2054, and the Avalon Corporation has securely woven its way into every aspect of modern living by making youth and beauty the most valued commodity around. Troubles arises in the City of Lights when a high-profile scientist named Ilona (voice of Romola Garai) is kidnapped, and policeman Barthélémy Karas (voice of Daniel Craig) is assigned the task of solving the case. As his investigation leads Karas down a menacing path where death lurks around every bend, he soon discovers that events that took place in 2006 have cast a dark shadow over the future of humankind. A film that mixes Blade Runner aesthetics with stark, Sin City-style visuals, Renaissance was filmed using motion-capture animation and features extravagant production design by Alfred Frazzani (Immortel Ad Vitam). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Old bank robbers never retire; if the heist is good enough they'll gather a crew and try again. In this film, a bank guard gives the inside dope to a retired robber. His thanks for this help, once the robbery is pulled off, is to be gunned down by the robber. The whole thing is photographed by a police-hating reporter who mails the incriminating shots to a newspaper anonymously. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Marc (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hood who is hunted down by his boss when he fails to execute a man who happens to be his friend. He is hidden by a woman (Sylvia Koscina) whose husband has murdered his business associate and wants Marc to take the rap for the crime. Michel Constantine is the friend targeted for murder, and Jean Lucciani and Daniel Moosman also appears in this suspenseful action feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

David (Andre Charpak) is a Jewish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp where his parents were killed when he was a young boy. He is the member of a group that hunts down ex-Nazis and doles out justice for the war crimes they have committed. With the German and French police keeping close tabs on the group, David and his friends break into a modern-day Nazi meeting and kill the ones responsible for his parent's death. His life and history are told in a series of flashbacks, complete with the murder of his parents. David tries to make a go of a normal life, but the painful memories prompt him to seek retribution against the murderous Nazis. He comes full circle -- as a young boy being wanted by the Nazis, to being pursued by international police as an adult. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

In this drama, a repertory actress suffers a creative block and ends up blaming her boyfriend. The fellow is a gifted photographer, whom she believes has sold his soul to advertising. She lacks the fire to confront him outright, so to vent her true feelings, the girl decides to masquerade as her sister, whom he has never met. While this impersonation, as such, is successful, it doesn't have the effect the actress intended. Nonetheless, it helps her get past at least one of her blockages. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Transference of guilt, a theme near and dear to the heart of French author Georges Simenon, forms the basis of Passion of Slow Fire, adapted from Simenon's novel La Mort de Belle. American student Alexandra Stewart completing her education in France, turns up murdered. The prime suspect is professor Jean Desailly, inasmuch as Stewart was residing with Desailly and his wife Monique Melinard. While the professor is innocent, the impact of the tragedy causes him to kick over the traces, acquire a mistress, and ultimately kill her. Passion of Slow Fire was also released as The End of Belle. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

L'Amour d'une Femme (The Love of a Woman) stars Micheline Presle as a woman doctor named Marie. Dispatched to a small coastal island to tend to the needs of the residents, Marie must first overcome the local male population's built-in misogynism. Gradually, she convinces everyone that she's as qualified for her job as any man. The community nearly loses Marie when she falls in love with a visiting engineer named Andre (Massimo Girotti), but she elects to do The Right Thing by the final fadeout. A bit hokey in the dialogue passages, L'Amour d'une Femme succeeds thanks to the winning performance of Micheline Presle and the evocative location photography of Rene Wheeler. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi