Les Aristos (
2006) | IMDb:
3.5
The Arbac de Neuvilles are one of the oldest families in France. They have inhabited their ancient château for fifty-two generations and are proud of their noble ancestry. But today they are stone broke. When a bailiff turns up notifying them that they owe two million euros in back taxes, these proud aristocrats are understandably shaken to the core of their ancestral seat. Just how are they to find this amount of money when none of them has any capacity for work?
Starring:
Charlotte de Turckheim
,
Jacques Weber
,
Vincent Desagnat
,
Victoria Abril
,
Rossy de Palma
,
Rudi Rosenberg
Directed by:
Charlotte de Turckheim
Birds of Passage (
2001) | IMDb:
6.8
A quest for freedom in the South China Sea. Victims of China’s “One-Child” policy, 100 orphans, all girls, are shepherded by a determined activist, Mrs. Brown (Charlotte De Turckheim) onto a tramp freighter for a harrowing escape from the Chinese authorities.
Produced by:
Jefferson in Paris (
1995) | IMDb:
5.7
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Greta Scacchi
,
Thandiwe Newton
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Jean-Pierre Aumont
,
Simon Callow
Directed by:
James Ivory