French Postcards

French Postcards, directed by Willard Huyck (Best Defense) from a screenplay co-written by Huyck and Gloria Katz (American Graffiti) tells the story of a group of American students attending the Institute of French Studies for a one-year stay. The students include Joel (Miles Chapin, Man on the Moon), conflicted, by-the-book and searching for true romance; Alex (David Marshall Grant, The Devil Wears Prada), a carefree romantic who'll find love in the wrong place; and Laura (Blanche Baker, Sixteen Candles), the unofficial narrator of the group via her postcard writing to a never-seen boyfriend back in the States. Fellow students, friends and love interests include Debra Winger (Betrayed) as fellow student Melanie; Mandy Patinkin (Daniel) as Sayyid, Laura s dubious suitor; Valérie Quennessen (Summer Lovers) as Toni, Joel s French love interest; and Marie-France Pisier (The Other Side of Midnight) and Jean Rochefort (Ridicule) as the Tessiers, teachers at the Institute and in the case of Madame Tessier... much more.