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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later, Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame Fouchecourt, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women prepare for the performance of a lifetime.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Writer-director Yvan Attal (My wife is an actress) takes a "funny, observant, evanescent approach to the mysteries of human desire" (Jami Bernard, NY Daily News) in Happily ever after, a bittersweet comedy about the battle of the married sexes. Starring Attal and real-life amour Charlotte Gainsbourg (21 Grams), Happily ever after uncovers a web of marital deceit and sexual combustion connecting a handful of Parisian friends, spouses and lovers.
4) La novia
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
Set in rural Spain, the film is a story of a love triangle. The unnamed bride is due to marry a respectable groom, but her true desire lies with a mutual childhood friend, the rakish Leonardo, who is already married. On the day of the wedding, the star-crossed lovers flee, with devastating consequences.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
Description
Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
When Waring Hudsucker, head of a successful company commits suicide, the board of directors has a plan to make a lot of money, so they decide to appoint a moron to run the company. Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is exactly what Hudsucker is looking for to be president. They hope that as soon as the stock falls low enough, the director and his friends will buy them up cheaply, take over the company and they will be successful again. However, a tough...
8) Othello
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. Jealousy in love is one of the most common of human emotions. In OTHELLO, Shakespeare combines this universal theme with perfectly structured scenes, a storyline that...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Stanton Carlisle is a lowlife working in a carnival. Knowing a good con when he sees one, he learns the tricks of a mind-reading act from Zeena, then tosses her aside. In time, he becomes "The Great Stanton," star attraction of swanky nightclubs and the darling of society. But with all this notoriety built on lies, it's only a matter of time before exposure brings Stanton's world crashing down around him.--Container
10) The Truman Show
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An insurance salesman, Truman Burbank, begins to doubt reality when he realizes that his life is a TV program. Nominated for six Golden Globes.
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Korean
Description
Set in 19th century Korea, this version also tells the tale of treachery, lust and sacrifice. Elegant, courtly and sexually voracious young Lord Jo-won's public life of idle nobility masks a not-so-private life of unending sexual conquest. Challenged by his equally debauched cousin Lady Cho to seduce a teenaged virgin threatens Cho's household kingdom. Jo-won accepts on condition that Cho surrender herself to him if he succeeds. But the real target...
12) Notorious
Series
Criterion collection volume 137
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by American agent Devlin to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex. Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he has loved her all along.
14) The Lady Eve
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naïve snake enthusiast-- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart."--Container.
Publisher
Dragon Dynasty ; The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A lavish Chinese epic, set in the Age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tells the story of a royal court in turmoil: forbidden love, deceit, revenge, overpowering beauty, and greed. The second disc contains several in-depth bonus features.
16) V for vendetta
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Set in a future where Germany has won World War II and Britain has become a fascist state, this is the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's'...
17) A simple favor
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A mommy vlogger seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's sudden disappearance from their small town.
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