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Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Disciplined and conscientious, Alain Lamare, a model policeman, appreciated by his superiors, leads an investigation about a series of crimes. However, if the maniac escapes from the traps and roadblocks set by the police, perhaps it is because the killer is this young, timid policeman who leads a quiet, banal life among his brigade. At least until he loses the maps detailing his murderous wanderings… Nominated for Best Actor at the **César Awards**...
1662) Death in the Garden
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1956.
Language
Français
Description
Fleeing an uprising in an Amazon mining town, a small group of French people are forced to flee for their lives into the jungle. Starving, exhausted, and stripped of their old identities, they wander desperately lured by one deceptive promise of salvation after another. *"...a prime example of subversive cinema." - Dave Kehr, **The Chicago Reader***
1663) Jeannette
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Français
Description
France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but Jeannette is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France. Carried by her...
1664) Hamilton
Publisher
MHz Networks
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Swedish
Description
Mikael Persbrandt stars as Swedish super-spy Carl Hamilton in a new series of hard-hitting action thrillers based on the classic espionage novels by Jan Guillou.
1665) Max & Leon
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this epic WW2 comedy, our two heroes, Max and Léon, will try by all means possible to avoid going into battle… which leads the duo into a series of demented and wild adventures. Starring French comedy duo Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais, this wildly entertaining film has it all: action, adventure, history and laughs!
1666) Diary of a Chambermaid
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Français
Description
Léa Seydoux plays Célestine, a resentful young Parisian chambermaid who finds herself exiled to a position in the provinces where she immediately chafes against the noxious iron rules and pettiness of her high-handed bourgeois mistress, must rebuff the groping advances of Monsieur, and reckon with her fascination with the earthy, brooding gardener Joseph. Backtracking past the fetishism of Buñuel's version to Octave Mirbeau's original 1900 novel,...
1667) Out 1
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
Français
Description
Jacques Rivette, co-founder of the French New Wave along with Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer and Claude Chabrol, has always been that group’s most free-spirited and aesthetically radical member. This is very much on display in OUT 1, his fourth feature film and magnum opus, in which a whimsical young man receives anonymous notes that put him on the trail of a mysterious group of people who might or might not be conspirators. Based...
1668) A Sunday in the Country
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
Français
Description
Since the death of his wife, Monsieur Ladmiral, a painter of no genius, lives with his maid, Mercedes. But the traditional Sunday family reunion is disturbed by the arrival of his dynamic daughter Irene. Upon Irene's departure, her father discovers that she has become what he would have liked to be. Nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the **Golden Globe Awards**. Winner of the Best Director and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes...
1669) Is Paris Burning?
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
The courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Original Score at the **Golden Globes.**
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
Français
Description
Welcome to the charming and colorful world of Tintin! Hergé’s classic comic book characters leap to the silver screen in two spirited adventures starring the intrepid boy-reporter and his faithful dog Snowy. In Tintin’s first-ever live-action adaptation, TINTIN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE, Captain Haddock sets sail to Istanbul, accompanied by our cow-licked hero and his cohorts. There they collect a strange bounty from the late Captain...
1671) The Guardians
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Français
Description
An affecting human drama of love, loss, and strength unfolds against the backdrop of World War I. The women of the Paridier farm, under the deft hand of Hortense, the family's matriarch, must grapple with the workload while the men, are off at the front. New tools allow the women to triumph over the land, newfound independence is acquired, yet emotions are stirred when the men return. Nominated for four awards, including Best Cinematography and Most...
1672) Camille Claudel
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
Français
Description
Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), a genius at sculpture, first becomes Rodin's (Gérard Depardieu) pupil, then his mistress. Their separation and the difficulties she encounters in gaining acceptance for her work gradually drive her into madness. Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Foreign Language Film at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of Best Actress at the **Berlin...
1673) Schneider vs. Bax
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Nederlands
Description
Schneider, a hitman, gets a call from Mertens on the morning of his birthday. He has a last-minute assignment for Schneider who refuses the request because it is his birthday. Mertens insists that it is an important matter. When they meet in Mertens' office, Schneider is told that the target is Ramon Bax, a writer. He lives alone in a secluded place. "It's an easy job. With a little luck you're back home before noon." Schneider accepts the assignment....
1674) To Kill a Man
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Hardworking family man Jorge is just barely making ends meet. When he gets mugged by Kalule, a neighborhood delinquent, Jorge's son decides to confront Kalule, only to get himself shot in the process. Sentenced to a scant 2 years in prison for the offense, Kalule, released and now intent on revenge, goes on the warpath, terrorizing Jorge's family. With his wife, son and daughter at the mercy of a thug, Jorge has no choice but to take justice into...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Italiano
Description
This Machiavellian drama, based on a book by Paolo Cucchiarelli dissects the Piazza Fontana bombing, highlighting the manipulations and tragic consequences of the event and subsequent investigations. An explosion at the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Milan in 1969 resulted in 17 deaths and injured dozens more. The protests sweeping Europe and the fear of communism led the police to focus their investigations on anarchist groups. But the Police...
1676) Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Publisher
Janus Films (The Criterion Collection)
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
Français
Description
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom. Nominated for Best Writing - Story and Screenplay at the 1956...
1677) Naples in Veils
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Italiano
Description
During a party, Adriana meets Andrea, a charming and self-confident young man. They are immediately attracted to each other and spend a passionate night together. Adriana begins to think this could be the beginning of a great love that could change her life. They agree to meet the next day, but Andrea doesn’t show up. Disappointed, Adriana goes back to her normal life, but an unexpected breakthrough comes: Andrea is suddenly found dead. Dragged...
1678) Chess Story
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a notary imprisoned by the Nazis (Oliver Masucci, "Look Who's Back") rescues himself in the world of chess. Based on the novel by Stefan Zweig.
1679) Last Year at Marienbad
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
Français
Description
This French New-Wave classic features stunning imagery, while deliberately avoiding conventional plot and character development. In a vast and opulent hotel, an unnamed man attempts to persuade a similarly unnamed married woman that they have not only met before, but that they were also romantically involved and had planned to elope together. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the **Academy Awards** and Nominated for the Best Film at the **BAFTA...
1680) Death Rides a Horse
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fifteen years after four vicious bandits massacred his family while executing a {dollar}200,000 robbery, a young man (John Phillip Law) seeks revenge. The men responsible for the murders all hold positions of power, but now the outlaw (Lee Van Cleef) they had framed for the murders is due to be released from prison. He’s ready to exact bloody reprisals and forms an unholy alliance with the vengeance-seeking young man! This Spaghetti Western classic...
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