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2) Les Compères
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Français
Description
When her teenage son runs away and her husband refuses to hunt for him, a frantic mother calls on two old lovers to help. This odd couple makes an hilarious search on the Riviera, bickering and competing as they defeat gangsters and motorcycle toughs to rescue the boy.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Français
Description
Amelie is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amelie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fantasy life. Despite all this, Amelie has grown into a healthy and beautiful young woman who works in a cafe and has a whimsical, romantic nature. She decides to step into the lives of others around...
5) Diabolique
Series
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Français
Description
The headmaster of a Parisian boarding school is murdered by his wife and mistress.
6) Rififi
Series
Criterion collection ; 115
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
Français
Description
A story of a successful jewel robbery in which the four thieves betray each other.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Oliver is working as a carpentry instructor in a French suburb. He develops an obsession with a new student and offers him friendship and advice with a frightening lack of affection. Oliver's connection to the boy is slowly and painfully revealed.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Français
Description
Two strangers, a criminal named Milan and a retired poetry teacher, Manesquier, meet in a sleepy French village and gradually become unlikely friends. As their friendship grows, each develops a desire to trade his life with that of the other.
12) Diva
Series
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
Cynthia Hawkins is the operatic superstar whose refusal to make a recording frustrates her adoring public. A young fan named Jules makes a secret tape and is stalked by thugs who plan to blackmail the diva. Jules also accidentally acquires a tape which tells of a top mobster's role in an international sex and drug ring. He must escape the police chief, the cop's henchmen and the bootleggers to keep both tapes safe, and to stay alive.
13) Blue
Pub. Date
1994
Language
Français
Description
A young woman is left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel.
14) Mon oncle
Series
Criterion collection ; 111
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Français
Description
A comedy in which the vague and clumsy M. Hulot, in contrast to his more wealthy sister and brother-in-law, is constantly at odds with the modern world.
Publisher
First-Run Features
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Français
Description
Huppert plays Mika, wife of celebrated pianist André Polonski (Jacques Dutronc) and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a carwreck on his sixth birthday. Their lives are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne (Anna Mouglalis), a young woman who has learned that she was almost switched at birth with Guillaume. Also a pianist, she harbours a suspicion that she may be André's daughter.
16) L'age d'or
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Using a melange of strange and unrelated images, this surrealistic film about two lovers who mock convention is a statement by Buñuel on the nature of the bourgeoisie, the Church and the police. Banned in France within two weeks of its release.
19) Seaside
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2004?]
Language
Français
Description
Seaside takes place in a small coastal town on the Bay of Somme where the year-round inhabitants find ways to make their lives work. From the stories presented, aided by close, revealing observations, we see a community perched between transition and stasis.
20) Chocolat
Pub. Date
1988
Language
Français
Description
A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past. Soon the sights, sounds and smells sweep her back to her childhood and memories of the people who populated her youth.