Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based upon Van Gogh's correspondence with his brother Theo, combined with the images of the canvases he painted in the last two years of his life, this video brings to life his time in Arles, the period he spent in the asylum at Saint-Remy de Province, and his last weeks in Aucers-sur-Oise.
Publisher
Distributed by Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 8 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Join Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Prof. Tournesol and the Thompson Twins, on a series of gripping adventures, and watch as they confront their enemies, unravel mysteries and search for truth and justice, all around the world.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c1999
Edition
Letterbox ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Persian
Description
A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden light, and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on as the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew impatient.
Publisher
La Sept Vidéo - RMN
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Two films about the surrealist artist, Alberto Giacometti, whose miniature sculptures and distinctive approach to the human body have greatly influenced modern art. What is a head? features interviews with several art world luminaries. A man among men features an interview with the artist.
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Wolof
Description
In a mythical pre-colonial village fishing village on the south coast of Senegal, a strange ocean mist hangs over the waters for weeks and the local fishermen fear to go out to sea. One son of a wise elder decides to take his boat onto the waters and returns when the mist lifts with a full catch. He has become a hero, and has won the heart of the prettiest girl in the village, but has also won the envy of his best friend, who also covets the girl....
6) Sicilia!
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (66, 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Something as simple as a herring roasting on a hearth, or a meal of bread, wine and winter melon, takes on the humble aura of a Caravaggio painting in this masterful film. A tragicomedy involving an orange peddler, an Italian recently returned from America, two 'stinky' police officers, a guilt-stricken landowner, a traveling knife sharpener and, perhaps most unforgettably, an indomitable peasant mother who reminisces about meals of snails and wild...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Two 16-year-old girls have an intense friendship while living in Nazi-occupied Tunis in 1942. Nour is a Muslim who eagerly anticipates her wedding to a handsome cousin. Myriam is a French Jew who is furiously resisting her betrothal to a much older doctor. However, his money is needed by her family to pay fines imposed by the Nazis.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Digitally mastered full screen version
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Set in 1950s and 1960s Saigon, a young country girl joins a family as their servant and develops an enduring but secret attachment to a friend of the eldest son.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Formats
Description
In 1810 Lisbon quakes before the impending invasion of Napoleonic forces led by Marshal Massena. Portuguese and English troops, led by the Duke of Wellington, rebuff the French, but at a terrible cost endured by peasants and aristocrats alike.
Series
Film Movement volume 2, film 8
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Antoine has been cuckolding Lucie for years. A violent argument results in Antoine's death. After lying about his whereabouts, Lucie discovers that he had a secret life involving gangsters, money laundering and violence. Followed, threatened and badgered by the gangsters, Lucie becomes trapped by her deceit. The body of Antoine disappears, other corpses appear, and, very quickly, the money becomes only the pretext of an alarming turn of events, in...
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Nineteen year-old Boniface Pavone writes in his journal of the erotic dreams he has of the wife of the neighborhood baker. His estranged little sister, Nenette, reappears with a surprising revelation that will change him forever.
12) Ponette
Publisher
Distributed by Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Ponette is a sad little girl. She has survived a car crash that killed her mother and left her with a broken arm. Her father takes to live with an aunt, who has two children roughly her age, explaining to his tearful, disbelieving daughter that her mother is not coming back. Not understanding the finality of death in an adult way, Ponette wonders why if Jesus gets to rise from the dead, why can't her mother? Thrown into a new environment, however,...
Series
Publisher
La Sept ARTE
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Men in the French Foreign Legion, escaping some personal or legal entanglement, can leave their lives behind and take on a new identity. In an outpost in Djibouti, the men of the Legion yield to the rigid discipline and unvarying routine of life within it. When new recruit Sentain saves the life of a fellow soldier, brooding taskmaster Sgt. Galoup sets out to destroy him. The film observes how power functions among men, and considers the consequences...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Michel, who wrote poetry, and Harry, a rich spoiled brat, were school chums. Now twenty years later, Michel, who is married with three young girls, meets up with Harry on the way to Michel's summer home. Harry "forces" his way into their lives and nothing will be the same again. Trying to make Michel's life "easier", Harry embarks on a path that will become self-destructive.
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (69 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Computer animated. For Family Frolic Day, Olie and Zowie want to give Mom and Dad a magical present, but when they set off to catch a shooting star, they come back with twin bouncing baby bots who are "lost" in space. That is until the Polies help them find their "forever family."
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Celebrates the legacy of the famed Paris Opera Ballet by weaving together rehearsals, interviews and snapshots as the dancers work on classical ballets as well as contempary works. Delve into the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today, who give perspectives on how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardships of the drive to be on stage.
19) Cuba feliz
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Follows Miguel del Morales, a 76 year-old troubadour known as El Gallo (The Rooster), as he wanders the countryside of Cuba. He meets people of all persuasions who, like del Morales, share the passion of music that is central to the life and dreams of the Cuban people.
Publisher
Fox Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Pharaon de Winter is a police detective who lives with his mother in a working-class town in northern France. He agonizes over the evil he confronts every day during the course of his work. The brutal rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl tests Pharaon's profound humanity to its limits as the investigation proceeds to its climax, and as Pharaon struggles to grasp the crime's meaning.