André Dussollier
Publisher
Distributed by Fox Lorber Associates
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An impulsive young art student, tired of the complications of freedom and insecurity, ends an affair with a painter and decides she wants to get married. She picks out a prosperous lawyer and confidently sets out to catch him, only to be ensnared by her increasingly obsessive scheming when she refuses to accept his polite indifference.
2) Black box
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Following in the tradition of Antonioni's Blowup or Coppola's The Conversation, director Yann Gozlan, and an excellent cast led by the ever-impeccable Pierre Niney, crafts a taut, suspenseful intrigue, unraveling the events behind a tragic incident, this time in the aeronautics industry. Matthieu, a brilliant young black-box analyst with an extraordinarily acute ear is charged with investigating a deadly plane crash. Progressively obsessed by inexplicable...
Publisher
Icarus Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An elegant political thriller that makes much use of its stellar cast, particularly in the performance of Andre Dussollier, who commits to his character's malevolence with relish.
4) Unforgivable
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Francis is a successful crime writer who moves to Venice to work on his next novel. When he meets model-turned-real-estate-agent Judith, he is instantly infatuated. Francis and Judith eventually marry and move to a remote house on Torcello Island but Francis' newfound happiness hinders his writing. Obsessing over what Judith does while at work, he hires a young ex-convict to investigate. As Judith's sexual past is revealed both men become increasingly...
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Agathe is an uptight, impatient art dealer who lives in an expensive Parisian apartment with her wealthy publisher husband. Patrick is a skirt-chasing, unemployed single father who lives in a van with his son. Their lives would never intersect except that their two sons are best friends and her husband has hired Patrick to remodel their apartment. Hilarity ensues as this odd couple relationship turns into Agathe's worst nightmare.
Publisher
Arte France Développement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (338 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
"Each episode has artists and intellectuals from around the world start with a Greek word and use it as a starting point for a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of Greek culture on today's society."--Container
7) Diplomacy
Publisher
Zeitgeist films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
First it was a mine that exploded in the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain. Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, he is taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave. One day, while out walking, Bazil recognizes the logos of the weapons manufacturers that caused his misfortune, and sets out...
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When André suffers a debilitating stroke and calls on his daughter Emmanuèle to help him die with dignity, she finds herself faced with a painful decision. Based on Emmanuèle Bernheim's memoir and an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, the film's matter-of-factness elicits moments of humor that renders an otherwise weighty topic accessible. Steering clear of the moral arguments such issues often raise, the film instead focuses on the...
10) Tanguy
Series
Publisher
TVA Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The story of Paul and Edith Guetz, a wealthy couple in their forties, who can no longer tolerate their perfect 28-year-old son, Tanguy, who still lives under his parents' roof. The Guetz' decide to do everything in their power to make their charming and brilliant son leave his comfortable existence.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A lost wallet opens the door to Georges and Marguerite's romantic adventure. After examining the ID of its owner, it is not a simple matter for Georges to turn the wallet he has found into the police. Nor can Marguerite retrieve her wallet without being piqued with curiosity about the person who found it. As George and Marguerite navigate the social protocols of giving and acknowledging thanks, turbulence enters their everyday lives.
Publisher
KOCH Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
Français
Description
Camille, a concert violinist, becomes intrigued by her lover's business partner, Stephane. She interprets his distance as a sign of intellectual seduction. The love triangle that develops reveals the complexity and imperfection of the three characters.
13) Tell no one
Publisher
MPI Home Video [distributor
Pub. Date
2009]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Eight years after the heinous murder of his wife, pediatrician Alex Beck still grieves for his beloved Margot. When two bodies are uncovered near where Margot's body was found, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot is somehow still alive.
Publisher
Hen's Tooth Video
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Stupid is as stupid does in this hilarious comedy by Francis Veber. Starring two of France's big names, Gerard Depardieu and Jean Reno, Veber's pits them against each other; one as the idiot, one who needs the idiot. The French police capture the idiot Depardieu and use him in an attempt to coerce Reno's character to confess the location of a large booty he has recently stolen. In a hair-brained escape, the two leave the confines of jail and begin...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Camille, a concert violinist, becomes intrigued by her lover's business partner Stéphane, an aloof restorer of musical instruments. She interprets his distance as a kind of flirtation, but Stéphane is more of a voyeur, preferring to watch than engage in romance. A bizarre love triangle forms in which each member slowly unveils their imperfections and insecurities.
Publisher
Genius Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Interweaves multiple stories and is set inside a magically snowbound Paris. Six lonely souls converge and commingle in their search for lasting connections.
17) Lemming
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The story of a troubled relationship festering between two couples : young Alain Getty, a home automation engineer, and his wife, sweet Bénédicte ; and middle-aged André, Alain's boss, who is married to the mysterious Alice. Their encounter does not leave the young couple's harmony unscathed. The discovery of a mysterious rodent's corpse blocking the waste pipe of their kitchen sink does nothing to help and portends the bursting of irrationality...
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies. Leo Vrinks and Denis Klein are two cops seeking promotion and the imminent departure of the chief sets the scene for them to compete for the vacant throne. The competition between them becomes increasingly ruthless and blurs the usual lines of morality until there seems no difference between the police and the criminals they...
19) This is our land
Series
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
An engaged but apolitical nurse gets involved in a far-right political party. Based on numerous recent events in France, it becomes about how Front National operates and how it is perceived by the French.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (295 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
William Klein's explosive New York street photography made him one of the most heralded artists of the sixties. An American expatriate in Paris, Klein has also been making challenging cinema for more than forty years, yet with the exception of his acclaimed documentary Muhammad Ali, the Greatest, his film work is barely known in the United States. In his three fiction features -- Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, and The Model Couple -- he...