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Publisher
First-Run Features
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
distributed by Wellspring
Pub. Date
[2002], c1998
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Marianne is the wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the jewel dealing world. Forced to sell a cache of stolen gems her husband hid in their home, she finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors, including the Russian mafia and the De Beers diamond cartel.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
It's not easy for a narrow-minded professor to reconcile with his equally stubborn son. But soon, father and son find themselves gathering with their wide and colorful circle of family and friends to confront their differences, confess their secrets, and celebrate life.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series
Criterion collection volume 259
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A daring and provocative exploration of the complexities of sexual awakening involving 12-year old Anaïs. With her family on holiday by the sea, she yearns for the experience of first love. However, she experiences it by proxy when her beautiful older sister, Elena, gets involved with an older boy. Soon Elena's naive hopes of romance will be shattered setting a chain of events in motion that will shatter her family forever.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Unemployed music teacher Clement Mathieu becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for the rehabilitation of minors. Dismayed by the repressive administration, he works to positively transform the students' lives through music.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
"Brigitte Roüan stars as Diane, a forty-year old book editor with a successful career, a loving husband and two adorable children. During a visit with one of her writers, she meets Emilio (Boris Terral), an exotically seductive engineer in his twenties who ignites Diane's life with passion and turns her world upside down."--Container.
10) Fresh bait
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A shocking true story of greed and murder. Getting rich quick is the idea; robbery, torture, and murder are the plan. Nathalie, Eric, and Bruno lure men with the promise of sex with Nathalie. Two men enter the apartment, never to be seen alive again.
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
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002, c1977
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Comedy in which Freud's question "What is it that women want?" is elaborated until the answer -- she knows it when she finds it -- is discovered.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A childhood game of 'dare' grows into a mad obsession for two friends, who, in adulthood, must choose between 'the game' and the love that has ignited between them.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], c1998
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (1 folded sheet)
Language
Français
Description
Optimistic hobo Isa, with her life in her backpack, has a gritty existence on the road, going from one town to another through northern France, working factory jobs and selling cards. After she loses a garment-factory job, her coworker Marie lets Isa share space in her Lille living quarters, an apartment belonging to a hospitalized mother and daughter. Isa goes through two tempestous relationships, while becoming fascinated with the girl who lived...
Publisher
Milestone Film & Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 76 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Explores the mind and motivations of Pablo Picasso as he creates over fifteen works before the camera. Using a specially designed transparent 'canvas' to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera records. He begins with simple works that take shape after only a single brush stroke. He then progresses to more complex paintings, in which he repeatedly adds and removes elements, transforming the entire scene, until at last the work...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A thief is on the run from a life of crime. A nightclub singer is hoping to escape from the blues of heartache. Two lost souls who have become fugitives from the past. Now fate is bringing them together in the unfolding present. Halfway around the world, in a mysterious and enchanted village, they will each seek a way to literally save their lives, while discovering a love that will radically change them both.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Last in a trilogy of films (Trois couleurs = Three colors) by director Krzysztof Kieslowski, White presents the mysterious tale of a man whose life disintegrates when his beautiful wife of six months deserts him. Forced to begin anew, he rebuilds his life, only to plan a dangerous scheme of vengeance against her.
Series
Criterion collection volume 6
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Newly restored special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Tells the fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. Contains such visual displays as tears that become real diamonds and walls that grow arms to light Beauty's path through the castle of the Beast.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min. each side) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
This fantastically-twisted fairy tale is chock-full of curious characters and special effects. A sad and heartbroken madman, Krank, is aging prematurely because he can't dream. He kidnaps little children, hoping that eventually he will find a way to steal their sleeping thoughts. The story takes the form of a quest, as a sentimental harpooner-turned-fairground strongman, One, sets out to find his young brother on dilapidated oil rig. He soon falls...
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