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1) Bullhead
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
A young cattle farmer is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
2) Les cousins
Series
Criterion collection volume 581
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Claude Chabrol crafts a sly moral fable about a provincial boy who comes to live with his sophisticated bohemian cousin in Paris. Through these seeming opposites, Chabrol conjures a piercing, darkly comic character study that questions notions of good and evil, love and jealousy, and success in the modern world. A mirror image of Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins recasts that film's stars, Jean-Claude Brialy and Gřard Blain, in startlingly reversed roles....
3) Remorques
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For Andre and the other members of the crew of the tugboat Cyclone, existence is harshly divided between the danger of the stormy seas and the safety of life at home with their patient women. When Andre meets temptation in the form of the alluring Catherine during a risky rescue, he comes perilously close to betraying his wife of ten years.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr. 43 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A housebound trophy housewife steps in to manage the umbrella factory run by her tyrannical husband after the workers go on strike. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action."--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Unlikeable antiques dealer François always gets what he wants, but there's one thing he's never had: a friend. Challenged to a bet by his business partner, François must find someone who will pose as his best pal in just 10 days. Enlisting the assistance of charming taxi driver Bruno, François goes to outrageous lengths to be a likeable guy.
Series
Criterion collection volume 612
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two people getting to know each other over the course of an afternoon gradually reveals itself as something richer, stranger, and trickier: a mind-bending reflection on authenticity, in art as well as in relationships. Both cerebrally and emotionally engaging, reminds us that love itself is an enigma.
Series
Mesrine saga volume pt. 2
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (2 hr., 14 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the climactic second part of the Mesrine saga, Jacques Mesrine is back in France after his brazen assault on the maximum-security prison from which he daringly escaped. Once again in police custody and facing stern justice for his crime, 'the man of a thousand faces' escapes directly from the courtroom after kidnapping the judge at gunpoint. The life of Jacques comes once and for all to a full bloody circle.
9) Rosetta
Series
Criterion collection volume 621
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne turned heads with Rosetta, an intense verite drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to hold onto a job to support herself and her alcoholic mother. It's a swift and simple tale made revelatory by the raw, empathic way in which the directors render Rosetta's desperation, keeping the camera nearly perched on her shoulder throughout.
Series
Criterion collection volume 141
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (190 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Drama about the theater and the individuals that made the stage their life. Includes the love story of four men for one woman.
Series
Criterion collection volume 572
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Nazi-occupied France, a devoted priest is desired by all the women of his village, but finds himself most drawn to a religious skeptic who turns their relationship into a confrontation with both God and her own repressed desire.
13) Pierre Etaix
Series
Criterion collection volume 655
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (454 min.): sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (52 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The following films were influened by Pierre Etaix's experience as a circus acrobat, clown, and by the silent film comedies he adored.
14) The Class
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeopardize any teacher's...
15) The law
Publisher
Oscillscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Illicit passions pervade a small Italian seaside village, where men gather nightly in the local tavern for the "game of the law." Marietta, a beautiful young servant woman, is lusted after by many of these men, but only has eyes for a handsome young engineer. Unfortunately, he is broke so Marietta decides to steal a dowry. In so doing she exposes the town's rampant corruption and faces the wrath of the players of "The Law."
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