Bertrand Tavernier
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (459 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier's César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history, was too short to introduce audiences to all that he wanted to share. In this new eight-part series, the acclaimed director of such films as Coup de Torchon and 'Round Midnight guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten, explores how his country's cinema was shaped by the German occupation...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1122
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras, tells the story of the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marie de Mezieres is deeply in love with her dashing cousin Henri de Guise. However, due to her father's political ambitions, she is forced into a marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman. It isn't long before she is exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Daniel Lefebvre is the director of a kindergarten in Hernaing, near Valenciennes, in the north of France. A miner's son, he is passionate about his teaching in a region that was once prosperous but is now plagued by unemployment. Backed by a devoted and highly competent teaching staff, Daniel works with the children to awaken their curiosity and self-expression and stimulate their creativity. One evening, a mother, Mrs. Henry, is late in picking up...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
While on an investigation into a series of grisly murders, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and the dark, sultry world of New Orleans mobster 'Baby Feet' Balboni. Layers of corruption and long-dead secrets reawaken grudges and a lethal alliance.
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (132 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The Balkans - 1918. In a war, anybody can be a killer, but scaring the hell out of the enemy in the process is what Conan's platoon was all about. "We did it with knives, of course." It was knives that won the war, not artillery! There were maybe three thousand of us, no more, on all the different fronts, going at it hand to hand in the trenches. It's these three thousand who really won the war! But when the stinking affair was over, they told us...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1973.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In Lyon's Saint-Paul district, a clock-maker leads a peaceful life shared between his work, his friends and his son Bernard. But then his boy goes on the run after killing a man. Assisting Inspector Guiboud with his enquiries, the distraught father realizes he knew nothing about his son.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Tavernier's 1973 filmmaking debut, a tranquil man of Lyons has his life shattered when he learns that his son is wanted for murder. As he stuggles to emerge from his self-willed solitude and create real communication with his son, the police and media add to his burden.
11) 'Round midnight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dramatizes the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan. Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras.
12) Laissez-passer
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (170 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Assistant director and Resistance activist Jean Devaivre works for Continental, where he can get "in between the wolf's teeth and avoid being chewed up". Fast-living screenwriter Jean Aurenche uses every possible argument to avoid working for the enemy. For both, wartime is a battle for survival.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After Lucien Cordier, the only police officer in a small African village, is ridiculed by the local pimp, cheated on by his wife, and suffers his mistresses being beaten, he begins to get rid of the evil ones in his life.