Actors & Directors
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Alain Resnais
- Anny Duperey
- François Périer
- Michael Lonsdale
- Charles Boyer
Creator: Jorge Semprún
List Price: $59.99
Price: $40.00
Review Stavisky / Interama Inc:Could the true story of the financial scandal that shook France to the brink of civil war in 1933 be more timely? Jean Paul Belmondo is perfectly cast as Serge Alexander (a. k. a. Stavisky), the one-time underworld con man who charms his way to the top of the French financial world with bluff, cunning, and a bankroll of phony vouchers. Screenwriter Jorge Semprún (Z) weaves Stavisky's story through the tapestry of European politics: the rise of fascism, the stain of anti-Semitism, the shadow of impending war. The aloof style of Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad) is warmed by the smiling charisma of Belmondo and by Charles Boyer's poignant turn as a sentimental, nearly bankrupt Baron. Elegantly shot by the great Sacha Vierny and accompanied by a lush Stephen Sondheim score, this multi-faceted gem is one of Resnais's most satisfying and accessible films. -Sean Axmaker.
Actors & Directors
- Arletty
- Marcel Carné
- Marie Déa
- Pierre Labry
- Fernand Ledoux
- Alain Cuny
Run time: 122 min.
Creator: Pierre Laroche
Price: $29.95
Review Les Visiteurs Du Soir (The Devil's Envoys) / Home Vision Cinema:Brilliant cinematography, an imaginative screenplay, haunting ballads, and splendid acting combine in this enchanting fantasy based on French legend. The Devil sends two envoys to Earth in the form of a minstrel couple to wreak anarchy on hapless mortals. Much to the Devil's dismay, instead of corrupting the human race, he finds he has no lasting power over affairs of the heart.
Actors & Directors
- David Hamilton
- Elisa Servier
- Valérie Dumas
- Thierry Tevini
- Évelyne Dandry
- Anja Schüte
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Werner P. Zibaso
Price: $19.99
Review Tendres Cousines / Jef Films/Mvd:Beautiful young French people romp on an idyllic country estate in Tender Cousins. The story, set in 1939, centers around Julien, a young adolescent boy in love with his cousin Julia, who is in love with the foppish Charles, who is engaged to be married to Julien's older sister Claire, who. you get the idea. Julien and Julia's little sister Poune, who seems to know what everyone is up to, engage in pranks; a visiting actress puts on a theatrical revue; everyone pursues the new maid; a scientist believes he has isolated the soul, which he captures in balloons; and, when war against Germany is declared, the adult men must go off to war, giving the otherwise lyrical story a sad undercurrent. Flashes of wit, bits of silliness, and a good dose of nudity make Tender Cousins pretty much the definition of its brand of French sex comedy. -Bret Fetzer.
Run time: 88 min.
Review Hiroshima Mon Amor / Timeless Video Inc.:An extraordinary and deeply moving film that retains much of its power since its original release in 1959, Alain Resnais's Hiroshima, Mon Amour is the story of a French woman (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese man (Eiji Okada) who become lovers in the city of Hiroshima, where the U. S. dropped a nuclear bomb to end World War II in the Pacific. Written by Marguerite Duras and juggled, as if by wandering thoughts, in chronology and setting by Resnais, the film reveals the miserable and mortifying experiences of each character during the war and suggests the obvious healing properties of their relationship in the present. An emotional allusion or two can certainly be made with the more recent The English Patient, but nothing can quite prepare one for Resnais's extreme yet intuitively accessible experiments in fusing the past, present, and future into great sweeps of subjectively experienced memory. Yet audiences have never had trouble relating to this bold milestone of the French New Wave, largely because at its heart is a genuinely affecting, soulful love story. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Thierry Artur
- Sandrine Bonnaire
- Ghislain Boitrelle
- Marcel Anselin
- Alain Artur
Run time: 93 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
Review Under the Sun of Satan / Connoisseur Video:
Actors & Directors
- Jane Fonda
- Yves Montand
- Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Castel Casti
- Vittorio Caprioli
- Elizabeth Chauvin
Creator: Jean-Pierre Rassam
Review All's Well:
Actors & Directors
- Barbara De Rossi
- Isolde Barth
- Andrew McCarthy
- Stéphanie Cotta
- Nigel Havers
- Claude Chabrol
Review Jours tranquilles à Clichy:
Actors & Directors
- Jess Hahn
- Marie Dubois
- Lino Ventura
- Robert Enrico
- Jean-Claude Rolland
- Bourvil
Run time: 128 min.
Creator: José Giovanni
List Price: $19.99
Price: $34.00
Review Les Grandes Gueules (Jailbirds' Vacation) / Universal Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Lonsdale
- Charles Denner
- Catherine Rouvel
- Paola Pitagora
- Jacques Brel
- Marcel Carné
Run time: 107 min.
Creator: Paul Andréota
List Price: $19.99
Price: $29.00
Review Les Assassins De L'Ordre / Specialty Video Company:
Actors & Directors
- Marie Dubois
- Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Catherine Deneuve
- Charles Aznavour
- Albert Rémy
- François Truffaut
Creator: Jean-Claude Grumberg
List Price: $119.98
Price: $23.10
Review 6 Francois Truffaut Pack / Fox Lorber:1 copy each of: The 400 Blows, The Last Metro, Confidentially Yours, Love on the Run, Shoot the Piano Player, Two English Girls
Actors & Directors
- Robin Aubert
- Daniel-Paul Bork
- Patrice Coquereau
- Eric Cabana
- Félix Aubert-Surprenant
Run time: 92 min.
Price: $39.95
Review L'Escorte / Cinevista Inc.:
Actors & Directors
- Gastone Moschin
- Gabriele Tinti
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Michèle Mercier
- Raquel Welch
- Elsa Martinelli
- Mauro Bolognini
- Michael Pfleghar
Run time: 96 min.
Price: $14.99
Review The Oldest Profession / New World Video:
Actors & Directors
- Alain Resnais
- Yves Montand
- Jean Dasté
- Geneviève Bujold
- Ingrid Thulin
- Dominique Rozan
Review The War Is Over / Brandon Films Inc.:
Actors & Directors
- Stéphane Audran
- Michel Piccoli
- Eliana De Santis
- Clotilde Joano
- Claude Chabrol
- Claude Piéplu
Review Les Noces rouges:
Actors & Directors
- Leos Carax
- Kate Mailer
- Julie Delpy
- Woody Allen
- Suzanne Lanza
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $24.99
Review Jean Luc-Godard's King Lear / Cinematheque Collection:
Actors & Directors
- Francine Bergé
- Micheline Presle
- Francisco Rabal
- Anna Karina
- Liselotte Pulver
- Jacques Rivette
Run time: 135 min.
Creator: Jean Gruault
Price: $24.95
Review The Nun / Interama Video Classics:
Actors & Directors
- Josef Bierbichler
- Alexandre Hamidi
- Thierry Neuvic
- Michael Haneke
- Maimouna Hélène Diarra
- Juliette Binoche
Run time: 118 min.
Creator: Titi Popescu
Price: $24.95
Review Code Unknown / Kino Video:
Release date: 2000-04-25
Run time: 414 min.
List Price: $49.98
Price: $26.85
Review Brigitte Bardot Collection Box Set / Video Treasures:
Release date: 1990-02-08
Run time: 102 min.
Price: $59.99
Review Madame Bovary / Hens Tooth Video Movies:
Actors & Directors
- Adrien Borel
- Nicole Ladmiral
- Robert Bresson
- Claude Laydu
- Rachel Bérendt
- Jean Riveyre
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Georges Bernanos
List Price: $24.95
Price: $24.50
Review Diary of a Country Priest / Kino Video:Diary of a Country Priest is the first masterpiece by the great Robert Bresson, a towering and slow-working figure in French cinema. Starkly adapted from a successful novel by Georges Bernanos, the film locks in to the mind of a sickly, ineffective young priest trapped in an unfriendly rural area. Bresson charts the priest's collapse with a series of brief scenes, a minimalist style that makes the slightest touch of a hand or far-off sound of a dog barking seem magnified in importance. (This is a movie that must be watched and listened to-it is not a casual experience. ) Bresson's luminous portrait of faith and worldly humiliations takes on the intensity of a saint's notebook. In the central role is Claude Laydu, one of Bresson's early experiments with non-actors; his sad, open face is often in close-up, lighting our way into a world of private salvation. -Robert Horton.
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