Catherine Deneuve
1) The Midwife
Author
Language
Français
Description
Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire (Catherine Frot), a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve), the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together in this sharp character...
3) Potiche
Author
Language
Français
Description
It's 1977 and women's liberation is in the air but Suzanne is still the self-effacing, elegant housewife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol. Pujol oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and trophy housewife; When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. Her new role throws her back in touch with the union leader, a romantic fling from the past...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Language
Portuguese
Description
In 1810 Lisbon quakes before the impending invasion of Napoleonic forces led by Marshal Massena. Portuguese and English troops, led by the Duke of Wellington, rebuff the French, but at a terrible cost endured by peasants and aristocrats alike.
Series
Criterion collection volume 462
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
Français
Description
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a Jewish director is forced to hide in the basement of his theater while his wife stars in its latest production.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Edition
Widescreen version.
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.
8) Persepolis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witnesses first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....
9) The midwife
Publisher
Music Box Films
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Description
Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire, a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Beatrice, the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
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.
11) The musketeer
Publisher
Universal
Edition
Widescreen [ed.].
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young man comes of age and decides to avenge the brutal murder of his parents. In a world threatened by war, and finding he has impressive combat skills, he finds the opportunity he is looking for in the elite fighting force of the infamous Musketeers. After years of disgrace, he reunites the group and brings them back to their previous glory. Along his journey, he helps the Queen of France and finds love.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Français
Description
God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, which leaves God angry, powerless and adamant to get his power back.
14) The Pirate
Author
Language
English
Description
An epic tale about Ioannis Varvakis, who sided with the Russians in their war with the Turks, befriended Catherine the Great, built a fortune out of sturgeon eggs – and then gave it all away to help his motherland fight the Ottoman empire.
15) Un Flic
Author
Language
Français
Description
From Jean-Pierre Melville, the legendary director of Bob Le Flambeur, Le Doulos, Le Deuxième Souffle and Le Cercle Rouge comes this action-packed neo-noir. A Paris police chief (Alain Delon, The Sicilian Clan) discovers that his nightclub owner friend (Richard Crenna, First Blood) also leads a group of bank robbers. When he's tipped off that the same robbers are planning a drug heist, the police chief races to defeat his two-faced friend. Meanwhile,...
18) Celebration
Author
Language
Français
Description
Filmed over the course of three years, this portrait of fashion colossus Yves Saint Laurent's final show was suppressed right after its first and only public screening at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. The film was blocked by YSL's business (and on-and-off romantic) partner Pierre Berge, who objected to the couturier's portrayal as frail and not quite all there, and to his own depiction of being the behind the scenes mastermind. (The dynamic between...
20) Persepolis
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
[Blu-ray version].
Language
Français
Description
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witnesses first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study....