Jean-Hugues Anglade
Publisher
levelFILM
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A group of 40-something men, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever all-male synchronized swimming team. Braving the skepticism and ridicule of those around them, the group set out an unlikely adventure. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for several **César Awards**, including Best Picture. *"Selling a tragic-to-triumphant story arc repurposed from any number of similar crowd-pleasers,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Maximilian saves Polheim's life and rids himself of the conspirators. In order to dispel rumors that their first-born son is actually a girl, Maximilian and Marie have their son baptized in public. However, as the ducal family leaves the cathedral, Maximilian is stabbed. He escapes death by the skin of his teeth only to confront the young French Prince Charles in the Battle of Guinegate.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Maximilian's marriage to Marie turns out to be a happy one. However, the risk of war with France is imminent. Maximilian arms his men and thwarts a conspiracy of the Ghent citizens. However, everything is put to risk when Joan's husband finds out that she has an affair with Maximilian's confident Polheim. According to Burgundy's law, Polheim faces death penalty.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
French King Louis won't allow Marie to bury her father's body in Burgundy. Instead he forces her counsellors to accept him as their lawful ruler. When Marie refuses to marry Charles, French troops invade Burgundy, ravaging its provinces. On his journey to Ghent Maximilian has caught the plague. Confined to his sickbed, he is unable to rush to her side and help her fight her numerous enemies.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A beautifully mounted miniseries of royal love and deception set during the Hapsburg Empire, is a feast for the senses. It is a love beset by jealousies and enemies, but also one under which the Burgundian Middle Ages transforms itself into the splendor of the Hapsburg empire at the beginning of modernity. Two lovers pave the way for the Renaissance, an era that is to change the world.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Put under pressure by the French King Louis, the citizens of Ghent storm Marie's palace and make her sign a contract in which she agrees to marry Louis' son Charles. She sends Joan, her lady-in-waiting, to Maximilian, who is instantly smitten with Marie's portrait. Joan returns to Ghent with Maximilian's letter announcing his visit. Louis threatens war against Burgundy should Marie breach the contract.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
After her father's death, Marie of Burgundy is the richest heiress in Europe. The sharp-minded woman resists the citizens of Ghent, who try to force her into a marriage with nine-year old Charles, the French King Louis' son. Meanwhile, the young Austrian archduke, stubbornly opposes his father Frederick who also wants him to marry the young Duchess.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
When the citizens of Ghent have Marie's closest advisors beheaded, she sends Joan, her lady-in-waiting, to Maximilian. He has recovered from the plague, but he is unable to settle accounts with the citizens of Cologne for his stay within their city walls. Therefore, Maximilian and Marie are married by his proxy with his confident Polheim acting as his substitute. Then the couple finally meets...
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
Zorg was living a quiet and peaceful life until Betty, a beautiful, wild and unpredictable young woman, walks in. When Betty's wild manners start to get out of control, Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane. Can his love prevail?
Series
Criterion collection volume 1002
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
Featuring a magnetic breakout performance by Beátrice Dalle, Jean-Jacques Beineix's art-house smash, presented here in its extended director's cut, is a sexy, crazy, careening joyride of a romance that burns with the passion and beyond-all-reason fervor of all-consuming love.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Français
Description
Nelly is a disheartened young Parisian with marriage and financial troubles. Introduced to the wealthy Arnaud by a mutual friend, Nelly agrees to assist him in his memoirs. The unlikely couple initially develop a playful flirtation, but their budding relationship is threatened when Nelly becomes involved with Arnaud's charming editor.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
Français
Description
Nelly has just left her husband. Through a mutual friend, she meets Monsieur Arnaud, 40 years her senior. He offers her a job, money and emotional comfort. Their relationship evolves into a touching and ambiguous journey through friendship, love and desire. Nominated for a **BAFTA Award** for Best Film not in the English Language. Winner of **César Awards** for Best Actor (Michel Serrault) and Best Director (Claude Sautet). "*It's reserved, polished...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Featuring a magnetic breakout performance by Béatrice Dalle, Jean-Jacques Beineix's art-house smash, presented here in its extended director's cut, is a sexy, crazy, careening joyride of a romance that burns with the passion and beyond-all-reason fervor of all-consuming love.
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
When Federica was a young girl she fantasized about countless adventures that took her to the far side of the world. Now the single, charming, thirty-something's fantasies have evolved. Federica's daydreams can only provide a meager distraction from the realities of her life. Her career, her boyfriend, her sister, her father all make Federica struggle to find meaning in her life. To make matters worse, the guilt of her wealth consumes her and pushes...
15) Nikita
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
A cop-killer junkie is forced by the government to become an undercover assassin or face a life in prison.
16) Nikita
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
A street junkie is picked up and recruited against her will for training as a killer. She is transformed into a beautiful and sophisticated woman, and soon falls in love with a soft-spoken romantic. When she receives a call and is ordered to kill someone, she has to fight against the trap of her double life.
Publisher
Distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Atlantis
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
A classic tale of intrigue and forbidden love. Thrown into a political marriage of convenience by her ruthlessly power-hungry family, the beautiful Margot (Isabelle Adjani-Diabolique) soon finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs. It's then she realizes her only hope for escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her! Triumphant winner of 5 Cesar Awards and the prestigious...
19) Taking lives
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Illeana Scott is a special agent with the FBI, who has a strong record as a criminal profiler. Scott is called in by a former Quantico colleague to assist two Canadian police detectives, Paquette and Duval, who are on the trail of a serial killer who has been killing in and around Montreal for almost two decades. Art gallery owner James Costa saw the killer during an assault, and now finds himself working as a decoy for Scott. As Scott and Costa follow...
20) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.