René Clément
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
The courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Original Score at the **Golden Globes.**
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
A married couple (Faye Dunaway and Frank Langella) move to France with their two children. Their world is torn apart when the children go missing and it transpires they have been kidnapped. In a frantic struggle to recover them alive and well, the couples lives begin to fall apart at the seams as Jill’s mental state deteriorates and Philip struggles to make sense of what is happening to them. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival.**
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
Français
Description
A crime drama directed by René Clément (*Purple Noon*). A French fugitive heads to Canada where he ends up joining forces with a criminal gang who are plotting a kidnapping. However, things don’t go quite as planned when the crime lords daughter they plan to kidnap accidentally dies. *"The slippery morality of Tony and the older melancholic and reflective Charley are intriguing, making the film interesting on a psychological level..." - Amber...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Description
Mélancolie Mau is the wife of an Air France pilot. One evening, while her husband is away, an unknown intruder breaks into their villa and rapes her. She kills him and then has a difficult time disposing of the body. Not long afterwards she is bombarded with questions by Harry Dobbs, a mysterious American who seems to know something about the matter. Mélancolie, refusing to confess to the murder, finds herself embroiled in a merciless struggle which...
Series
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Français
Description
During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, French railway workers bravely battled the Nazis on many fronts, from transporting forbidden mail to committing acts of sabotage. They became an invaluable part of the French resistance.
Series
Criterion collection volume 318
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A timeless evocation of the loss of innocence, Rene Clement's devastating Forbidden games tells the story of a young orphan and her friend forced to fend for themselves in World War II France.
7) Plein soleil
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
Français
Description
Small-time conman Tom Ripley travels to Italy to convince wealthy playboy Philippe Greenleaf to return to America, on behalf of Greenleaf's father. Greenleaf refuses, leading Ripley to undertake extreme measures in order to get what he wants.
Series
Criterion collection volume 637
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this film stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States; what initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder.
11) Tati shorts
Series
Criterion collection volume 729
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
The charming short films directed by Jacques Tati.
12) Gervaise
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
A story of mid-19th-century Parisian slums in which a young girl's dreams of a happy home and a successful laundry are cruelly destroyed by a drunken husband.