Patrice Leconte
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1997
Language
Français
Description
In 1849, on the remote French island of Saint-Pierre off the coast of Newfoundland, an illiterate fisherman commits a drunken, senseless murder and is sentenced to the guillotine. But since the island has no guillotine, the governor must send for one--a process that will take years. Meanwhile, the fisherman is imprisoned in the island fortress; the wife of the garrison commander takes pity on the condemned man, and sets out to rehabilitate him.
3) A Promise
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Alan Rickman stars in this simmering early 20th-century love story about a triangle between an aging factory owner, his young bride (Rebecca Hall) and his handsome protégé.
5) Love Street
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
In this "elegantly polished film" (Richard Schickel, TIME magazine), a mysterious stranger is the lone passenger disembarking from a train in a sleepy French villiage. His name is Milan (French rock icon Johnny Hallyday), a criminal intent on knocking over the local bank. Upon his arrival, he is befriended by Manesquier (acclaimed French actor Jean Rochefort), a retired poetry teacher. Through their unexpected friendship, both men come to realize...