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1) The son
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Français
Description
A boy arrives at a vocational training center and brings turmoil to the life of a carpentry instructor.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Sandrine is a successful Parisienne who tires of her job in the rat race and decides to buy Adrien's isolated farm with the caveat that he remain onsite for a period of time. A touching story of growth and change and of the glorious ability of nature to stir the depths of one's heart.
Publisher
Distributed by Winstar TV and Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
Français
Description
Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who betrayed him.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Language
Georgian
Formats
Description
A passionate tale of love and liberation set amidst the conservative confines of modern Georgian society, AND THEN WE DANCED follows Merab, a devoted dancer who has been training for years with his partner Mary for a spot in the National Georgian Ensemble. The arrival of another male dancer, Irakli—gifted with perfect form and equipped with a rebellious streak—throws Merab off balance, sparking both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that...
7) La Strada
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Italiano
Description
The story of a poor woman who is sold to the strong man in a circus. She falls in love with him, but her love isn't returned until it is too late.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Language
Français
Formats
Description
**Oscar-winner** Kevin Kline and Sandrine Bonnaire square off in this stylish and sophisticated dramedy of newfound passions and mid-life triumphs, set on the postcard-perfect isle of Corsica. Lovely, repressed and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène (Bonnaire) comes upon a couple engaging in an intense chess match, and discovers she has a knack for the game. This obsession—much to the chagrin of her husband and teenaged daughter—leads...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
In this triptych, mundane encounters spin into a world of infinite possibilities. In Episode 1: Magic (or Something Less Assuring), a young woman is startled when she realizes that her best friend's new flame might just be her ex; in Episode 2: Door Wide Open, a disgruntled student plots to trick his college professor, using his friend-with-benefits as bait; and in Episode 3: Once Again, a girl's college reunion leads to an unanticipated run-in with...
12) Grass
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Korean
Formats
Description
In the corner of a small café, Areum sits typing on her laptop. At the tables around her, other customers enact the various dramas of their lives. A young couple charge each other with serious crimes, an old man tries to rekindle a flame with a younger woman, a narcissistic filmmaker works to put together his next project—all while Areum types. Is she merely writing what she hears? Or is she hearing what’s been written? As the dramas inside the...
15) Red
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
The final installment in the director's trilogy named after the colors of the French flag, Red is the story of a beautiful young woman and her meeting with an unusual stranger, a meeting that leads her down a path of intrigue and secrecy.
16) Leila
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
Persian
Description
A wife in Iran who cannot have children is pressured by her in-laws into persuading her husband to take another wife so that he may have sons. A portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage in Iran.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Italiano
Description
Guido's gifted imagination and sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loved and created a beautiful life for his young family. When the life is threatened by WW II, Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate.
19) La dolce vita
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
Italiano
Description
A journalist investigates the life-styles of Roman high society and is sickened and fascinated by what he discovers.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Français
Description
Antoine, freshly released from an army prison, embarks on a series of ill-fated jobs, finally settling on an amusing stint as a private detective and finds himself torn between an attractive, serious-minded young violinist and a glamorous, older married woman.
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