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100% ARABICA 100% ARABICA

In this light-hearted musical comedy with a message, a North African pop group called Rap Oriental uses music to triumph over the bigotry and violence in their housing project...LEARN MORE

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7 SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA 7 SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA

Filmmaker Anastasia Lapsui, a Nenet who hails from the Russian tundra, has combined the legends of her indigenous people with personal experiences in order to convey life under...LEARN MORE

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A LITTLE FAMILY CONVERSATION A LITTLE FAMILY CONVERSATION

French actress Helene Lapiower (Trouble Every Day) steps behind the camera to direct Petite Conversation Familiale, an intimate documentary that began as a chronicle of her Jewish family, who...LEARN MORE.

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ANIMATION OF ALEXEIEFF ANIMATION OF ALEXEIEFF

This collection showcases the experimental animations of Russian-born artist/filmmaker Alexander Alexeieff and his American wife and collaborator, Claire Parker...LEARN MORE.

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ARTS AND MYTHS ARTS AND MYTHS

This Arte France television production takes viewers into the heart of the "first arts," introducing major artistic pieces from African, Oceania, South America, and Asia. Each of the six half-hour...LEARN MORE.

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ARTS AND MYTHS VOL. 2 ARTS AND MYTHS VOL. 2

This Arte France television production returns to the heart of the "first arts," introducing major artistic pieces from African, Oceania, South America, and Asia. Each of the six half-hour...LEARN MORE.

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BALLROOM BALLROOM

This mysterious, genre-defying French film concerns a reclusive artist named Rene Bernard (Patrick-Mario Bernard), who lives and works in a beautiful old ballroom with his male lover...LEARN MORE.

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BRIGANDS: CHAPTER VII BRIGANDS: CHAPTER VII

This crazy, satirical epic humorously portrays several eras in European history. Though the costumes and regimes change, the film suggests, the human motives of lust and greed remain...LEARN MORE.

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CELINE CELINE

Genevieve, the village nurse, finds Celine, a confused girl with suicidal tendencies, wandering the ward of the hospital one morning. Genevieve takes the young girl home but is afraid to...LEARN MORE.

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CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS IN HIS OWN WORDS CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS IN HIS OWN WORDS

This French television documentary recounts the extraordinary career of the father of structural anthropology, Claude Levi-Strauss, whose theories not only impacted that field, but...LEARN MORE.

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CONGORAMA CONGORAMA

Canadian director Philippe Falardeau toys with coincidence, contrivance, and near-mystical encounters in this comic drama with as many twists of fate as there are twists of plot...LEARN MORE.

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DIALOGUES OF THE EXILED DIALOGUES OF THE EXILED

Chilean-born director Raul Ruiz may be cinema's most famous exile, with his most important work produced in France. In this semi-documentary film, patterned after Bertolt Brecht's...LEARN MORE.

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DIARY OF A SUICIDE DIARY OF A SUICIDE

Delphine Seyrig, Sami Frey, and Marie-France Pisier are featured in this 1973 debut from Yugoslavian-born filmmaker Stanislav Stanojevic. While cruising the Mediterranean with a tour...LEARN MORE.

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DRANCY AVENIR DRANCY AVENIR

Comprising three narratives, Arnaud des Pallieres' profound film meditates on the lingering impact of the Holocaust on France. The first tale concerns the last survivor, who laments not...LEARN MORE.

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HEARTBEAT DETECTOR HEARTBEAT DETECTOR

Also known as Le Question Humaine, this Cesar Award-nominated film from director Nicolas Klotz stars Mathieu Amalric in the suspenseful story of a Parisian psychologist working at a...LEARN MORE.

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HISTORY OF A SECRET HISTORY OF A SECRET

When filmmaker Mariana Otero was a young child, her mother disappeared. The family told Mariana and her sister, Isabel, that she had gone to work in Paris and never returned...LEARN MORE.

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IT ALL STARTS TODAY IT ALL STARTS TODAY

Bertrand Tavernier makes the everyday electric with this compelling portrait of a teacher and administrator struggling to make a difference in a system plagued by institutional...LEARN MORE.

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LIFE THE WAY IT IS LIFE THE WAY IT IS

The second film by Jean-Claude Brisseau (Secret Things) is this gritty story of working women in the modern world. Originally shot on 16mm for French television, Life the Way It Is....LEARN MORE.

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LOUVRE TREASURE: AWAKENING APOLLO LOUVRE TREASURE: AWAKENING APOLLO

In the heart of the Louvre Museum, the Apollo Gallery offers a dazzling display of rich tapestries, monumental paintings, gilded ornamentation, and even the French crown jewels. But...LEARN MORE.

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LUC MOULLET COLLECTION LUC MOULLET COLLECTION

A collection of the major films of Luc Moullet, the unknown genius of the French New Wave and long-time Cahiers du Cinema critic. The set includes: The Smugglers (1967, 81 mins.), which...LEARN MORE.

$129.95
MONSTER IN THE FOREST: THE STORY OF THE CYCLOP MONSTER IN THE FOREST: THE STORY OF THE CYCLOP

In 1969, sculptor Jean Tinguely began an amazing artistic adventure with his wife, artist Niki de Saint Phalle. With help from a group of their artist friends, the pair started construction...LEARN MORE.

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NATHALIE GRANGER NATHALIE GRANGER

French novelist Marguerite Duras (Hiroshima Mon Amour) directs this elliptical, minimalist film about the domestic space of women, in which dull rituals mask an undercurrent of lurking...LEARN MORE.

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NATHALIE GRANGER (2-DVD DELUXE EDITION) NATHALIE GRANGER (2-DVD DELUXE EDITION)

French novelist Marguerite Duras (Hiroshima Mon Amour) directs this elliptical, minimalist film about the domestic space of women, in which dull rituals mask an undercurrent of lurking...LEARN MORE.

$69.95
NOTORIOUS NOBODIES NOTORIOUS NOBODIES

Years ahead of its time, Stanislav Stanojevic's Camera Award-winning political drama comprises eight individual stories of human rights violations occurring simultaneously in Prague...LEARN MORE.

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PIECE OF SKY, A PIECE OF SKY, A

Benedicte Lienard's visually inventive and socially conscious drama draws bold connections between a woman imprisoned for labor violence (Severine Caneele, L'Humanite) and her...LEARN MORE.

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POIL DE CAROTTE POIL DE CAROTTE

Master French filmmaker Julien Duvivier (Under the Paris Sky, Pepe Le Moko) adapted this silent film with a powerful story of child neglect that resonates with relevancy...LEARN MORE.

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SUBVERSION SUBVERSION

Director Stanislav Stanojevic (Notorious Nobodies) offers an absurdist allegory about the nature of political repression. A blind, paralyzed president uses his remarkable hearing and...LEARN MORE.

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THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: ANATOMY OF A RELATIONSHIP / GENESIS OF A MEAL THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: ANATOMY OF A RELATIONSHIP / GENESIS OF A MEAL

Luc Moullet, original member of the French New Wave and long-time critic for Cahiers du Cinema, directed these distinctive documentaries that resonate with his absurdist view...LEARN MORE

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THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: BRIGITTE & BRIGITTE / UP & DOWN THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: BRIGITTE & BRIGITTE / UP & DOWN

Luc Moullet, an original member of the French New Wave and long-time Cahiers du Cinema critic, directed these two idiosyncratic comedies with a modern eye and an absurdist wit...LEARN MORE.

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THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: THE SIEGES OF THE ALCAZAR / THE MAN OF THE BAD LANDS THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: THE SIEGES OF THE ALCAZAR / THE MAN OF THE BAD LANDS

The Films of Luc Moullet highlights the work of an underrated French New Wave icon...LEARN MORE

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THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: THE SMUGGLERS / A GIRL IS A GUN THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET: THE SMUGGLERS / A GIRL IS A GUN

From the mind of Luc Moullet, the unknown genius of the French New Wave, comes this pair of riotous comedies that capture the movement's sense of dislocation and anarchy. "Maybe the...LEARN MORE.

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THE REAL JOAN OF ARC THE REAL JOAN OF ARC

In our collective memory, Joan of Arc is the teenage shepherd girl who was burned at the stake in Rouen after saving France from the English. But long-buried 15th-century documents suggest...LEARN MORE.

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WHO WAS KAFKA? WHO WAS KAFKA?

Franz Kafka, renowned author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Plagued by sleepwalking, Kafka wrote almost...LEARN MORE.

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WOMEN ON THE MARGINS: THE CINEMA OF JEAN-CLAUDE BRISSEAU - AN EXCLUSIVE FACETS 3-PACK WOMEN ON THE MARGINS: THE CINEMA OF JEAN-CLAUDE BRISSEAU - AN EXCLUSIVE FACETS 3-PACK

French director Jean-Claude Brisseau, a protege of Eric Rohmer, created controversy with his erotic films focusing on the sexuality of women from a decidedly male perspective. However, these three dramas by Brisseau feature women protagonists who live outside conventional society in other ways. Includes Life the Way It Is, Celine, and Workers for the Good Lord.

$79.95
WORKERS FOR THE GOOD LORD WORKERS FOR THE GOOD LORD

An unsettling blend of black comedy and melodrama, Workers for the Good Lord, directed by French maverick Jean-Claude Brisseau, was chosen as one of the top ten films of 2000 by...LEARN MORE.

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