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Almost Peaceful
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors.
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Ballerina
In the grand tradition of the Ballets Russes comes this portrait of five Russian ballerinas from the Mariinsky Theatre. From the backstage studio to stages around the world, Ballerina captures the sublime beauty of ballet in all its resplendent glory.
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Bridesmaid, The
Directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel by Ruth Rendell. It's love at first sight when Senta falls into the life of handsome young Philippe, but Philippe soon discovers that Senta's life is shrouded in mystery.
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Butterfly, The
Eight-year-old Elsa and her mother move in next to Julien, an ornery old entomologist with a lavish butterfly collection, and the persistent and curious Elsa adopts a reluctant Julien as her surrogate grandpa.
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A Chef's Voyage
Follow celebrated American Chef David Kinch and his team from Manresa, their 3 Star Michelin restaurant in California, for a unique collaboration with three legendary French chefs at their iconic restaurants in Paris, Provence, and Marseille.
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Culinary Masterpieces
This collector's edition box set features four acclaimed culinary documentaries: Kings of Pastry, Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven, Guy Martin: Portrait of a Grand Chef, and A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt.
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Dad on the Run
A Film by Dante Desarthe. Fueled by klezmer and set in the Paris night world, Dad On The Run is an intelligent & hilarious screwball comedy involving Bar Mitzvahs, frozen fish and a misplaced foreskin.
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Don't Let Me Die On A Sunday
A morgue employee is assigned a corpse, a young woman who overdosed at a rave...except she's not dead. The two embark on an odyssey that takes them into a world of S/M and wild techno parties. As the LA Times said: "The extremes of sexual thrill-seeking."
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Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier celebrates the legacy of the famed Paris Opera Ballet by weaving together rehearsals and tour snapshots of classical ballets as well as contemporary works.
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Eye of Vichy, The
A Film by Claude Chabrol (Madame Bovary). Using rarely seen Nazi and Vichy propaganda newsreels and footage, Chabrol creates a masterful look at the Nazi occupation of France during World War II.
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Fidelio: Alice’s Odyssey
Leaving her fiancé ashore, Alice (Arianne Labed) joins the crew of an old cargo ship and once on board, discovers that her first great love is the ship’s captain. Lulled by life aboard the ship, Alice must grapple with conflicting desires in an almost exclusively male world.
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Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution
Food Beware visits a small village in the mountains of France, where the town’s mayor has decided to make the school lunch menu organic, with much of it grown locally. Will this experiment in safe food work?
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Guy Martin: Portrait of a Grand Chef
Guy Martin, chef of the legendary restaurant Le Grand Véfour, is considered one of the best chefs in the world. This film reveals his cooking philosophy, which ranges from traditional to savagely creative, and brings to life the sources of his inspiration.
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I'll Sing For You
In the sixties, the people of Mali awoke each morning to the sound of Boubacar "KarKar" Traoré's voice on the radio, singing of independence. But KarKar, like his native country, fell on hard times. Also featuring Ali Farka Toure.
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La Petite Lili
Ludivine Sagnier, the sexy siren from Swimming Pool, stars as Lili,
the love and muse of an idealistic young filmmaker in this modern adaptation
of Chekov’s classic play The Seagull, directed by French master
Claude Miller (Alias Betty).
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La Vie Promise: Empire Collection
Isabelle Huppert stars as Sylvia, a prostitute who suddenly makes contact with her estranged teenage daughter. Desperate not to see her daughter repeat her own mistakes, Sylvia tries to re-discover her once promising past.
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Montessori: Let the Child Be the Guide
Curious about the Montessori Method, filmmaker Alexandre Mourot sets his camera up in the oldest Montessori school in France (with kids from 3 to 6) and observes this child-centered educational approach for an entire year.
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Myth of a Colorblind France
A documentary that explores the lives of renowned Black artists who emigrated to Paris to liberate themselves from the racism of the United States, including Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Richard Wright and Augusta Savage.
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Nobody Else But You (Theatrical Cover)
Rousseau is a crime novelist troubled by writer’s block. Candice Lecoeur is a local beauty who thinks she might be the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe. The two will meet in the coldest village in France, but only after Candice has been found dead.
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Petits Freres
A wonderful follow-up from Jacques Doillon (director of Ponette), Petits Freres is the gritty and lyrical story of a young girl who finds real friendship and humanity in a Paris housing project.
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Roman de Gare
In Claude Lelouch's tricky thriller, novelist and femme fatale Judith Ralitzer (Fanny Ardant) is seeking characters for her next best-seller. Meanwhile a serial killer has just escaped from a high security prison. Their paths are about to cross.
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Seaside
In a small beach town in France, beautiful young Marie works at a pebble processing plant. Her boyfriend, Paul, a warehouse employee in winter and a lifeguard in summer, doesn’t understand Marie’s dreamy temperament and stifles her with his clumsy love.
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Special Treatment
In this darkly erotic drama, Isabelle Huppert stars as a prostitute who serves up sexual fantasies for her clientele. When she crosses paths with a neurotic psychoanalyst, the two quickly realize their professions share a thing or two in common.
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What's in a Name?
Vincent is about to become a father for the first time. Over dinner at the apartment of his sister and brother-in-law, his hosts ask him what name he has chosen for his future offspring. His response plunges the family into chaos.
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Wine Crush (Vas-y Coupe!)
In this beautifully observed portrait of a family-owned vineyard in France, a motley team of laborers travels from the north to harvest grapes at a small Champagne vineyard run by an eccentric winemaker with a cult following.
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Wine, Women & Friends
Many of us share the fantasy of moving to a lovely village in the South of France, to find a vineyard, create wonderful wines, to sell it and share it with all our friends. Carole LeBlanc and Jo Béfort, an engaging lesbian couple, have done just that.
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With Love...From the Age of Reason
Margaret, an executive at a multinational construction firm, leads a regimented lifestyle. But when she receives a stack of letters written by herself when she was seven years old, the successful professional begins to rethink her existence.
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Year in Champagne, A
With renowned wine importer Martine Saunier as our guide, we get a rare glimpse behind the scenes into the real Champagne through six houses, from small independent makers to the illustrious houses of Gosset and Bollinger.
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