BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUS re-issued on dvd and Blu Ray

BELLEVILLE RENDEZ-VOUS (12A) 2003 FRANCE CHOMET, SYLVAIN DVD – £19.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
This award winning film captured the imagination of audiences the world over with its unique blend of classic animation and razor-sharp wit.

1960s, young orphan Champion lives with his grandmother, Madame Souza, and dreams of winning the Tour de France. But before he is given the chance to compete he is kidnapped by the French Mafia and taken to the city of Belleville where his cycling skills are utilised by the gangsters.

When she follows her grandson’s trail to Belleville, Madame Souza enlists the help of 1930s jazz trio The Triplets of Belleville and her trusty dog Bruno to help her find Champion.

In French with English subtitles

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JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S – LE SAMOURAI – RELEASED ON BLU RAY

LE SAMOURAI (12) 1967 FRANCE MELVILLE, JEAN-PIERRE BLU RAY – £27.99
A hitman murders a nightclub owner but then comes obsession by a beautiful pianist who was a witness to the crime

In French with English subtitles

SPECIAL FEATURES

New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

Interviews from 2005 with Rui Nogueira, editor of Melville on Melville, and Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris

Archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier

Melville-Delon: D’honneur et de nuit (2011), a short documentary exploring the friendship between the director and the actor and their iconic collaboration on this film

PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Thomson, an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo, and excerpts from Melville on Melville

Joseph Losey.’s – MR. KLEIN – released on dvd and Blu Ray

MR. KLEIN (12) 1976 FRANCE DVD £17.99 BLU RAY – £21.99
Set in 1942 in occupied France, Parisian art dealer Robert Klein discovers that he has a Jewish counterpart with the same name, for whom he is mistaken. As he becomes more involved with his alter ego’s identity, Mr Klein puts himself at considerable risk as French authorities begin arresting foreign Jews at the behest of the Nazis.

In French with English subtitles

Special Features

Interactive Menus

Interviews: Henri Lanoe (editor)

Other Documentary: ”Mr. Klein’ Revisited By Michel Ciment’

Alain Delon

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES issued on Blu Ray

LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (12) FRANCE 1949 B/W COCTEAU, JEAN BLU RAY – £17.99
Compelling tale of incestuous obsession based on the Jean Cocteau book.

In French with English subtitles

Special Features

Interactive Menus

Interviews: Nicole Stéphane

Commentary: Gilbert Adair

Jacques Becker’s – FALBALAS – released on dvd and Blu Ray

FALBALAS(12) 1945 FRANCE BECKER, JACQUES DVD £17.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
Micheline as she arrives in Paris to prepare for her wedding to Lyon businessman Daniel Rousseau. However, when she falls in love with his best friend, philandering fashion designer Philippe Clarence, Micheline faces a difficult decision about the direction of her future.

In French with English subtitles

Special Features

Interactive Menus
Interviews: Micheline Presle (actor)
Other Documentary: ”Fabalas’: A Family Affair’, ‘Fashion and Clothing, Jean Paul Gaultier’

Olivier Assayas Film Collection issued on Blu Ray

THE FILMS OF OLIVIER ASSAYAS (18) FRANCE BLU RAY BOX SET £55.99
Features the films – Désordre/Disorder, L’enfant de l’hiver/Winter’s Child, Irma Vep, Demonlover

DÉSORDRE/DISORDER (1986) – a group of friends who carry out a robbery of a music store which results in one man being killed and.

L’ENFANT DE L’HIVER/WINTER’S CHILD (1989) – Stéphane leaves his pregnant wife Natalia in a bid to avoid the responsibility of fatherhood.

IRMA VEP (1996) – Comedy drama about a Chinese actress playing Irma Vep in a remake of the classic silent film ‘Les Vampires’ and the behaviour of the eccentric director she has to work with

DEMONLOVER (2002) – Thriller set in the cutthroat world of big business.

In French with English subtitles

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

Four films by Olivier Assayas: Disorder, Winter’s Child, Irma Vep and Demonlover
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all four films, from 2K restorations supervised and approved by Olivier Assayas
Optional English subtitles
Special packaging with newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde

DISC 1 – DISORDER/WINTER’S CHILD
Original 2.0 Stereo soundtracks
Interview with writer-director Oliver Assayas
Interview with the cast of Disorder, Ann-Gisel Glass, Lucas Belvaux, Wadeck Stanczak and Rémi Martin
Theatrical trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

DISC 2 – IRMA VEP
Original 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio
Audio commentary by writer-director Olivier Assayas and critic Jean-Michel Frodon
On the Set of Irma Vep, a 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with optional commentary by Assayas and Frodon
Interview with Assayas and critic Charles Tesson
Interview with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard
Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung, a 1997 short film by Assayas
Black and white rushes
Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain

DISC 3 – DEMONLOVER
Original 5.1 DTS-HD master audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Audio commentary by writer/director Olivier Assayas
Visual essay written and narrated by critic Jonathan Romney
Peripherie de Demonlover, an hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary directed by Yorick Le Saux
Archive interviews with Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen, Chloë Sevigny and Charles Berling
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth
Q&A with Olivier Assayas filmed at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2003
Extended version of the Hellfire Club sequence
Original theatrical trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon

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French drama – DEUX/TWO OF US – out on dvd and Blu Ray

DEUX/TWO OF US (12A) FRANCE 2019 MENEGHETTI, FILIPPO DVD – £15.99
BLU RAY – £17.99
Elderly neighbours Madeleine Girard and Nina have been in a relationship for two decades,
but Madeleine refuses to form her two adult children about their relationship.

However when Madeleine suffers a heart attack her children become concerned by the overbearing actions of Nina, not knowing that she is Madeleine’s lover.

In French with English subtitles

FRENCH LANGUAGE NOTE TO DEUX-TWO OF US

ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTE TO DEUX – TWO OF US

LA Times review –

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-02-04/review-two-of-us-french-romantic-drama-barbara-sukowa-martine-chevallier

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French Horror movie -GRAVE/RAW – out on Blu Ray

GRAVE/RAW FRANCE (18) 2016 DUCOURNAU, JULIA BLU RAY – £29.99
In Justine’s family everyone is a vegetarian, but when she arrives at college, in order to fit in, she takes the challenge to eat raw meat. Initially she becomes unwell but then develops a strange and powerful yearning to consume raw flesh.

In French with English subtitles

DVD available to buy from-

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French drama – LE JARDIN DES SUPPLICES/THE GARDEN OF TORMENT – issued on Blu Ray

LE JARDIN DES SUPPLICES/THE GARDEN OF TORMENT (18) 1976 FRANCE GION, CHRISTIAN BLU RAY – £15.99
An adaptation of the Octave Mirbeau novel. Set I n the 1930’s a scandalised young doctor flees from Paris to China. There he meets a beautiful, eccentric woman, who introduces him into a circle of decadent Europeans .

In French with English subtitles

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Jean-Luc Godard’s – MASCULIN-FEMININE – issued on Blu Ray

MASCULIN-FEMININE – THE CRITERION COLLECTION(PG) 1966 FRANCE B/W GODARD, JEAN-LUC BLU RAY £19.99
In this study of the generation conflict, Paul is fresh from military service when he falls for
aspiring pop star Madeleine, but as his girlfriend’s career start to take off, Paul becomes disillusioned with life and takes an interest in left wing politics.

In French with English subtitles

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Jean-Luc Godard’s – LE LIVRE D’IMAGE/THE IMAGE BOOK – released on Blu Ray

LE LIVRE D’IMAGE/THE IMAGE BOOK (15) 2018 FRANCE GODARD, JEAN-LUC BLU RAY – £15.99
Award-winning director Jean-Luc Godard directs this abstract essay film combining news footage, film clips and random images with a disjointed soundtrack and narration by Godard himself.

In English with English subtitles

FRENCH AND ENGLISH NOTES TO LE LIVRE D’IMAGE-THE IMAGE BOOK

BFI REVIEW – https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/image-book-jean-luc-godard-ruminative-radical-montage

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French film – TROIS SOUVENIRS DE MA JEUNESSE/MY GOLDEN DAYS – out on dvd

TROIS SOUVENIRS DE MA JEUNESSE/MY GOLDEN DAYS (15) FRANCE 2015 DESPLECHIN, ARNAUD £15.99
As middle aged anthropologist Paul Dedalus prepares to leave Tajikistan to return to Paris, the film tells three epoch-defining chapters from Paul’s life, his time with his great-aunt, growing up with his mother, father and two younger siblings, his mother’s tragic death, offering his own identity to a young Russian man and the wild nights with friends who would betray him.

In French with English subtitles

FRENCH LANGUAGE NOTE TO MY GOLDEN DAYS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTE TO MY GOLDEN DAYS

GUARDIAN REVIEW – https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/15/my-golden-days-review-arnaud-desplechin

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Gaspar Noé’s controversial film – IRRÉVERSIBLE/IRREVERSIBLE – re-issued on dvd

IRRÉVERSIBLE/IRREVERSIBLE (18) FRANCE 2002 NOE, GASPAR £7.99
Marcus and his girlfriend Alex’s world is torn apart in the most unimaginably brutal way possible in this shocking and violent film that divided opinion. It was seen as by some as a masterpiece and others as an exploitation movie.

In French with English subtitles

Special Features

Interactive Menus

Enhanced WS tv

Bonus Footage

Deleted Scenes

Interviews: Gaspar Noe (director)

Commentary: Gaspar Noe (director)

Other Documentary: Short Film by Noe

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Cédric Klapisch’s – RIENS DU TOUT/LITTLE NOTHINGS – released on Blu Ray

RIENS DU TOUT/LITTLE NOTHINGS (12) 1992 FRANCE KLAPISCH, CÉDRIC BLU RAY £22.99
Parisian department store Les Grandes Galeries is failing. In a last-ditch effort to save the 100-year-old store, the board hire and give him one year to turn things around.

In this critique of modern management techniques and globalisation Mr. Lepetit begins with the staff, a microcosm of French society, who must learn to believe in themselves and each other.

In French with English subtitles

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French film – JEANNETTE, L’ENFANCE DE JEANNE D’ARC/JOAN OF ARC AND JEANNETTE – issued on dvd

JEANNETTE, L’ENFANCE DE JEANNE D’ARC/JOAN OF ARC AND JEANNETTE 2017 FRANCE DUMONT, BRUNO £19.99
The film is a musical using contemporary music and a cast of non-professional actors to tell the story of the early life Joan of Arc

 

In French with English subtitles

FRENCH LANGUAGE NOTES TO JEANNETTE, L’ENFANCE DE JEANNE D’ARC

ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOTES TO JEANNETTE, L’ENFANCE DE JEANNE D’ARC

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