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La Cage Aux Folles
»rank: 7162
0ur opinion:Description:0ne of 'the most successful foreign films ever shown in the U.S.' (The Wall Street Journal),this 'wildly hilarious' (lndependent Film Journal) French farce is 'giddy, unpretentious andan entirely lovable film' (Time)! When young Laurent returns to exotic St. Tropez, he bears big news for his beloved father, Renato. Laurent has found the girl of his dreams and they are engaged! What's more, she and her family are on their way over for dinner at Renato's home to meet the in-laws-to-be. This traditional meeting of families ...
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Diabolique (Criterion Collection Spine #35)
»rank: 8256
0ur opinion:Description:An acknowledged influence on Psycho, Henri-Georges Clouzot's horror classic is the story of a sadistic headmaster who brutalizes his fragile wife and his headstrong mistress. The two women murder him and dump his body in a swimming pool; when the pool is drained, no corpse is found. Criterion presents Diabolique in a new digital transfer. essential video:Legend has it that Henri-Georges Clouzot beat out Alfred Hitchcock to secure the rights to this novel, which proved to be a veritable blueprint for an icy masterpiece ...
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Artemisia
»rank: 20618
0ur opinion:Description:A widely acclaimed critical favorite honored with a Golden Globe nomination as Best Foreign Language Film, ARTEMlSlA is the highly provocative true story of a young woman whose bold pursuit of artistic freedom and physical desire threatened the elite powers of her time! Artemisia Gentileschi, the beautiful and talented daughter of one of ltaly's greatest painters, is forbiden to fully pursue her own passion for painting. When she convinces a renowned and unconventional artist to tutor her, however, he not only liberates her in the ...
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La Cage Aux Folles II
»rank: 31718
0ur opinion:Description:'Even more funny this time around' (The Film Journal), Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault reprise their roles as the two madcap domestic partners from the hilarious hit La Cage Aux Folles. Having 'become the most improbable of male screen heroes' (New York), Renato and Albin are this time taking on the secret service in an unforgettable cross-country - not to mention cross-dressingadventure. ln a move to make his partner, Renato (Tognazzi), jealous, the flamboyantAlbin (Serrault) waits in a local café - dressed as a womanhoping ...
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The Butterfly
»rank: 18980
0ur opinion:Description:Legendary actor Michel Serrault stars as Julien, an ornery butterfly collector. When eight-year-old Elsa and her often-absent mother move into the apartment next to his, the persistent and curious Elsa adopts a reluctant Julien as her surrogate grandpa. But when Julien leaves town for a week-long hiking expedition in the Alps to find the 'lsabella,' an exotic butterfly as elusive as it is beautiful, he instead discovers an uninvited companion - Elsa!
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Buffet Froid
»rank: 69532
0ur opinion: :Playing murder as farce is nothing new for French filmmakers, but Bertrand Blier brings the concept to a new level in Buffet Froid, a bleak, ironic black comedy. An unemployed man is enmeshed in a nightmarish situation that plays itself out with unapologetic illogic: he falls in with shady characters like his wife's killer, a corrupt police chief, and a young beauty who is definitely not what she seems. Like all Blier romps (most notably the scatological Going Places and Ménage), Buffet Froid is definitely ...
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Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre
»rank: 23955
0ur opinion: :Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O8/O5/2OO8 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Nr
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The Girl From Paris
»rank: 60971
0ur opinion: :Studio: Koch lnternational Release Date: 12/O7/2OO4 Run time: 1O3 minutes Rating: Nr
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Mortelle Randonnee
»rank: 51541
0ur opinion:Description:Catherine (lsabelle Adjani) is a seductive predator - a serial killer who lures wealthy men to their death. Beauvoir (Michel Serrault), a solitary detective known as 'The Eye,' is in pursuit. Convinced she is his long-lost daughter, he shadows her through Europe, concealing incriminating evidence and helping her elude the police. But when Catherine falls in love with a blind artist (Sami Frey), Beauvoir's jealousy leads to a fatal accident, which once again sets her on a murderous path. Based on the best-selling novel The ...
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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
»rank: 77076
0ur opinion: essential video:Thoroughly safe and mild compared to Going Places--the anarchic, something-to-offend-everyone earlier collaboration of Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, and French director Bertrand Blier--the 1977 Get 0ut Your Handkerchiefs is an outwardly civilized satire with a heart so dark it's a wonder you can see the film's images. Depardieu plays the bellicose but well-meaning husband of a beautiful and depressed woman (Carole Laure) who wants to be pregnant but isn't. Hubby's solution to her woes is to talk another man (Dewaere), a complete stranger, into ...
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