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JEAN DE FLORETTE (PG) FRANCE 1988 BERRI, CLAUDE £19.99 - SALE PRICE £10.99 Gerard Depardieu is a hunchback tax collector who moves to the country, in this award winning film based on the Pagnol novel. |
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ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS (EMOTIFS ANONYMES) (12) 2010 FRANCE AMÉRIS, JEAN-PIERRE £15.99 Love and chocolate are the predominant themes of this romantic comedy. A deeply shy chocolate factory owner meets the equally sensitive Angélique, who also happens to be one of the world's finest chocolatiers, the two inevitably fall in love. But how do two chronically shy people reach out to one another and negotiate the emotional minefield of a new love affair? |
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SPANISH/LATIN AMERICAN DVDSTHE SKIN I LIVE IN (18) SPAIN ALMODÓVAR, PEDRO £19.99 Antonio Banderas plays a plastic surgeon whose attempts to cultivate a new form of human skin have led to years of experimentation on a woman, Vera. But as the story of Vera's past emerges, it becomes clear that the surgeon has a questionable agenda of his own as he manipulates her face and body for his own purposes. BLU RAY £27.99 |
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EFFI BRIEST (U) 1974 GERMANY FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER £15.99 Fassbinder ‘s adaptation of Theodor Fontane's novel set in the late 19th century. |
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MEDEA (15) 1969 ITALY PASOLINI, PIER PAOLO £19.99 Screen adaptation of the Greek tragedy stars opera diva Maria Callas in her only film role. |
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HAMLET (U) 1964 RUSSIA KOZINTSEV, GRIGORI £12.99 This renowned Russian version of the play ranks among the finest adaptations of Shakespeare on film. |
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BORGEN: SEASON 1 (15) 2010 DENMARK £38.99 Season 1 of the Danish drama following a female politician's rise to power and the way in which her role as Prime Minister alters her behaviour. |
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A list of available works by key European directors
plus dvds listed under themes. This listing might be of help to
teachers and students finding titles that could meet study requirements.
THE BRIDGE (15) 1959 GERMANY WICKI, BERNHARD £15.99 Poignant, anti-war drama from director Bernhard Wicki about a group of German boys' attempts to guard a bridge in the dying days of WWII. |
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VIVA RIVA (15) CONGO MUNGA, DJO IN FRENCH/ LINGALA £19.99 The debut feature of Congolese film maker in this explosive drama set in the backstreets of Kinshasa. |
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FOUNDING OF A REPUBLIC (15) 2009 CHINA HAN,S/HUANG, J IN MANDERIN £15.99 Big budget Chinese historical epic examining the climax of the Chinese Civil War in the 1950s. BLU RAY - £19.99 |
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KUROSAWA CLASSIC COLLECTION (15) JAPAN £49.99 Contains - 'Ikiru' (1952) , 'Red Beard' (1965), 'The Lower Depths' (1957),'I Live in Fear' (1955) and 'Dodes'ka-den' (1970). |
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A FLAT (15) 2010 INDIA MADHUKAR, HEMANT IN HINDI £13.99 Bollywood supernatural thriller. |
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A SEPARATION (PG) 2011 IRAN FARHADI, ASGHAR £15.99 Iranian drama about the far-reaching effects of an acrimonious divorce. |
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POETRY (12) KOREAN 2010 LEE, CHANG-DONG £19.99 A grandmother in her late 60s who is struggling to bring up her teenage grandson on her own while also entering the early stages of Alzheimer's. When she discovers that her grandson is one of the perpetrators of a serious crime, she is at a loss how to react, and ends up enrolling in a poetry class in an attempt to find some strength, purpose and meaning in her life. BLU RAY - £24.99 |
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KEN LOACH AT THE BBC (15) £49.99 Contains - 'The Big Flame' (1967), 'Rank and File' (1971), 'Three Clear Sundays' (1965), 'Days of Hope' (1975), 'The End of Arthur's Marriage' (1965), 'In Two Minds' (1967) 'Up the Junction' (1965), 'Cathy Come Home' (1966) and 'The Price of Coal' (1977) |
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CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (E) 2010 HERZOG, WERNER £17.99 3D-filmed documentary about the 30,000-year-old Paleolithic paintings at the Chauvet Pont d'Arc Caves in Southern France. |
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WAR HORSE (12) 2012 USA SPIELBERG, STEVEN £19.99 Drama based on Michael Morpurgo's novel about a boy who searches for his horse after it is taken away to serve in World War I. |
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THE SLAP: SERIES 1 (12) 2011 AUSTRALIA £19.99 An adult slapping a child at a family birthday party leads to far reaching consequences. |
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