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(0)Mélanie Thierry
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Marguerite Duras must navigate the Resistance and the Gestapo to uncover the whereabouts of her imprisoned husband, Robert Antelme. After he's deported to Dachau in the midst of Nazi-occupied France, she becomes friendly with French collaborator Rabier to gain information at considerable risk to her underground cell. But as the months wear on, she must begin the process of confronting the unimaginable.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
It's just another day on the job for a band of badass combat zone rescue workers as they defy death and confront war's absurdities. The setting is 1995, somewhere in the Balkans. Over the course of 24 breathless hours, Mambru leads his team of humanitarians, including hard-bitten, wisecracking veteran B and new recruit Sophie, as they deal with a most unexpected crisis, layers of bureaucratic red tape, and the reappearance of Mambru's old flame.
3) For a woman
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2014], ©2014
Description
The unexpected arrival of a brother who supposedly perished during World War II upsets the lives of a Jewish tailor and his pretty bride.
4) Babylon A.D
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Description
In the future, a mercenary named Toorop accepts a contract from Gorsky, a Russian mobster, who instructs him to bring a young woman only known as Aurora to New York. Gorsky gives Toorop a variety of weapons as well as a UN passport that has to be injected under the skin of the neck. Toorop, along with the girl and her guardian Sister Rebeka, leave the Noelite Convent where they lived. The three flee from an unknown group of mercenaries. The stress...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...
7) For a woman
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
After her mother's death, Anne discovers old photos and letters that convince her to take a closer look at the life of her parents. Soon, Anne's research into their Jewish history reveals the existence of a mysterious uncle. As she gradually closes in on the discovery she didn't know she was looking for, her father grows ill, and may take the secret that kept them apart for so long to his grave.
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Set in the 16th century, Marie de Mezieres is deeply in love with her dashing cousin Henri de Guise. However, due to her father's political ambitions, she is forced into a marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman. It isn't long before she is exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Inspired by the filmmaker's family history, Fabien Gorgeart's heartfelt, heartbreaking second feature focuses on an excruciating period in one family's life. Anna, her husband, and their two young sons are told they must hand six-year-old Simon, the foster child they've raised since he was eighteen months old, over to his 'real' father. Powerless before a social services system that fails to understand the powerful emotional ties that inevitably form...
Publisher
[Distributed by] Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[c2002]
Description
The story of an extraordinary man who lives a remarkable life without setting foot on land. Dubbed 1900 for the year he was born, he was abandoned atop a piano and raised by a lowly crew member in the bowels of a luxurious cruise ship. As he grows up, he is drawn to the piano and discovers he has an amazing gift for creating music. His reputation spreads, but he refuses to leave the ship. Only when he spots a beautiful girl on-board does he try to...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Francis is a successful crime writer who moves to Venice to work on his next novel. When he meets model-turned-real-estate-agent Judith, he is instantly infatuated. Francis and Judith eventually marry and move to a remote house on Torcello Island but Francis' newfound happiness hinders his writing. Obsessing over what Judith does while at work, he hires a young ex-convict to investigate. As Judith's sexual past is revealed both men become increasingly...
12) Chrysalis
Publisher
distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Paris 2027. David Hoffman, lieutenant in the European police, accepts to go back in the line of duty to hunt down a dangerous smuggler suspected of a vile murder. The guy happens to have killed David's wife months before. His investigation will lead him to a state-of-the-art clinic under the iron grip of Professor Brugen. When truth is lodged in the heart of the brain, memories become a precious and highly coveted commodity. And some of them never...
13) Pu-239
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
While working at a nuclear power plant, Timofey is exposed to a deadly dose of radiation while trying to avert a plant disaster. Instead of rewarding Timofey for his efforts, the plant treats him as a scapegoat, offering no compensation to him or his family. Desperate to provide security for his wife and son, Timofey steals a small amount of PU-239 - weapons-grade- plutonium - and heads to Moscow to sell it on the black market. Timofey struggles to...
