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Titles that will enhance any French course by augmenting students' interest in topics covered in class. All new, factory fresh, sealed films, in either color or black and white.
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FA0025 - 100% ARABICA $39.95
1997, 85 mins. DVD, NR
In this light-hearted musical comedy with a message, a North African pop group called Rap Oriental uses music to triumph over the bigotry and violence in 100% Arabica, the housing project on the outskirts of Paris that they call home
BT1560 - AMELIE $19.95
J.P Jeunet, DVD, 2001, R , 122 min.
Jeunet creates a world of color, movement and romance in a sensational fi lm that charmed audiences around the world. Tautou is delightful as a fearless waitress/matchmaker resolved to help those around her fi nd love and happiness.
The movie was shot on location in Paris. Winner of the Cesar Award for Best Film, Director, Music and Production Design.
BT0811 - THE ACCIDENTAL HERO $26.95
Laurent Jaoui, 2003, 90 min, NR
A difficult teen copes with tumultuous life changes in this coming-of-age story from the celebrated French TV movie series “The Rebel Years”. Maillard is inclined to angry outbursts that overcome his worried single mother.When one of their arguments leads to a horrible car accident, their lives are forever changed. The movie ties in the
themes of identity, memory, and family.
FA2066 - BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR-DVD $29.95
1976, Color, 92 Min.
Winner of the 1976 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, this film is a satire based on racism, colonialism, and war. Set in the Ivory Coast during WWI, a group of French colonialists learn (too late) that they are at war with Germany and set off to destroy a German outpost.
BT7684 - LES COMPERES (1984) DVD $35.95
Director: Francis Veber, Color, Widescreen, PG, 88min.
‘Les Comprères' is a must for French classrooms. Students 7th through 12th grades will laugh hysterically at the comical duo of ‘Depardieu' and ‘Richard'! When her 16 year old son runs away from their Paris home, Christine convinces two former lovers that they are the boy's father. Duped into a sense of responsibility, each man follows the boy's trail to Nice where along with finding their "son", they also find manic days battling Riviera bikers and casino racketeers ensue!!
BT765X - LA CHEVRE (1981) DVD $35.95
Director: Francis Veber, Color, Widescreen, NR, 91 min.
The movie has a fun and energetic plot, lots of silly twists and fine acting. It is great for adults and kids alike. ‘Richard' teams up with ‘Depardieu' to find the daughter of French tycoon, kidnapped in Mexico. Both seem to be more able to find trouble than the missing girl, through a circus of accidents and bad luck.
FA700 - CHOCOLAT (DVD) $39.95
2000, Color, French soundtrack, 121‘. PG-13
Julia Binoche and Johnny Depp star in this movie about individuality, love and acceptance of differences. A single mother arrives with her daughter in a small, conservative French town where at first she is shunned but gradually endears herself to all.
BT7838 - LE COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO (DVD) $39.95
1999, Color, French with English subtitles, 480 minutes.
France's foremost actor, Gérard Depardieu, leads an all-star international cast in this epic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of love, intrigue, and revenge. Filmed on location throughout Europe, the award-winning, critically-acclaimed video holds the distinction of being the most-watched program in the history of French television.
ORN505 - CYRANO DE BERGERAC (DVD) $39.95
1990, color, French with English subtitles, 138 minutes
Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The classic love story of the 17th Century soldier-adventurer and his enduring love for the beautiful, youngRoxane. Gérard Depardieu, Frances most celebrated actor, gives the performance of his career as the ill-fated, but heroic Cyrano. AcademyAward Best Costume Design. Nominated Best Foreign Film 1990
JAN040 - DIABOLIQUE $39.95
1955, B&W, DVD, French with English subtitles, 107 minutes.
A taut suspense film by French director Henri Georges Clouzot that
rivals Hitchcock's best. A cruel schoolmaster is murdered by his wife and
mistress, or is he?? With Simone Signoret.
FA3234 - THE DINNER GAME DVD $24.95
1998 French with English subtitles, 81 minutes
A hilarous comedy by Francis Veber, director of Les Comperes, about two friends, a wealthy publisher and his equally rich friend, competing against each other to find the most obnoxious guest possible. At first the guest seems like to be the perfect fit. However, as the plot develops, the guest unwittingly destroys the publisher's life. This is a fast and funny movie.
FA68692 - CHILDREN OF PARADISE $39.95
Marcel Carne, 1945, NR, 190min, DVD
Set in the 1840s, when pantomime and melodrama were at their height on Paris’ famed theater street, the Boulevard du Crime, Marcel Carne’s delicate yet elaborate portrait ofthe actors and thieves who made the Boulevard their home has all the passion, intelligence and authority of a truly great work of art
FA76494 - THE CHORUS $39.99
Christophe Barratier, 2004, PG, DVD
Inspired by La Cage aux Rossignols, this film explores the uplifting effect that teachers can have on their students’lives. When an acclaimed orchestra conductor Pierre returns home to bury his mother, he fi nds his thoughts drifting to his childhood music instructor. Barratier’s film captures scenes from childhood and adulthood with great grace, lyricism, and poignancy.
BT9805 - L'EFFRONTE $25.95
Claude Miller, 1985, 92 min, NR, DVD
Charlotte Gainsbourg delivers a Cesar award-winning performance as a naive, disillusioned teenager who becomes smitten with a sophisticated young pianist who is visiting her town for a recital. Also stars Clothilde
Baudon, Julie Glenn and Bernadette Lafont, who won the Cesar for best supporting actress
FA79739 - THE FANNY TRILOGY $99.95
Marcel Pagnol, NR, 3 DVD Set
Marcel Pagnol’s charming humanist trilogy set amidst the seaside beauty of Marseilles is presented in its entirety in this impressive boxed set.
MARIUS
(Alexander Korda, 1931, 120 mins.), introduces Marius, son of the cafe owner, Cesar, who longs to go to sea in spite of his love for Fanny.
FANNY
(Marc Allegret, 1931, 120 mins.), the abandoned love discovers that she is pregnant by Marius, now at sea.She reluctantly accepts a marriage offer from an older man when Marius reappears. In the final film,
CESAR (Marcel Pagnol, 1936, 121 mins.), set twenty years after Marius, Fanny’s husband, and also Cesar’s best friend,has died and her son is at last told about his true father,the legendary Marius. All fi lms in French with English subtitles
BT4918 - C'EST LA VIE $44.95
Diane Kuris, 1990, 98min, NR, DVD
In this semi-autobiographical fi lm from Diane Kurys (Entre Nous,Peppermint Soda) intoduces us to two girls who are vacationing at a seaside resort in the late ‘50s, as their parents contemplate divorce. This is a delightful, humorous
as well as sad film.
BT4811 - HIMALAYA $29.95
Eric Valli, France/Nepal, 199, 104 min DVD
Filmed on location over seven months in the defying conditions of the Dolpo region of Nepal, this breathtaking movie tells the story of the power struggle between a village’s proud, old chieftain and a young rival during the annual journey across the mountains. Winner of Cesar awards for Cinematography & Original Music.
FA74124 - IS PARIS BURNING $19.95
Rene Clement, 1968, NR, DVD, 173min
The gripping heroism of the Allied Resistance during the Paris liberation of 1944 is depicted in this multi-storied war epic scripted by Francis Ford Coppola and Gore Vidal. The illustrious cast includes Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kirk Douglas, Yves Montand, and Orson Welles.
ORN018 - JEAN DE FLORETTE & MANON DES SOURCES $29.95
1987, Color, DVD 122 Min, PG-13
Marcel Pagnol's epic saga of deceit, surrounding a French farm family, and the struggle that eventually leads to their downfall. Depardieu stars as the ambitious humpback who inherits the apparently drought stricken farm, with Yves Montand as his scheming neighbor. Part II of the saga of Jean de Florette finds Manon, as a young woman fighting to expose the crimes against her family and avenge her father's untimely death.
BT7625 - JOYEUX NOEL $26.95
C Carion, 2005, 116 mins, PG-13 DVD
View the true-life story of the spontaneous Christmas Eve truce declared by Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I. Enemies leave their weapons behind for one night as they band together in brotherhood and forget about the brutalities of war.
BT4222 - LUMUMBA $29.99
Raoul Peck, 200, 115min, NR, DVD
This enthralling drama depicts the true story of Patrice Emery Lumumba, the first leader of an independent Congo. The movie details how the U.S. government, through the CIA, conspired with Belgium to have Lumumba assassinated to protect business and Cold War power interests
BT7382 EIGHT WOMEN - DVD $34.95
Color, 2002, 111 Min, R.
A wealthy industrialist's murdered body is found in his home during the holidays with his family. Eight beautiful, intelligent, and beguiling women are suspects, played by actresses including Deneuve, Huppert, Béart and Darrieux. You can't help but be drawn into this mischievous mystery.
JAN914 - FORBIDDEN GAMES $39.95
1952, B&W, DVD, French with English subtitles, 102 minutes. Rated PG-13
Winner of numerous awards, this startling antiwar film, directed by
René Clément, is devastating without bloody battle scenes.
Through the poignant story of an orphan girl (played by the young Brigitte
Fossey) befriended by a peasant boy, we witness war's destruction of
innocence.
INT1390 - LA GRANDE ILLUSION $39.95
1937, B & W, French with English subtitles, 111 minutes.
One of Jean Renoir's masterpieces, this film tells of two French
officers held in a German fortress during World War I. A story of
friendship and courage, the men creatively stage their escape over the
Alps.
AEP9404 - HIBERNATUS $24.95
Color, French no subtitles, 80 minutes.
A comedy set in the early 1900's starring Louis de Funes. Hubert de Tartas(Louis de Funes), a household appliance manufacturer, and his wife, Edmee, have a son who is engaged to the daughter of a very rich bourgeois family. Unfortunately, this marriage is endangered when Edmee's grandfather is found in a state of natural hibernation in the polar regions. This unusual situation becomes the setting for a hilarious comedy.
FA6122 - THE HORSEMAN ON THE ROOF $34.95
1990, Color, French with English subtitles, 119 minutes, R.
Juliette Binoche electrifies this passionate adventure set in a time overrun by violence and revolution. Two strangers (Binoche and Olivier Martinez) embark on a cross-country journey
where they experience danger, excitement, and passion while struggling to survive. Brought to
you by the Academy Award winning creators of Cyrano de Bergerac.
FA645 - INDOCHINE $29.95
1992, color, French with English subtitles, 160 minutes. Rated R
Catherine Deneuve plays a plantation owner in Southeast Asia in the
1930's. She searches for her adopted Vietnamese daughter, who has fallen
in love and become a revolutionary.
BT1058 - MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT $34.95
DVD. Color, 2000, 99 Min, R.
In the style of Hitchcock, Claude Chabrol presents a chillingly entertaining tale of a wealthy chocolate heiress, her new husband, his son, and the unexpected appearance of a mysterious young woman who shatters their elegant façade.
BT3873 - MY FATHER'S GLORY $19.95
Yves Robert, France, 1990, 110 mins., G ISBN:9780792853879
An 11-year-old boy spends an enchanting summer in the rugged French countryside with his family. The experience becomes a turning point in his young life and cements his relationship with his father. From the novel by Marcel Pagnol, this luminous film stars Philippe Caubere and Nathalie Roussel. In French with English subtitles.
BT3881 - MY MOTHER'S CASTLE $19.95
Robert, , France, 1990, 99 mins. PG ISBN:9780792853886
In the companion film to My Father's Glory, a boy continues his love affair with the wild country of southern France. Through frequent family visits to their summer home, he learns to love and understand his mother's true nature. This is the unaffected conclusion to the story by Marcel Pagnol.
NYV2498 - LA PROMESSE $34.95
1996, Color, 93', DVD, Fr. with Eng. subtitles. PG-13
Hailed by critics as one of the top ten movies of the year. A fifteen year old boy, Igor, is being raised by his unscrupulous father. Igor, destined to a life of petty crime meets Hamidou, an illegal immigrant working for his father until Hamidou's accidental death. Igor sees his father trying to cover up the death and becomes torn between his love and loyalty to his father and the awakening of his conscience.
BT0040 - LE PLACARD $ 19.95
DVD 89min Directed by. F.Veber
Pignon is about to lose his position, fortunately for him, his coworkers start a false rumor that is a closet homosexual. In order to be “politically correct” the firm keeps him employed. A sensational farce starring Depardieu, Autueil and Lhermitte.
FA880 - A SELF MADE HERO $39.95
1997, Color, 105 minutes. French with English subtitles. Rated R.
This comedy, won best screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival. Albert, once a feeble slave to his mother's madness rises to heroism during the French Resistance. Once restricted from the service; his inspired gifts of deception and trickery lead him to create a new and heroic identity for himself.
MGM202 - SMALL CHANGE DVD ONLY $29.95
1976, color, French with English subtitles, 105 minutes.
Directed by François Truffaut. "A child invents life,"
says François Truffaut, who brilliantly captures the joys,
yearnings, pain and wonder of childhood in this unforgettable film. The
setting is a small French town where Truffaut interweaves vignettes of
puppy love, school days, bragging rights, caring parents...and one boy's
escape from the nightmare of child abuse. Small Change is a
treasure! One of 1976's 10 Best Films--Time; One of 1976's 5 Best Foreign
Language Films--National Board of Review.
FA007 - SUGAR CANE ALLEY $39.95
1984, color, French with English subtitles, 107 minutes.
Based on Zobel's novel La Rue Cases-Nègres, this
award winning drama is set in 1931 on a sugar plantation in Martinique. A
realistic look at colony life in the third world, seen through the eyes of
an old woman who struggles to give her grandson an education.
FA2345 - JEANNNE LA PUCELLE $39.95
The battles / The prisons (1997) DVD, J.Rivette, Part I 112min, Part II 116min, PG13
Joan the Maid is a brilliant adaptation from the famous historical icon, Joan of Arc. It chronologically illustrates her story from her birth, her triumphant victories over the English, and her ultimate downfall and death at the stake.
AEP9703 - SUR UN ARBRE PERCHE $34.95
Color, French no subtitles, 95 minutes.
Henri Roubier, played by Louis de Funes, is rich manufacturer. This comedic adventure starts on his way home from a business trip to Italy, where two men convince him to take them on this car drive. The next morning we witness an amazing spectacle; this joyous adventure has comedy at its peak!
FA025 - LES VISITEURS $39.95
1994, Color, French, Subtitles, 107' R.
This hilarious farce chronicles the misadventures of a medieval knight and his faithful sidekick when they suddenly find themselves in the present day. Their antics will keep you laughing, as they try to take over their former castle which is now a luxury hotel.
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VY898 - LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME $39.95
1958, color, French with English subtitles, 97 minutes.
Performed by the Comédie Française. A delightful
combination of music, dance and song. Words and music from Molière
and Jean-Baptiste Lully.
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CIVILISATION DES FRANÇAIS $99.95 EACH 1 HOUR VIDEO TAPE
One hour Video
Short and comprehensive clips about France and the French, 2-3 minutes each, help to keep students aware of French civilization. Four levels : beginning, intermediate, advanced, and perfection make them appropriate for all your classes. Each video includes a teachers guide with ideas on how to best use the information on each video.