Leslie Caron
Author
Language
English
Description
Embark on an enthralling journey through 'Pessa in Positano' by Leslie Caron, a debut novel inspired by the author's own love for travel. Drawing from her passion for exploration, Caron paints a mesmerizing tapestry of Pessa's life, a woman entangled in the intricate dance of love, ambition, and self-discovery.
In this captivating novel, readers traverse continents alongside Pessa, navigating the bustling streets of Dallas to the timeless allure...
2) Father Goose
Series
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A beachcomber living on a South Sea island during World War II works as a spotter for the Navy. When he rescues a ship full of a teacher and seven schoolgirls, his life is complicated.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
François Truffaut's story of Bertrand Morane, a bachelor who is obsessed with women. Bertrand is no Don Juan-he is an intelligent and sensitive man who adores women of all ages, shapes and sizes. In an effort to understand his obsession, Bertrand writes his memoirs and remembers all the women he has loved.
9) QB VII
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
A Polish expatriate doctor living in England sues an American writer for libel when the writer accuses him of carrying out criminal medical activities for the Nazis during World War II.
Publisher
CBS Paramount Network Television
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The lavish international saga spans a century and focuses on the Blackwell family's rise to wealth, from 1890s South Africa where the family's fortune is made in diamonds to the primary story of iron-willed Kate Blackwell, the driven, power-hungry head of the family's embattled corporate empire.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1966.
Language
English
Description
The courage-filled story of the Allied Resistance and the Paris Liberation of 1944. As the Nazi jackboot marches through Europe, the freedom fighters of Paris mount a brave resistance. Nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Original Score at the **Golden Globes.**
12) Dangerous moves
Series
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Français
Description
A senior Soviet chessmaster and his former star pupil, now a dissident living in exile, square off in a highly publicized chess tournament. Both become pawns in a much larger game, however.
14) Lili
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Lili, a poor French girl, has nowhere to go after her father dies. She meets Marc, and follows him home. "Home" turns out to be a carnival, where Marc is the magician, and Marc turns out to be romantically unavailable. The only friends Lili makes are the puppets in the puppet show. She does not like the carnival owner, but he is the puppeteer!
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
One has lost her marbles, another is dead. A third is in prison, a fourth the worse for liquor. A fifth has sworn off the devil's music and the sixth, Elizabeth, is daydreaming about reforming the band. As a teenager in the war years, Elizabeth was a sax-player with the Blond Bombshells, until a scandal blew the band apart. But now, some five decades later, encouraged by Patrik, an old rogue from her youth, she sets off in search of the survivors...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop with Sunday hours across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community -- but as the townspeople discover the delicious chocolates, their attitudes begin to change.
18) Father Goose
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Cary Grant stars in one of his funniest roles as a beachcomber sitting out WWII in peace - until the Allies recruit him to be a lookout on the South Pacific isle. During an enemy attack, he answers a distress call and discovers a beautiful French schoolmarm (Leslie Caron) and her seven girl students. And so begins a hilarious battle of the sexes between a messy American, a prim Mademoiselle, and seven mischievous little girls. Who will win is anybody's...
19) Fanny
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Fanny, a fishmonger's daughter with eyes for the barkeeper's son, Marius, has a powerful rival. Marius yearns for a life at sea, not one behind the bar in Marseilles with his blustery but devoted father Cesar. But after Fanny and Marius surrender to their desires, complications separate them, and a solution comes from an unlikely source: the wise, aging sailmaker Panisse.