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Josiane Balasko
Series
Criterion collection volume 976
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
"Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. Binoche plays Isabelle, a successful painter in Paris whose apparent independence belies what she desires most: real romantic fulfillment. Isabelle reveals deep wells of yearning, vulnerability, and resilience as she tumbles...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Description
François Ozon's gripping drama follows three men who band together to dismantle the code of silence that continues to protect a priest who abused them decades ago. Based on events from the 2019 conviction of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon for concealing the conduct of Father Bernard Preynat, the film compassionately illustrates the varying effects of trauma on survivors and their families in an urgent portrait of resistance, the power of mobilization,...
Publisher
NeoClassics Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Français
Description
The timely story of Paloma a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, she begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renee Michel. She begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Français
Description
Le sauvage: In this madcap romantic comedy, Catherine Deneuve follows a stranger to his private island and soon takes over his life.
Hotel des Ameriques: In this atmospheric,a powerful drama, an unexpected romance between an emotionally unbalanced man and a successful doctor has startling consequences.
Two classic French films from starring actress Catherine Deneuve.