Gaumont (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust, and human possibility. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicapped millionaire and his street-smart ex-con caretaker, The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common.
Series
Criterion collection volume 50
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
Italiano
Description
In 1914, a colorful melange of celebrities embark on a funeral voyage for a dead opera star. An allegorical film blending spectacle, humour, poignance and grotesquerie.
7) Gemma Bovery
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
Having moved to a rustic farm with her older husband, Gemma soon tires of their simpler life and finds distraction in a torrid affair with a handsome young aristocrat. Meanwhile, Martin, a local baker and lover of literature, becomes besotted with Gemma, but also fears she may suffer the same fate as the heroine in his favorite novel.
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
Français
Description
The enchanting story of Marcel Pagnol's childhood in the south of France, and a very special summer when he was 11 years old. In the countryside of Provence he fell under the spell of the rugged hills, made new friends and strengthened the unique bond with his father.
11) Les Vampires
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Describes the achievements of Les Vampires, a secret society of criminals led by Irma Vep. The gang uses kidnapping, poisonous gas, heavy artillery, sexual domination and murder to gain power over the elite of Paris.
12) Splice
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two young scientists become superstars by splicing different animal DNA to create fantastical new creatures. Ignoring legal and ethical boundaries, the scientists, who are romantically involved, introduce human DNA into their experiment and risk the dawn of a terrifying new era.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When a former aristocrat who is now a Russian clerk under the new Soviet regime learns that his dying mother-in-law sewed a fortune of family jewels into one of twelve dining room chairs, he sets off across Russia to find it--with an opportunist, a priest and his former servant all in pursuit.
14) La femme Nikita
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A cop-killer junkie is forced by the government to become an undercover assassin or face a life in prison. Special edition includes documentaries on the making of the film, and much more.
15) The code
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The members of Europe's suburban underworld live by an unspoken code: keep your mouth shut, protect your family, and never betray your friends. For Dris (Samuel Le Bihan), having spent the last four years in jail with his mouth shut, he only wants to get back to his quiet life with his beautiful wife. But the past is never far away, and his partner and best friend Yanis (Samy Naceri), who now runs the streets, wants nothing more than to bring Dris...
16) Rififi
Series
Criterion collection volume 115
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
Français
Description
A story of a successful jewel robbery in which the four thieves betray each other.
18) Just visiting
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Count Thibault is a brave warrior and respected nobleman in 12th century France. Count Thibault has a loyal servant in the half-bright Andre. An aging wizard demonstrates a new potion and Thibault and Andre find themselves transported to the year 2000. Julia, a museum employee who bears a striking resemblance to the Counts love, finds the visitors and becomes their unofficial guide to life in the Windy City. Thibault soon discovers that the young...
Series
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Two restless young men enlist the object of both of their fancies to help them commit a robbery, in her own home. This audacious and wildly entertaining French New Wave gem is at once sentimental and insouciant, effervescently romantic and melancholy, and it features some of Godard's most memorable set pieces, including the headlong race through the Louvre and the unshakably cool Madison dance sequence.
20) Léonce Perret
Series
Gaumont treasures volume 3
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
"American edition".
Language
English
Description
This collection looks at pioneering French filmmakers from the Gaumont studio, with extensive examples of their work. Until now, the films of Léonce Perret have been virtually unseen in the United States, yet he was a hugely influential figure in the growth of the French film industry. As an actor, he appeared in more than 100 films from 1909 to 1916, including the long-running series of "Léonce" comedies. But his greater contribution was as a...
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