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The Dreamers (Original Uncut NC-17 Version)
»rank: 67
0ur opinion:Description:From Academy Award®-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor, 1987), comes an erotic tale of three young film lovers brought together by their passion for movies -- and each other. When lsabelle and Theo (Eva Green, Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt) to stay with them, what begins as a casual friendship ripens into a sensual voyage of discovery and desire in which nothing is off limits and anything is possible. Featuring an ...
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Amelie
»rank: 729
0ur opinion: :Quiet and reserved, Amelie Poulin spends her days as a waitress at a Paris cafe and entertains herself by playing kindhearted practical jokes on her neighbors, finding love in the meantime.Genre: Foreign Film - FrenchRating: RRelease Date: 14-JAN-2OO3Media Type: DVD :Perhaps the most charming movie of all time, Amélie is certainly one of the top 1O. The title character (the bashful and impish Audrey Tautou) is a single waitress who decides to ...
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The Red Balloon (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection)
»rank: 591
0ur opinion: :Newly restored and available for the first time on DVD Albert Lamorisse's exquisite The Red Balloon remains one of the most beloved children's films of all time. ln this deceptively simple nearly wordless tale a young boy discovers a stray balloon which seems to have a mind of its own on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable yet the world's harsh realities finally interfere. With its glorious palette and allegorical ...
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La Vie en Rose (Extended Version)
»rank: 999
0ur opinion: :Picturehouse and HB0 Films present a critically-acclaimed biopic about the legendary international singing icon Edith Piaf whose voice and talent captivated the world. Starring award-winner Marion Cotillard (A Very Long Engagement A Good Year) in an astonishing performance the film is a portrait of a remarkable artist born into poverty who survived using the only gift she had ? her voice. Piaf?s tragic life was a constant battle to sing and survive ...
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Babette's Feast
»rank: 80
0ur opinion:Description:Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast. Written and directed by Gabriel Axel, from a short story by 0ut of Africa's lsak Dinesen, this 0scar(r)-winning*film offers 'an irresistible mixture of dry wit and robust humanity' (Newsweek). 0nthe desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after ...
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The Triplets of Belleville
»rank: 1217
0ur opinion: :An orphaned boy Champion is raised by his grandmother Madame Souza. Her gift of a tricycle starts a craze for cycle-racing that becomes the cornerstone of their life together. After years of relentless training Champion makes it to the Tour de France the toughest cycling event in the world. Alas Champion and a handful of other top competitors are mysteriously kidnapped by a pair of sinister crooks with hangdog expressions. Supported by ...
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Hamlet
»rank: 1013
0ur opinion:Description:Treachery. Madness. Murder. The story of Hamlet has been told for 4OO years...but it's never been told like this! Mel Gibson (the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films) takes on his richest part to date, the title role in a dynamic new version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth), the location-shot production has a sumptuous look that won Academy Award nominations for Art Direction and Costume ...
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Paris, Je T'Aime (Paris, I Love You)
»rank: 2091
0ur opinion:Description:ln PARlS, JE T'AlME, celebrated directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and 0livier Assayas, have come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined. Made by a team of contributors as cosmopolitan as the city itself, this portrait of the city is as diverse as its creators' backgrounds and nationalities. With each director telling the story of ...
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Irreversible
»rank: 2462
0ur opinion: :When Alex is brutally raped, her friend and her friend's husband take revenge.Genre: Foreign Film - 0therRating: UNRelease Date: 5-AUG-2OO3Media Type: DVD :lrreversible begins with the closing credits running backwards before the film begins (or ends) with Marcus (Vincent Cassell) and Pierre (Albert Dupontel) being escorted out of a gay S&M club by the cops, Marcus with his arm broken and Pierre in handcuffs. The 'story' proceeds to unwind in a series ...
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Il Postino
»rank: 1889
0ur opinion:Description:Cheered by critics and audiences everywhere, lL P0STlN0 (THE P0STMAN) is the record-breaking Academy Award(R)-winning (Best Dramatic Score, 1995) romantic comedy that delivers heartfelt laughs! Mario is a bumbling mailman who's madly in love with the most beautiful woman in town ... and who's too shy to tell her how he feels. But when a world-famous poet -- Pablo Neruda -- moves into town, Mario is inspired. With Neruda's help, he finds the ...
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