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1) Renoir
Publisher
Flatiron Film Company, Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son. Renoir locates a fascinating moment of change, with one century's way of thinking giving way to the next.
2) Rodin
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Paris, 1880, 40 year-old Rodin finally receives his first state commission, 'The Gates of Hell', which will include 'The Kiss' and 'The Thinker', two of his most famous creations. Constantly working, he shares his life with his lifelong partner, Rose and his mistress, the young Camille Claudel, the gifted student who becomes his assistant and a talented sculptor in her own right during a decade of passion, mutual admiration and creative collaboration....
3) Aline
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
Français
Formats
Description
The youngest of a French-Canadian couple’s 14 children is propelled to global music superstardom in ALINE, a fictional musical dramedy freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion, written by, directed by and starring Valérie Lemercier.
Publisher
One World Films
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Best selling comic book artist Joann Sfar delivers an inventive biography of famed French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, his transition from painter to jazz musician to pop superstar and his many relationships including Juliette Greco, Brigitte Bardot, and Jane Birkin while employing a witty surrealistic style and a soundtrack that acts like a time...
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already has two children and too much anxiety. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. There’s one problem: it is not written yet. Ignoring the whims of actresses, the demands of his producers, the jealousy of his wife, the stories of his best friend’s heart and the lack of enthusiasm of all those...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Dive into the color and lush textures of the incredible life of fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent. Explore the mind of a creative genius, the intricacies that turned the haute couture label into a worldwide phenomenon and the glamour and decadence that followed his footsteps of fame and fortune.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and at the **Toronto International Film Festival**....
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Formats
Description
It's 1891, Gauguin has exiled himself to Tahiti in order to rediscover his painting, far from the moral, political, and visual codes of civilized Europe. He goes deep into the jungle, managing solitude, poverty, and sickness. He meets Tehura, who will become his wife, and the theme of his greatest paintings.
9) Benedetta
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Based on a true story, a 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
Series
Mesrine saga volume pt. 2
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 14 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
In the climactic second part of the Mesrine saga, Jacques Mesrine is back in France after his brazen assault on the maximum-security prison from which he daringly escaped. Once again in police custody and facing stern justice for his crime, 'the man of a thousand faces' escapes directly from the courtroom after kidnapping the judge at gunpoint. The life of Jacques comes once and for all to a full bloody circle.
Series
Criterion collection volume 330
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
♭2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (17 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true comaraderie, until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Louis Malle's own childhood, the film is an observed tale of courage, cowardice and tragic awakening.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Thomas is a troubled teenager who was given up for adoption as a toddler and is now obsessed with finding his birth mother. After searching for years, Thomas finally finds his mother single, with a young child, and living in a nearby suburb. Thomas starts a relationship with her which is part courtship and part obsessive and eventually drives him to an act of madness.
13) Monsieur Vincent
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A dramatization of the life of St. Vincent de Paul, who went from being a slave to advising royalty and devoted his life to helping the poor.
14) Farinelli
Series
Publisher
Film Movement LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm).
Language
Français
Description
In the eighteenth century, no man was more famous or more celebrated than the castrato Carlo Broschi, commonly known as Farinelli. The films tells the story of the world-famous opera singer, who was castrated during childhood to preserve his voice. Together with his brother Riccardo, a composer, they travel Europe. They are inseparable, seducing audiences both on and off the stage, while sharing everything, including lovers, until rivalry and obsession...
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