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• L'Atalante and the films of Jean Vigo - 2 disc set | DVD | (14/05/2012) from £10.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (81.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  L'Atalante (1934):This intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece is one of the world's great films. A simple and engaging plot is transformed into a kaleidoscope of dazzling digressions and offbeat characterizations complete with tour-de-force scenes that still seem fresh and startling. propos de Nice (1930):What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.Taris (1931):An Inventive short portrait of a swimming champion Zero de Conduite (1933):A radical, delightful tale of boarding-school rebellion that has influenced countless film-makers.

• The Man Who Loved Women | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £19.39   |  Saving you £-3.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A deceptively simple film, Francois Truffaut's The Man Who Loved Women is neither an indictment nor an apology for philandering; rather, it's a courageous, lovingly detailed portrait of a complex, intelligent man suffering from an altogether intractable complaint. Scientist Bertrand Morane, "never in the company of men after 5", seduces women by evening and writes about the experiences in the early morning. Though 40-ish and somewhat square, no woman in the town of Montpelier seems capable of resisting his earnest advances. Not much else happens in them film, but in the hands of master visual storyteller Truffaut, the threadbare plot accumulates deep and ominous philosophical resonances. What drives Morane from woman to woman, and what accounts for his remarkable success? Does he secretly dislike women and consider them interchangeable (as one of the more prurient characters charges, to Morane's genuine befuddlement), or is his enthusiasm a kind of celebration? Truffaut refuses to answer plainly, but does drop clues; as his camera focuses on everyday objects, many take on a chilling, otherworldly lustre, and coldly foreshadow Morane's fate. This film was clumsily remade in English in 1983 by Blake Edwards, with Burt Reynolds assuming the role played here with such understated skill by the wonderful Charles Denner. --Miles Bethany

• Boudu Saved From Drowning - Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (04/04/2011) from £18.88   |  Saving you £1.11 (5.88%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Parisian bookseller Lestingois fishes Boudu a vagrant out of the river Seine. He befriends the tramp and puts him up at home where Boudu causes nothing but trouble. However events take a different turn when Boudu wins the lottery... Starring Michel Simon and Charles Granval renowned director Jean Renoir's 1932 classic farce Boudu Saved From Drowning (Boudu sauv des eaux) has been beautifully restored in high definition and features a previously missing scene which was by chance conserved in the original negative.

• Boudu Saved From Drowning - DVD | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A Parisian bookseller Lestingois fishes Boudu a vagrant out of the river Seine. He befriends the tramp and puts him up at home where Boudu causes nothing but trouble. However events take a different turn when Boudu wins the lottery... Starring Michel Simon and Charles Granval renowned director Jean Renoir's 1932 classic farce Boudu Saved From Drowning /i> (Boudu sauv des eaux) has been beautifully restored in high definition and features a previously missing scene which was by chance conserved in the original negative.

• L'Atalante & The Films Of Jean Vigo | Blu Ray | (22/10/2019) from £18.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  L'Atalante (1934) This intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece is one of the world's great films. A simple and engaging plot is transformed into a kaleidoscope of dazzling digressions and offbeat characterizations complete with tour-de-force scenes that still seem fresh and startling. À propos de Nice (1930) What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants. Taris (1931) An Inventive short portrait of a swimming champion. Zero de Conduite (1933) A radical, delightful tale of boarding-school rebellion that has influenced countless film-makers.