"Actor: Marc Barbé"

• Nannerl: Mozart's Sister | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £7.15   |  Saving you £7.84 (52.30%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A speculative account of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (Marie Feret), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers an alternative.

• The Ring Finger | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  After 21 year-old Iris suffers an accident while working at a factory she moves to a nearby port town and stumbles into a new job as receptionist and personal secretary to an uptight scientist. His peculiar line of business involves preserving customers' mementos into specimens - a lock of hair for example or a piece of music. Iris quickly drifts into an increasingly fetishistic relationship with her boss while also pining for the enigmatic sailor who shares her hotel room during the hours she's at work. The Ring Finger is a visually stunning experience laden with eroticism and beauty and set against a haunting score (composed by Portishead's Beth Gibbons) but it is Kurylenko's performance that is unforgettable as the pained and longing Iris.

• The Red Siren | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young girl who implicates her mother in murder finds herself on the run. A hitman employed by her mother becomes her protector whilst the pair seek out the estranged father in Portugal.

• Don't Touch The Axe | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jacques Rivette's masterful film Don't Touch The Axe tells the tale of an ill-fated love affair between a Parisian socialite and a Napoleonic war hero. Their story unfolds amidst the extravagant balls of restoration-era Paris where the handsome General Armand de Montriveau (Guillaume Depardieu) encounters the beautiful coquettish but married Antoinette de Langeais (Jeanne Balibar). Vowing that she will be his lover Montriveau pursues the alluring Antoinette who in turn orchestrates a calculating game of seduction but repeatedly rebuffs his advances. Humiliated Montriveau seeks revenge just as Antoinette's passion for him awakens and a perverse romantic power struggle ensues. Once again adapting Balzac - the source of his acclaimed La Belle Noiseuse - Rivette's subtle and superbly acted drama is a riveting exploration of the intricacies of love and desire.

• Night Shift | DVD | (26/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Philippe Le Guay's Night Shift (aka Trois Huit) shows that bullying doesn't just happen at school, it can affect people in the workplace. Pierre (Gerald Laroche) is the new guy on the night shift. He's a good-natured family man, with a seemingly idyllic life, reflected by the secluded beauty of his home. This is starkly countered by the bleak French industrial setting of the bottle factory where he works. From the very beginning, Pierre is picked on by Fred (Marc Barbe), a boorish amateur boxer, who seems threatened by Pierre's popularity among their fellow workmates. At first, Fred's acts are put down as jovial, though aggressive, behaviour. As these acts grow more violent, both mentally and physically, they begin to affect the way Pierre perceives and is perceived by his wife, Carole (Luce Mouchel) and their 12-year-old son, Victor (Bastien Le Roy). Their increasingly complex relationship makes for compelling watching. Pierre's son begins to see Fred as a stronger father figure, and it's this that forces the normally reserved Pierre to stand up to his bully. The cinematography really helps to frame the action. The characters are shot at close range, capturing both the camaraderie of the fellow workers; while the glowing, molten bottles moving around the factory capture the symbolism of the growing tension between Fred and Pierre. Yann Tiersen's original score, while commendable, does not have the powerful effect on Night Shift that his music for Amelie did. --Yusuf Moosajee On the DVD: Night Shift on DVD includes basic filmographies of the principal leads and the director. In addition, there is the original theatrical trailer, as well as a trailer reel of other World Cinema highlights including Sex and Lucia and The Terrorist.

• The Red Siren | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A young girl who implicates her mother in murder finds herself on the run. A hitman employed by her mother becomes her protector whilst the pair seek out the estranged father in Portugal.

• Artaud, Antonin Artaud/Artaud the Momo | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £37.99

  A two film two disc DVD homage we touch the essence of the enigmatic genius - Antonin Artaud. Poet actor director playwright philosopher visionary madman - Artaud remains one of the most influential figures of 20th Century art theatre and cinema. His influence ranges from Jean Genet Peter Weiss and Peter Brook to rock and roll artists Jim Morrison and Patti Smith. My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud A film based on the work by Jacques Prevel Black & White/90 min. In French with English subtitles. The True Story Of Artaud The Momo A documentary film in which Artauds friends and colleagues provide moving and extraordinary eyewitness testimony to his final years in this unique documentary. Colour/170 min. In French with English subtitles.

• Bill Evans - But Beautiful | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Bill Evans: But Beautiful

• Bill Evans Trio - Rome Concert 1979 | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-5.84 (-65.00%)   |  RRP £8.99