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• The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq | DVD | (22/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  September 16th 2011. The TV news networks newspapers blogs websites and radio stations are all reporting on one story: star author Michel Houellebecq winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2010 has been abducted. Some members of the media go so far as to suggest that Al-Qaeda may be involved. For the next few days the news ripples through literary circles and members of the press feeding buzz and speculation. A brazen kidnapping? An identity crisis? A plan to escape abroad? A schizophrenic delirium? Michel will never provide the media with any rational explanation for what happened to him.

• Ma Vie Sexuelle | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £44.99   |  Saving you £-29.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Ma Vie Sexuelle is a modern tale of Parisian romance. The film's originality and humour lie in its superb performances for which Mathieu Amalric won a Csar Award for Best Newcomer in his role as Paul. Paul is a fiercely intellectual woman-loving assistant professor at the university of Paris. He became a teacher but hasn't finished his doctorate that would make him a full professor. In this state on a modest salary he lives a half-life waiting to begin what he calls ""his life as a man"". Paul has been dating Esther for ten years. They don't get along in fact they are on the verge of splitting up. Two years ago he had an affair with his best friend's girlfriend. Since he considers it unthinkable to steal his friend's girl the state of his romantic affairs remain much the same way as his professional ones...