On the brink of Civil War King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his sons seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter) the young Prince openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters Gentlemen of the shade Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years while the young Prince the future Henry V nurtures his own ambitions. Orson Welles considered Chimes at Midnight his personal favorite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast comprises of Jeanne Moreau Fernando Rey Margaret Rutherford and Ralph Richardson as the narrator in addition to Welles and Gielgud. The film’s harrowing war scenes have proven especially influential cited in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V as well as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.
Absurdist French filmmakers Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern's follow up to 2004's Aaltra Louise-Michel is a jet black comedy in which the recently-fired female employees of a children's clothing factory led by ex-con Louise (Yolande Moreau Mammuth) pool their funds together to put a 'hit' on their callous boss. But while security specialist Michel seems like the perfect candidate to carry out the hit his ineptitude is so great that he attempts to sub-contract the job to a series of inexperienced - and highly inappropriate - assassins with outrageous and unexpected results.
Based on the unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald celebrated actor Robert De Niro heads a powerhouse cast as ruthless motion-picture studio head Monroe Stahr. Tony Curtis Robert Mitchum Jeanne Moreau Theresa Russell Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson contribute supporting performances in this richly detailed 1930's epic.
Francois Truffaut's classic tale of a love triangle which takes place over 20 years both before and after World War I. Jeanne Moreau stars as Catherine the beautiful and unpredictable woman who maintains a delicate relationship with two friends the quiet German Jules (Oskar Werner) and the romantic Parisian Jim (Henri Serre). The War intervenes and drives the men to the opposing fronts; afterwards the two quickly resume their friendship but the balance of their relationship with Catherine is now upset by more adult concerns.
In French comedy Mammuth the legendary Gerard Depardieu shines in his most uninhibited role to date, for which he was nominated for a Csar Award. One of the year’s funniest, most surprising and ultimately poignant comedies, cult directors Gustave Kervern and Benot Delpine (Louise-Michel, Aaltra) pull out all the stops in this bold and brazen road movie with a difference.
One of Francois Ozon's most intimate and lyrical work 'Time to Leave' features a moving performance from Melvil Poupaud as a 30 year-old man facing up to the reality of his own mortality. With his perfect life thrown into chaos by the shock diagnosis of a serious illness fashion photographer Romain finds himself unable to share the news with his boyfriend or family confiding instead only in his grandmother (affectingly played by screen legend Jeanne Moreau). But anger and denial give way to an acceptance of sorts when a chance encounter with a waitress (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) offers Romain a glimmer of hope and the unexpected chance to leave something of himself behind.
""Ulysses Ulysses soaring through all the galaxies In search of Earth flying in to the night."" Volume Three of Ulysses 31 features the final episodes from the outer space animation series. Will our titular hero make it to the Kingdom Of Hades and return to Earth? Episodes Comprise: 1. The Hidden Truth 2. The Magician in Black 3. Rebellion on Lemnos 4. The City of Cortex 5. Calypso 6. Strange Meeting 7. The Lotus Eaters 8. The Kingdom of Hades
Welles' second-to-last feature, The Immortal Story is an adaptation of a book by Danish author Isak Dinesen and stars Jeanne Moreau. The year is 1860 in the Portuguese colony of Macao, Mr. Clay (Welles) is an aging, rich merchant, who is the subject of town gossip. He likes his clerk Levinsky (Roger Coggio), to read to him to help him relax in the evenings and one night he recounts a tale about a rich man who paid a poor sailor five guineas to father a child with his beautiful young wife. Mr. Clay has no wife and no heir to his fortune and resolves to make the story true...Levinsky approaches Virginie Ducrot (Moreau), another clerk's mistress, and strikes a bargain for 300 guineas. Now to find the sailor... Cast and Crew: Orson Welles / Jeanne Moreau / Roger Coggio / Norman Eshley. Director Orson Welles Awards and Reviews: Berlin International Film Festival 1968, Nominated Golden Bear, Orson Welles. A sumptuous experience' - Time Out The ending of is amongst the most beautiful and self-contained in all of Welles' cinema' - Senses of Cinema
Includes the classic Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) Godard films Alphaville Une Femme Est Une Femme and Le Petite Soldat. A Bout De Souffle La Chinoise and Made In The USA. Alphaville: Agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) arrives in the futuristic city of Alphaville to find out the fate of his predecessor only to discover a beautiful scientist's daughter amid a culture where self-expression is outlawed and computer Alpha60 runs the city... Une Femme Est Une Femme: A nightclub stripper who is anxious to have a baby with her boyfriend turns to his best friend when he refuses... Le Petite Soldat: Set during the Algerian War 'Le Petit Soldat' follows Bruno Forestier a disillusioned young deserter who becomes involved in the French nationalist movement. He is ordered to kill an Algerian sympathizer and although does not hold deep political beliefs commits the murder and undergoes torture when captured. At the same time he meets and falls in love with a women (Anna Karina in her film debut) who he does not know is fighting for the other side... A Bout De Souffle: Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) an ex-airline steward turned hoodlum steals a car and heads to Paris. Discovering a gun in the car's glove department he uses it to shoot and kill a cop who tries to wave him down. He wants to escape to Italy with his American girlfriend Patricia (Jean Seberg) but the police are after him and he is distracted by all the pleasures Paris has to offer. La Chinoise: A group of Parisian students philosophise on how the activities of revolutionary China and the theories of Maoism could be applied to fracture Western society.... Made In The USA: Paula Nelson investigates the death of her lover in Atlantic City. She has Many encounters with gangsters...
Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (1958): In this his debut feature film director Louis Malle captures the hidden beauty of Jeanne Moreau the brilliant camerawork of Henri Decae and the musical force of Miles Davis in a tightly constructed film noir experience that launched his and Moreau's careers. Le Feu Follet (1963): Maurice Ronet stars as an alcoholic writer who upon leaving a drying-out clinic decides to commit suicide. He elects to visit all his friends to see if
Jacques Becker's Touchez Pas au Grisbi occupies a significant part in French cinema history. Max (Jean Gabin, La Grande Illusion) and Riton (René Dary) are two ageing gangsters who manage to pull off their final heist, a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. All is well until Max's former girlfriend Josy (Jeanne Moreau, Jules et Jim) tips off a rival gangster, Angelo (Lino Ventura). The latter kidnaps Ritton and threatens to kill him unless Max hands over the spoils from his robbery Helping to birth the French policier, a European transposition of the fantastic American gangster films of the 1940s, Touchez Pas au Grisbi exerted a huge influence on subsequent directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville.
Adapted from Jean Genet's novel the final film of director Fassbinder's career is a surreal tale of sex and murder that has become a cult favourite. Brad Davis (Midnight Express Chariots Of Fire) stars as Querelle an enigmatic drug-dealing sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest. Amidst the sultry highly charged atmosphere he embarks on a journey of sexual self-discovery. With its striking iconic imagery set against the orange glow of a permanent sunset Querelle is a d
A powerful adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's first novel 'Une vie', A Woman's Life is a timeless story of love, betrayal and anguish set in the repressive patriarchal world of early 19th century Normandy. Jeanne (Judith Chemla) is a young woman full of childish dreams and innocence when she returns home after finishing her schooling in a convent. Yet little by little her illusions are stripped away when she marries a local Viscount, Julien de Lamare (Swann Arlaud), who reveals himself to be a miserly and adulterous partner. This poignant period drama from French director Stéphane Brizé (The Measure of a Man) has impressed audiences and critics alike with its tragic tone and striking performances. The film competed at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, where it won the Fipresci Prize for Best Film in competition, and now comes to UK audiences in a Blu-ray special edition that includes a selection of fascinating extra features. Features: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English subtitles From the Novel to the Film, by Stéphane Brizé, a featurette in which the director talks about adapting Maupassant's work Making A Woman's Life, interviews with cinematographer Antoine Litslé, and sound engineer Pascal Jammes Stills gallery Original trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original French poster art and newly commissioned UK artwork FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Margaret Deriaz
She was a bride when the violence happened... Now she's a widow and it's going to happen again. An engrossing enigmatic tale of passion and revenge this 1969 Golden Globe Nominee from director Francois Truffaut and co-writer Jean Louis Richard. The bewitching Jeanne Moreau is remarkable as a woman who will stop at nothing to avenge her husband's death. Julie (Moreau) a beautiful young bride has just married her childhood sweetheart and love of her life. But just moments after the ceremony her beloved is murdered on the steps of the church. Emotionally distraught Julie becomes obsessed with her bridegroom's death and begins a descent into madness as she relentlessly pursues the men responsible. One by one Julie sees to their demises and with each murder more bone-chilling and diabolically clever than the last the question is not who will be next - but rather how they will meet their ghastly end.
Jules Et Jim' is Francois Truffaut's beautiful and enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers - French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner) - and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). With artful black-and-white imagery the story begins in 1920s Paris when Jules and Jim first meet and become friends. As young single men they gallavant about Paris chasing women or studying ancient art. When they meet the equally energetic Catherine whose impulses range from dressing up as a man to taking midnight plunges into the Seine their circle is complete. But when World War II erupts with Jules and Jim fighting on opposite sides everything changes. Jules marries Catherine before going off to battle. After the war they settle into a quiet existence in the French countryside. But Catherine is restless and unfaithful. Jim reunites with his oldest and closest friend and Catherine makes room for him in their house asking him to move in and become her lover. Jim complies as he wants nothing more than to please his friend Jules who agrees to the plan...
Another stylish crime drama from Michel Deville in which the tensions between characters of disparate professions is played out over a game of bridge... Four men a journalist a doctor a professor and a merchant meet up every evening in a deserted bar to play cards. One night the police arrive with the news that a dead body has been found nearby and the inspector in charge is sure that one of them did it.
Includes the classic Bunuel films Belle De Jour Diary Of A Chambermaid and The Milky Way. Belle De Jour Bunuel's wryly disturbing tale of a virginal bourgeois newlywed prone to erotic flights of fancy who works the day-shift in a Parisian brothel unbeknownst to her patient husband... Diary Of A Chambermaid Luis Bunuel's sharp unrelenting remake of Jean Renoir's 1946 film concerns fascism in 1939 France and how the bourgeoisie are viewed by maid Celestine (Jeanne Moreau) who stirs the desires of her new household and neighbours... The Milky Way Two men making a religious pilgrimage through France form the basis for string of lucid Luis Bunuel 'jokes' parables and surrealistic visions. Heretical funny and haunting...
In 1984 Stephen King's Firestarter became a horror film hit with its frightening tale of a young couple whose involvement in a secret government drug experiment produced a dangerously gifted child. The child is now a woman. Charlene Charlie McGee (Marguerite Moreau) has spent the past 10 years on the run from the unscrupulous government agents who created her. Now she's through with running and has decided to reclaim her life. A showdown is inevitable and Charlie's only chance for survival lies in a turncoat government agent and a half-mad professor named Richardson (Dennis Hopper).
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