"Actor: Vincent Perez"

• Time Regained (DVD) | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £18.05   |  Saving you £1.94 (10.75%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Time Regained

• I Dreamed Of Africa | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the memoirs of party-girl-turned-conservationist Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa never comes close to living up to its title; the mood is more prosaic travelogue than oneiric wonderment. After a car accident warns Kuki of her mortality, she resolves to grow up, a process that mysteriously involves marrying a man she barely knows and moving with him and her young son to the wilds of South Africa. There she learns new beau Paolo is less reliable than she thought, but also that the sun-baked plains and roaming beasts of Africa speak to her in a way the nightlife of Italy did not. (We learn of her blossoming humanity because she introduces herself to the servants; a probing study of interpersonal relationships this isn't.) Kim Basinger obviously feels connected to the role--she can stride across a room with a majestic self-righteousness that the film should have drawn upon more--but she's defeated by a script composed of repetitive vignettes that have no cumulative effect and a director (Hugh Hudson) who keeps the film's emotional impact curiously flat and diffuse except for the crass, manipulative moments every 20 minutes or so. Sure the photography's lovely, but really, how hard is it to get a nice shot of flamingoes at dawn? --Bruce Reid, Amazon.com

• La Reine Margot | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £6.21   |  Saving you £13.78 (221.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot concerns the events behind infamous Massacre of St Bartholomew in sixth-century France. Isabelle Adjani plays Margot, betrothed for political reasons to one man (Daniel Auteuil) by her mother (Virna Lisi), while she is, in fact, in love with another (Vincent Pérez). Despite the bond that grows between the reluctant couple, plots are hatching all over the castle against the royals. Adventurous, exciting, erotic and given strong artistic credibility through its outstanding cast, the film is enthralling and visually sumptuous. Directed by Patrice Chereau, less known outside of France than is the film's producer, Claude Berri (director of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources). --Tom Keogh

• Cyrano de Bergerac (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (24/02/2020) from £15.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Cyrano (Gerard Depardieu), a swashbuckling hero with a gift for verse and a prominent proboscis - is madly in love with the most beautiful woman in Paris. Deterred though by his feelings of physical inadequacy he instead uses poetic skills to support another hapless suitor. But will the object of their affection realise who she's really falling for? Humorous and touching in equal measure, Cyrano de Bergerac is a spectacular and vibrant adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic novel. Depardieu has never been better than as the swaggering scribe, his performance enriched by the vigorous direction of Jean-Paul Rappeneau and lavish period design. Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, this acclaimed world cinema classic is now available on Blu-ray in the UK for the very first time. Special Features: Presented in High Definition **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film Other extras TBC

• Crow 2 | DVD | (13/02/2012) from £7.45   |  Saving you £17.54 (70.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Crow: City of Angels This fast-moving, action-packed sequel to The Crow explodes on screen! After a brutal attack by an evil drug cartel, the murdervictim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman named Sarah, he exacts revenge on his killers one by one…only to realise his enemy, the lethal Judah, has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever. The Crow: Salvation Kristen Dunst (Spider-Man) and Eric Mabius (“Ugly Betty”) star in The Crow: Salvation – the third film in The Crow legacy. Wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, Alex Corvis (Mabius) returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer. Aided by his girlfriend’s sister (Dunst) and under the guidance of the mysterious crow, he unmasks a tangled web of corruption and deceit. Alex seeks not only retribution for his injustice, but redemption for the darkness in his soul.

• Queen Of The Damned | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £12.52   |  Saving you £1.47 (11.74%)   |  RRP £13.99

  This adaptation of Anne Rice's best selling novel follows the legendary vampire Lestat who re-invents himself as a rock star. Subsequently his music reawakens Akasha, the Queen of all vampires, who wants to make him her King.

• Indochine - 4K Restoration | 4K UHD | (02/01/2017) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The winner of Best Foreign language film at the Academy Awards® in 1992, Indochine has been stunningly restored. CATHERINE DENEUVE, who received a nomination for Best Actress stars as the beautiful and elegant Eliane Devries. Eliane and her father Emile rule over the vast domain of rich, red soil that is their rubber plantation. The only love of Eliane's life is Camille, her sixteen year old adopted Vietnamese daughter, a princess of Annam, whose parents died in a plane crash. Jean-Baptiste Le Guen (VINCENT PEREZ), a French naval officer has just arrived in Saigon in search of glory. In spite of himself, Jean-Baptiste will confront Eliane and Camille with their destiny. The two women fall in love with him; Eliane will give him up, but Camille refuses. Extra: 52 minute documentary Indochine: une Épopée á la francaise

• Queen of the Damned | Blu Ray | (11/06/2024) from £11.20   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Crow 2 - City Of Angels | DVD | (12/02/2001) from £8.61   |  Saving you £6.38 (74.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Because of his tragic death on the set of The Crow, we'll never know if Brandon Lee would have turned one successful film into a popular series. But one look at this tepid sequel suggests that not even the charismatic Lee could have rescued The Crow movies from the burden of a lacklustre screenplay. Based on the popular comic books by James O'Barr, this sequel finds Vincent Pérez as a man named Ashe, who is murdered along with his young son by a gang of drug-running thugs under the employ of slimy kingpin Judah Earl (Richard Brooks). Ashe is resurrected with the help of a tattoo artist named Sarah (Mia Kirschner), whereupon he begins a campaign of revenge against his killers. More a rehash than a sequel, the film repeats the grungy, dark look of urban decay from The Crow, but its combination of violence, heavy-handed symbolism and tacky sentiment make this a film strictly for nihilistic teens. Then again, no movie in which veteran punkster Iggy Pop plays a slimeball can be considered a total loss. -- Jeff Shannon, Amazon.co.uk

• Legend Of The Soldier | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £3.49   |  Saving you £12.50 (358.17%)   |  RRP £15.99

  1808. The Napoleonic Army suffers its first defeat at the hands of a single man: a military drummer who used the Montserrat mountains to echo his drums and send the enemy troops into a panicked retreat. When the news reaches Napoleon he furiously orders the captain of the imperial guard to bring back the head of the young hero responsible for his army's defeat. The captain gathers together a band of his best and most deadly men and so begins a hunt to the death of the soldier who was to become a legend.

• Arn: Knight Templar | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £4.93   |  Saving you £8.06 (163.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Arn Magnusson is born in Western Sweden in the year 1150. He becomes a skilled warrior and meets the love of his life Cecilia but they are forced them apart. Cecilia is imprisoned in a monastery. Arn is sent to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar where a holy war is raging. Arn and Cecilia both have to struggle to survive to learn how to confront evil and overcome physical hardship. Their separation causes their faith in God to waver - though not their faith in each other and their conviction that they will one day be reunited. When Arn returns home he has to fight for his love and what has become his mission: to unite Sweden into one Kingdom

• Cyrano De Bergerac | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.30   |  Saving you £14.69 (277.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau and cowriter Jean-Claude Carriere had the brilliant idea of casting Frances most lovably vulnerable hunk, the massive Gerard Depardieu, in one of French literatures meatiest roles: the sword-wielding poet Cyrano. Equipped with a massive nose and a heart to match, Depardieu soars as the heart-broken soldier who must lendhis words of love to another man to woo the woman he yearns for. Rappeneau spared no expense in taking this Edmond Rostand play into realistic locations for the battle scenes in the second act, making the film as exciting as it is romantic and funny. Depardieu attacks the role in great gulps, consuming all the oxygen in any room he enters. Macho but sensitive, he creates a larger-than-life Cyrano, whose wrenching sadness at the lack of interest from his lady love will have you reaching for the tissues. --Marshall Fine

• Amy Foster | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (48.44%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Vincent Perez and Rachel Weisz star with Sir Ian McKellen and Kathy Bates in this passionate film about star-crossed lovers. To everyone in her village Amy Foster is thought of as strange she is even shunned by her own family. Considered a witch by the more superstitious she is accused of conjuring the fierce storm that causes a shipwreck. Only one man survives and he is immediately drawn to Amy. Caught between their passion for each other and the prejudice and hatred their love has ignited Amy and her lover find themselves ensnared by the small-minded town folk in a haunting tale of courage individuality and the resiliency of the human heart.

• Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In this French drama a group of mourners travel from Paris to Limoges to attend the funeral of a tyrannical painter they all knew.

• Indochine - 4K Restoration | 4K UHD | (02/01/2017) from £8.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The winner of Best Foreign language film at the Academy Awards® in 1992, Indochine has been stunningly restored. CATHERINE DENEUVE, who received a nomination for Best Actress stars as the beautiful and elegant Eliane Devries. Eliane and her father Emile rule over the vast domain of rich, red soil that is their rubber plantation. The only love of Eliane's life is Camille, her sixteen year old adopted Vietnamese daughter, a princess of Annam, whose parents died in a plane crash. Jean-Baptiste Le Guen (VINCENT PEREZ), a French naval officer has just arrived in Saigon in search of glory. In spite of himself, Jean-Baptiste will confront Eliane and Camille with their destiny. The two women fall in love with him; Eliane will give him up, but Camille refuses. Extra: 52 minute documentary Indochine: une Épopée á la francaise

• Amy Foster | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the Joseph Conrad story "Amy Foster", Swept From the Sea, a swirlingly romantic melodrama, tells the story of a Polish sailor (Vincent Perez) shipwrecked and washed ashore on the English coast in the 19th century. Found by a servant girl, Amy (Rachel Weisz), who is a village outcast, he is considered retarded because no one can understand what he says. But slowly, through Amy's love and the doctor's tutelage, the sailor learns enough English to decide he wants to make an honest woman out of Amy, which doesn't sit well with the disapproving villagers, who don't like Amy. Even the doctor, who has a fondness for the sailor, has a blind spot when it comes to the servant girl. Strong performances and gritty period settings lift this film above bodice-ripper status to something richer. --Marshall Fine

• Indochine | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £20.89   |  Saving you £-1.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Indochine

• Time Regained | DVD | (12/06/2000) from £21.60   |  Saving you £-1.61 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A mesmerising adaptation of the last two volumes of Proust’s monumental

• Cyrano De Bergerac | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £16.93   |  Saving you £6.05 (43.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau and cowriter Jean-Claude Carriere had the brilliant idea of casting France's most lovably vulnerable hunk, the massive Gerard Depardieu, in one of French literature's meatiest roles: the sword-wielding poet Cyrano. Equipped with a massive nose and a heart to match, Depardieu soars as the heart-broken soldier who must lendhis words of love to another man to woo the woman he yearns for. Rappeneau spared no expense in taking this Edmond Rostand play into realistic locations for the battle scenes in the second act, making the film as exciting as it is romantic and funny. Depardieu attacks the role in great gulps, consuming all the oxygen in any room he enters. Macho but sensitive, he creates a larger-than-life Cyrano, whose wrenching sadness at the lack of interest from his lady love will have you reaching for the tissues. --Marshall Fine

• Le Bossu | DVD | (12/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When his great friend the Duke of Nevers is slain in a dastardly assassination plot by Count Gonzague (Luchini) fencing master Lagardere (Auteuil) swears to avenge the murder and to take care of his orphaned daughter Aurore (Gillain). Sixteen years later after secretly hiding with a touring theatre troup Lagardere returns to the sumptuous Parisian courts to honour his deadly oath. Disguising himself as Gonzague's hunchback manservant Lagardere infiltrates the Count's entourage...