Jean De Florette (1986): French director Claude Berri's stunning adaptation of the acclaimed Marcel Pagnol novel is the winner of numerous international awards and is the world's most popular foreign language film ever. City-dweller Jean de Florette (Gerard Depardieu) moves his family to the Provence countryside in the 1920's to forge a new life as a farmer. But his proud cocky neighboring rival Le Papet (Yves Montand) schemes with his simple-minded nephew Ugolin (Daniel Aut
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES 4K restorations from the original negatives by Studio Canal, presented on three discs Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film Audio commentary by Mike White on Police Python 357 (2024) Maxim Jakubowski on Police Python 357's source novel and adaptation (2024) Archival interview with Alain Corneau and François Périer about Police Python 357 from Belgian Television (1976) Série noire set interviews with Alain Corneau, Patrick Dewaere and Miriam Boyer from Belgian Television (1981) Série noire: The Darkness of the Soul - An archival documentary featuring cast and crew on the making of the film (2013, 53 mins) Archival interview with Alain Corneau and Marie Trintignant about Série noire (2002, 30 mins) A visual essay about Jim Thompson adaptations for the screen (2024) Introduction by documentary filmmaker Jérôme Wybon (2024) Shooting Choice of Arms - interviews with the cast and crew including behind-the-scenes footage (1981) Interviews with Deneuve, Montand and Depardieu from the set (1981) Interview with Manuela Lazic on Yves Montand in the 1970s (2024) Trailers Optional English subtitles for each film Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition 80-page booklet featuring new writing by Andrew Male, Nick Pinkerton, Charlie Brigden, and newly translated archival writing Limited edition of 2500 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and marking
Tintin is the world's most famous boy reporter. With his faithful dog Snowy at his side the intrepid pair travel the globe to investigate exciting cases. Along the way they encounter a colourful cast of characters who have become familiar to generations of children and adults: Captain Haddock Thompson and Thomson Professor Calculus and Oliveira da Figueira among many others.
Based on the 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur and critically hailed upon its original release, The Wages of Fear propelled its director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques) to international fame, and is rightly considered a classic of world cinema. In a squalid South American village, four desperate men are hired by a US oil company to embark on a treacherous journey, transporting a volatile cargo of nitro-glycerine to a massive oil well fire. Friendships and courage are pushed to the limit in this nail-biting thriller by a director who would go on to be dubbed the French Hitchcock Product Features 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin (2017) Interview with assistant director Michel Romanoff (2005, 23 mins) Interview with Clouzot biographer Marc Godin (2005, 10 mins) Interview with Professor Lucy Mazdon (2017, 35 mins): an in-depth interview about Henri-Georges Clouzot and The Wages of Fear The Guardian Lecture: Yves Montand in conversation with Don Allen (1989, 99 mins, audio only): the star discusses his distinguished career Original theatrical trailer Other extras TBC **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring writing on the film, original reviews and an appreciation of Clouzot by Paul Ryan
Arriving in Paris with dreams of making it big, bohemian Greta is swiftly besieged by horny Frenchmen. She's offered shelter by possessive lesbian aristocrat Claude, who takes Greta under her wing and into her bed. But Greta hasn't forsaken men completely, and she's about to make Claude very jealous indeed...Starring Astrid Frank, Swedish star of Au Pair Girls, and directed by soft-core specialist Max Pécas (Sexually Yours), Her and She and Him also known as Les Liaisons particulières was one of the first films to take advantage of the newly-relaxed censorship to show a more realistic sort of on-screen lovemaking. 88 Films are proud to present a truly pioneering piece of smut.HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.66:1 ASPECT RATIOORIGINAL FRENCH MONO 2.0 AUDIO ENGLISH SUBTITLESLet's Calm Down and Talk About Max Pécas FeaturetteMax Pécas' Grave FeaturetteAdditional Scenes From US VersionUS TrailerAlternative French title sequence (as Claude et Greta)Image GalleryORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY JOEL ROBINSON
Melville's masterful take on the American crime thriller perfectly combines the Hollywood gangster film with his uniquely French style. Starring Alain Delon as a master theif Yves Montand as an alcoholic ex-cop and Italian star Gian-Maria Volonte as an escaped criminal the trio plot a daring heist of an upmarket Parisian jewellery store against impossible odds.
In 1953, before any American studio exec used the phrase "high concept", Henri-George Clouzot's The Wages of Fear boasted a premise so literally explosive that audiences were excited before they got into the theatres. With an oil-fire burning out of control deep in the South American jungle, two lorryloads of highly unstable nitro-glycerin have to be driven through miles of unstable terrain littered with dangerous turns, crumbling planks, falling rocks and mediocre hardtop. One good jolt will vaporise truck, nitro, drivers and a substantial swathe of the countryside, so the company recruits desperate souls among the loser tramps who loiter around the nowhere town of Las Piedras, begging for any kind of work. On the road, Clouzot stages a string of unforgettable sequences: one stretch of badly paved track can only be crossed by driving at under six miles an hour or over 40; a mountain turn requires that the trucks back out onto a rickety, rotten wooden structure; a 50-ton boulder has fallen into the road, and one of the drivers calmly drains a litre of nitro into his thermos to blow it up, only remembering when the fuse is lit that this will rain pebbles all over the countryside and a few good hits on the cargo will set it off. This is perhaps as great a mix of action-adventure and contest as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and still a textbook example of sustained suspense. On the DVD: The print is in great shape, though the image is a little soft; the menu has a clever explosive aspect and uses the same vintage artwork as the sleeve cannily combined with a snippet. There are trailers for both Wages and Clozuot's other masterpiece, Les Diaboliques, as well as biographies of the principal cast, eight stills and three posters.--Kim Newman
The Lacemaker (La Denteliere)
ALAIN DELON, GIAN MARIA VOLONTà and YVES MONTAND star as the elegant, mis-matched trio, locked in an elaborate and dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the inscrutable police inspector (ANDRà BOURVIL), who is determined to foil their attempts to pull off the perfect crime, despite being drawn irresistibly to his prey. As the day of the heist dawns, the story unfolds, with all four players determined to cheat fate. Extras: The Perfect Circle Under the Name of Melville Interview with Bernard Stora Interview with José Giovanni Ginette Vincendeau Presentation of Le Cercle Rouge
A truly impressive French film destined to become a modern masterpiece, Jean de Florette is an evocative adaptation of the highly regarded French novel. Two 1920's farmers engage in a bitter rivalry as one tries to tend to a plot of land and the other deviously undermines his efforts in order to conceal a valuable spring. The peasant farmer (Gérard Depardieu) who comes to the countryside to tend the land he has inherited is a naive and trusting soul seeking only to provide for his wife and daughter, while his neighbour (Yves Montand) is intent on doing whatever he can to discourage and demoralise the farmer so that he can take the land for himself. This simple tale unfolds in a wrenching fashion to a tragic conclusion, bringing forth questions about human nature and the prevalence and price of greed. Along with its follow-up, Manon des Sources, this film will leave an indelible impression on anyone who sees it. --Robert Lane
Tom travels to the country for the funeral of his lover. There he's shocked to find that no one knows who he is nor who he was to the deceased man whose menacing brother soon sets the rules of a twisted game. In order to protect the family's name and grieving mother Tom must now deny his own sexuality while playing the peacekeeper in an isolated household whose obscure past bodes even greater darkness for his trip to the farm. Adapted from the original play by acclaimed Quebecois playwright Michel Marc Bouchard Tom at the Farm is the fourth film by multi-award-winning young director Xavier Dolan who also takes the title role. This taut psychological thriller centres on the ever-growing gap between city and country and the often oppositional nature of men who live there. Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer
In a post-apocalyptic future, The Kid (Munro Chambers) lives alone in his underground bunker, scavenging for relics from the old world and obsessing over comic books. But when he meets a girl named Apple (Laurence Leboeuf), it's not long before The Kid has to face his fears and challenge the sadistic Zeus (Michael Ironside), who has declared himself leader of the Wasteland and taken control of the water supply.Armed with his ancient turbocharged weapon, he embarks on an incredible journey to rid the Wasteland of evil and discovers the true meaning of justice and friendship.?
Less a sequel than a seamless continuation of its predecessor, Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources brings with it a more epic scope as it depicts the growth to womanhood of the daughter (Emmanuelle Béart) of the doomed farmer of the first film. As she discovers the truth of what happened to her father as a result of the scheming of their neighbour (Yves Montand), who took the land for himself, she vows revenge, realising that the neighbour's deeds have irrevocably shaped the course of her life. Her moves toward avenging her father's demise provide an ironic twist to this harsh and thought-provoking saga, and French director Claude Berri perfectly illustrates the lasting consequences of deceit, greed, and revenge. Manon des Sources is a very special subtitled film-choice, destined to be revered for years to come. --Robert Lane
Leeson (Ewan McGregor) is rightly proud of himself: despite his humble beginnings, the Watford lad is now a trusted employee of Barings Merchant Bank, the City of London's oldest Banking House founded in 1763.
Writer-director Woody Allen's 1975 comedy finds the familiar Allen persona transposed to 19th-century Russia, as a cowardly serf drafted into the war against Napoleon, when all he'd rather do is write poetry and obsess over his beautiful but pretentious cousin (Diane Keaton). A total disaster as a soldier, Allen's cowardice serves him well when he hides in a cannon and is shot into a tent of French soldiers, suddenly making him a national hero. After his cousin agrees to marry him, thinking he'll be killed in a duel he miraculously survives, the couple must hatch a ludicrous plot to assassinate Napoleon in order to keep the coward Allen out of yet another war. Allen and Keaton show what a perfect comic team they make in this film, even predating their most celebrated pairing in Annie Hall. Working so well as the most unlikely of comedies, of all things a hilarious parody of Russian literature, Love and Death is a must-see for fans of Woody Allen films. --Robert Lane
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A blistering portrait of the great Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh Robert Altman's 'Vincent and Theo' focuses on the deeply neurotic relationship between the unstable impoverished Vincent (Tim Roth) and his art dealer brother Theo (Paul Rhys). Specifically it investigates the role Theo played in providing the normality and connection to the outer world that Vincent lacked while Vincent in turn acted as the living embodiment of Theo's unfulfilled artistic aspirations...
Tom Hanks headlines this big screen adaptation of Dan Brown's global hit novel.
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