Summary: St. Marie-La-Mauderne is a tiny fishing village. For eight years the locals have stood in line for weekly welfare checks, remembering the good old days when the catch was good. A small company wants to build a factory on the island, but only if a full-time doctor lives in St. Marie. The situation seems hopeless until a young doctor in Montreal has an unfortunate incident with a traffic cop and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2005

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Summary: After a decade abroad, Jean learns of his father's failing health and returns to run the family vineyard with his strong-willed sister, Juliette, and his responsible younger brother, Jeremie. As four seasons and two harvests go by in picturesque Burgundy, the siblings have to reinvent their relationship and learn to trust each in this tender and finely-textured saga.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2018

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Dumont, Jean-Francois

Summary: A homeless bear living in a city has a hard time getting by, but when a little girl makes friends with him, his life becomes brighter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2015

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Dumont, Jean-Francois

Summary: When a friendly hedgehog visits the farm, the chickens build an enormous wall to keep out "prickly invaders."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2013

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Duval, Jean-Francois.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sun Dog Press 2002

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Summary: A Paris housewife begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello in an examination of contemporary social mores and class divisions.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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Summary: Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: Marianne is the wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the jewel dealing world. Forced to sell a cache of stolen gems her husband hid in their home, she finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors, including the Russian mafia and the De Beers diamond cartel.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2002

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Franco, Jean.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2002

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Revel, Jean François.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 1999

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Summary: Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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Summary: A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: the Criterion Collection 2015

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Summary: Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2007

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Coleman, Bill

Contents: For me and my gal -- Satin doll -- Don't blame me -- How high the moon -- If I had you -- I ain't got nobody -- I'm in the mood for love -- Rosetta -- Stairway to the stars -- I believe in miracles.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 77 Records 1969

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Summary: A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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Summary: An aging father summons his children home to unload a secret that will cause long hidden resentments and desires to rise to the surface - and leads to an event that will forever affect the entire family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2003

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Poulenc, Francis

Contents: Gloria (1959) : for soprano solo, mixed choir, and orchestra (24:40) -- Salva Regina (1941) : motet for mixed choir (4:28) -- Ave verum corpus (1952) : motet for female voices (2:20) -- Exultate Deo (1941) : motet for mixed choir (2:20) -- Litanies à la Vierge Noire : for female voices, strings, and timpani (1936) (8:25) -- Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence : for mixed choir (13:55)--...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Collegium 2002

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Chan, Francis

Summary: Reminds listeners how powerful the Church can be and calls this generation to passionately pursue God's vision for His beloved Bride.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: David C. Cook 2018

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Summary: Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin Classics 2005

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Summary: A hired killer in a state of virtual living death goes about his business in a muted Paris, a city of shadows, only to fatally admit emotion (the love of a woman) into his life. His actions are analogous to hara-kiri committed by the solitary samurai. Melville takes the mythology of the gangster and removes all overt social comment in favour of romantic stylisation. Melville commented that his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Filmel 2005

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Summary: In the early 1930's, before Hollywood began enforcing a self-imposed Production Code, many films allowed for extraordinary frankness including nudity, adultery and prostitution. In this restored and remastered three-movie collection, three daring young actresses are featured in racy, riveting star vehicles.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment 2006

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Massenet, Jules

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: TDK Mediactive 2003

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