Summary: The story of a troubled relationship festering between two couples: young Alain Getty, a home automation engineer, and his wife, sweet Bénédicte ; and middle-aged André, Alain's boss, who is married to the mysterious Alice. Their encounter does not leave the young couple's harmony unscathed. The discovery of a mysterious rodent's corpse blocking the waste pipe of their kitchen sink does...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEMSummary: Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover. As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Oscar-nominate film delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a foothold in the city.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VERSummary: A well-off bookseller rescues a tramp from a suicidal plunge into the Seine and his family dedicates itself to reforming him. He shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound principles of his hosts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When a down-on-his-luck gambler tries to drown himself, he winds up rescuing a gorgeous and mysterious blonde. As they set out on a mission across Paris, he discovers that his smart, spontaneous, sexy companion may really be Heaven-sent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ANGSummary: The owner of Montmartre's most notorious nightspot, the Café Le Bal Du Paradis, Simone Pistache spends a great deal of her time in court, thanks to the banning of that "lewd and lascivious" dance, the Can-Can. So when her nightlife-loving lawyer and boyfriend, François Durnais, refuses to settle down and marry her, Simone decides to play up to his rival in romance, Parisian judge Philipe...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS CANSummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSummary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005