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Criterion collection volume 593
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Séverine, a Paris housewife, begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello in an examination of contemporary social mores and class divisions.
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Tom Ripley has been sent to Italy by the father of one Philippe Greenleaf with the objective of bringing Greenleaf back into the family fold in the United States. Ripley, an accomplished forger, takes his job half-seriously until he falls in love with the same woman Greenleaf is in love with, Marge.
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In a world ravaged by revolution and violence, two strangers--a handsome renegade and a beautiful countess--find their only chance for survival in each other! Together they undertake a perilous cross-country journey where they will also discover unmatched danger, excitement ... and passion!
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Based on a true story, FANNY’S JOURNEY is an incredible tale of bravery, strength and survival, a story of a daring young girl. In 1943, 13-year old Fanny and her younger sisters were sent from their home in France to an Italian foster home for Jewish children. When the Nazis arrive in Italy, their caretakers desperately organize the departure of the children to Switzerland. When they are suddenly left on their own, these 11 children do the impossible...
8) La sapienza
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Alexandre decides to set off for Italy with the idea of completing his draft of a book on Borromini, and his wife Alienor comes along. Once there, they meet Goffredo, who is set to embark in architectural studies, and Lavinia, who is suffering from a nervous disorder. Alienor decides to stay to help Lavinia, and Alexandre continues on his travels with Goffredo. This separation for husband and wife will be the start of an inner journey for them...
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Criterion collection volume 171
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Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However, something quite unexpected happens.
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A screenwriter, torn between the demands of a proud European director and an arrogant American producer attempts to rewrite the script for a new film version of The odyssey. His disillusioned wife, realizing just how weak-willed her husband is, begins to feel contempt for him.
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Black ink etching and engraving on ecru paper, mat 97 x 77 cm. Water garden view over a rustic natural stream in the foreground, and terminating at a waterfall over a formal architectural structure, with statues, in the background. The waterfall feeds into a midground pool lined by an allée of trees. Two figures in togas stand on the raised wall of the pool in the middle ground.
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Black ink etching and engraving on ecru paper, mat 97 x 77 cm. Garden view with several allées of trees on either side of a central walkway. Large trees and a ground covering of growing gourds is seen in the foreground with two figures in togas seated on steps leading up to the allées. Two large urns on plinths can be seen on either side of the steps, and two figures can be seen walking along one of the allées in the distance.
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Godard + Gorin five films 1968-1971 volume 2
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Le vent d'est: A loosely conceived leftist-western that moves through a series of practical and analytical passages into a finale based around the process of manufacturing homemade weapons.
Lotte in Italia: The film reveals how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has in fact fallen prey to bourgeois ideology.
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Godard + Gorin five films 1968-1971 volume 2
Language
Français
Description
Le vent d'est: A loosely conceived leftist-western that moves through a series of practical and analytical passages into a finale based around the process of manufacturing homemade weapons.
Lotte in Italia: The film reveals how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has in fact fallen prey to bourgeois ideology.
18) Architectures 5
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations.