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1) Bon voyage
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Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Frédéric is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Frédéric escapes from prison, he is not far behind. Once they reach the city, which is in chaos, they become entangled in a plot involving a rickety physicist, his endlessly resourceful assistant, an...
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Set in French Indochina in the 1930s as the Vietnamese begin to rebel against French colonialism. Dramatizes the last years of French rule through the relationship between plantation owner Éliane, French by birth but born and raised in Indochina, and her adopted daughter Camille, an orphaned Annamese princess who becomes a Vietnamese revolutionary and representative at the Geneva Conference after having a child by French officer Jean-Baptiste, Éliane's...
3) Funan
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Cambodia, April 1975. Chou is a young woman whose everyday world is suddenly upended by the arrival of the Khmer Rouge regime. During the chaos of the forced exile from their home, Chou and her husband are separated from their four-year-old son, who has been sent to an unknown location. As she navigates her new reality, working in the fields day and night under the careful watch of soldiers, Chou remains steadfast in her determination to reunite her...
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Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to the French presidency through the lens of his unraveling marriage to then-wife Cecilia. This lampoon depicts the future president as a bold and unashamed virtuoso of political combat, whose inattention to his disintegrating domestic partnership emerges as his chief vulnerability.
6) Razzia
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In the searing and mesmerizing drama, five Moroccans from different social and religious strata are pushed to the fringe by their extremist government. Spanning three decades and several storylines, director Nabil Ayouch weaves an intricate tale of lost loves, forbidden desires, and fragile dreams in modern day Morocco. The Moroccan Entry for the 2018 Academy Awards, the film was the Opening Night Film at the 2018 New York Jewish Film Festival.
7) Xala
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In a fictional African country, a rich, self-made businessman and member of the post-colonial ruling elite takes on a third wife to show the world his wealth, only to be stricken by a curse resulting in impotency. His efforts at getting cured lead to disasterous yet comical results.
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Criterion collection volume 759
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The master of the political thriller, Costa-Gavras, became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the perhaps even more riveting The Confession. Based on a harrowing true story, influential Czechoslovak dignitary who, in the early fifties, was abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated by fellow members of his country's Communist ruling party, their intentions vague, their methods terrifying.
10) The great game
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An elegant political thriller that makes much use of its stellar cast, particularly in the performance of Andre Dussollier, who commits to his character's malevolence with relish.
11) Bon voyage
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Two short films made by Hitchcock in 1944 at the request of the British government. When viewed by government officials they decided that the films were inflammatory and withheld them from distribution. The first, Bon voyage, is about an RAF pilot who has escaped from a POW camp and made his way back to London with the help of the French resistance. The second, Aventure Malgache, is set in Vichy-controlled Madagascar where the Resistance leader battles...
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Pocket volume 11687
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Le lendemain des obsèques de sa mère, Kate Malone reçoit l'appel d'une certaine Sara Smythe, qui dit être une amie de ses parents. Face au scepticisme de Kate, elle lui confie un manuscrit. L'histoire de plusieurs vies entremêlées un demi-siècle auparavant. 1945. L'Amérique se remet de la guerre. Mais, très vite, les heures noires du maccarthysme résonnent, avec leur cohorte de trahisons et de lâchetés conformistes. Et dans la tourmente,...
14) Bon voyage
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Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Frédéric is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Frédéric escapes from prison, he is not far behind. Once they reach Bordeaux, which is in chaos, they become entangled in a plot involving a physicist, his endlessly resourceful assistant, an amiable...
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L'auteur a suivi sa compagne pendant quatorze mois en Birmanie alors qu'elle y collaborait avec Médecins sans Frontières. Il raconte son expérience du pays et comment il a fini par apprivoiser son environnement. Il présente aussi la réalité politique, sanitaire et sociale de ce pays dominé par un groupe de militaires soutenu par de puissants groupes industriels.
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Un film comme les autres: An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968 made in the immediate wake of the workers' and students' protests. The picture consists of two parts, each with with identical image tracks, and differing narration.
British sounds: An examination of the daily routine at a British auto factory assembly line, set against class-conflict and The Communist Manifesto. This film is constructed in 6 segments alluding to political struggles...