Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
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Français
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Two films about the surrealist artist, Alberto Giacometti, whose miniature sculptures and distinctive approach to the human body have greatly influenced modern art. What is a head? features interviews with several art world luminaries. A man among men features an interview with the artist.
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Français
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At the start of the new college semester, Eloi and Alexandre encounter André, the most brilliant student in the lecture hall. Fascinated by his ease and charisma, they quickly fall under his spell. André then offers them his friendship in exchange for complete loyalty to him. Lost in admiration, Eloi and Alexandre devotedly submit to his rigorous discipline. Then André abandons them. Eloi and Alexandre have no other choice than to stand on their...
45) Raja
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Français
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Set in contemporary Marrakech, Raja explores the relationship between a wealthy middle aged Frenchman and a nineteen year old orphaned Moroccan girl. Disparities in race, economic status and language complicate the older man's pursuit of the younger girl.
46) Dog pound
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English
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Set in the harsh world of the American juvenile detention system, Dog Pound tells the story of seventeen-year-old Butch charged with assaulting a corrections officer. Facing attacks from hardened criminals and ruthless guards, he finds he has to become vicious in order to survive.
47) Lamerica
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Italiano
Description
After nearly half a century of communist rule, poverty stricken Albania falls subject to the invasion of two exploitive capitalists looking to prosper within the changing economy. As Albania's people try desperately to flee destitution, Gino and Fiore arrive from Italy with plans to use a makeshift manufacturing plant to front their next scam. Forced to name an Albanian as their company's acting "chairman", the two turn to Spiro - a prisoner of war...
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Français
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Resentful young Parisian chambermaid Celestine finds herself exiled to a position in the provinces where she must humbly submit to the iron rules and pettiness of her high-handed bourgeois mistress while rebuffing the groping advances of Monsieur and contending with her fascination with the brooding gardener, Joseph.
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English
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A continuation of director Claude Lanzmann's award-winning documentary masterpiece, comprised of interviews, conducted in the 1970s, with four women who survived the Holocaust, each finding herself improbably alive after war's end. It is presented as a two-part theatrical release.
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English
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The second collection of European short films from Cinema16. This specially compiled two-disc edition of classic, cult and award winning shorts from European filmmakers marks the launch of Cinema16 in the US. It features previously unseen short films and early works by some of today's most notable European filmmakers, as well as award-winning films from its rising stars. The release features some of the best shorts from Cinema16's previous releases...
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Français
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It has been hailed as the most visually stunning and unsettling anthology in modern animation history. This is a stark and naked world of phobias, nightmares, and shadows, of strange noises, slimy bugs, and dead things. It's a creepy, kinky, sometimes funny and always scary ride inside what makes our skin crawl and keeps us awake all night.
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Français
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Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between French Catholics and Protestants. Six days after her wedding, La Mole, a young man wounded by several sword injuries, frantically knocks on Margot's door. He is Protestant and must die like all the others, but Margot hides him, nurses him back to help and grows to love him.
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Français
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Celebrates the legacy of the famed Paris Opera Ballet by weaving together rehearsals, interviews and snapshots as the dancers work on classical ballets as well as contempary works. Delve into the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today, who give perspectives on how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardships of the drive to be on stage.
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English
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Rafic Hariri was a self-made billionaire who returned to Lebanon to help improve his native country. He was killed by a car bomb close to the time when many thought he would again be prime minister. The ongoing UN investigation has no final answers, but many think the Syrians were involved.