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A portrait of a visionary director Jacques Demy as a young boy who is in love with the movies. Shows the extraordinary way in which the ordinary life influenced his later works. (Agnès Varda) (VHS, 1991)
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No description available. (Français, VHS)
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A young actor is hired by a rector to update "The Passion Play". The result is considered blasphemous by church officials, but lauded by theatre critics. The controversy results in a new martyr being born. French-Canadian film. (Denys Arcano) (120
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The story of Joan in meticulous detail from her birth in 1412 to her response to inner voices during battles at Orleans culminating with the defeat of the English at Tourelles. (Jacques Rivette) (113 min., VHS, color, 1997)
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June 1429 Joan rejoins the Dauphin at Lochdes and embarks on a series of French victories. In May of he following year, Joan is captured and imprisoned. Her 5-month trial begins in January 1430, the result of which she is
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A high-spirited, freewheeling comedy, Jonah tells the story of eight veterans of 1968, stranded between revolution and accommodation, each with their own eccentric answers to the problems of society. (Alain Tanner) (110 min., VHS, color, 1976)
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A witty comedy where Jacques Tati is a simple determined postman trying desperately to modernize his operations, with frightening repercussions. (VHS, 1949)
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One of Truffaut's major French New Wave classics involving one of the most celebrated love triangles. Starring Jeanne Moreau. (VHS, B&W, 1962)
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