The Oak (Rialto French Classic)
[ Rialto Distribution Ltd DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] It's 1989, in Romania, just before the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and the privileged Nela is about to learn the hard truth about her family, her government and her life. Nela has always adored her father, a political hardliner, but after... |
Perfumes
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 14/Jul/2022 ] Anne was once the star of her industry a perfumer whose ability to produce enticing new fragrances was second to none. She remains in demand, but her intemperate behaviour has made finding work more difficult. However, striking up an unlikely... |
Petite Maman
[ Madman DVD / DVD - released 11/Aug/2022 ] After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps... |
The Returned (Les Revenants)
[ SBS DVD / 3 DVD - released 13/Mar/2014 ] The Returned is a stylish French take on the supernatural genre that combines taut mystery with rich character-led drama. In a small Alpine village in the shadow of a vast dam, a crowd of men and women find themselves in a state of confusion,... |
Rosalie Blum
[ Palace Films DVD / DVD - released 12/Oct/2017 ] Julien Rappeneau's enchanting directorial debut ROSALIE BLUM is a warm, witty and impeccably performed comedy about a random encounter that has unexpected and far-reaching consequences. Thirty-something Vincent Machot (indelibly played by Kyan... |
A Silence
[ Madman Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 17/Oct/2024 ] Metz, France. Cocooned in a life of privilege, 50-something Astrid Schaar is the wife of the suave François Schaar, a prominent and media-savvy lawyer approaching a crucial point in his years-long, high profile case in which he represents the parents... |
Skies Of Lebanon
[ Lime Light DVD / DVD - released 17/Nov/2022 ] As a young woman in the 1950s, Alice leaves Switzerland, her birth country, to go to sunny and exuberant Lebanon. There, she falls madly in love with Joseph, a fanciful astrophysicist who dreams of sending the first Lebanese into space. But after a... |
Sorry Angel
[ Palace Films / DVD - released 10/Oct/2019 ] At once an intimate chronicle of a romance and a sprawling portrait of life in early 1990s France, SORRY ANGEL follows the intertwining journeys of Jacques (Pierre Deladonchamps), a worldly Parisian writer, and Arthur (Vincent Lacoste), a curious,... |
A Tale of Love and Desire
[ Palace Fiilms / DVD - released 8/Sep/2022 ] Heralded as one of the major discoveries of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Leyla Bouzid's enchanting and seductive romance depicts a university student torn between his desire for a classmate and his deeply-held ideals of cultural and... |
The Three Musketeers: Milady
[ Palace Films Collection DVD / DVD - released 21/Nov/2024 ] Following the events of D'ARTAGNAN, a secret from the past shatters old alliances in THE THREE MUSKETEERS: MILADY - the spectacular second chapter to Martin Bourboulon's lavish, all-star adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure - leading to... |
The Truth
[ Palace Fiilms / DVD - released 6/Oct/2022 ] Master auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu's wry and charming new dramedy THE TRUTH pairs French screen icons Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche for the first time, as a celebrated actress and her estranged daughter whose tentative reunion offers an... |
Un Village Francais - Vol. 3
[ HiGloss DVD / 4 DVD - released 8/Apr/2016 ] The cold winter of occupation raises tensions in Villeneuve. Since June 1941, and the opening of the Russian front in WW2, paranoias have increased about Communists in the village of Villeneuve. Arrests are made by mistake at the school, the mayor is... |
Un Village Francais - Vol. 5
[ HiGloss DVD / 4 DVD - released 9/Nov/2017 ] It's August 1944. Much of France is liberated, but the Germans remain in Villeneuve. The abuses by the militia continue, and this swells the ranks of the resistance, and the struggle continues, even if life after the war is so close. The characters... |
Un Village Francais - Vol. 7
[ HiGloss DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Apr/2018 ] This is it. After the longest war in history, some resolution. And some flash forward sequences that will complete the story. 1945 - The war is officially over, but the characters that we have followed through the series are far from clear of the... |
We'll End Up Together
[ Palace Films Collection DVD / DVD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Writer/Director Guillaume Canet reunites the entire cast from his 2010 smash hit Little White Lies for this highly anticipated follow up. It's been years since middle-aged restaurateur Max (François Cluzet) has received his friends at his gorgeous... |
What's In A Name?
[ Madman / DVD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] Vincent (Patrick Bruel), a successful forty-something, is about to become a father for the first time. His sister Élisabeth (Valérie Benguigui) invites him to a dinner party at her beautiful apartment in Paris, with her academic husband Pierre... |
Back To Burgundy
[ Sony Pictures / DVD - released 31/Oct/2018 ] After a 10-year absence, Jean returns to his hometown when his father falls ill. Reuniting with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie, they have to rebuild their relationship and trust as a family again. Directed by Cédric Klapisch, starring... |
Gauguin - Voyage De Tahiti
[ Sony Pictures / DVD - released 3/Oct/2018 ] French artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was an innovator of modern art, known for experimenting with bold color and distorted proportions, along with his contemporaries Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. By 1891, Gauguin was already well-known in... |
The Innocent
[ Palace Films Collection DVD / DVD - released 7/Dec/2023 ] When Abel learns that his impulsive mother Sylvie is re-marrying to an inmate she met whilst teaching theatre in prison, he's more than uncomfortable. Abel's protective streak kicks in, and with the help of his best friend Clémence, he begins tailing... |
Annie's Fire
[ Palace Films Collection DVD / DVD - released 2/Nov/2023 ] 1974, regional France. When working class mother of two Annie and her husband fall pregnant, they know they can't afford to care for another child. Annie is introduced to a group of local women and doctors who offer both judgement-free support and... |