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• Café De Flore | DVD | (17/09/2012) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (137.59%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.

• Madame Bovary | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Gustav Flaubert's celebrated novel of obsessive ardour undergoes a dazzling retrofit for the screen, courtesy of French neurosis-master Claude Chabrol. The basic story (a woman's selfish quest for happiness ends up obliterating all she holds dear) may be the same but Chabrol's talent for biting through to the dark marrow of passion makes this a startling experience, even for people familiar with the source material or the numerous other cinematic adaptations. Casting Isabelle Huppert in the title role (she's at least a decade older than the standard conception of this wilfully tragic heroine) was a potentially risky gambit that paid off big; underneath her glorious surface lies a startling foundation of brilliant ice. The same can be said about this stunning film. Viewers intrigued by this potent actress-director pairing may also want to check out The Story of Women and the wonderful La Ceremonie. The film is in French with English subtitles. --Andrew Wright

• In The Land of the Deaf | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £14.49   |  Saving you £-1.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  I look so I can hear... Nicolas Philibert's documentary about deafness captures and celebrates the expressiveness of language without a voice. As the camera lingers on the graceful choreography of signing it seduces the hearing viewer into acknowledging the practical and emotional limitations of verbal language.