In Jacques Rivette's surreal and fascinating masterpiece eccentric magician Celine (Juliet Berto) meets curious librarian Julie (Dominique Labourier). Their friendship soon sends them down a fantastical rabbit hole and into an apparently haunted house. With the aid of magical candy, they return time and again to the mansion to spy on and eventually play parts in a gothic murder mystery. A playful investigation of the boundary between life and art, and illusion and reality. Celine and Julie Go Boating was co-written by Eduardo de Gregorio and the film's actresses (including Bulle Ogier and Marie-France Pisier). It was influenced by Lewis Carrol, Henry James and Proust, and in turn influenced the likes of David Lynch and Susan Seidelman. It remains Rivette's most enduring, self-reflective and popular film. Extras: Presented in High Definition Jonathan Romney on Rivette (2006, 19 mins) Tout la mémoire du monde (Alain Resnais, 1956, 21 mins) The Haunted Curiosity Shop (R W Paul, 1901, 2 mins) Illustrated booklet featuring an essay by Susan Seidelman, and full film credits
Perhaps best known as the writer of Alain Resnais' classic cine-conundrum Last Year of Marienbad, Alain Robbe-Grillet was also the director a number of stylish, controversial and erotic films which starred such icons of French cinema as Jean-Louis Trinignant (Haneke's Amour, Bertolucci's The Conformist), Marie-France Pisier (Truffaut's Stolen Kisses and Bed and Board) and Isabelle Huppert (Claire Denis' White Material, Haneke's Amour). Impossible to see for decades, these enigmatic, sexually.
A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
Starting with one of the greatest films about childhood, from anywhere, ever (Anthony Quinn, The Independent), which kicked off the French New Wave, François Truffaut delivers an indisputable landmark of cinema history five films, four features and one short, which follow the life of one charming, compelling and unforgettable character. Before anyone else, Truffaut allowed audiences to dip into one character's life progressively over 20 years, witnessing him growing up from a child struggling with school and the law to an adult, struggling with love and divorce. A very special and unique collection, The Adventures of Antoine Doinel will invoke joy, humour, nostalgia and happiness time and time again as your investment in Antoine and his story progressively proliferates with each gloriously captured scene.
Starting with one of the greatest films about childhood, from anywhere, ever (Anthony Quinn, The Independent), which kicked off the French New Wave, François Truffaut delivers an indisputable landmark of cinema history five films, four features and one short, which follow the life of one charming, compelling and unforgettable character. Before anyone else, Truffaut allowed audiences to dip into one character's life progressively over 20 years, witnessing him growing up from a child struggling with school and the law to an adult, struggling with love and divorce. A very special and unique collection, The Adventures of Antoine Doinel will invoke joy, humour, nostalgia and happiness time and time again as your investment in Antoine and his story progressively proliferates with each gloriously captured scene.
This stylish, cult 1966 erotic thriller stars French new wave icons Jean-Louis Trintigant (Amour, The Conformist) and Marie-France Pisier (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Breakfast). Trintignant plays a drug courier smuggling a stash of cocaine from Paris to Antwerp on the Trans-Europ-Express. Matters are complicated by surreal encounters with police, three filmmakers who are also on the train making a film about drug traffickers, and erotic-fantasy sequences featuring Pisier being bound and subjected.
Perhaps best known as the writer of Alain Resnais classic cine-conundrum Last Year of Marienbad, Alain Robbe-Grillet was also the director a number of stylish & controversial and which starred such icons of French cinema as Jean-Louis Trintignant (Haneke's (Amour, Bertolucci's The Conformist) , Marie-France Pisier (Truffaut's Stolen Kisses and Bed and Board) and Isabelle Huppert (Claire Denis White Material, Haneke's Amour). Impossible to see for decades, these enigmatic, sexually-charged fi.
A mesmerising adaptation of the last two volumes of Prousts monumental
A group of gay friends plan to finally tell all of their parents the truth at a grand party, but nothing goes as planned.
The last instalment of the Antoine Doinel story Love On The Run sees Antoine and his wife Christine in the final stages of their divorce after five years together. When he by chance meets up with his first love Collette they reminisce on his past relationships including his infidelities and Antoine realises that he wants to share his life with his new love Sabine.
When Marthe and Ludovic discover that their respective partners are having an affair they plan a series of 'accidental' meetings.
The final film in François Truffaut's autobiographical 'Antoine Doinel' series which follows the director's screen alter ego from adolescence (in 'Les Quatre Cents Coups') to the complications of married life here. Separated from his wife novelist Antoine is having an affair with Sabine (Dorothee). When seeing off his son at a train station he spots his first love Colette (Marie-France Pisier) and jumps into her carriage. Colette is now seeing Sabine's brother Xavier (Daniel Mesguich) and soon all four protagonists are back in Paris attempting to reconcile their lives.
The final film in François Truffaut's autobiographical 'Antoine Doinel' series which follows the director's screen alter ego from adolescence (in 'Les Quatre Cents Coups') to the complications of married life here. Separated from his wife novelist Antoine is having an affair with Sabine (Dorothee). When seeing off his son at a train station he spots his first love Colette (Marie-France Pisier) and jumps into her carriage. Colette is now seeing Sabine's brother Xavier (Daniel Mesguich) and soon all four protagonists are back in Paris attempting to reconcile their lives.
Early performances from Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani in Andre Techine's labyrinth thriller set in the seedy red light district of Amsterdam and combining moody film noir with aspects of German expressionism. Samson is a petty thug who has potentially incriminating evidence against an electoral candidate. He plans to sell it to a tabloid newspaper for a payoff enabling him to start a new life with his girlfriend Laura but the couple are forced to flee when an accomplice is murdered.
This stylish cult 1966 erotic thriller stars French new wave icons Jean-Louis Trintignant (L'Amour The Comfortist) and Marie-France Pisier (Stolen Kisses Bed and Breakfast). Trintignant plays a drug courier smuggling a stash of cocaine from Paris to Antwerp on the Trans-Europ-Express. Matters are complicated by surreal encounters with police three filmmakers who are also on the train making a film about drug-traffickers and erotic-fantasy sequences featuring Pisier being bound and subjected to Trintignant's will. Originally banned by the BBFC for scenes of sexual sadism and bondage Trans-Europ-Express was written and directed by ground-breaking and daring filmmaker Alain Robbe Grillet best known for his experimental novels and for writing Alain Resnais' Last Year of Marienbad. This is one of the first releases by the BFI in a series making many of Robbe-Grillet's films available in the UK for the first time and on Blu-ray for the first time worldwide. Special Features: Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Extensive booklet with essay by Ben Hervey and full film credits
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