Released in 1987, Babette's Feast is a film which depicts so little, yet says so much. Set in a rural Danish community, it centres around the twin sisters of the village pastor and the French women who serves them after fleeing the 1871 revolution. On winning the lottery she plans a feast to mark the centenary of the sisters' father, bringing a dimension of fine living into the lives of the God-fearing Lutherans and healing festering personal animosities in the process. Director Gabriel Axel captures the rugged timelessness of the Jutland landscape, and draws inspired performances from Stéphane Audran as Babette, and Bodil Keyer and Birgitte Federspiel as the sisters Filippa and Martine. Per Norgard's sparse but affecting score captures the mood of the film perfectly. Altogether it's a heart-warming and affecting experience. On the DVD: Babette's Feast on disc reproduces the vivid colour photography well in widescreen. Theres dubbing and subtitles in English, French and Italian. Both the trailers for the English- and Danish-speaking markets are included, the latter an effective summary of the film.--Richard Whitehouse
Eric Rohmer is one of France's most celebrated directors. This collection brings together eight of his most influential works including all six of his Comedies and Proverbs. The Aviator's Wife: Francois loves Anne. However his night-job at the post office means they rarely get to spend much time together. One day he sees her leaving home with her ex Christian who had come to break up with her for good. Reeling from the news Anne lets Francois fall prey to his jealous ima
Francois is a happily married fifty year old teacher. Concerned that rebellious student Mathilde is going to be expelled he sets out to help her but is soon drawn into a passionate relationship with the enigmatic teenager. Realising it cannot go on he tries to end the affair with devastating consequences... A haunting tale of obsessive love that won Vannesa Paradis a Cesar award for Most Promising Actress. Available on DVD for the first time.
Incredibly intense and meticulously researched, The Assault a vividly realistic portrayal of the true-life events that gripped a TV audience of over 21 million viewers on Saturday December 24th 1994.
If you can't remember your past... you can't save your future. Anna Heymes (Arly Jover) the wife of a senior government official is experiencing the loss of memory and terrifying hallucinations. In the Turkish neighborhood of Paris two police officers Nerteaux (Jocelyn Quivrin) and Schiffer (Reno) are trying to solve the mystery of the sadistic murders of three women all clandestine Turkish laborers. While the upright Nerteaux is determined to stop the killings Schiffer
Agrippina was staged for the first time in late December 1709 - or possibly at the beginning of 1710 - at Venice's Teatro San Grisostomo and met with enormous success as testified by twenty-seven following performances a record number even for 18th-century standards. Agrippina's triumph sanctioned Handel's definitive investiture as an operatic composer. After nearly 300 years this opera appears as a masterpiece of 18th-century music and an innovative work considering that when Handel composed it he was just twenty-four years old. The composer's melodic creativity and sense of theatre are quite remarkable. The cast conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire includes Vronique Gens in the title role.
Incredibly intense and meticulously researched, The Assault a vividly realistic portrayal of the true-life events that gripped a TV audience of over 21 million viewers on Saturday December 24th 1994.
Jerome and Benjamin are two young skateboarders whose carefree existence is turned upside down when they witness the murder of a drug dealer.
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