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• Vagabond | DVD | (26/09/2011) from £8.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (90.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sandrine Bonnaire won a Best Actress Cesar for her portrayal as Mona - a young and defiant drifter in this tragic story. Using a largely non-professional cast Varda recollects Mona's story through flashbacks of those who encountered her producing a splintered portrait of an enigmatic woman.

• The Agnes Varda Collection Vol.1 | DVD | (05/10/2009) from £26.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (50.39%)   |  RRP £39.99

  "Katyn" is the story of Polish army officers murdered by the Russian secret police in the Katyn forest during the Second World War and the families who, unaware of the crime, were still waiting for their husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers to return.

• Intimate Strangers | DVD | (14/02/2005) from £14.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (33.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  She confused him for a therapist and told him her deepest secrets. Now two people who never should have met are discovering there's nothing more seductive than the truth. When a French woman tells her marital troubles to a man she mistakes for a psychiatrist they soon form an unusual relationship... Nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.

• The Agnes Varda Collection Vol 2 (4 discs) | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £22.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (73.95%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The Agnes Varda Collection (4 Discs)

• Sous Le Soleil De Satan | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Positioned somewhere between Bresson's immortal Journal d'un cur'' de campagne and Dieterle's The Devil and Daniel Webster Maurice Pialat's staggering Sous le soleil de Satan [Under the Sun of Satan] addresses the torrent of spiritual and intellectual turmoil unloosed among the denizens of a little country parish. It is a film by turns calm and violent buoyant upon the tears of mercy and gurgling with the blood of the Lamb. G''rard Depardieu (Loulou Le Gar''u) is the self-abasing curate tortured by questions about his role in God's plan - before an encounter with a material Satan touches off a powerful revelation. At the crux of his vision is Sandrine Bonnaire (A nos amours. Police) the madly profligate brewer's daughter whose fate ruptures in a blast of gunpowder and the slash of a razor. As events unfurl Maurice Pialat himself provides witness as the seasoned cleric who pronounces the words: God wears us down. One of the great films of faith made by a non-believer Sous le soleil de Satan left an indelible mark on spectators from the very moment of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 - where it won the Palme d'Or for Best Film.

• The Agnès Varda Collection | Blu Ray | (11/12/2017) from £54.54   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eight films from the groundbreaking female director Agnès Varda; Cleo from 5 to 7 Jacquot de Nantes L une Chante, L autre Pas Le Bonheur The Gleaners and I The Beaches of Agnès Vagabond La Pointe Courte

• The Jacques Rivette Collection | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Three classics form Jacques Rivette. Secret Defense is a gripping and fascinating dark Hitchcock style thriller about a scientist who is murdered by a family friend. In Vasavoir the theatre world is the setting. The characters all quick-witted well-read and cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre romance and theft. Histoire de Marie et Julien is a fascinating film and rather more interesting for its unusual stylistic approach to genre filmmaking dealing with death re-birth time and memory and is regarded as one of Rivette's long-lost phantom films.

• Varda by Agnes (Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (04/11/2019) from £14.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Agnes Varda was a visual storyteller who eschewed convention and prescribed approaches to drama. In Varda by Agnes - the director's final film - she offers a personal insight into her oeuvre, using excerpts from her work to illustrate her unique artistic visions and ideas. Playful, revealing and endearing, discover the inimitable genius of a true icon of world cinema. Special features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Agnes Varda in Conversation (2018, 82 mins): the legendary director gives a talk about her career, illustrated with clips, to an audience at BFI Southbank. Agnes Varda: Filmmaker, photographer, Instagrammer (2018, 12 mins): the veteran director explains how to Instagram followed photography and film as her medium of choice. Video essay (2019, 10 mins): a newly commissioned video essay by film critic and writer Amy Simmons Original theatrical trailer **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits.

• Monsieur Hire | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the George Simenon novel 'Les Fiancailles De M. Hire' it tells the story of old Monsieur Hire who lives a lonely existence in an apartment block. He spies on a woman called Alice who also lives there and he knows everything about her until one evening he sees something he shouldn't and his life changes for ever.

• Twisting the Knife: Four FIlms by Claude Chabrol | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £50.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Twisting The Knife: Four Films By Claude Chabrol For five decades Claude Chabrol navigated the unpredictable waters of Cinema, leaving in his wake more than fifty feature films that remain among the most quietly devastating genre movies ever made. Sardonic, provocative, unsettling, Chabrol's films cut to the quick with a clarity and honesty honed to razor sharpness. The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus) sees Chabrol at perhaps his most playful as a pair of scam artists, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault, get in over their heads. But who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies? The murder of a 10 year old girl sparks rumours and gossip in The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge), as suspicion falls on René (Jacques Gamblin) the dour once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive. Enigmatic, perverse, seductive, Isabelle Huppert encapsulates everything that makes Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) a film John Waters calls Cinematic Perfection in this tale of suppressed family secrets. Finally, in The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal), incest, old money and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel as an outwardly perfect bourgeois family begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics. Though influenced by Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir, Chabrol's voice was entirely and assuredly his own, influencing in turn filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, James Gray and Dominik Moll. His amused, unblinkered view of life and refusal to judge his characters makes his films timelessly relevant and accessible to all. Arrow Video is proud to present this second collection of films by Claude Chabrol with a wealth of new and archival extras. Limited Edition Contents: High definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all four films New 4K restorations of The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus), Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal) Original lossless PCM French stereo audio on all films plus DTS-HD 5.1 on Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal) Optional English subtitles 80-page collector's booklet of new writing by Sean Hogan, Brad Stevens, Catherine Dousteyessier-Khoze, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Pamela Hutchinson Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella Disc One - The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus): Brand new audio commentary by film critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan Chabrol's Soap Bubble, a brand new visual essay by Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, author of Claude Chabrol: The Aesthetics of Opacity exploring the games Chabrol plays with his characters and audience Film as a Family Affair, Cécile Maistre-Chabrol, the stepdaughter of Claude Chabrol and his assistant director on fourteen features discusses his life, work and wisdom in this exclusive new hour plus interview Behind the scenes featurette Archive interview with Isabelle Huppert Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery Disc Two: - The Color Of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge): Brand new audio commentary by critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan Nothing is Sacred, a brand new visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya examining the ideas of art and legacy in Chabrol's The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge) What's Eating Claude Chabrol? a brand new appreciation by film critic David Kalat examining the ways in which Chabrol's films relate, reflect and refract each other Behind the scenes featurette Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery Disc Three - Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat): Brand new audio commentary by film critic Justine Smith When I pervert good , a brand new visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya which takes a closer look at late period Chabrol through the lens of his masterful thriller Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) Archive interview with Isabelle Huppert Archive interview with Jacques Dutronc Behind the scenes featurette Screen test for Anna Mouglalis Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery Disc Four - The Flower Of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal): Brand new audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme Behind the Masks: Remembering Claude Chabrol, a brand new appreciation by Agnès C. Poirier, author of Left Bank: Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 in which she shares her personal reminiscence of Claude Chabrol and considers his unique position in French culture and cinema Behind the scenes featurette Archive interview with co-writer Catherine Eliacheff Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery **Extras Subject to Change**

• Resistance | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Resistance is the epic tale of an American pilot (Bill Paxton) downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters he falls in love with the wife of a man who saved him (Julia Ormond). When their affair is exposed an act of betrayal threatens their lives and the entire resistance movement forcing the pilot to make a powerful choice that could change the course of the war.

• Jeanne La Pucelle - The Prisons | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The second part of Jacques Rivette's austere and magnificent epic masterpiece.

• Jeanne La Pucelle - The Battles | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £17.25   |  Saving you £-1.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jacques Rivette's austere and magnificent epic masterpiece.

• La Cérémonie | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In La Ceremonie, Claude Chabrol, known as the French Hitchcock, creates one of his most shocking and unforgettable thrillers. Catherine (Jacqueline Bisset) hires the illiterate Sophie as her maid. But Sophie soon falls under the influence of the mysterious Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Player, Merci Pour Le Chocolate), and the stage is set for a tale of murder, violence, and betrayal. One of Chabrol's most acclaimed films, and winner of numerous international awards, La Ceremonie is a masterpiece of suspense.

• Secret Defense | DVD | (24/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Secret Defense is a gripping and fascinating thriller from ground breaking French director Jacques Rivette. When Slyvie's (Sandrine Bonnaire) father a brilliant scientist is murdered by a family friend she swears vengeance. However she soon finds herself embroiled in a mystery of love and intrigue. But when she learns the truth about her father it threatens to shake her very foundations in this dark Hitchcock style thriller.

• La Cérémonie | Blu Ray | (23/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In La Ceremonie, Claude Chabrol, known as the French Hitchcock, creates one of his most shocking and unforgettable thrillers. Catherine (Jacqueline Bisset) hires the illiterate Sophie as her maid. But Sophie soon falls under the influence of the mysterious Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Player, Merci Pour Le Chocolate), and the stage is set for a tale of murder, violence, and betrayal. One of Chabrol's most acclaimed films, and winner of numerous international awards, La Ceremonie is a masterpiece of suspense.

• A Nos Amours | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family's dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Maurice Pialat's serene perilous masterwork provides the movie romance a definitive check and eminently deceptive balance - the X scratched on top of the O. In one of the astonishing film debuts Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Bront''an choler. She's 16 and men exist - diverse lovers an overbearing brother and the father portrayed by Pialat himself in an unforgettable turn that displays the full magnitude of the cinema giant's tenderness force-of-will and presence of being. Woven through with indelible images and heart-stopping moments (and culminating in the infamous dinner party scene) A nos amours. [To Our Romance. / Here's to Love.] is a pure creation a film that will live so long as there's still either movies or love.

• Angel Of Mine | DVD | (13/09/2010) from £5.29   |  Saving you £0.70 (11.70%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From the producer of the acclaimed The Page Turner comes a riveting nail-biting journey into the obsession and jealousy. Divorced mother Elsa Valentin's (Catherine Frot) life is fraught with tension fighting for her son in a bitter custody battle and juggling a demanding job. But nothing can prepare for what happens when she crosses paths with Lola a young girl whom she believes to be the daughter she lost in a hospital fire over six years ago. Unable to let go of the desperate hope that her daughter might still be alive Elsa begins to ingratiate herself with Lola's own mother Claire (Sandrine Bonnaire) inching her way into Lola's life. At the expense of her own increasingly distraught family Elsa's obsession heightens and her behaviour turns increasingly disturbing. But how far will she go for what only she believes is the unsettling truth? Based on an incredible true story.

• A Season in France | DVD | (09/09/2019) from £8.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Abbas (Eriq Ebouaney), a college professor and father of two, seeks political asylum in France after fleeing the civil war that has raged in the Central African Republic since 2013. Widowed when his wife died in attempting to escape the country with him, he has since met Carole (Sandrine Bonnaire), who consoles him in his anguish at the French immigration system. Two years of waiting finally elicit a response from the authorities. Everything he holds dear, including his hopes for both his future and those of his children, lie in their decision. Ebouaney and Bonnaire both give compelling performances, while Haroun masterfully contrasts the intimacy of human relationships with the cold bureaucracy of a vast, impersonal system.

• La Ceremonie | DVD | (17/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Claude Chabrol's La Ceremonie the wealthy Lelievre family live in a grand estate in the calm isolation of the French countryside. All that lacks in their lustrous lifestyle is the perfect maid who they believe to have found in the shy and recalcitrant Sophie (Sandrine Bonnaire). The match seems to be perfect and Sophie proves to be ""a bit bizarre but a real pearl"" according to Madame Lelievre (Jacqueline Bisset). Sophie remains distanced from the family and only comes out