A monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay... come what may. This film is loosely based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tibhirine in Algeria from 1993 until their kidnapping in 1996.
After an unstoppable tsunami destroys everything in its path, a sunny paradise beach town is suddenly turned into a living hell. Trapped in a submerged supermarket a group of survivors are desperately trying to find an escape route. To make matters worse their being hunted by a very large and very hungry great white shark. Are they able to band together to survive with their limbs attached? Or are they destined to join the food chain? Drenched in gore and swimming in blood, Bait is an intense horror you can really get your teeth into. Special Features: Making of Trailer
An adaptation of Jane Austen's first novella Lady Susan', Love & Friendship follows the beautiful Lady Susan as she attempts to find a husband for herself and her long-suffering daughter Frederica.
Fantastic British Period Drama/comedy based on Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan'. Featuring a starred cast, including; Kate Beckinsale (Aviator, Pearl Harbour), Chloe Sevigny (Zodiac, American Psycho), Xavier Samuel (Fury, Frankenstein) and Stephen Fry. Set in the 1790s, Love & Friendship centres on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant debutante daughter, Frederica.
All eight episodes from the French drama series starring Francois-Xavier Demaison as Bertrand Molina, a detective sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young teenager at a music festival in Lyon. With the grieving family pressing for answers, it's not long before Molina uncovers a number of shocking secrets which could push them to breaking point.
Elena Michaels is torn between two lives: the human life she was born into... ...and the werewolf life she was bitten into. Elena wants the same things most twenty-five year old women want: a stable home, a loving family, and a meaningful relationship with a sensual partner. But unlike most women, she ll never get these things, because her life is a little more complicated than most being the world s only female werewolf. Elena was formerly a member of THE PACK, the powerful organized werewolf family that enforces a strict code of werewolf laws. Laws that ensure humans are safe among rogue werewolves, known as MUTTS. The Pack also makes certain that werewolf existence remains a secret, because if it ever became known that their kind existed, a fearful public would hunt them down and exterminate them from the face of the planet. Elena had broken away from the Pack, trying to re-establish a human life, but at the outset of the series she s dragged back into the family business ...much to her dismay. And it s not long until all hell breaks loose.
Best friends. Bitter rivals. Sisters. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning best-selling novel A Thousand Acres (penned by Jane Smiley) follows the saga of the Cook family headed by the indomitable patriarch Larry Cook (Jason Robards). Cook's kingdom is a fertile farm that spans 1 000 acres but the seeds of its destruction are sown when he impulsively decides to distribute it among his three daughters Ginny (Jessica Lange) Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jenn
First performed at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome in 1632 Landis Sant Alessio (Saint Alexius) is recognised as the earliest opera on an historical rather than mythological subject. Staged in Caen (where the DVD was filmed) and Paris in October 2007 the opera was subsequently presented in concert form in London and New York and is scheduled for the opera houses of Luxembourg and Nancy in early 2008.
Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is a stylish and accomplished artist living in Paris. Divorced and looking to find true love at last, she meets a handsome, kind and intelligent younger man who she thinks might finally be the one.
A war hero enters a crime syndicate in a film noir classic starring Dennis O'Keefe (Walk a Crooked Mile), Paul Stewart (Kiss Me Deadly), Allison Hayes (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), and the real-life couple of singer Abbe Lane and bandleader Xavier Cugat. War veteran and accountant Barry Amsterdam (O'Keefe) is charged with investigating Arnie Valent (Stewart), a gang boss suspected of murdering a man who tried to expose him. Ansterdam soon becomes involved in a dangerous love triangle involving both Valent's glamorous girlfriend (Lane), and the mysterious, vengeful Joyce (Hayes). Directed by Fred F Sears (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers), Chicago Syndicate is a torn-from-the-headlines exposé of the machinations of organised crime. Product Features High Definition presentation Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Toby Roan (2021) From Nurse to Worse (1940, 17 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio attempt to make big money through an insurance scam Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Hubert Minel doesn't love his mother. The seventeen-year-old regards her with haughty contempt and sees only her dated sweaters kitsch decorations and the breadcrumbs that get stuck on the corner of her lips when she munches. Confused by a love/hate relationship and desperate to escape the suffocating atmosphere of his mother's working-class suburban home Hubert drifts through the mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical. The directing debut of 19-year-old French-Canadian actor Xavier Dolan. Visually stunning with exquisite performances from Dolan himself and a highly acclaimed cast including Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clment the film won 22 international film awards in 2009 including three categories at Cannes.
Tom travels to the country for the funeral of his lover. There he's shocked to find that no one knows who he is nor who he was to the deceased man whose menacing brother soon sets the rules of a twisted game. In order to protect the family's name and grieving mother Tom must now deny his own sexuality while playing the peacekeeper in an isolated household whose obscure past bodes even greater darkness for his trip to the farm. Adapted from the original play by acclaimed Quebecois playwright Michel Marc Bouchard Tom at the Farm is the fourth film by multi-award-winning young director Xavier Dolan who also takes the title role. This taut psychological thriller centres on the ever-growing gap between city and country and the often oppositional nature of men who live there. Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer
Episode Comprise: I Killed my Mother: Hubert Minel has a love/hate relationship with his mother. Desperate to escape the suffocating atmosphere of his mother's working-class, suburban home, Hubert drifts through the mysteries of an adolescence both marginal and typical: artistic discoveries, illicit experiences, the opening-up to friendship, sex, and ostracism. Heartbeats: Francis and Marie are close friends. One day, during a lunch, they meet Nicolas, a young man from the country newly arrived in town. Each of the two friends slides deeper into obsessive fantasies around their object of desire, and the deeper they slide, the more their once cast-iron friendship begins to crack under the pressure of competing for the new kid on the block. Laurence Anyways: The epic love story of a man (Melvil Poupaud) who decides to undergo a sex change and thedramatic effect it has on his relationship with his girlfriend (Suzanne Clment). Thought-provoking and stylishly shot the film dazzles, featuring music from Fever Ray, The Cure, Duran Duran, Visage, Depeche Mode and Scottish composer Craig Armstrong. Special Features: Filmed interview with Suzanne Clement and Melvil Poupaud Trailer
A modern day take on the classic tale by Mary Shelley.. Frankenstein is set in present day Los Angeles and told entirely from the perspective of the Monster. After he is artificially created, then left for dead by a husband-and-wife team of eccentric scientists, Adam is confronted with nothing but aggression and violence from the world around him. This perfect creation-turned disfigured monster must come to grips with the horrific nature of humanity.
Isabelle, a Parisian artist, a divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.
The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
At the age of 51 and after twenty months of unemployment, Thierry (Vincent Lindon) starts a new job in security at a supermarket that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept in order to keep his job is the central question that Measure of a Man (La Loi du Marché) addresses. For his role as Thierry, Vincent Lindon, who was the only professional actor in the film, was awarded the Palme for Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the Cesar for Best Actor in 2016, the French equivalent of the British BAFTA. - See more at: http://www.newwavefilms.co.uk/view-film-detail.html?viewListing=MTM3#sthash.BY0r2HkH.dpuf
A gifted pianist is given a second chance to shows her musical sensitivity in this French drama.
A supernatural thriller about a group of teenagers menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.
During a few languid summer days in Strasbourg a young foreigner spends his time sitting at an outdoor cafe sketching the figures of the women around him patiently waiting for his lost love Sylvia. Then one fine afternoon he thinks he spots her and sets off through the city to confront his memory. Featuring standout performances from Xavier Lafitte and Pilar L''pez de Ayala Jos'' Luis Guer''-n's lovely exceedingly graceful work is an homage to cinema painting love and women. A cult classic on the festival circuit In The City Of Sylvia eloquently captures the feeling of being in love with love and the youthful sense of a world filled with an almost limitless sensuality.
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