"Director: Christian Carion"

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  • Joyeux NoelJoyeux Noel | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £3.65   |  Saving you £12.34 (338.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

    When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914 it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake. And Christmas arrives with it's snow and multitude of family and army bundles. But the surprise won't come from the inside the generous parcels which lie in the French Scottish and German trenches. That night a momentous event will turn the destinies of four characters; A Scottish priest a French lieutenant an exceptional German tenor and the one he loves and sings with a wonderful Danish soprano. They will find themselves at the heart of unprecedented fraternisations between German British and French troops. During that Christmas Eve the unthinkable will happen: rifles will be left at the bottom of trenches and steps will be taken towards those opposite to shake their hands exchange a cigarette or a piece of chocolate to wish them a ""Merry Christmas"".

  • The Girl From Paris [2000]The Girl From Paris | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Fed up with city life Sandrine (Mathilde Seigner) decides to leave Paris and live out her dream of becoming a farmer. It's love at first sight when she comes across a farmstead on the Vercors plateau which she takes over from cantankerous farming veteran Adrien (Michel Serrault). Sandrine is confident she can run the farm by herself but Adrien is sceptical; the trials of the oncoming winter will prove them both wrong... Set against a backdrop of beautiful French Alpine countrysid

  • Farewell [DVD]Farewell | DVD | (29/08/2011) from £4.98   |  Saving you £13.01 (261.24%)   |  RRP £17.99

    Based on a true story Farewell (aka L'Affaire Farewell) documents one of the most astounding tales of espionage to come out of the Cold War. Directed by Academy Award nominated Christian Carion (Merry Christmas) Farewell features a stellar cast including award-winning actor/director Emir Kusturica (Black Cat White Cat The Good Thief) award-winning actor/director Guillaume Canet (Tell No One Little White Lies) and award-winning actress Alexandra Maria Lara (The Reader Control). The film also stars Willem Dafoe (Antichrist Spiderman 3) David Soul (Jerry Springer: The Opera) and Fred Ward (Short Cuts Management). In 1981 Colonel Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica) of the KGB (real name Vladimir Vetrov) disenchanted with what the communist ideal has become under Brezhnev decides he is going to change the world. Discreetly he makes contact with a French engineer working for Thompson in Moscow Pierre (Guillaume Canet) and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. During a period of two years French President Francois Mitterrand (Philippe Magnan) was to personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow to whom the French Secret Service gave the codename 'Farewell'.

  • Farewell [Blu-ray][Region Free]Farewell | Blu Ray | (29/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

    Based on a true story Farewell (aka L'Affaire Farewell) documents one of the most astounding tales of espionage to come out of the Cold War. Directed by Academy Award nominated Christian Carion (Merry Christmas) Farewell features a stellar cast including award-winning actor/director Emir Kusturica (Black Cat White Cat The Good Thief) award-winning actor/director Guillaume Canet (Tell No One Little White Lies) and award-winning actress Alexandra Maria Lara (The Reader Control). The film also stars Willem Dafoe (Antichrist Spiderman 3) David Soul (Jerry Springer: The Opera) and Fred Ward (Short Cuts Management). In 1981 Colonel Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica) of the KGB (real name Vladimir Vetrov) disenchanted with what the communist ideal has become under Brezhnev decides he is going to change the world. Discreetly he makes contact with a French engineer working for Thompson in Moscow Pierre (Guillaume Canet) and little by little passes on documents to him - mainly concerning the United States - information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. During a period of two years French President Francois Mitterrand (Philippe Magnan) was to personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow to whom the French Secret Service gave the codename 'Farewell'.

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