"Director: François Girard"

• Silk | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply.

• The Choir DVD | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £8.95   |  Saving you £7.04 (78.66%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From acclaimed director François Girard comes the inspirational story of a rebellious young boy with a remarkable singing voice. After being sent to a prestigious music school he is challenged by a demanding teacher. A stellar ensemble cast - including two-time Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman Oscar-winner Kathy Bates two-time Emmy-winner Eddie Izzard three-time Oscar-nominee Debra Winger Josh Lucas (A Beautiful Mind) and Kevin McHale (Glee) - plus an exciting group of newcomers star as the teachers and young singers battling through fierce national contests in order to take their boychoir to new competitive heights. Featuring a stunning soundtrack of choral music by Handel Britten Tallis and Mendelssohn The Choir is an uplifting story of talent adolescence and mentorship that proves what can be achieved when you dare to dream.

• The Red Violin | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £9.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A skilled craftsman makes a violin for his unborn child. When tragedy strikes and his wife and child are killed he decides to finish the violin. The story follows the instrument as it travels across the centuries and changes hands many times.

• The Red Violin | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  François Girard's The Red Violin (1998) is a good-looking but ultimately insubstantial piece from a director who seems more concerned with tone, colour and style than narrative coherence. The film traces the story of a violin originally made in 17th-century Italy, which is taken to an 18th-century monastery to be played by a child prodigy. The violin later comes into the hand of a virtuoso in 19th-century Oxford, from there to China in the Cultural Revolution and on to Montreal, where--before it can be auctioned--it is "acquired"' by Samuel L Jackson. Unfortunately, none of these stories make much of an impression: the episode in Oxford is particularly weak, with Greta Scacchi wasted, and the film is even less than the sum of its parts. Jackson is completely miscast as an expert on musical instruments, even if a criminal one. To be frank, this is a poor effort, though well photographed and with a pleasing score by composer John Corigliano performed by violinist Joshua Bell. On the DVD:The disc contains a theatrical trailer but no other features. The soundtrack is excellent, in Dolby Surround. The image is equally good, in a 1.78:1 anamorphic print. --Ed Buscombe

• Peter Gabriel - Secret World - Live | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tracklist: 1.Come Talk To Me 2.Steam 3.Across The River 4.Slow Marimbas 5.Shaking The Tree 6.Blood Of Eden 7.San Jacinto 8.Kiss That Frog 9.Washing In The Water 10.Solsbury Hill 11.Digging In The Dirt 12.Sledgehammer 13.Secret World 14.Don't Give Up 15.In Your Eyes

• Yo Yo Ma - Cello Suites No. 1 And No. 2 | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-6.57 (-82.20%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Musician Yo Yo Ma and the Suite No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello by Bach. The Music Garden: 'What if we created a garden inspired by Bach?' In their quest for the answer Yo-Yo Ma and garden designer Julie Moir Messervy journey from Boston to Toronto across bureaucratic miles of frustration and through seasons of changing hope. Their remarkable tale is movingly documented by filmmaker Kevin McMahon. The Sound Of The Carceri: Imagine Giovanni Battista Piranesi's daz

• Silk/Safe Harbour/Laws Of Attraction | DVD | (20/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Silk (Dir. Fran''ois Girard) (2007): Based on Alessandro Baricco's novel Silk is the story of a silkworm smuggler and his adventures in Japan. When the p''brine epidemic - the spotted silkworm disease that ravaged eggs from European hatcheries in the 1860's - spreads overseas the entire European silk trade seemed doomed. In order to continue his lucrative trade Baldabiou (Molina) a roguish French silk trader decides to send a young military officer Herve Joncour (Pitt) on a perilous mission to Japan. Thus separating him for months on end from Helene (Knightley) his lovely and devoted schoolteacher wife. Japan the island that produced the finest silk in the world for thousands of years prior to the opening of the Suez Canal was considered a dominion forbidden to foreigners quite literally the opposite end of the world. It is here that Herve encounters the powerful and feared local baron Hara Jubei (Yakusho) with whom he will trade for the precious silkworm eggs. And it is here in a world unlike anything that Herve has experienced before that he becomes entranced by the baron's concubine a deeply mysterious girl of intoxicating beauty. Safe Harbour (Dir. Bill Corcoran) (2007): Escape to Safe Harbour the gripping story of love loss and the powerful bonds that can heal a wounded heart. Ofelia is a grieving young widow. Matt is a heartbroken artist. Both feel as though they have lost everything until on a remote fog-shrouded California beach they find each other. But as their passion grows into something far more than either dares to dream the darkness of their pasts will threaten to destroy what could be their last chance for true love. Laws Of Attraction (Dir. Peter Howitt) (2004): A romantic comedy in which two jaded New York divorce lawyers (Brosnan Moore) are often competing against each other in court actions. After romance blossoms between them they decide to get married. However once wed will they be able to avoid the same difficulties at home that provide them with business at work?