Sandra has a love affair with a former financial heavy weight in London. She also had a second lover a contract killer who has to kill the money guy. And it just so happens that the second lover's wife is behind the scenes pulling the strings.
Celebrated directors from around the world have come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined.
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
1970: Gilles a young Parisian student is taken in by the political and creative turmoil of the times. Through a haze of wild parties social activism and romantic encounters he and his friends will partake in some of the most defining moments of the post-war period.
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
Ten years after he made his feature debut with Disorder in 1986, Olivier Assayas decided it was time to turn his attentions to the French film industry for his sixth picture. Written in ten days, and shot in less than a month, Irma Vep provides a mid-nineties' amalgam of François Truffaut's Day for Night and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore. French filmmaker René Vidal (Day for Night's Jean-Pierre Léaud) is commissioned by a TV company to direct a remake of Louis Feuillade's classic silent-era serial, Les Vampires. Maggie Cheung (playing a version of herself) is cast in the central role and heads to Paris for filming where she finds herself amid the chaos of artistic differences, petty rivalries and the immense egos which make up a film set. Irma Vep is Assayas at his lightest and most playful simultaneously a gently satirical dig at the state of French cinema and a love letter to his female star. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS 2K restoration from the original negative, supervised and approved by Olivier Assayas High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English subtitles Audio commentary by writer-director Olivier Assayas and critic Jean-Michel Frodon On the Set of Irma Vep, a 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with optional commentary by Assayas and Frodon Interview with Assayas and critic Charles Tesson Interview with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung, a 1997 short film by Assayas Black and white rushes Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Neil Young
Maggie Cheung (playing herself) has been cast by a once revered but now out of touch director as the latex-clad cat-burglar in his ill-fated remake of the French classic Les Vampires. From the moment she arrives in Paris chaos ensues until the director finally has a breakdown and is replaced by another who doesnt know why she was cast in the first place. Amidst all the confusion Cheung becomes drawn to her character and is soon pulling on latex and prowling her hotel corridors at night. This critically-acclaimed satire on the world of filmmaking is one of the freshest and coolest French films of the 90's.
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Carlos The Jackal (3 Discs)
Olivier Assayas's longunavailable early masterpiece, a comingofage story propelled by music, newly restored Long unavailable, this deeply felt comingofage drama by OLIVIER ASSAYAS (Personal Shopper) has until now been a missing link in one of contemporary cinema's richest bodies of work. Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles (CYPRIEN FOUQUET) and Christine (A Single Girl's VIRGINIE LEDOYEN), whose rebellions against family and society threaten to tear them apart. The visceral realism of the movie's narrative and the near experimentalism of its camera work come together effortlessly thanks to a rock soundtrack that vividly evokes the period. With one of the most memorable party sequences ever committed to film as a centrepiece, Cold Water is a heartbreaking immersion in the emotional tumult of being young. Features: DIRECTORAPPROVED BLURAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTSHD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with Assayas New interview with cinematographer Denis Lenoir Excerpt from a 1994 French television programme on the film featuring Assayas and actors Virginie Ledoyen and Cyprien Fouquet New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu
Three estranged siblings must each come to terms with the death of their mother in this touching drama by Olivier Assayas.
Clouds of Sils Maria follows the story of Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche), an actor who is asked to perform in a new production of a play that made her famous twenty years prior. However, this time she will be playing the role of a different, older character who is obsessed with a beautiful young woman (ChloeÌ Grace Moretez). Departing to the Swiss Alps with her loyal personal assistant (Kristen Stewart), Maria begins to see life reflecting art and, like her character, cannot help but be drawn into an inexorable web of doubt and fear. Expertly staged by Olivier Assayas (Carlos, Something in the Air, Summer Hours), Clouds of Sils Maria is a dazzlingly performed meditation on power, desire, loyalty and the passing of time.
1970: Gilles a young Parisian student is taken in by the political and creative turmoil of the times. Through a haze of wild parties social activism and romantic encounters he and his friends will partake in some of the most defining moments of the post-war period.
Carlos The Jackal
Now recognised as one of French cinema s finest talents courtesy of such modern classics as Irma Vep, Carlos, Summer Hours and Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas started out as critic and screenwriter before making his debut feature as director in 1986. The Early Films presents this work, Disorder, and his second feature, Winter s Child, in the UK for the first time. Disorder concerns a group of friends in a post-punk band. When a robbery at a music store turns fatal, the resulting chaos threatens both their working relationship and their long-held friendships as they leave France to tour London and potentially make their big break. Released two years later, Winter s Child presents a four-person, two-couple tragedy of passion. Natalia is pregnant, but the child s father, Stéphane, doesn t want to know and abandons her. He meets Sabine, a set designer, and falls in love but she is struggling with her attachment to Bruno, an actor with whom she had a brief fling. Special Edition Contents: Brand new 2K restorations of both films, supervised and approved by Olivier Assayas High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations Original 2.0 Stereo soundtracks Optional English subtitles Interview with writer-director Oliver Assayas Interview with the cast of Disorder, Ann-Gisel Glass, Lucas Belvaux, Wadeck Stanczak and Rémi Martin Rectangle deux chansons de Jacno, a 1980 short film by Assayas consisting of two music videos for the French musician Jacno Laissé inachevé à Tokyo, a 1982 short film by Assayas featuring László Szabó (Made in U.S.A., Ismaël s Ghosts) and Arielle Dombasle (Pauline at the Beach) Winston Tong en studio, a 1984 documentary short by Assayas on the Tuxedomoon singer-songwriter Theatrical trailers Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Noel Megahey and Glenn Kenny
Carlos The Jackal
A rock & roll widow must try and rebuild her life in this powerful drama.
Protestant cleric Jean Barnery (Berling) when he divorces his severe wife after falling in love with Pauline (Beart) the independent-minded niece of an upper-crust parishioner. Heir to a porcelain factory in Limoges Jean gives his fortune to his ex-wife to assuage his guilt over the divorce. Living idyllically in Switzerland with Pauline duty calls: ignoring the wishes of his new wife his family asks him to return to Limoges to run the business. His new responsibilities as well as
For two decades Carlos was the most wanted terrorist on earth. In various disguises and under numerous pseudonyms he headed a worldwide organisation responsible for ruthless killings hijackings and bombings. Professional revolutionary playboy dandy and assassin he left a trail of destruction and broken hearts in his wake as he went about his lethal travels across the word. This is the story of Carlos the Jackal. Special Features: Making of Carlos Featurette Interview with Edgar Ramirez Interview with Olivier Assayas
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