Juliette Binoche Collection DVD

Set Comprises: Three Colours Blue (Trois Coleurs Bleu): Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy which explores the French Revolutionary ideals of Freedom Equality and Brotherhood are landmarks of world cinema. 'Three Colours Blue' was an immediate success winning the top prizes at the 1993 Venice film festival and unanimous praise from critics and audiences the world over. Julie (Juliette Binoche) loses her composer husband and their child in a car crash and though devastated she tries to make a new start away from her country house and a would-be lover.... But music still surrounds her and she uncovers some unpleasant facts about her husband's life. Slowly Julie learns to live again as music and the gift of creativity prove to be a healing force. Code Unknown (Code Inconnu): Paris. A very busy boulevard. Someone throws a crumpled piece of paper into the outstretched hands of a beggar-woman. This is the bond which for an instant links the trajectories of several very different characters : Anne a young actress is on the threshold of making it in the cinema. Her boyfriend Georges is a war photographer he is rarely in France. His father is a farmer. Georges' younger brother Jean has no interest in taking over the farm. Amadou is a music teacher in an institute for deaf-mute children. His father a taxi driver originates from Africa. His little sister is deaf and it's because of her that Amadou has chosen his profession. Maria comes from Romania and sends home the money she gets from begging. Having been deported she goes back home to spend some time with her family before embarking on another humiliating journey to France. What do they have in common these characters and those whose path they cross? Written and directed by Michael Haneke one of modern cinema's most distinctive and ambitious directors Code Unknown is a complex film of powerful emotional force and a fascinating study of the subtle connections and barriers between people social class race and the difficulty of communicating in the modern world. The Night Is Young (Mauvais Sang): Leos Carax's second film confirmed his status as one of the most talented young French filmmakers of his generation. Set a few years before the 21st century Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood) tells the story of Alex (Dennis Lavant) the teen-age son of a murdered criminal who is enlisted by two former associates of his father to steal a valuable serum for an AIDS-like disease. Alex's mission becomes complicated when he begins to fall in love with one of the associates' young mistress (Juliette Binoche) and he becomes involved in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a rival gang woman known only as ""The American."" [show more]

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