Films with: Aimée, Anouk

8 1/2

Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.

DVD 1601

British noir

They met in the dark: discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career. The october man: after a traumatic brain injury, a young engineer tries to repair his life. But his recovery is thwarted when a woman is found strangled and he becomes the prime suspect. Snowbound: a British Army vet exposes a plot by ex-Nazis to reclaim a stash of gold bullion hidden at a ski resort. The golden salamander: a British archaeologist finds himself caught between a gang of North African gun-runners and the woman he loves. The assassin: a private eye arrives in Venice in search of a fugitive, but soon discovers that the city's winding waterways hold dark secrets.

DVD 11081

Dr. Bethune

"Filmed across three continents in Canada, Spain and China, DR. BETHUNE recounts the epic story of one of this century's greatest heroes, Dr. Norman Bethune. When he is run out of Montreal by his contemporaries in the 1930s for his visionary, humanistic approach to medicine, Dr. Bethune begins his lifelong quest to bring political justice and medical progress to the world. ... From his work in the battlefields alongside the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War, to his years as Chairman Mao's appointee during China's fight against fascism, Dr. Bethune's story is one of courage and relentless determination."--Container. The epic story of one of this century's greatest heroes, Dr. Norman Bethune, whose visionary, humanistic approach to medicine drove him to a lifelong quest to bring political justice and medical progress to the world.

DVD 13164

Federico Fellini's La dolce vita

A journalist ventures into the decadent society of modern Rome and finds that his values are being destroyed, leaving him totally disillusioned.

DVD 3372

Homme et une femme

A daredevil race-car driver and a movie script girl meet while visiting their children's boarding school. They soon share a love filled with warmth, humor and truth, and intertwined with the demands of career and parenthood.

DVD 7472

Lola

Drama about a woman who must choose among three men. Restoration was done in 2000 by Ciné-Tamaris.

DVD 3830

Prêt-à-porter

A series of interconnecting stories that expose what goes on at the Paris fashion shows. When a fashion industry hot-shot is found dead, the police comb the fashion industry for clues. While the dead man's mistress mourns him as she is putting together a showing of her couture house's line, the man's widow could care less and attends the season's shows without a care, not knowing that her ex-husband is following her. Three magazine editors are trying to sign on a nonchalant photographer. A man and a woman are forced to share a hotel room when no other accommodations are available. Various love affairs are brewing amongst designers, models and others. All this is being broadcast live on a television show hosted by an American named Kitty Porter.

DVD 1510