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Agora

Set at the end of the 4th century, a young slave in ancient Egypt must choose between joining the Christianity movement, which will give him freedom, and Hypatia, the woman he loves, who is his master and an atheist.

DVD 10836

Baiser volés Stolen kisses /

The third in the Antoine Doinel series, (first told in the film The 400 blows) and in many respects the autobiography of François Truffaut. After his dishonorable discharge from the army, Antoine embarks on a series of ill-fated jobs, finally settling on an amusing stint as a private dectective. In his ever-turbulent love life, he finds himself torn between an attractive, serious-minded young violinist and a glamorous, older married woman.

DVD 696

Des hommes et des dieux Of gods and men /

Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers in a monastery in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990's. When a crew of foreign workers are massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay, come what may.

DVD 8186

India song

The wife of a French vice-consul in 1930s India begins having affairs in order to escape her boredom. Her husband pretends not to notice because he understands the cause of her behavior. The accompanying documentary includes interviews with Duras and the actors and crew of the film.

DVD 3910

Moonraker

Agent 007's mission is to find the Moonraker, a space shuttle that has been stolen while enroute to England from the United States. Bond's travels take him from California to Italy, and on to Brazil where he uncovers Drax's evil space scheme.

DVD 311

Mr. Klein

Set in Nazi-occupied France, 'Mr. Klein' is the riveting story of one man's search for another who shares his name, and who has stolen his identity.

DVD 3010

Name of the rose

Investigating the deaths of two monks, a visiting brother discovers a secret library containing rare books considered lost to the world and dangerous to the Catholic faith.

DVD 7046

Out 1

Out 1: four separate stories are intercut and eventually intermix involving the members of two theatrical troupes, stolen letters, blackmail, etc. The mysteries of Paris : Jacques Rivette's Out 1 revisited: a feature-length documentary by Robert Fischer and Wilfried Reichart, containing interviews with actors Bulle Ogier, Michael Lonsdale and Hermine Karagheuz, cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn, assistant director Jean-François Stévenin and producer Stéphane Tchalgadjieff, as well as rare archival interviews with actors Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Michel Delahaye, and director Jacques Rivette.

DVD 11715

Souffle au coeur = Murmur of the heart

A candid portrait of one boy's journey from childhood to adulthood. A precocious fifteen-year-old boy's sexual maturation and unorthodox relationship with his free-spirited mother is both shocking and deeply poignant.

DVD 4688

Trial

"When Josef K is condemned for an unnamed crime in an unnamed country, he is forced to seek his own justice through a labyrinth of bureaucracy. Along the way, he becomes involved with three women who in their own individual ways are functions of the systems that persecutes him."--Container.

DVD 11057