Films with: Desplechin, Arnaud

Rois et reine Kings & queen /

Expertly mixes comedy, tragedy, and melodrama to tell the emotionally gripping story of the interesting lives of two former lovers.

DVD 6760

Sentinelle

Mathias, a medical intern, finds himself drawn into a world of international intrigue after discovering a shrunken human head in his luggage. This discovery soon consumes his life as he becomes obsessed with uncovering its origins. As the pieces of the puzzle begin falling into place, Mathias becomes a target for the French Secret Service who will do anything to protect their secrets.

DVD 733

Shoah

Over a decade in the making, this monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Claude Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, and other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming Shoah is not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait in which the past is always present.

DVD 11957