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For 18 years, Sister Benedetta Carlini (Virginie Efira) lived a penitent and exemplary existence in a 17th century Tuscan convent. Given charge of the abused and recalcitrant novitiate Bartolomea (Daphne Patakia), she's flustered by her protégé's physical attraction... and must deal with the consequences as she reciprocates in kind. Paul Verhoeven's audacious, fact-inspired effort also stars Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin. 131 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English. In French with English subtitles.

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Long unavailable, Olivier Assayas’s deeply felt coming-of-age drama Cold Water 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 (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 centerpiece, Cold Water is a heartbreaking immersion in the emotional tumult of being young. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • New interview with Assayas • New interview with cinematographer Denis Lenoir • Excerpt from a 1994 French television program on the film featuring Assayas and actors Virginie Ledoyen and Cyprien Fouquet • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu

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Mich�le seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Mich�le's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game - a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.

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Mich�le seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Mich�le's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game - a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.

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A look at the platonic relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her female readers during the first days of the French Revolution.

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Product Description One of Eric Rohmer's most renowned films, FULL MOON IN PARIS was originally released in 1984 to universal acclaim. Heralded as "a small masterpiece" and "the very best of Rohmer" by The New York Times, it is the story of Louise (Pascale Ogier), a young interior designer bored with her life in the sleepy suburbs with her live-in boyfriend Remi, an architect by trade and a homebody by nature. Eager to lead the life of an independent socialite in the city, Louise arranges to move back into her Paris apartment during the week. Balancing a steady boyfriend in the suburbs with a best friend, Octave (Fabrice Luchini), who makes plain his interest in her, and a bad boy musician who catches her eye at a party, eventually even the sophisticated and aloof Louise cannot untangle herself from the emotional realities of her various romantic encounters. Review Winner - Best Actress - Venice Film Festival Official Selection - Venice Film Festival Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival --- Ranks with the very best of Rohmer. Enlightened self-deception is the system in this tiny universe, and it's invigoratingly comic to behold. --The New York Times It's as elegant and incisive a comedy of manners as ever from Rohmer. --Time Out London

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* When Blanche meets the charismatic Gregoire, she thinks she has found the one. Their passionate affair develops quickly, and they soon marry and relocate far from Blanche’s family. As her new life begins, Blanche finds herself caught in the grip of a deeply possessive and dangerous man, desperate to escape. JUST THE TWO OF US is a closely observed and emotional domestic thriller by Valérie Donzelli. Bonus Features: 1. Feature Audio Commentary by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 2. Interview with director Valérie Donzelli 3. Photo Gallery 4. Theatrical Trailer 5. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Just the Two of Us [Blu-ray]

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Claude Chabrol’s forty-ninth feature stands as the crowning achievement of his prolific career—a coolly riveting study of class dynamics, the psychology of crime, and the sordid secrets lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life. A fascinatingly enigmatic, César Award–winning Isabelle Huppert is the chaotic yin to Sandrine Bonnaire’s tightly coiled yang. They are, respectively, a small-town postal worker and a maid to a wealthy family, a pair of outsiders who form a mysterious alliance that gradually, almost imperceptibly, goes haywire. With a master’s control of sound, editing, and suspense, Chabrol constructs a tour de force of sustained tension that delivers each brilliant shock with ice-pick precision. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Selected-scene commentary featuring director Claude Chabrol New introduction by filmmaker Bong Joon Ho Making-of program Archival interviews with Chabrol, actors Isabelle Huppert and Sandrine Bonnaire, and cowriter Caroline Eliacheff Episode of the Criterion Channel series Observations on Film Art about the use of offscreen sound Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by crime-fiction and true-crime expert Sarah Weinman

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The 24 Hours of Le Mans is always about more than which car crosses the line first. The action-packed official review distils the surprise, excitement and drama of an entire day and night's racing into four thrilling hours of high-quality entertainment. Follow the stories in every class as teams and drivers set out to make their mark on the history books.

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Product Description When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it's not long before she also falls for his daughter Leila. The lustful giddiness of Rachel and Ali’s late-night rendezvous evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups. Although she feels like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman’s daughter. She begins to long for a child of her own, but as a forty-something woman, she is abundantly aware that she has limited time to begin a family. Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including co-parenting with Ali’s ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroianni), or strike out again on her own. Other People’s Children becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging. Review “‘Other People’s Children’ is romantic ― tender, sexy, very French…” --Manohla Dargis, The New York Times “'Other People’s Children' sneaks up on you, with a depth and complexity of feeling that throws those glossy, idyllic opening moments into bittersweet relief” --Justin Chang “Bittersweet and beautifully observed” --Guy Lodge, Variety Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Other People's Children

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Chief Inspector Elisabeth Guardiano (Virginie Ledoyen) is sent to the remote mountain village of Roquenoir to investigate a gruesome double murder. At the same time, Gendarmerie Captain Franck de Rolan (Paul Hamy) arrives in the small community to investigate the abduction of several local children. There is nothing to suggest a connection between the cases. But then Guardiano and de Rolan come across the ancient legend of the Soul Eater...