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King of Hearts (Widescreen)
»rank: 7543
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. 0f course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War l, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. ...
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Leolo
»rank: 7543
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential: Leolo is a black comedy about an impoverished Montreal boy who creates his own mental world in response to his real-world chaos and his family's weirdness. This critically acclaimed art-house favourite, directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon with music by Tom Waits, is rendered in an amazing series of surreal images, creating a beguiling world of fantasy and reality. Un incontournable québécois:lnspiré par sa propre enfance, le réalisateur Jean-Claude Lauzon signe un film en forme de poème visuel, dense et touchant, retraçant la vie d'un petit garçon ...
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Carmen (Widescreen)
»rank: 13153
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. lt is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where ...
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The Milky Way
»rank: 13153
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. lt is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where ...
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La Zizanie
»rank: 13153
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. lt is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where ...
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L' Aile ou la cuisse
»rank: 13153
Chroniques et points de vue:Chronique amazon.fr:Prenez la plus grande vedette comique française – de Funès – qui effectue son retour dans un rôle taillé sur mesure après trois ans d'absence. Adjoignez-lui un espoir venu du café-théâtre et du music-hall – Coluche – qui tient là son premier grand rôle au cinéma. Mitonnez-leur une histoire aux petits oignons où l'un serait le père de l'autre, où quiproquos et malentendus s'enchaînent sans discontinuer. Ajoutez-y un méchant d'anthologie – Tricatel, interprété par l'excellent Julien Guiomar. Placez enfin aux fourneaux un expert en artillerie comique, Claude ...
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Barocco
»rank: 7254
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A strange and beautiful variation on Vertigo, French director André Téchiné's Barocco (in English, 'Baroque') stars lsabelle Adjani as the girlfriend of a boxer (Gérard Depardieu) who's being paid to smear a political candidate. When the boxer is killed, his killer (Depardieu again) follows Adjani, seeking the boxer's money--but he also grows obsessed with Adjani, and she in turn decides to remake him into her dead lover. Barocco, with its gorgeously composed cinematography and circuitous plot, evokes the style of directors like Fritz Lang and Alfred Hitchcock; ...
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Z: Masterworks Edition (Widescreen)
»rank: 19821
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Costa-Gavras's Z, winner of the 1970 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, is a classic political thriller, combining intrigue with raw emotional power. The story turns on the investigation of the assassination of a left-wing Greek politician (Yves Montand), and his government's attempts to cover up the murky circumstances. Montand receives death threats as he prepares to give a speech condemning the government, and is then run down in front of numerous witnesses. Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Conformist) plays the judge assigned to the investigation, who gradually discovers ...
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Carmen
»rank: 19821
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. lt is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where ...
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L' Animal
»rank: 19821
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is the most popular opera production so far on DVD, surpassing even Franco Zeffirelli's lavish, symbol-laden La Traviata. lt is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times. For Julia Migenes, it was her first performance in a role she would have trouble performing in an opera house. Her voice does not fit easily into Carmen's range, and she spent months training it, very successfully, before singing the role in a recording studio where ...
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