Gérard Depardieu
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sex-addicted French financier, a fateful hotel room encounter, and a scandal that would rock the world; the mighty Gerard Depardieu gives a fearless performance in this ripped-from-the-headlines saga of sin and sleaze from boundary. Inspired by one of the most high-profile public implosions in recent memory, follows a prominent international banker as he spirals out of control during a drug and sex-fueled trip to America, culminating in a shocking...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
One of the most celebrated motion pictures ever to explore the art of music tells a provocative tale of romance, lust, desire and intrigue. Based on the lives of 17th century French composer Sainte Colombe and his protege Marin Marais.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
"A stylish and poignant film about Jewish director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent), who is forced to hide in the basement of his theater during the Nazi occupation while his wife (Catherine Deneuve) stars in its latest production. Romantic tensions mount when she and her leading man (Gérard Depardieu) begin to fall in love with each other. At the same time, a pro-Nazi theater critic ensconces himself in the theater causing stress to the entire cast"--Container....
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A tale of doomed love between a lonely truck stop waitress and a gay, hunky garbage truck driver, whose boyfriend becomes increasingly jealous of the two. Sharing its title with Gainsbourg and Birkin's sexually explicit 1969 hit pop song, the film is an equally provocative depiction of an unlikely couple's torrid affair.
Tells the story of a love triangle between a truckstop waitress, a gay garbage truck driver, and his jealous boyfriend.
7) Last holiday
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Georgia Byrd is a department store employee who leads a life of frustrated desires. She particularly likes the bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department. But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to the swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her, including a senator...
8) Life of Pi
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
Series
Criterion collection volume 976
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (folded to 12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
"Two luminaries of French cinema, Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche, unite for the first time in this piercing look at the elusive nature of true love, and the extent to which we are willing to betray ourselves in its pursuit. Binoche plays Isabelle, a successful painter in Paris whose apparent independence belies what she desires most: real romantic fulfillment. Isabelle reveals deep wells of yearning, vulnerability, and resilience as she tumbles...
10) 1900
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (315 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Epic story of two families in Italy traces both the rise of fascism and the conflict between the sons of the families, both born on January 1, 1900.