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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
(Tereza, 1988)
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The Widow Of Saint-Pierre (Dubbed Version) VHS
After being sentenced to death for a heinous murder in 19th-century French Canada, a man is forced to stay with a local army captain and his wife while awaiting the delivery of a guillotine. As the convicted man rehabilitates himself through work with the captain's wife, many start to believe that he shouldn't be executed, which incurs the wrath of the local authorities. Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil and Yugoslavian filmmaker Emir Kusturica star.
The Widow Of Saint-Pierre (Dubbed Version) DVD
108 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: French Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer; interviews; interactive menus; scene access.
Mauvais Sang(1986) VHS
A small-time thief teams up with two veteran criminals to steal a valuable serum--designed to cure a mysterious disease that afflicts "insincere lovers"--from a research lab, but his growing attraction to one crook's girlfriend complicates matters, in this audacious crime drama/AIDS analogy from writer/director Leos Carax. Denis Lavant, Juliette Binoche, Julie Delpy and Michel Piccoli star. AKA: "Bad Blood," "The Night Is Young." 125 min. In French with English subtitles.
Mauvais Sang(1986) DVD
125 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; scene access; filmographies; interview; outtakes; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.
The Lovers On The Bridge (Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf)(1991) VHS
Ignored by audiences and critics until its 1999 American re-release, writer/director Leos Carax's lavishly downbeat romance stars Juliette Binoche as a would-be painter suffering from a disease slowly robbing her of her eyesight. Making her way to Paris' fabled Pont-Neuf Bridge, she falls in with alcoholic vagrant Denis Lavant, and the two begin a doomed love affair. 126 min. In French with English subtitles.
The Lovers On The Bridge (Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf) [DVD](1991) DVD
126 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English.
Women And Men 2(1991) VHS
Three more stories exploring love by three great authors. Irwin Shaw's "Return to Kansas City" features Matt Dillon as a boxer and Kyra Sedgwick as his wife; Carson McCullers' "A Domestic Dilemma" explores a difficult marriage between Ray Liotta and Andie MacDowell; and Scott Glenn, as writer Henry Miller, becomes involved with prostitute Juliette Binoche in Miller's "Mara." 90 min.
Damage(1992) VHS
Louis Malle's steamy, provocative drama stars Jeremy Irons as a middle-aged member of the British Parliament obsessed with his son's gorgeous girlfriend. The two carry on a kinky sexual affair, which leads to disturbing repercussions. Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett and Juliette Binoche also star in this erotic story presented in this uncut, unrated version. 112 min.
Damage [DVD](1992) DVD
112 min. Includes Unrated and R-Rated versions. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; featurette; theatrical trailer; scene access; biographies; filmographies.
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights(1992) VHS
The haunting Gothic tale of love, loss and redemption on the windswept English moors becomes a stirring drama featuring Ralph Fiennes as the brooding Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche as both the love of his life, Catherine, and her daughter. Janet McTeer, Simon Shepherd, Sophie Ward also star. 107 min.
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights [DVD](1992) DVD
107 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English.
Blue(1993) VHS
The initial entry in the "Three Colors Trilogy" by Krzysztof Kieslowski ("The Double Life of Veronique") stars Juliette Binoche as a woman who loses her husband and daughter in a car accident and severs all ties to her past. With her new, anonymous persona, she investigates her husband's secret life. 98 min. In French with English subtitles.
Blue [DVD](1993) DVD
The initial entry in the "Three Colors Trilogy" by Krzysztof Kieslowski ("The Double Life of Veronique") stars Juliette Binoche as a woman who loses her husband and daughter in a car accident and severs all ties to her past. With her new, anonymous persona, she investigates her husband's secret life. 98 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; featurette; audio commentary; interview; filmographies; student film.
The Horseman On The Roof(1995) VHS
Rousing and romantic costume drama, set in 1830s France, from director/co-scripter Jean-Paul Rappeneau follows two strangers, a handsome horseman and a beautiful young woman, as they are brought together by fate and must cope with political turmoil and a cholera epidemic scare to make their way home. Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez, Jean Yanne star. 119 min. In French with English subtitles.
The Horseman On The Roof [DVD](1995) DVD
119 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English.
The English Patient(1996) VHS
In a ruined Italian monastery-turned-Allied hospital in World War II, a mysterious amnesiac patient, severely burned from a plane crash, is cared for by a devoted young nurse. Through flashbacks, the story of the man's past, a tale of wartime intrigue and forbidden love in the sands of North Africa, unfolds. Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas and Willem Dafoe star in director/scripter Anthony Minghella's lush, romantic adaptation of the Michael Ondaatje novel; winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actress. 162 min.
The English Patient (Collector's Edition) [DVD](1996) DVD
162 min. Two-disc set.
Children Of The Century (Les Enfants Du Siecle)(1999) VHS
Director Diane Kurys' ("Entre Nous") erotically charged drama depicts the turbulent but passionate affair between cross-dressing 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and her lover, brash young poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel). Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard also star. Uncut international version; 137 min. In French with English subtitles.
Children Of The Century (Les Enfants Du Siecle) [DVD](1999) DVD
Uncut international version; 137 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; biographies; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
Chocolat(2000) VHS
Bittersweet tale from director Lasse Hallstrom is set in a small French village in 1959, where single mother Juliette Binoche arrives with daughter Victoire Thivisol and opens a chocolate shop. Soon, unhappy and repressed townsfolk like dour widow Judi Dench and abused wife Lena Olin are reinvigorated by Binoche's confections, but when iron-willed mayor Alfred Molina sees a radical change in his citizens' attitude, he tries to shut down the shop. With Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, and Johnny Depp as an Irish river Gypsy seduced by Binoche's sweet spell. 122 min.
Code Unknown (Code Inconnu)(2000) VHS
Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's ("Funny Games") multi-layered look at personal and racial conflicts in the new Europe follows a variety of Paris residents through a string of incidents--from a subway encounter to a tussle with the police--as their lives intersect. Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Ona Lu Yenke star. 113 min. In French with English subtitles.
Code Unknown (Code Inconnu) [DVD](2000) DVD
113 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English.
The Widow Of Saint-Pierre(2000) VHS
After being sentenced to death for a heinous murder in 19th-century French Canada, a man is forced to stay with a local army captain and his wife while awaiting the delivery of a guillotine. As the convicted man rehabilitates himself through work with the captain's wife, many start to believe that he shouldn't be executed, which incurs the wrath of the local authorities. Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil and Yugoslavian filmmaker Emir Kusturica star. 108 min. In French with English subtitles.
The Widow Of Saint-Pierre [DVD](2000) DVD
108 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: French Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer; interviews; interactive menus; scene access.
Jet Lag (Decalage Horaire)(2002) VHS
Engaging French comedy from director Daniele Thompson ("La Buche") details the relationship between weary restaurateur Jean Reno and spoiled beauty Juliette Binoche. Brought together by an airline strike at a Paris airport, the unlikely pair find themselves falling for each other after they are forced to share the only remaining hotel room in town. Sergi Lopez, Scali Delpeyrat co-star. 85 min. In French with English subtitles.
Jet Lag (Decalage Horaire) [DVD](2002) DVD
85 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: French Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English;.
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