Raimu
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (438 min.) : sound, black and white, some color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Three films by Marcel Pagnol that center on the lives of a Marseilles bar owner, César, his son Marius, a young girl named Fanny, and another merchant named Honoré Parisse.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole. Abandoned by his wife about 20 years ago, he has sunk into alcoholism. One day, the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the attic of his residence.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (folded : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
An enchanting countryside comedy about the marital woes of a sweetly deluded baker that snowball into a scandal that engulfs the entire town.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Three-Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (395 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
Marius: Cesar and his son, Marius, run a bar together off a Marseilles port frequented by booze-seeking sailors, grizzled and weather-beaten captains, and the other seaside dwellers who live and work in Marseilles. Marius yearns to join a crew one day and try out his sea legs in search of exotic locations, but his dreams are held at bay by his love for local girl Fanny, whose offer of marriage from a wealthy older suitor brings him to expose his feelings...
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (378 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The story of a cheat: "Considered Sacha Guitry's masterpiece, this fleet, witty picaresque about a gambler and petty thief is a whimsical delight. Guitry himself stars as the tricheur looking back fondly on a life of crime, which he narrates with an effervescence matched by that of the film's skillful editing and cinematography. With its rapid storytelling and novel use of voice-over, The Story of a Cheat has influenced filmmakers from Orson Welles...
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (410 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
David Golder: David Golder thinks that money can buy everything; he does not want to help his associate who takes his own life. His wife and his daughter live in luxury and would not imagine it any other way. The daughter displays no love, no tenderness, no human emotion at all. Later when she comes back to her desperate father, she will have the same behavior.
Poil de carotte: François' mother, Madame Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him "Poil...