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1) Les comperes
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Letterboxed édition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When her teenage son runs away and her husband refuses to hunt for him, a frantic mother calls on two old lovers to help. This odd couple makes a hilarious search on the Riviera, bickering and competing as they defeat gangsters and motorcycle toughs to rescue the boy.
2) Impromptu
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brazenly forward George Sand and frail, romantic Frederic Chopin are drawn together as lovers by an unnerving bond that cannot be broken despite the best efforts of those around them to keep them apart.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Pub. Date
1925.
Physical Desc
xiv pages, 2 leaves, xvii-xviii pages, 2 leaves, 179 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
An aging Italian winemaker living in the Napa Valley region, proposes by letter to a waitress in San Francisco. He places a picture of his much younger hired hand in with the letter. When Amy, the waitress, visits the wine groves to meet the vintner, she is confused and problems ensue among the three.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sane woman is locked up in an asylum by a fraudulent English aristocrat who is afraid she may expose his 'secret.' Escaping while wearing a white gown, she runs into a youthful hero who becomes haunted by his brief meeting with this 'woman in white.'
5) Il bidone
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
An aging swindler, ringleader of a trio of petty thieves who impersonates priests to cheat peasants, finally realizes the futility of his life.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor's time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.
Publisher
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of deception and opportunistic exploitation. British news reporter James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) attempts to claw his way up from his working-class roots at any cost. James lies to the people around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he has become the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Manhattan art dealers take a young man into their home believing him to be a friend of their children and Sidney Poitier's son, he leaves them with a lasting impression.
10) Blood simple
Series
Criterion collection volume 834
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
A man hires a private investigator to kill his wife, who he thinks is cheating on him, and her lover, but the investigator has a plan of his own. A bad situation suddenly gets worse.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
TV personality John Tanner is looking forward to a reunion party with his closest friends. That is, until the CIA warn him that they are all Soviet agents. Suddenly, he and his family are caught in a nightmare of terror, deception, helplessness and violent death.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Czech
Description
Fanda is an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife, Emilie, and son who want him to make some serious about the future, he ignores their nagging and spends his days seeking amusement and adventure. Aided by a pal, Fanda keeps his acting skills sharpened by pretending he is a retired opera star in the market for an opulent country estate. When he fakes his own death, his wife decides she has had enough and files for...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Waring Hudsucker, head of a successful company commits suicide, the board of directors has a plan to make a lot of money, so they decide to appoint a moron to run the company. Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is exactly what Hudsucker is looking for to be president. They hope that as soon as the stock falls low enough, the director and his friends will buy them up cheaply, take over the company and they will be successful again. However, a tough...
15) The perfect host
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary. The two discover just how deceiving appearances can be in this game of cat and mouse.
16) Closer
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dan, an aspiring novelist, cannot help but feel immensely attracted to Alice, a young American waitress and stripper who is in London after escaping from a failed relationship. After some time Dan meets Anna, a photographer who also attracts him. From there, things go downhill for Alice and Dan. Eventually Dan, Alice, Anna and Alice's fiancé, Larry, take part in a twisted dance of deceit, guilt and anger.
17) Light of my life
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world has been caught in an epidemic that killed all of the Earth's population. A father and his child begin to navigate this new landscape which is no longer hospitable or safe. Along the way, he must fight off dangers that threaten the family as well as a lack of moral compasses in others they meet. It's a journey of survival that leads to treacherous territories and the ultimate quest.
19) V for vendetta
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
Formats
Description
Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
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