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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Irma Zimmer, the daughter of a visionary scientist, has developed a morbid system of mind control. After the slightly mad doctor's death, Irma carries on her father's work, and uses a telepathically-controlled exotic dancer with poisoned fingernails as an instrument of revenge upon three doctors who mocked Dr. Z's theories.
2) Aida
Publisher
C Major
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (151 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
Italiano
Description
Aida, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, Radames is loved by the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris, although he does not return her feelings.
3) Men at work
Series
Film Movement volume 4, film 10
Publisher
Aftab Negaran
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Persian
Description
"A comedy about four old friends who, driving back from a failed ski trip, encounter a strange and enormous rock by the side of the road above a lake. The men's frivolous attempt to dislodge the rock gradually disintegrates into a tale of betrayal, defeat and renewed hope"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 217
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
When an aging couple journeys to visit with their adult children and family they find they are an intrusion on the younger generation's life style.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
A distinguished professor emeritus who lives alone with his housekeeper can only come to terms with his egocentricity by traveling back in time to his earliest youth, finding there the seeds of his failure as husband, lover, father. This film deals with the phenomena of old age wherein childhood memories return with ever-increasing clarity while great stretches of the prime of life vanish into obscurity.
Publisher
Criterion Collection/Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
A story of four women's search for spiritual peace. Agnes, a spinster who lives with her housekeeper, is dying of cancer, and is visited one last time by her two sisters, Karin and Maria. These two become entangled in feelings of jealousy, manipulation and selfishness. Yet Agnes, tortured by cancer, is able to transcend her sisters' pettiness to remember moments of staggering beauty as well as horror.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Persian
Description
It's Election Day on a remote island off the coast of Iran and a ballot box is parachuted to shore. An unnamed soldier is assigned to escort a female bureaucrat to gather votes. Together, they embark on a chaotic journey, turning the island upside down desperately seeking anyone's vote! There is more to the Secret Ballot than the two could ever imagine!
10) Ikiru =: To live
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
11) Saraband
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
Johan and Marianne lost touch after their divorce. Years later Marianne looks up Johan and tries to get him out of isolation. Upon her arrival to his home, they spend several intense weeks together. Sequel to Scenes from a marriage.
12) The president
Publisher
Corinth Films
Pub. Date
2016, 2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Georgian
Description
The President and his family rule the land with a draconian fist, enjoying a privileged and luxurious existence at the expense of his miserable and oppressed subjects. After a coup d'etat uproots his position of power, the President's wife and daughters are flown out of the country as he stays behind with his grandson, who is too young to grasp the unfolding events. After his personal escort and bodyguards turn on him, he is forced to disguise himself...
Series
Criterion collection volume 209
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
"While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin's harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness"--Container.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr., 9 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
"In this second installment of Stieg Larsson's phenomenal 'Millennium' trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. Mikael Blomkvist, Salander's friend and Millennium's publisher, is alone in his belief...
15) Summer = été
Publisher
Fox Lorber
Pub. Date
1999, 1986.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
After a disastrous stay in the mountains, Delphine (Marie Rivière) ends up on the beaches of Biarritz where she meets Lena (Rosette Carita), a Swedish girl who smothers her with good advice. Delphine decides to go home after finding her efforts to have a good time were failing, only to meet the perfect stranger at the train station.
16) Mommy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVDc (approximately 139 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
Français
Description
A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her explosive fifteen year old ADHD son. As they try to make ends meet and struggle with their unpredictable menage, the peculiar, new girl across the street, Kyla, benevolently offers her help. Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained.
17) Z
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
The masterworks édition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
18) Antonia's line
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Nederlands
Description
A remarkable portrait of a family and a community, of mothers and daughters, and of one indomitable woman. Earthy, sexy, romantic, filled with laughter and warmth, it's a joyous celebration of simple pleasures and enduring passions.
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