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2) Blackbird
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their country house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her life on her terms after a long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily's daughters Jennifer and Anna. Joining the collective farewell is Lily's son in law, her lifelong friend, daughter's partner, and grandson.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
At a Montreal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
4) Angel-A
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
[Widescreen édition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When a down-on-his-luck gambler tries to drown himself, he winds up rescuing a gorgeous and mysterious blonde. As they set out on a mission across Paris, he discovers that his smart, spontaneous, sexy companion may really be Heaven-sent.
Author
Series
Publisher
AudioGO
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 CDs (2 hr., 40 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft--a marriage that will result in the merging of two successful local businesses. Yet, just when everything seems to be going so well, they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole who is investigating the suicide of a young girl.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Blu-ray.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster, and a suitcase of drug money.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Film student Gilbert has a novel idea for his final thesis project: find someone who wants to commit suicide and follow them through the final days of their life. Gilbert posts a message on the Internet looking for a suitable subject and, after interviewing a handful of people with various reasons for taking their life, he chooses a British expatriate who is slowly dying of an inoperable brain tumor.
Publisher
Wellspring Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A factory worker goes berserk one day killing the boss' son and then throwing himself into the machinery. Trying to clear her husband's name, the murderer's widow journeys through ludicrous arenas of yellow journalism and left-wing politics.
9) The hard way
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Helen Chernen wants to get herself and her talented kid sister Katie out of their jerkwater hometown. And if that means using people and throwing them away, that's what Helen will do."--Container.
10) Morvern Callar
Language
English
Formats
Description
Morvern Callar is greeted with a startling surprise, her boyfriend has committed suicide. He has left her a cryptic message on his computer and a manuscript for a novel. She changes the author's name to her own and begins a re-birth of self discovery.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2015], 1966.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Claude Ridder is recovering from a failed suicide attempt after the collapse of his relationship with Catrine. He is approached by an obscure scientific lab, who wants him to participate in the human trials of a new time travel device. The test will send him back one year's time, for one minute. But the machine goes haywire, and Ridder gets caught in a never-ending series of temporal leaps, re-living his tragic life out of sequence.
Series
Criterion collection volume 433
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Depicts the ritual suicide of a naval officer in both Japanese (27 min.) and English (29 min.) versions. Bonus features include an 49-minute audio recording of Mishima at the Foreign Correspondent's Association of Japan, a 50-minute making-of documentary, interview excerpts featuring Mishima discussing World War II and death.
13) The hedgehog
Publisher
Neo Classics Films Ltd
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The timely story of a girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renee Michel. When Paloma's camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renee's back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath...
Series
Criterion collection volume 432
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Special ed.; Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations).
Language
日本語
Description
A look at acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima, the impossible harmony he created between self, art, and society, and his famously committed public seppuku (ritual suicide). Includes interviews, commentary, documentary, and more.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Neolution is pushing the boundaries of science beyond what anyone thought possible. But at what cost? The mysterious P.T. Westmoreland is the key to all of it. Seemingly 170 years old, he is on the brink of bringing his project to its sinister conclusion. For Sarah and her sisters, this is the start of a deadly endgame that will have extreme consequences--not just for them, but for the future of the entire human race.
16) Dark city
Publisher
Olive Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
A desperate GI commits suicide after he gets taken by a grafter and his cronies. After being questioned by suspicious police chief they're told about the GI's mentally deranged brother looking for payback.
17) Control
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ian Curtis has aspirations beyond the trappings of small town life in 1970s England. Wanting to emulate his musical heroes, he joins a band, and his musical ambition begins to thrive. Soon though, the everyday fears and emotions, fueled by his music, slowly begin to eat away at him. Married young, with a daughter, he is distracted from his family commitments by a new love and the growing expectations of his band, Joy Division. The strain manifests...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime, he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening, it was already too late."--Container.
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After his cousin commits suicide, Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Driven by his emotional turmoil, he turns the tables on his cousin's ex and the man she had an affair with, her church pastor.
20) Love Liza
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Successful web designer Wilson Joel's life spirals out of control after the sudden suicide of his wife. Unable to read the note she left him, Wilson forges new, unpredictable relationships with friends, co-workers and his stunned mother-in-law. But when he starts taking a dangerous drug, it could take what's left of his blown-apart life and extinguish it completely.
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