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1) Bonobo
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (18 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
When the elevator of their public housing breaks down, the fates of Felix, a disabled pensioner, Ana, a single mother struggling with her move and Seydou, a young man passionate about dance intertwine towards an explosive ending where their limits will be tested.
2) Sacrilege
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (14 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Saoud is the king of his neighborhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque. Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
In this Parisian bitter sweet romance from Cédric Klapisch, warehouse employee Rémy (François Civil) and research assistant Mélanie (Ana Girardot) have never met, but they live parallel lives: they reside in neighboring apartment buildings, ride the same subway route, and are troubled by bouts of insomnia and depression. Their days punctuated by unfulfilling jobs, they seek meaningful romantic and platonic connection. As they stumble through psychotherapy,...
Publisher
levelFILM
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A group of 40-something men, all on the verge of a mid-life crisis, decide to form their local pool's first ever all-male synchronized swimming team. Braving the skepticism and ridicule of those around them, the group set out an unlikely adventure. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for several **César Awards**, including Best Picture. *"Selling a tragic-to-triumphant story arc repurposed from any number of similar crowd-pleasers,...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, starring Jeanne Moreau (Jules and Jim) and Gérard Philipe (La Ronde), is a provocative adaptation of the classic novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Updated to present-day France by director Roger Vadim (Barbarella), the film follows Valmont (Philipe) and Juliette (Moreau) as they manipulate each other into having extra-marital affairs. Juliette points Valmont towards the 16-year-old Cécile (Jeanne Valérie), since she...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
In a desolate stretch of the Sahara, a mysterious car accident leaves a young woman lost and alone. Jake, a reclusive architect, finds her unconscious. He drives her to the nearest doctor, to discover that she's suffering from post-traumatic amnesia. Intoxicated by the woman's beauty, Jake claims to be her husband. He names her Kitty and takes her to his remote desert home to recuperate.
As Kitty struggles to come to grips with who she is, Jake
...Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1987.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**, UNDER THE SUN OF SATAN tells the story of Donissan, a mediocre seminarist haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission. He mortifies his body and is unable to establish any rapport with his parishioners, until the day the abbot meets young Mouchette who has just committed a mortal sin. Based on Georges Bernanos's novel of the same name and starring Academy Award-nominated actor Gérard...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A TOWN CALLED PANIC has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. PANIC stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the weirdest events. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to gift Horse with a homemade barbeque backfires when they accidentally buy 50 million bricks. This sets off a perilously...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Paris, 1944. In this haunting adaptation of her autobiographical novel, famed author Marguerite Duras shrewdly navigates the French Resistance and the Gestapo to uncover the whereabouts of her imprisoned husband. **César Awards** nominee.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (138 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
BY THE GRACE OF GOD tells the story of three adult men—Alexandre (Melvil Poupaud), François (Denis Ménochet), and Emmanuel (Swann Arlaud)—who band together to expose the code of silence that continues to enable a priest who abused them as boys. Their experiences powerfully illustrate the varying effects that the trauma of abuse causes on individuals and their families for years. Winner of a **César Award**. Official Selection at the **Berlin...
11) Going Away
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Baptiste is a loner. A gifted primary teacher living in the south of France, he knows how to bring their schoolwork alive for his pupils but never remains in the same job for more than a term. When he is left unwittingly in charge of his student Mathias by the child's negligent father, the boy takes Baptiste to his mother Sandra, a dazzling but fragile woman who works on the beach near Montpellier. An erratic parent who longs to make amends, she welcomes...
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Anna and Adam, a young Parisian couple with Jewish origins, are about to travel to Poland for the first time for their honeymoon. They plan to attend a ceremony in memory of the Jewish community in the village of Adam's grandfather, which was destroyed 75 years ago. Adam is not really enthusiastic, but sees it as an occasion to spend some quality time with his wife, away from their baby boy. Anna, on the other hand, is both extremely anxious and overly...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
From the visionary mind of François Ozon comes this one-of-a-kind gender-bending melodrama, which both shocks and delights in equal measure. THE NEW GIRLFRIEND blends the macabre with a heartfelt romance in the tale of soft-spoken Claire and her love affair with a mysterious stranger. After mourning the loss of Laura, Claire comes across Laura's husband David dressed head-to-toe in his wife's clothes. Unsure whether his new guise is the result of...
14) Far from Men
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Viggo Mortensen stars as a reclusive teacher who must help a wanted man escape into the mountains during the Algerian War.
15) Le Chef
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Self-taught aspiring chef Jacky (Michaël Youn) has the talent, but not the luck. Star chef Alexandre Lagarde (Jean Reno) is in danger of losing his reputation, along with his beloved restaurant. Fate brings the two together and helps them along a journey through the intoxicating world of French haute-cuisine. Premiered at the **Berlin International Film Festival.** *"An amusing soufflé of a comedy that pokes fun at foodies while honoring the art...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
In this darkly erotic drama from cult filmmaker Jeanne Labrune, Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert (*Elle, The Piano Teacher*) stars as a high-class prostitute named Alice who serves up sexual fantasies for her clientele, from schoolgirl innocence to S&M. Fed up with the seamy underbelly of French masculinity, Alice crosses paths with Xavier, a neurotic psychoanalyst facing a marriage crisis. The two quickly realize their professions share a thing or...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (239 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Legendary French New Wave director Jacques Rivette’s intimately epic exploration of the convergence between artistry and eroticism. Edouard Frenhofer is a reclusive painter living in the French countryside with his wife. Their lives are radically upended with the arrival of a younger artist and his girlfriend, who becomes the muse that awakens Edouard’s fading passions. Rivette creates a layered character study, while also offering an immersive...
18) The Visitors
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
In 1122, a brave solider and his right hand man are sent to the future by a sinister witch and an absent-minded wizard. Hilarity ensues as they try to find their way back to their own time while dealing with confusion and chaos of 21st century France.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (114 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
The story revolves around Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, a dark and unflinching man, a viola da gamba Grand Master. He becomes the mentor of Marin Marais, a late 17th century prestigious composer.
20) Plonger
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures*
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
César and Paz are madly in love. Paz, a Spanish photographer, is always looking for new people to meet, new countries to discover, new experiences. But César, previously a war journalist, is looking for peace and quiet. Paz gets pregnant and the perspective of motherhood smothers her. Each day she becomes more distant, lost in a quest she can’t quite grasp herself. Until she suddenly leaves Cesar and their baby behind with no explanation. A...
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