Les Enfants Du Paradis (Children Of Paradise)
(1945) [PG]

Poetic realism reaches sublime heights in this ineffably witty tale of a woman loved by four different men. Deftly entwining theater, literature, music and design, director Marcel Carne and screenwriter Jacques Prevert resurrect the tumultuous world of 19th-century Paris, teeming with hucksters...  More

My Father's Glory (La Gloire de Mon Pere)
(1990) [G]

The popular French classic based on author Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs. In 'La Gloire De Mon Pere' Marcel looks back at a perfect summer spent as a child in a cottage at the foot of the Provence Mountains. French dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Band Of Outsiders (Bande a part)
(1964) [PG]

Two small-time, self-conscious toughs Franz (Frey) and Arthur (Brasseur) begin a dalliance with local girl Odile (Karina) whose Aunt (Colpeyn) just happens to have a large pile of banknotes lying in a cupboard at home. Gently coerced into taking part in the robbery - largely because she has...  More

The Lover
(1992) [R]

The Lover is director Jean-Jacques Annaud's adaptation of Marguerite Duras' minimalist 1984 novel. Set in French Indochina in 1929, the film explores the erotic charge of forbidden love. Jane March plays a French teenager sent to a Saigon boarding school, while Tony Leung is a 32-year Chinese...  More

Bilitis
(1977) [R]

The elegant and delightful imagery of photographer/director, David Hamilton tells this haunting story of a young schoolgirl for whom the end of term is the beginning of a very special summer. Bilitis is the girl who falls in love with Lucas, the young man who arrives to photograph the school...  More

The Double Life Of Veronique (2 disc set)
(1991) [M]

A beautiful and disquieting romantic mystery from Krzysztof Kieslowski, The Double Life of Veronique stars Irene Jacob, winner of the Cannes 1991 Best Actress award for her performance as two identical women, Veronique and Veronika, born at the same time 20 years ago in Poland and France. They...  More

Le Testament D'Orphee
(1960) [PG]

The third and concluding episode of surrealist Jean Cocteau's renowned Orphic trilogy is a panegyric to life as an artist. Returning to the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Cocteau looks back over his career as a poet, painter, playwright, novelist, designer and filmmaker, and at the...  More

Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within)
(1963) [M]

Life has become unbearably painful for Alain who is in his early 30s. He once used alcohol to dull the pain. His estranged wife in New York has paid for a cure at a clinic in Versailles and sends an emissary, one of the many women he has known, to see how Alain is. She sees only the surface as...  More

Les Amants (The Lovers)
(1958) [R]

At the age of 26, Louis Malle directed his second fiction feature, "Les Amants". The star, Jeanne Moreau, had been the focus of "Ascenseur pour L'echefaud", and their collaboration continued here. In this delicately woven tale of frustrated love & passion, Malle utilizes long takes, an elegant...  More

Lift To The Scaffold (L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud)
(1957) [PG]

Whether the face of Jeanne Moreau, or the mournful trumpet of Miles Davis, this film is forever etched into the memory of all who have watched it. Narrative centres around a bungled crime of passion, but the lingering memories of the film stem from the black & white photography, the creeping...  More