MK2.
1) Chocolat
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Français
Description
A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past. Soon the sights, sounds and smells sweep her back to her childhood and memories of the people who populated her youth.
Publisher
Kino Lorber Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Inspired by four shocking and true events, the film focuses on four characters who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading...
Series
Criterion collection volume 513
Publisher
Criterion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
The divergent paths of three adult siblings collide when their mother, heiress to an exceptional 19th century art collection, dies suddenly.
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
Français
Description
In the '90s, Laurence tells his girlfriend Fred that he wants to become a woman. In spite of the odds, they confront the prejudices of their friends, ignore the counsel of their families, and brave the phobias of the society they offend. For ten years, they try to live through this transition, and embark on an epic journey which, unbeknownst to them, may cost Fred and Laurence their love.
6) City lights
Series
Criterion collection volume 680
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
None
Description
The most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Though this Depression-era smash was made after the advent of sound, Chaplin remained steadfast in his love for the expressive...
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off.
Series
Criterion collection volume 5
Publisher
MK2 ; Les Films du Carrosse
Pub. Date
1959.
Language
Français
Description
Thirteen-year-old Antoine Doinet lives in a cramped apartment with his mother and stepfather, neglected by them and unlucky at school. Living an intensely imaginative life of his own,he gets into trouble and is finally committed to reform school, from which he escapes and runs towards the sea, which he has never seen.
Publisher
Franco-Swiss Coproduction ; MK2 Productions ; CAB Productions ; France 2 Cinema
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Français
Description
The lives of Mika and her husband, celebrated pianist Andre Polonski, are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Jeanne, a young woman who has learned that she almost had been switched at birth with Polonski's son in the hospital. Also a pianist, Jeanne speculates that she may be Andre's daughter. Her suspicions further aroused by Mika's behavior, Jeanne begins the dangerous task of unraveling a dark web of family secrets and lies.
10) Cold war
Series
Criterion collection volume 1005
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Polish
Description
A sweeping, delirious romance begins in the Polish countryside, where Wiktor, a musician on a state-sponsored mission to collect folk songs, discovers a captivating young singer named Zula. Over the next fifteen years, their turbulent relationship will play out in stolen moments between two worlds: the jazz clubs of decadent, bohemian Paris, to which he defects, and the corrupt, repressive Communist Bloc, where she remains, universes bridged by their...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Français
Description
A charming adventure about a hotel clerk who falls in love with a fairy who grants him three wishes. After the first two wishes come true, she mysteriously disappears. Determined to get her back Dom searches everywhere, hoping to reunite with his one true love. Belgium-based trio Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy follow their acclaimed ICEBERG and RUMBA with this wonderful candy-colored romp.
13) On the road
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Traveling cross-country, young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free-spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.
Series
Criterion collection volume 359
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and Veronique, a French music teacher, have never met. However, the two women have a supernatural bond that affects each other's lives.
15) Soft skin
Series
Criterion collection volume 749
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Français
Description
A celebrated literary scholar, seemingly happily married, embarks on an affair with a gorgeous stewardess, who is captivated by his charm and reputation. As their romance gets serious, the film grows anxious, leading to a wallop of a conclusion.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
Français
Description
A young woman is left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1034
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Description
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a...
18) Blind chance
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Polish
Description
Facing an unclear future, Witek, an earnest young Polish medical student, chooses to put his education on hold. What happens next spawns into three successive scenarios in which Witek's catching or missing a train gives him three different futures. Whether as an idealistic Communist Party member, an ambivalent dissident. or a devoted healer and husband, the young Pole's destiny is shaped by a troubled present poised to engulf him.
Shows a man's life,...
19) Camera buff
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Polish
Description
Happily married and economically stable, Filip Mosz buys an 8mm film camera with the intention of filming his newborn child - and capturing the moment of attaining a lifelong dream. But when a powerful director of the town's local factory recruits him to film an important board meeting, Filip's fascination with the medium grows into a passionate dedication. Now Filip has command of a larger film unit and networks to enrich his career. Filip eventually...