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NEW VIDEOS AVAILABLE
- "Taxi" / Comedy / Sami Naceri / Subtitled / M
- "Les Miserables" Part I, II, III / Drama / Gerard Depardieu & Christian Clavier / Subtitled / PG
FRANCE ON TV IN OCTOBER
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SBS
13/10 at 09:50 pm |
MASTERPIECE - JEAN COCTEAU |
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This documentary presents the life of controversial French writer, painter and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.
Gay, witty, opium smoking Cocteau was the author of Les Enfants Terrible and La Belle et La Bête and one of the most influential
French writers of the twenties and thirties. Cocteau discusses his ideas and his contemporaries who included Picasso and the
Surrealists. (In French, English subtitles) M |
| 14/10 at 10:50 pm |
MOVIE - DRAMA - THE SCHOOL OF FLESH (LÉCOLE DE LA CHAIR) |
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Benoit Jacquots elegant and delicate take on contemporary sexual mores is based on a novel by Yukio
Mishima. Isabelle Huppert plays a successful 40-ish designer who picks up a much younger bartender (Vincent Martinez) during
a night on the town. Mesmerised by his looks and heedless of his reputation for playing the field (with both genders), she
invites him to move in, but disaster strikes when on a trip to Morocco the couple meets the young daughter of some friends.
(In French, English subtitles). (1998) MA |
| 30/10 at 12:30 pm |
MOVIE MATINEE COMEDY - JET SET |
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In order to save his bar, situated on the outskirts of Paris, from bankruptcy, owner Jimmy hits on the
idea of attracting the jet set to the premises. With this in mind, he asks Mike, a good looking out of work comedian, to ferret
out the all-important VIP addresses, but to mix in such exalted circles will involve more than Mike bargained for! Directed
by Fabien Onteniente, and starring Bruno Solo, Samuel Le Bihan, with a wonderful performance by Lambert Wilson. (In French,
English subtitles). (2000) M |
| 01/11 at 12:40 am |
MOVIE - PLACE VENDÔME |
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A stunning performance by Catherine Deneuve in this elaborate and elegant thriller which gained her
acting honours at the Venice Film Festival for her role as a depressed, alcoholic widow in Nicole Garcias thriller in which
she reclaims her own destiny while trying to dispose of stolen gems. With Jean-Pierre Bacri and Emmanuelle Seigner. (From
France, in English and French, English subtitles). (1998) M |
| 02/11 at 11:00 pm |
CULT MOVIE - THE FANTASTIC PLANET (LA PLANÈTE SAUVAGE) |
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Grand Prize winner at Cannes in 1973, and said to have been inspired by the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
in 1968, this bizarre and haunting animated feature by Roland Topor and René Laloux focuses on the Oms, a race of humans who
originate from Earth and live on a planet dominated by the Traags, blue giants who treat them as pets. (In French, English
subtitles). (1973) G
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WORLD MOVIES (AUSTAR)
12/10 at 0.15 AM |
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Taxi - Action 1998 France (M sld) |
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| The French box-office smash, written by acclaimed director Luc Besson in just 30 days, tells the
story of a speed-crazy taxi driver who joins forces with an unlucky cop in this stylish fast-paced action flick. | |
| 29/10 at 10.05 PM |
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DOUBLE BILL |
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Kennedy And Me - Drama 2000 France (M al) |
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| A 40-something novelist is going through a mid-life crisis, and believes a watch that belonged to
JFK holds the key to his happiness. | |
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