Clubbed To Death Lola 1996 Subtitles
THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE. Set in Tunisia in the 1950s in the shimmering reflection of royal life before any revolution. This is a powerful film about the silence imposed on women in the Arab-Muslim world. 1996. Color. 2 hr. 7 min. Arabic with English subtitles. VHS. [AR 1]
Clubbed To Death Lola 1996 Subtitles
WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? The story of Hsiao Kang who sells watched in the streets of Taipei for a living. A few days after his fathers death, he meets Shiang- chyi, a young woman who leaves for Paris the very next day. 2001. Color. 1 hr. 56 min. Mandarin/Taiwanese/French with optional English subtitles. Special features include: Filmographies, trailers, weblinks, and director's notes. DVD. [CH 6]
CROSS MY HEART. A French comedy which became a cult hit. Martin conceals his mother's death to avoid the soulless French social services or anonymous orphanage. His classmates enter into a pact to withhold the information from the authorities and tension is established through their intricate efforts to preserve all signs of normalcy. 1990. Color. 1 hr. 45 min. French with English subtitles. VHS. [FR 52]
LA PROMESSE. La Promesse is a moving, authentic drama in the neo-realist tradition. Igor and his father Roger run an apartment scam, renting to illegal immigrants and exploiting them as a work force. Immigrant Amidou is injured when he falls off a scaffold and Igor makes a promise that exposes the different values of Igor, Roger and Amidou's wife, Assita. 1996. Color. 1 hr. 33 min. French/French with English/Italian subtitles. Special features include: Cast and director filmographies, European trailer, and photo gallery. DVD. [FR 175]
LES PARENTS TERRIBLES. A gut-wrenching tale of incestuous, emotional rivalries that destroy an already neurotic family, announces his love for Madeline. Unknown to him, or his domineering and possessive mother, Madeline is the mistress of his philandering father, George. The mother and aunt plot to disrupt the affair between the two youngsters, but a change in heart and the mother's death brings the story to resolution. 1948. B&W. 1 hr. 38 min. French with English subtitles. VHS. [FR 110]
PRETTY DEVILS [VOYOUS VOYELLES]. Two years before she captured the hearts of movie fans around the world in Amelie, Audrey Tautou starred in this story of three young women struggling with abandonment issues. Sisters Lea and Aurelie (Olivia Bonamy and Axelle Ade-Pasdeloup) are angry with their mother for taking up with a new man following the death of their father. While conning various neighborhood men, they meet Anne-Sophie (Tautou), whose heart has been broken by an unfaithful lover. The sisters conspire with Anne-Sophie to get even with her ex-boyfriend, but their mischief escalates into real trouble. 2000. Color. 1 hr. 35 min. French with English subtitles. DVD. [FR 173]
TIME REGAINED. Opens in 1922, as Proust is on his deathbed, looking through photos and remembering his life. Gradually, we watch as his own experiences give way to the characters in his novel - fiction eclipses reality. 1999. Color. 2 hr. 38 min. French/French with English subtitles. Special features include: Trailer. DVD. [FR 161]
Z. A landmark political thriller, Costa-Gavras follows the routine investigation of a seemingly accidental death of a Greek pacifist leader, which eventually uncovers a web of violence and terrorist tactics that implicates an entire government in its secret conspiracy to murder an honest man. 1968. Color. 2 hr. 7 min. French/French with English/Spanish/German subtitles. Special features include: Commentary track with Costa-Gavras, interviews, restoration demo, photo gallery, original trailer, filmographies, and weblinks. DVD. [FR 186]
RINGU. A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger. 1998. Color. 1 hr. 36 min. Japanese/Japanese with English/Spanish/French subtitles. DVD. [JA 18]
CENTRAL STATION. Inside Rio de Janeiro's bustling Central Station, two very unlikely souls are about to become inextricably linked. When a young boy witnesses his mothers accidental death, a lonely retired schoolteacher takes the child under her wing. 1998. Color. 1 hr. 46 min. Portuguese with English subtitles. VHS. [PO 1]
LOVER, THE. The death of his wife was a big blow to Charyshev Dmitri Ivanovich. But even worse was finding a letter from her lover in the old papers he was sorting through. It turns out that in their relationship there was always a third person, now standing at the door of his apartment. 2002. Color. 1 hr. 40 min. Russian with English subtitles. DVD. [RU 48]
MOTHER AND SON. A stunningly photographed "Love Story" about the deep affection that exists between a mother and her son. A visual experience of the loneliness and heartfelt emotion of the pair, the film explores themes of life and death in a harsh world that offers little comfort. 1997. Color. 1 hr. 13 min. Russian/Russian with English subtitles. Special features include: Filmographies, production credits, and weblinks. DVD. [RU 43]
CRONOS. An ingenious alchemist creates a device that grants him eternal live. 400 years later an elderly antique dealer discovers the properties of this unique invention. Though he grows younger every time he uses this device, there is a terrible price to pay. Life after death becomes a bloody promise without end. 1992. Color. 1 hr. 32 min. Spanish with English subtitles. VHS. [SP 195]
EVITA: THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MYTH. A&E Biography. To some, she was a hero; to others, she was a symbol of naked ambition. To the world, she remains a legend. 1996. Color. 50 min. Spanish with English subtitles. VHS. [SP 99]
THESIS [TÉSIS]. (Pedro Almodavar.) An undergraduate writing her thesis on violence in the media discovers that snuff films are being made on campus and someone wants to make her a star. 1996. Color. 2 hr. 1 min. Spanish with English subtitles. DVD. [SP 51]