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Barbet Schroeder
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review by from Manchester
Slap and Tickle 6 June 2004
Barbet Schroeder - filmography
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Terror's Advocate
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jacques Vergès, Klaus Barbie, Abderrahmane Benhamida
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Communist, anti-colonialist, right-wing extremist? What convictions guide the moral mind of Jacques Vergès? Barbet Schroeder takes us down history's darkest paths in his attempt to illuminate the mystery behind this enigmatic figure. As a young lawyer during the Algerian war, Vergès espoused the ..read more »
 
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from 378 members
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Murder by Numbers
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Bullock, Agnes Bruckner
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Watch now: Unavailable
Homicide detectives Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) and Sam Kennedy (Ben Chaplin) are called in to investigate a murder, and soon find clues that point to school caretaker Ray (Chris Penn). Cassie then goes to Ray's house to look for further clues, but is violently attacked by his pet baboon and ..read more »
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from 9,393 members
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Desperate Measures
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Brian Cox, Scott Colomby, Joseph Cross
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Police detective Frank Connor (Andy Garcia) is desperate to find a bone marrow donor in order to save the life of his son, Matt, who has leukaemia. The only match Connor can find, however, is violent convicted criminal Peter McCabe (Michael Keaton). McCabe initially refuses to co-operate, but ..read more »
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from 532 members
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Before And After
(1996)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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The idyllic life of Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) is shattered in an instant when the girlfriend of their teenage son, Jacob (Edward Furlong), is found brutally murdered. Jacob was the last person to see her alive, and he quickly becomes the prime suspect in the case. Worse ..read more »
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from 32 members
Currently unavailable
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Kiss Of Death - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Former car thief Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) ends up in jail after accompanying his cousin Ronny (Michael Rappaport) on a truck-stealing job. A cop, Calvin (Samuel L. Jackson), is wounded, and Jimmy takes the rap. While Jimmy is inside, Ronny is killed by gangster Little Junior (Nicolas Cage). ..read more »
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from 5 members
Not available for rental
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Kiss Of Death
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Former car thief Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) ends up in jail after accompanying his cousin Ronny (Michael Rappaport) on a truck-stealing job. A cop, Calvin (Samuel L. Jackson), is wounded, and Jimmy takes the rap. While Jimmy is inside, Ronny is killed by gangster Little Junior (Nicolas Cage). ..read more »
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from 1,540 member
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Single White Female
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Peter Firedman
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Watch now: Unavailable
In this psychological thriller, a needy young woman finds fulfillment by trying to literally become her successful roommate. Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend ..read more »
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from 8,308 members
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Reversal Of Fortune
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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In 1979, American heiress Martha 'Sunny' von Bulow (Glenn Close) lapses into a coma after being injected with insulin. Her husband, Claus (Jeremy Irons), is charged with murder. Sentenced to thirty years in prison, Claus gets out on bail for a million dollars and convinces lawyer Alan M. ..read more »
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from 814 members
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Maitresse
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Andre Rouyer, Bulle Ogier, Gerard Depardieu
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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For a change, the character portrayed by Gérard Depardieu in Maîtresse is relatively normal; it is the world around him which has gone slightly mad. Looking for a measure of affection and companionship, Olivier (Depardieu) crosses the path of the lovely Ariane (Bulle Ogier). She happens to be a ..read more »
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from 1,142 member
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The Marquise Of O
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel, Edith Clever
Director: Eric Rohmer
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, this period drama by French director Eric Rohmer is set in Italy in 1799 during the Franco-Prussian war, and spoken in the German language of the Kleist novella on which it is based. The Marquis of O is a beautiful young widow who is ..read more »
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from 435 members
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General Idi Amin Dada - Autoportrait
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Idi Amin
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Documentary about larger-than-life Ugandan dictator, 'His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Dr. Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, King of Scotland, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular', ..read more »
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from 191 members
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Claire's Knee
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Claude Brialy, Beatrice Romand
Director: Eric Rohmer
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The fifth of Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales, Claire's Knee is a deliciously Rohmeresque story of sexual obsession. French diplomat Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy), on a resort vacation, meets Claire (Laurence De Monaghan), the teen-aged daughter of a friend. Though engaged to be married, Jerome falls ..read more »
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from 1,213 member
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My Night With Maud
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Guy Léger, Francoise Fabian, Anne Dubot
Director: Eric Rohmer
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Jean-Louis Trintignant stars in this black-and-white French drama, the third in Eric Rohmer's cycle of six 'moral tales'. Jean-Louis (Trintignant) is a 34-year-old Catholic engineer and mathematician who has set his sights on Francoise (Marie-Christine Barrault), a pretty young blonde he meets in ..read more »
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from 182 members
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More
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Michel Chanderli, Henry Wolf, Klaus Grunberg
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A young man from Germany (Klaus Grunberg) leaves home and travels to Paris. Hooking up with a group of hippies, he is enamored by an American girl (Mimsy Farmer) he meets at a party. The two leave for an island off the coast of Spain and become lovers. He becomes aware she is a heroin user and ..read more »
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from 486 members
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The Eric Rohmer Collection
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Christian Charriere, Barbet Schroeder, Jess Hahn
Director: Eric Rohmer
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Triple bill of early work from celebrated French arthouse director Eric Rohmer. 'Le Signe Du Lion' (1962) is Rohmer's directorial debut - a cautionary tale of an American in Paris (Jess Hahn) who believes himself astrologically privileged. On the promise of a possible upcoming inheritance from a ..read more »
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from 230 members
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Barbet Schroeder facts
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...n, who tends to announce every bare nipple in his films with a roll of thunder, Barbet Schroeder is much more matter-of-fact, more interested in the quirks of the clients and t...
