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Barbet Schroeder
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Barbet Schroeder - what members say
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 360 members
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Murder by Numbers
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Michael Pitt, Ryan Gosling
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
When the dead body of a woman is found in the woods near the river, feisty homicide detective Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) and her new partner, Sam Kennedy (Ben Chaplin) are assigned to the case. That's the premise for MURDER BY NUMBERS, a psychological thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder (..read more »
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from 8,890 members
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Our Lady Of The Assasins
(2000)
Starring: German Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin, Colombia and the gun-happy 16-year-old assassin Alexis, who murders all too easily. When Alexis himself is fatally gunned down, grief-stricken Fernando hunts ..read more »
47%
from 24 members
Currently unavailable
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Desperate Measures
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Widowed police officer Frank Conner (Andy Garcia) has a cancer-stricken nine-year-old son, Matthew (Joseph Cross), whose only hope for survival is a bone-marrow transplant, but the only matching donor is Pete McCabe (Michael Keaton), a vicious, psychotic killer being held in a maximum-security ..read more »
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from 503 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 »
58%
from 28 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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KISS OF DEATH opens with ex-convict Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) attempting to distance himself from his shady past. His cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up at his door begging for help with one more heist, and Jimmy agrees to participate against his better judgment. Things go sour when a ..read more »
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from 3 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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KISS OF DEATH opens with ex-convict Jimmy Kilmartin (David Caruso) attempting to distance himself from his shady past. His cousin, Ronny (Michael Rapaport), shows up at his door begging for help with one more heist, and Jimmy agrees to participate against his better judgment. Things go sour when a ..read more »
58%
from 1,484 member
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Single White Female
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Peter Friedman, Frances Bay, Stephen Tobolowsky
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Watch now: Unavailable
When self-employed New York career woman Bridget Fonda advertises for a roommate, her problem is apparently solved when Jennifer Jason Leigh answers her ad. The delicate balance of their relationship goes terrifyingly awry, spiraling toward a violent climax in which only one of them will survive.
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from 7,995 members
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Reversal Of Fortune
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, based on defence attorney Alan Dershowitz's book, is a hypnotically eerie exploration of a dark, ambiguous event in the life of a wealthy socialite couple. Dershowitz (Ron Silver) is hired by Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) to defend him against charges that he attempted to ..read more »
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from 761 members
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Maitresse
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Bulle Ogier, Andre Rouyer
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 1,014 member
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General Idi Amin Dada - Autoportrait
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Idi Amin
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada was but a distant irritation to everyone but his own countrymen and the British Empire until his perfidy became headline material in the early '70s. The first director to provide an in-depth study of this gregarious madman was director Barbet Schroeder, with his ..read more »
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from 179 members
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More
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Mimsy Farmer, Klaus Grunberg, Heinz Engelman
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 430 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...
