Beautiful and uplifting masterpieces (11 titles)
Movies to brighten your darkest days. Perfect for those duvet days we all need from time to time.
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Amelie
THE ultimate duvet day movie.
Beautifully shot, so colourful and cheerful.
Wonderful Yann Tierson score.
Perfectly acted by Audrey Tatou.
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Amelie
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming ..read more »
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Cinema Paradiso
Heartbreaking movie about friendship and love.
Little Toto is wonderful.
The most beautiful ending to a film, ever.
There will be tears.....
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Cinema Paradiso
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Agnes Nano
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
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Set in a small Sicilian village, the story depicts three stages in the life of Salvatore, who leaves his village on the advice of his mentor as a boy and returns home many years later as a prominent Roman movie director. He returns to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist and ..read more »
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Harold And Maude
The most uplifting and positive film made, despite the subject matter.
Shocking opening scene, devastating ending.
Beautiful Cat Stevens soundtrack.
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Harold And Maude
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack
Director: Hal Ashby
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In the long ago days before video when access to anything but first-run Hollywood movies was limited to repertory houses and college film societies, Hal Ashby's HAROLD AND MAUDE, while not what one would call an underground film, achieved cult status, becoming one of the most popular American films ..read more »
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Jules Et Jim
Francois Truffauts ode to love and friendship.
Another beautiful yet sad one.
Paris, truffaut and the nouvelle vauge. Whats not to love. Beautifully shot.
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Jules Et Jim
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Oskar Werner, Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre
Director: Francois Truffaut
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Possibly the most acclaimed of Truffaut's films, 'Jules et Jim' tells of two men in love with a capricious, amoral woman. The photography highlights some of Europe's most stunning locations, from Paris to the Austrian Alps
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Jean-Luc Godard Collection Vol.1
For A Bout De Souffle. Jean luc Godard and Paris.
Beautifully shot with some major chemistry between the leads.
Nouvelle Vauge at its finest.
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Jean-Luc Godard Collection Vol.1
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Laszlo Szabo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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One of the founders of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard has been responsible for creating some of the most innovative and daring films during the past four decades. This set features four of his best known films - ALPHAVILLE, PASSION, A BOUT DE SOUFFLE and MADE IN THE USA.
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The 400 Blows
Truffaut again. This time with a semi autobiographical tale.
Heartbreaking tale about Antoine, the boy who no one really wanted. And his resulting trouble making. Funny, bleak and melancholy. Beautiful.
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The 400 Blows
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Georges Flamant
Director: Francois Truffaut
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Antoine Doinel is branded a trouble maker at his school due to his problems at home... He finds comfort at the cinema where the world can offer more than his reality. French dialogue.
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Before Sunrise
Do you believe in fate? That two people are destined to meet and be together? If you do, watch this gorgeous film. If, like me, you dont, then watch it anyway.
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Before Sunrise
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Director: Richard Linklater
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Two young people meet on a train and spend a night falling in love in Vienna.
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Before Sunset
Linklaters follow up to "Before Sunrise".
Just as lovely, only older, sexier and shot in Paris.
One of my favourite endings.
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Before Sunset
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Director: Richard Linklater
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When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that followed, as the pair explored the spontaneous and unexpected in Vienna, ended on a train platform where they swore they'd meet again six ..read more »
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Annie Hall
Woody Allen and love?
Well this is how it looks. Disfunctional, confused and a little bit desparate.
My favourite Woody Allen movie. And the truest account of relationships I have ever seen. This is how love really is.
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Annie Hall
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Director: Woody Allen
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Woody Allen cowrote, directed, and stars in this award-winning film as a kvetchy Brooklyn comedian wistfully recalling his bygone relationship with flighty, adorable, and irrepressibly midwestern (read: not Jewish) Annie Hall. The film marked a transition from Allen's earlier absurdist comedies to ..read more »
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The Dreamers
Bernardo Bertolucci's nod to cinema and film.
Gorgeous and sexy.
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The Dreamers
(2004)
Starring: Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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Bernardo Bertolucci's THE DREAMERS centres on three university students who adore the Cinematheque Francaise, and are fascinated by '60s culture--the music of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, the films of Jean-Luc Godard, and the writings of Susan Sontag and Chairman Mao. Their philosophical ..read more »
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