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Paroles d’Artistes Volume 1 (2005)

Subject

Art; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), 22.00 Euros

The ten recent acquisitions made by the National Museum of Modern Art presented in this DVD reflect the diversity of contemporary artistic production in France. The accompanying booklet features the words of...

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Cinema of Michel Legrand, The

Subject

Film Studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 300 minutes), £30.99

This 4-CD set with ninety tracks features the original versions of music from film scores composed by Michel Legrand. It includes a 44 page booklet and over 5 hours of music. The films include Les Parapluies...

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Dialogue des Cultures (1997 Video)

aka: French Speaking World, The

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes, 2001 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Part of a course consisting of 3 broadcasts and 7 study packs, all relating to different aspects of contemporary France. Each study pack consists of a videocassette, 2 audiocassettes, a transcript booklet, a...

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Louise Bourgeois (2008)

Director

Camille Guichard

Subject

Art; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £24.99

Born in 1911 in Paris, after studying art in France, Louise Bourgeois leaves for New York in 1938. An outsider to the art scene, she has few of her own exhibitions until her sculptures find international...

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Age of Enlightenment, The

Director

Alain Jaubert

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

A compilation of three 30-minute films from the Palettes series. The artists and their painting in this volume are: Watteau - Pilgrimage to Cythera; Chardin - The Skate; Fragonard - The Lock.

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Season in France, A (2017)

Director

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £13.69

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s film focuses on the plight of undocumented asylum seekers desperately trying to find sanctuary in Europe. A college professor and father of two, seeks political asylum in France...

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From Romanticism to Realism

Director

Alain Jaubert

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £19.99

Three 30-minute films from the Palettes series. The paintings studied are: Delacroix - Liberty Guiding The People; Ingres - The Turkish Bath; Courbet - A Burial At Ornans

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Rococo to Neo-Classic (1978 Video)

Director

Peter Coltman

Producer

Peter Coltman

Subject

Art

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 21 min.

An account of the change in artistic fashion chiefly in France from Rococo to neoclassic.

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Au Soleil et ‡ L’Ombre de la Pac (1993 Video)

Director

Jacqueline Bonnamour; Jean-Louis Tissier

Subject

Agriculture; French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL or SECAM). col. 20 min., 1995 sale: 200FF

Shows how agriculture has evolved in France between 1970 and 1990 under the influence of the Common Agricultural Policy, using a study undertaken by the Centre for Rural Geography at the Ecole Normale...

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Salman Rushdie: L’Inde Imaginaire (2011)

aka: Salman Rushdie: Imagining India

Director

Lisa Mantin

Producer

Pascal Verroust

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 45 minutes), 14.94 Euros

Film portrait of novelist Salman Rushdie, who speaks about India, the land of his childhood, as a source of literary inspiration. DVD extras include an interview with Rushdie from 1999.

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