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  1. What’s So Great About Proust? (2010)

    Subject
    French studies; Literature

    Published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927, Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu, in so far as it deals explicitly with a disappearing world in ways often felt to be incorrigibly nostalgic,...

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  2. Cine-Minis: Short French Films for Language Learning and Literacy (2010)

    Subject
    French studies; Languages
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £54.50

    A DVD compilation with 12 short films for age 7+ and 11+ and teaching guidelines, supported by online resources. Intended for Key Stage 2 or 3 but could be used by older students. Extending the potential of...

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  3. Rossellini’s History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment: Blaise Pascal, The Age of the Medici, Cartesius (2009)

    Director
    Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)
    Subject
    French studies; History; Italian studies; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 546 minutes), $59.95

    "In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...

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  4. His Master’s Voice (2009)

    aka: Voix de son Maître, La

    Director
    Gérard Mordillat; Nicolas Philibert
    Subject
    Business studies; Economics; French studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (100 minutes), 20 Euros

    The titans of 12 major companies, including Jacques Lemonnier of IBM France and Francois Dalle of L’Oreal, talk directly to the camera about power, hierarchy, trade unions, strikes, and self-management....

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  5. Internet: Pirates Under Attack (2009)

    Subject
    French studies; Information technology; Law; Technology

    A television debate on the controversial French Creation and Content Bill to disconnect people caught downloading content illegally. Broadcast on France 24 on 10 March 2009, the day before it went before the...

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  6. Claude Levi-Strauss in His Own Words (2009)

    aka: Claude Levi-Strauss Par Lui-Même

    Director
    Pierre-André Boutang; Annie Chevallay
    Subject
    Anthropology; French studies; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 93 minutes), $39.95

    This French television documentary recounts the extraordinary career of the father of structural anthropology, Claude Lévi-Strauss, whose theories not only influenced that field, but also linguistics,...

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  7. Boheme, La (2009)

    Director
    Robert Dornheim
    Subject
    Drama; French studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 100 minutes), £29.99

    Giacomo Puccini’s celebrated opera is brought to life in a lavish feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm and starring the soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Rolando Villazón....

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  8. Modern Life (2009)

    Director
    Raymond Depardon
    Subject
    Agriculture; French studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

    The Cévennes region in southern France is a region of hilly passes, lonely farms and lonelier farmers. There we are introduced to aged bachelor brothers Marcel and Raymond Privat, whose old-fashioned...

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  9. Wuthering Heights (2008)

    aka: Hurlevent

    Director
    Jacques Rivette
    Subject
    French studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 130 minutes), £14.99

    A melancholic retelling by Jacques Rivette of Emily Brontë's classic love story in which the doomed lovers are transported from the Yorkshire moors to 1930s France. The passionate and vengeful Heathcliff is...

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  10. Mai 68: Les Images de Television (2008)

    Director
    Hugues Nancy
    Subject
    French studies; History; Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 180 minutes), 14.90 Euros

    Featuring footage from French newsreel ‘Actualités françaises’, and French public broadcaster ORTF, this DVD follows the progress of the student demonstrations of May 1968, including the occupation of...

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