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  1. Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Sicilia!, Une Visite Au Louvre (2010)

    Director
    Daniele Huillet; Jean-Marie Straub
    Subject
    Art; Music; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 202 minutes), £17.99

    CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH covers the years of Bach’s life from his marriage to Anna Magdalena to his death in 1748. ‘It is at once a love story, a documentary, a socio-political statement, and a...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. World According to Monsanto, The (2009)

    aka: Monde Selon Monsanto, Le

    Director
    Marie-Monique Robin
    Subject
    Agriculture; Business studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 109 minutes), 14.99 euros

    Present in forty-six countries, Monsanto has become the world leader in genetically modified crops, as well as becoming one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. Since its foundation in...

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  6. Paris 1919 (2009)

    Director
    Paul Cowan
    Producer
    Gerry Flahive; Paul Sadoun
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 95 minutes), $89.95

    Paul Cowan’s feature-length documentary combines archival footage and dramatic re-enactments to take viewers inside the peace talks that followed World War I. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s book Paris...

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  7. Passage (2009)

    Director
    John Walker
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

    The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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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. Forgotten Men of the Valley of the Kings, The (2008)

    aka: Les Hommes Oubliés de la Vallée des Rois

    Director
    Jérôme Prieur
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £19.99

    In modern Deir el-Madinah, located near Luxor in Upper Egypt, extremely rare vestiges of an Egyptian city from the time of the Pharaohs have been found. Kha, Sennedjem, Pached, Nakhtaman and Inerkhaou lived...

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  10. 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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