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  1. Balzac (196 Film)

    Producer
    Roger Stephane
    Subject
    French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Georges Simenon narrates the life and psychology of Balzac.

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  2. Beaumarchais (196 Film)

    Producer
    Roger Stephane
    Subject
    Drama; French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Armand Salacrou on Beaumarchais.

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  3. Vie PassionnÉe de Georges Clemenceau, La (196 Film)

    Director
    Gilbert Prouteau
    Subject
    French studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life of the well-known French politician and the role he played in the political life of France.

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  4. Four Families (1959 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Dr Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of children contributes to a distinctive national character. Bathing a baby in four continents. An on-the-spot comparison of family life in India, France, Japan...

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  5. Beau Serge, Le (1958 Video)

    Director
    Claude Chabrol
    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 95 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    French feature film. A student returns to his home town and tries to redeem his old friend who has become a drunkard. Credited with being the spearhead of the ‘new wave’.

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  6. Toute la MÉmoire du Monde (1956 Film)

    Director
    Alain Resnais
    Subject
    French studies; Librarianship
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A visit to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris*.

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  7. Lola MontÈs (1955 Video)

    Director
    Max Ophüls
    Producer
    Albert Caraco
    Subject
    Film studies; French studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £19.99

    A new version of the acclaimed French feature film restored and remastered by the Cinematheque Francaise with Max Ophuls’ approval. The tragic life of a famous courtesan and her romance with the King of...

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  8. Homage to Dr e J Marey (1954 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Like Dr Eadweard Muybridge earlier, Dr Etienne-Jules Marey produced a set of time and motion study plates in the 1890s: originally published as a series of still photographs they can reproduce the actual...

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  9. Madame de... (1953 Video)

    aka: Diamond Earrings

    Director
    Max Ophüls
    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 96 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    French feature film adapted from a novel by Louise de Vilmourin set in ‘fin de siècle’ Paris. A countess has a pair of earrings given to her by husband. After a doomed love affair with a baron she sells...

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  10. Plaisir, Le (1951 Video)

    aka: House of Pleasure

    Director
    Max Ophüls
    Producer
    Max Ophüls
    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 94 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    French feature film adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant, each dealing with one aspect of pleasure. In ‘Le masque’ a man regains his youth. ‘La maison tellier’ finds a prostitute in...

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