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TITLE	ABSTRACT	CALL_NO.
400 Blows, The	see Les 400 Coups
8 Women	2002, Run Time: 111 minutes , French with optional English subtitles Directors: François Ozon Actors: Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant Academy Award nominee Catherine Deneuve (The Musketeer), Isabelle Huppert (The Swindle) and Fanny Ardant (Elizabeth) star in this outrageous mystery about a wealthy industrialist who has been found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated in a snowstorm and the phone lines have been cut. Eight women are his potential murderers: his calculating wife, his two mischievous daughters, his meddling mother-in-law, his neurotic sister-in-law, his sexy sister, the faithful family cook and the sultry new maid. Each woman is a suspect. Each has a motive. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual and dangerous... One of them is guilty. Which one is it?	FR 168
Accompanist, The	Director: Claude Miller with Richard Bohringer, Romane Bohringer, Claude Rich, Elena Safonova. 1992, 111 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. A collaborator in occupied Paris, merchant Charles Brice sees the war as an opportunity to increase his wealth - and ensure the devotion of his wife, a beautiful singer. But his moral compromise is mirrored by his wife's infidelity, and she pursues a leader of the French Resistance with the same hunger that he pursues German marks. Caught in the middle of their emotional whirlpool is an awkward young pianist who observes everything - and who sacrifices her own chance at happiness by living in their dark shadow. LLC Library	FR 129
American in Paris, An	American in Paris, An Director: Vincente Minnelli with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch. 1951, 115 minutes. Story of struggling fine artist, an ex-GI in post-WWII Paris. He meets a lonely French shop girl, engaged to marry a successful entertainer, unless he can convince her otherwise. LLC Library	MLAM 009
Amélie (Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le )	2001 122 minutes French with English subtitles Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Jamel Debbouze, Clotilde Mollet, Claire Maurier, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, Maurice Bénichou, Michel Robin A painfully shy waitress working at a tiny Paris café, Amélie makes a surprising discovery and sees her life drastically changed for the better! From then on, Amélie dedicates herself to helping others find happiness...in the most delightfully unexpected ways! But will she have the courage to do for herself what she has done for others? DVD	FR 158
Anne Murray	January 1983: Caribbean Cruise Maritimes LLC Library	FR U15
Astérix chez les Bretons	Un film de René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo et Georges Dargaud. 1986, 90 minutes, French. Après avoir conquis la Gaule, Jules César s'attaque à la Bretagne. Le Breton Jolitorax demande l'aide de son cousin le Gaulois Astérix pour défendre son village contre les Romains. Astérix et son ami Obélix emporteront dans ce périple un tonneau de la potion magique préparée par le druide Panoramix. Au cours de voyage, les deux Gaulois perdent le tonneau qui s'est mêlé à une cargaison de barriques de vin. Pour retrouver la potion, ils s'engagent dans d'étonnantes aventures. LLC Library	FR 116
Astérix: Le Gaulois		FR 092
Au Revoir, les enfants	Director: Louis Malle. 1987, 103 minutes, French with English subtitles. Set during German occupation of France. Two boys become friends in a Catholic boarding school, one a gentile, the other a Jew. Their lives will change forever, when the Jewish boy's identity becomes known to the Gestapo. LLC Library	FR 064
Babette's Feast	Director: Gabriel Axel with Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Bibi Anderson, Jarl Kulle. 1988, 102 minutes, French and D with English subtitles. Babette, a superb French chef, lives an anonymous life among a pious congregation on the desolate coast of Denmark. As cook and housekeeper to two elderly, religious women, she's never called upon to prepare anything more exciting than the traditional boiled codfish and ale-bread soup, until one day she wins 10,000 francs and decides to spend it all by creating the most memorable, mouth-watering, magnificent meal ever consumed - even though her guests, the simple villagers, will have no idea what they're eating. LLC Library	MLSC 005
Baker's Wife, The	Director: Marcel Pagnol with Raimu and Ginette Leclerc. 1938, 130 minutes, French with English subtitles. A simple country baker debuts in a new town and it is spoiled when his younger wife runs away with a local shepherd. His steadfast (and unfounded) belief in his bride's fidelity becomes the marvel and blessing of the whole village. LLC Library	FR 058
Bande à part	LLC Library	FR 014
Beaumarchais, The Scoundrel	1997 Edouard Molinaro, director. Starring Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Serrault, Jacques Weber and Michel Piccoli. About the legendary French playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. An artist whose work influenced the likes of Mozart and Rossini, Beaumarchais the Scoundrel was one of history's most extraordinary figures: inventor, playwirght, diplomat, playboy, Royal spy for King Louis XV, and emissary of the colonial attackes against Britain during the American Rovolution. Love affairs, scandals, and espionage fill the hilarious, yet elegant and richly detailed period piece exploring the years 1774 - 1784 - an explosive period in Beaumarchais' unprecedented life. In French with English subtitles	FR 151
Beauty and the Beast, with lesson plan	Director: Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Josette Day. 1946, 90 minutes, B&W, French with English subtitles. The enchanting fable of the kindly beast and the self-sacrificing beauty whose love releases the prince in him. Cocteau creates a mood of dream-like delicacy and ethereal charm which makes this film an unforgettable experience. LLC Library	FR 071
Blanc (Trois Couleurs)	With Julie Deply, Zbigniew Zamachowski 1994, 92 minutes, French with English subtitles. A Polish hairdresser's life crumbles with his French wife divorces him because he can't satisfy her sexually in this second film of the trilogy. The man returns to Poland, where his reinvents his personality and plots revenge. LLC Library	FR 104-A
Bleu (Trois Couleurs)	With Juliette Binoche 1993, 98 minutes, French with English subtitles. The initial entry in the <> stars Juliette Binoche as a woman who loses her husband and daughter in a car accident and severs all ties to her past. With her new, anonymous persona, she investigates her husband's secret life. LLC Library -	FR 104-B
Blue	see Bleu (Trois Couleur)
Bolero, Part 1	Part 1 takes up about half the tape. Language used in Part 1 is English and French. The story takes place in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, before and after WWII. Some scenes also take place in the USA. Most scenes are in France showing some soldiers and war scenes, etc. They emphasize the Nazis in Germany and other places in Europe showing how they rounded up Jews, sent them to concentration camps, etc. LLC Library	FR 072 - 1
Bolero, Part 2	Part 1 takes up about half the tape. Part 2 is a continuation of Part 1. Language used is English and French. The story involves the lives of several people on both continents. The time jumps to the 1960s. The Russians get into the action, too, including a defector from the Bolshoi. Some people in the movie seem to know each other, some are not connected at all. The film is hard to follow. There does not seem to be a point. The story jumps all over the place. The action is overdramatized. LLC Library	FR 072 - 2
Boudo sauvé des eaux	Director: Jean Renoir with Michel Simon, Charles Granval and Marcelle Hania. 1932, 87 minutes, French with English subtitles. A tramp is fished out of the Seine by a Paris bookseller and taken to his home, only to bring chaos into the family. LLC Library	FR 013
Boyfriends and Girlfriends - see L'ami de mon amie	Director: Eric Rohmer with Emmanuelle Chaulet, Sohpie Renoir, Anne-Laure Meury, Eric Viellard. 1988, 102 minutes, color, French with yellow English subtitles. Boyfriends and Girlfriends is a lighthearted bedroom comedy with irresistible wit and a deliciously happy ending. Set outside of Paris, this saucy French tale tracks the friendship between Blanche and Léa, two total opposites whose lives and loves seem destined to intertwine. Blanche is a shy civil servant, new in town and romantically unattached. Léa's a free spirit who lives with boyfriend Fabien, but still shops around for other attachments. Léa would like her friend to find a lover and helps Blanche summon the nerve to meet Alexandre, a handsome hunk of an engineer who leaves Blanche speechless. The story really takes off when Léa goes on vacation with a mysterious someone and Blanche finds herself involved with the abandoned Fabien. Expect the unexpected as this rollicking tale of love unfolds. LLC Library	FR 101
Camille Claudel	Director: Bruno Nuytten with Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu. 1989, 1989 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. Both an inspiring saga of artistic vision and the haunting story of a doomed romance, it offers a brilliant study of the thin line separating creativity, passion, and madness. Combining stunning cinematography, powerful perfomances and a timelss love story, this film is itself a masterpiece. LLC Library	FR 053
Carmen	with Julia Migenes-Johnson and Placido Domingo. 1984, 152 minutes, French with English subtitles. Opera's classic tale of obsessive, doomed love. A soldier falls for a sultry schemer and abandons his career to be with her. Lavishly filmed on location in Spain. LLC Library	MLAM 032
Carnival in Flanders	Director: Jacques Feyder 1936, 90 minutes, French with English subtitles. A satire concerning the 17th-century conquest of a Flemish village by Spanish invaders. The seductive wiles of the female townsfolk save the day after the men turn tail and run. LLC Library	FR 026
Challenges of French Pronunciation	2004. 53 min, Sunburst Visual Media DVD and VHS	FR 162
Charlemagne (volume 1)		FR 142 A
Charlemagne (volume 2)		FR 142 B
Charlemagne (volume 3)		FR 142 C
Charlemagne (volume 4)		FR 142 D
Charlemagne (volume 5)		FR 142 E
Children of Paradise	Director: Marcel Carné with Jean-Louis Barrault, Arletty, Pierre Brasseur. 1943-1945, 189 minutes, French with English subtitles. Set in the theater district of early 19th-century Paris, the film recreates a glittering world of backstage life. Garance, an elusive courtesan, is loved by four men - a talented mime, an ambitious actor, a nihilistic villain, and a snobbish aristocrat. Bursting with passion, jealousy, and deception, Prévert's screenplay has been called <>. With an overwhelming visual richness, this beguiling romantic epic changes with every viewing. Arletty's Garance emerges as an utterly modern herioine; Jean-Louis Barrault's performance as the lovelorn mime is legendary. Filmed at peril during the Nazi Occupaiton, Marcel Carné's masterpiece belongs among the milestones of cinema. LLC Library	FR 089 - 1/2
Children of the Century	2003. French with English subtitles. 137 minutes. Director: Diane Kurys Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoît Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard The Century is the story of the terribly tempestuous and passionate love affair between George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset, two of the 19th century's most headstrong Romanticists. DVD	FR 164
Cinema belge francophone with Transcript	Catalogue T-EF-I & T-EF-J. PICS, The University of Iowa. 1990, 29 minutes, French. Belgian francophone cinema needs to be exported to survive financially. This exhaustive and witty panorama of the current state of the film industy shows the diversity and the vitality of its filmmakers, their productions, and the problems facing its future. Abundant film clips illustrate interviews with such internationally known directors as Chantal Ackerman, Andrée Delvaux, Jean-Jacques Andrieu, and others. LLC Library	FR 079
Claire's Knee - see Le genou de Claire	Director: Eric Rohmer with Jean-Claude Brialy and Lawrence De Monaghan. 1970, 111 minutes, French with English subtitles. A comedy which focuses on the temptations of a diplomat who visits his childhood home just before he is married to a woman with whom he has lived for six years. LLC Library	FR 021
Colonel Chabert	Director: Yves Angelo with Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, Andre Dussollier. 1994, 111 minutes, French with English subtitles. Ten years ago, history said he died a hero. Now Colonel Chabert is back to claim what's rightfully his - but first he must prove he exists. Stunning performances highlight this lushly-photographed and lavishly produced saga of passion, intrigue and betrayal amidst the splendor of 19th century French society. Internationally acclaimed star Depardieu is mesmerizing as Chabert, retuning from a decade of imprisonment to a society that shuns him and a wife who denies him. Robbed by fate of his wealth, his home and even his name, Chabert must fight for his honor and his future. LLC Library	FR 114
Coup de foudre - see Entre Nous
Crime of Monsieur Lange, The	Director: Jean Renoir with Renée Lefèvre and Jules Berry. 1935, 90 minutes, French with English subtitles. When the boss embezzles the company funds and is declared dead while fleeing the country, the workers at a publishing frim band together to produce a very successful series of "Arizona Jim" cowboy stories. All is well until the boss returns to cash in. LLC Library	FR 057
Cross My Heart	with lesson plans Director: Jacques Fansten with Sylvain Copans, Nicolas Parodi. 1992, 105 minutes, French with English subtitles. Not since Stand By Me has a film captured all the innocence, pain, and fun of growing up. When Antoine and Jerome follow their best friend Martin home from school one day, they discover why he has been acting so strange - his mother has been dead for three days and he's been keeping it a secret for fear of being sent to an orphanage. That calls for a pact - to preserve Martin's home life at all costs. They'll learn to cook, sign his report cards, even sell the furniture in order to keep him out of the clutches of meddlesome adults. Filled with comic escapades and bittersweet adventures, Cross My Heart brings back the magic and mystery of childhood. LLC Library	FR 119-A/B
Cyrano de Bergérac	Director: Jean-Claude Petit with Gérard Depardieu, Jacques Weber, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Roland Bertin. 1990, 138 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. Film about large-nosed poet, swordsman, social gadfly and unlikely romantic hero. LLC Library (2 copies, 1 VHS, 1 DVD)	FR 095 (2 copies)
César	Director: Marcel Pagnol 1936, 117 minutes, French with English subtitles. Part 3 of the "Marseilles Trilogy". The characters come to grips with tragedy and separation. LLC Library	FR 009
Dandin	Un film de Roger Plachon avec Claude Brasseur, Zabou, Daniel Gélin, Nelly Bourgeau, Jean-Claude Adelin, Evelyne Buyle. 1990, 113 minutes, couleur, in French. Dandin, riche paysan, a fait un marché. En renflouant sa belle-famille, il a aquis un titre "Monsieur de la Dandiniére," un prestige social, et un femme, Angélique. Celle-ci cherche à connaître les jeux dont son marriage premature l'a privée. Elle se refuse á son mari et se laisse courtiser par Clitandre, un gentilhomme libertin et cynique. Dandin veut la confondre en appellant á l'aide ses beaux-parents, mais il est, á chaque fois, remis dans sa condition de paysan… LLC Library	FR 041
Danton	Director: Andrzej Wajda 1983, 136 minutes, Fench with English subtitles. LLC Library	FR 044
David, Portrait of an Artist	Jacques-Louis David, The Passing Show. More than any other painter in history, David saw his art as a weapon for social change. Twice taken political prisoner during the French Revolution, he continued to work from his jail cell. His subjects were powerful and daring, incuding an actual murder (Death of Marat). So incredible were his realistic details that the painting was exhibited alongside the very bathtub which was the scene of the crime! Using a replica of David's studio, the "newsreel" technique, and a commentary derived from David's own speeches, this film provides a fascinating insight into the man who became, ironically, the virtual dictator of arts in his day.	FR 150
Day for Night	Director: Francois Truffaut with Jaqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Steweart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Francois Truffaut. 1973, 120 minutes, English language version. The title is taken from a technique for shooting night scenes in daylight with special lens filters. While editing the film Two English Girls, Truffaut was struck with the interplay between screen people in real life and the people they portray in films. Jaqueline Bisset plays the role of an international beauty recovering from a nervous breakdown. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Truffaut's alter-ego, portrayed a young man intoxicated with the script girl, the actresses, the cinema itself. Francois Truffaut made his own fiml acting debut in the role of the film's director, part creator, part craftsman, part ringmaster of the circus he unveils. This film carries us into the heart and mimd of a great filmmaker at work. Lyrical , yet vigourous, affectionalte yet unsentimental, the film reveals the methodology behind the magic - and somehow leaves us feeling that movies are more magical than ever. LLC Library	FR 108
Devil's Envoy, The - see Les Visiteurs du soir.
Diabolique	Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot with Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot and Paul Meurisse. 1955, 116 minutes, French with English subtitles. A cruel schoolmaster is murdered by his wife and his mistress...or is he? A frightening tale of suspense and desperation. LLC Library	FR 016
Dinner Game, The (Le diner de cons)	1998 81 minutes French with English subtitles Director: Rancis Verber. Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Vandernoot, Catherine Frot, Benoît Bellal, Jacques Bleu, Philippe Brigaud, Michel Caccia, Laurent Gendron, Mykhaël Georges-Schar, Edgar Givry, Pierre-Arnaud Juin, Daniel Martin, lvire Melliere, Pétronille Moss, Christian Pereira, Rémy Roubakha, Candide Sanchez. Laughter is on the menu when the creator of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES serves up a tasty comic feast with this hilarious farce. Pierre and his snobbish friends have a standing date for dinner. Every week, they compete to see who can bring the biggest "idiot" to the party. Pierre is sure he's found a winner in the unsuspecting François, a ministry accountant whose hobby is making matchstick models of famous monuments. But when circumstances trap Pierre in his apartment with François, the tables are turned and everyone gets their just desserts. DVD	FR 156
Divertimento		FR 122
Donkey Skin	1971 Jacques Demy, producer. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle and Delphine Seyrig. Lyrical fantasy about a tiny kingdom whose queen is dying. Insisting that her husband remarry someone even more beautiful than she, the queen puts the king in an impossible situation: the only woman more beautiful than the queen is their daughter, Catherine. The king must find a way to grant his wife's dying wish without involving the princess. French with English subtitles	FR 152
Dossier I	PICS, The University of Iowa. 29 minutes. The first installment of Espace francophone is subdivided into four segments: an introduction to Les Plouffe, a film by québécois filmmaker Gilles Carle, featuring two clips, an interview with the filmmaker and reactions of the public at the Paris opening; Gilles Vigneault, one of the leading singers from Québec, performs his most popular song "Il me reste un pays" on stage; a discussion with Haitian writer René Depestre about art as a reflection of society; a dossier on the Agence de la Coopération Culturelle et Technique, including an interview with its secretary-general, Francois Owono-Ngueme. LLC Library	FR 073
Dès le début	Demonstration Tape LLC Library	FR 036 - A
Dès le début	Tape #1 LLC Library	FR 036 - B
Dès le début	Tape #2 LLC Library	FR 036 - C
Dès le début	Tape #3 LLC Library	FR 036 - D
Dès le début	Tape #4 LLC Library	FR 036 - E
Dès le début	Tape #5 LLC Library	FR 036 - F
Déboires sans boire	[1947]: Donald, seigneur du desert, et son fidèe compagnon Dingo, traversent les sables brûlants du Sahara. LLC Library	MLAM 024
Enfants de Brel et de personne with Transcript	Catalogue T-EF-D & T-EF-F. PICS, The University of Iowa. LLC Library	FR 076
Entre amis: An Interactive Approach to First Year French	Oates/Oukada/Altman: Interactive Approahc to 1st year French. Demonstartion tape. Program for use with Entre Amis Copy 1 LLC Library	FR 051 - copy 1
Entre amis: An Interactive Approach to First Year French	Oates/Oukada/Altman: Interactive Approahc to 1st year French. Demonstartion tape. Program for use with Entre Amis Copy 2 LLC Library	FR 051 - copy 2
Entre Nous	Director: Diane Kurys with Miou Miou, Isabelle Huppert, Guy Marchand. 1983, 110 minutes, French with English subtitles. Moving, multi-layered story of two women who from a bond of friendship that lasts many years, takes many turns, and threatens their ineffectual husbands. Compassionate telling by Kurys of her own mother's story, with extraordinary performances. LLC Library	FR 107
Estée Lauder, Biography Series	Sweet Smell of Success A&E, 1999, 50 minutes, color. LLC Library	MLAM 053
Expressions québecoises	PICS, The University of Iowa. 29 minutes. The contribution of québécois artists to the French language has been noted especially since the nationalist movement of the sixties brought forth such singers as Gilles Vigneault, Félix Leclerc, and Robert Charlesbois. Interviews follow in which the artists explain their position in French culture in North America. Also, the oppression by French speakers is being discussed by director Arthur Lamothe who believes that this should not occult the real oppression of the native American cultures which existed before the arival of Champlain, a preoccupation that has brought him to documentary filmmaking. LLC Library	FR 074
Eyes Without a Face	Director: Georges Franju with Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob and Alida Valli. 1959, 88 minutes, French with English Subtitles. The origional Gallic Version of the chillingly poetic shocker about a surgeon's murderous attempts to restore the disfigured face of his daughter. LLC Library	FR 065
Fall (Year in Provence)	The year in Provence ends with crisp days and a cellar full of wine produced right on the Mayle grounds. LLC Library	FR 084 - D
Fanny	Director: Marc Allegret with Peirre Fresnay, Orane Demazis and Raimu. 1932, 126 minutes, French with English subtitles. Part 2 of the "Marseilles Trilogy: Marius answers the call of the sea, abandoning fanny with his child, while Ceasar plays matchmaker. LLC Library	FR 008
Field of Honor (Champ d'Honneur)		FR 143
Forbidden Games	-see Jeux Interdits Director: Rene Clement with Brigitte Fossey and George Poujouly. 1952, 102 minutes, French with English subtitles. A touching drama focusing on a young girl who loses her parents in an air raid and is taken in by a poor family. LLC Libary	FR 060
Force à la loi	[1947]: entre l'acariâtre gérant du motel et un matelas qui n'en fait qu'à sa tête, le pauvre Donald fait des cauchemars avant même de s'être endormi.
France	comes with booklet in video cover Come discover the Glory of France. Its people, history, culture, and cuisine. Fall in love with Paris as you visit the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysées, Louvre museum and the bohemian Left Bank. Slip behind the scenes into the haute couture world of Peirre Cardin and persue the shops that define international style. Discover the secrets of French cuisine and learn the art of selecting wine from France's foremost chef, Paul Bocuse. Visit the Alpine slopes of Mt. Blanc, the sun-drenched Cote d' Azur, the chateaux of the Loire Valley and the many other treasures of France. LLC Library	FR 087
France from Within	Video Sample for tapes 1 & 2 Bernard Petit Video Production. 1987. see also French Way, The. Tape 1 features the T.G.V., and open-air market, preparation of a <>, the game of <>, a winery tour, a Parisian <>, and interviews with <> Paul Bocuse, a young law student, a <> philosophy professor, a <> in Grenoble, and an engaging Parisian <>. Tape 2 features the Dior boutique and <> in Paris, a <>, a perfectly French perfect, a World War II <>, <>, the 2 CV, a <>, Normandy and more. Student Guide to Accompany France from Within, Video #I. Heinle and Heinle Publishers, Inc., Boston, Mass., 1987. Petit, Bernard: Tapescript for France from Within, Video #2 Heinle and Heinle Publishers, Inc., Boston, Mass., 1987.	FR 030 (2 copies)
France Nobody Knows, The	Passport to Adventure. Discover the World. 1986. The is a travelogue type documentary hi-lighting several interesting regions of France. LLC - Library	FR 069
France: Burgundy, Provence and The Loire, Travel the World Series	hosted by Rick Steves. 1993, 55 minutes. Burgundy: Savor the subtle pleasures of France in the idyllic hilltown villages of Burgundy. Cruise Burgundy's romantic canals past chateaus, medieval abbeys and through its magnificent wine country. Sample a glass of pricey Burgundy wine in a candle-lit crypt. Provence and the Loire: Travel through the majestic Loire Valley, just south of Paris, often called castle country. Explore the elegance and Renaissance splendor of the Chambord and Chenonceau Castles. Further south, view Roman ruins at Arles and the wonderfully preserved palace of the Popes at Avignon. LLC Library	MLAM 052
Francois Truffaut		FR 125
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits		FR 126
French Can-Can	Director: Jean Renoir With Jean Gabin and Maria Felix. 1956, 93 minutes, French with English subtitles. The early days of the Moulin Rouge and the entrepreneur who began it are backdrops for beautiful, high-kicking chorus girls and their swirling petticoats. LLC Library	FR 054
French Classical Style of the 17th & 18th Centuries	French Classical Style of the 17th & 18th Centuries 1992 Studio Quart, about 30 minutes. Masterpieces of the Hermitage - Museum of St. Petersburg. LLC - Library	MLGP 018
French Way, The	Video Sample. Same description as for France from Within. Petit, Bernard Vbideo Production.: 1986. Heinle and Heinle Publishers, Inc., Boston, Mass., 1986. LLC -Library, Copy 2	FR 029 (2 copies)
Games of Love & Chance ( L'Esquive )	2004, Run Time: 117 minutes, French with optional English subtitles Directors Abdel Kechiche Actors: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou, Hafet Ben-Ahmed A sensitive, daringly original and deeply human portrait of a group of teenagers living in the projects outside Paris and surviving in a world marginalized by society. Set during preparations for a school production, it captures their affections, quarrels and jealousies as well as the budding romance between shy Krimo and Lydia, the fiery blonde star. Krimo, a pre-thug with great, big dreams forms a tight crew with his friends that carries its weight around their dangerous ‘hood. Confident and sassy, Lydia is a romantic, stunning beauty driven by passion. Friends throughout their lives, as they move into adolescence, Krimo realizes he has fallen in love. Using the show as a way to get closer to Lydia, Krimo persuades his friend, Rachid, to give up the lead role. Krimo wants Lydia and he's far too smitten to be scared of looking ridiculous in front of his crew. Rejection, seduction, betrayal, and love are the heart of this universal coming-of-age story. DVD	FR 166
Gardens of France	Home Video Library 1905. LLC - Library	FR 109
George Meliès: Cinema Magician	1978, 27 minutes Documentary on the father of the special effect. Biography, plus clips from newfound negatives, "The Impossible Voyage" and others. LLC -Library	FR 011
Gervaise	Director: Rene Clement With Maria Schell and Francois Perier. 1957, 116 minutes, French with English Subtitles. A woman struggles to keep her family together when her husband, injured at work, becomes an alcoholic. LLC - Library	FR 025
Godard-Truffaut Shorts	Directors: Godard and Truffaut. 1957, 39 minutes, French with English subtitles. Truffaut's "Les Mistons" looks at a group of teens, mystified by love, who decide to follow a pair of lovers; Godard's "All the Boys are Named Parick" follows a young man's loves and infidelities. LLC - Library	FR 001
Goodbye, Children	see Au Revoir, les enfants.
Grand Highway	- see Le grand chemin
Grand Illusion	Director: Jean Renoir With Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, and Marcel Dalio 1937, 111 minutes, French with English subtitles. French officers in World War I are captured and sent to a German prison camp run by aristocratic commandant Erich von Stroheim. LLC -Library	FR 003
Haiti: Killing the Dream	1992, Crowing Rooster Production "Haiti: Killing the Dream provides an emotionally gripping and politically profound illumination of the Boat People's story and the details of their current state of affairs." Jonathan Demne "This film deeply moved me by showing not only the pain and suffering of the Haitian people today, but also the hope and potential for the beautiful Haiti that is dawning tomorrow. It's not just a question of Haitian People, but a question of democracy throughout the world." President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. LLC - Library	FR 091
Haïti: Un Peuple Créateur	PICS, The University of Iowa. 29 minutes. The republic of Haïti was the first independent black nation in the world. This program explores some or the best known aspects of Haïtian popular culture and explains their connections to religious beliefs and practices, especially the infamous voodoo tradition. Interviews with artists and artisans alternate with scenes of voodoo dances and displays of local customs, while two university professors provide background information on the history and the evolution of the country. LLC - Library	FR 075
Hiroshima, Mon Amour	Director: Alain Resnais. 1959, 88 minutes, French with English subtitles. Haunting story of two people who find escape from dark memories in a brief but meaningful love affair. LLC Library	FR 020
Horse of Pride, The	Director: Claude Chabrol With Jacques Dufilho and Francois Cluzet. 1980, 118 minutes, French with English subtitles. A look at the lives of the peasants of Breton in the early 1900's through their loves, tragedies and triumphs. LLC - Library	FR 055
Horseman on the Roof		FR 130
Human Resources (Ws Sub)	1999, Run Time: 103 minutes, in French with English subtitles Director: Laurent Cantet Actors: Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantel Barre Franck, a Parisian business school student, takes an internship in the Human Resources department at the factory where his father has labored for the past 30 years. When Franck's efforts to better the company lead to the firing of many employees, including his father, a furious confrontation ensues, forcing father and son to ponder their relationship while dealing with their individual lives. Winner of over 17 International Awards, including the Jury Prize, Seattle International Film Festival Best New Director: San Sebastian International Film Festival DVD	FR 171
In a Brilliant Light: van Gogh in Arles	The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1984, 57 minutes. LLC - Library	MLNE 003
Inch'Allah Dimanche	2001, Run Time: 98 minutes, Arabic and French with optional English subtitles Director: Yamina Benguigui Actors: Marie-France Pisier, Fejria Deliba, Mathilde Seigner, Zinedine Soualem, Jalil Lespert Toronto Film Festival winner INCH'ALLAH DIMANCHE is the July film in The Film Movement Series. In 1974, under the "Family Reunion" law, the French government decided to allow the families of Algerian men working in France to legally emigrate to join them. Inch'Allah Dimanche tells the story of one such family. After a tearful good-bye to her friends and family in Algeria, Zouina (Fejria Deliba) arrives in France with her three children and moves into a house that her husband has rented for them, filled with the hopes and promises of a new life. However, Zouina's husband Ahmed fears that his wife's honor may be threatened in this foreign society and subsequently forbids her to leave the house. Throughout the film, Zouina is physically abused by her husband and emotionally attacked by her caustically "evil" mother-in-law. Zouina's neighbor, Madame Donze (France Darry), is a xenophobic busybody so obsessed with winning the prize for the best flower garden that she cannot empathize with Zouina and is cruel to her. Meanwhile, a young woman who works in a makeup factory, Nicole (Mathilde Seigner), helps Zouina feel accepted, and sparks her interest in French culture and the new world around her. As the days pass, Zouina finds herself struggling between traditional Algerian values and the rapid feminization and modernization of France. Constantly subject to the tyrannical wrath of her domineering mother-in-law and miles away from her friends and family, Zouina finds her only source of relief is Sunday, the one day that Ahmed and his mother are out of the house, when she takes her children on excursions through the countryside and attempts to come to terms with the difficulties of immigration, integration and an ostensibly impossible sense of independence. DVD	FR 169
Indochine	Director: Regis Wargnier With Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne, Dominique Blanc, Henri Marteau. 1992, 156 minutes, color, French with yellow English subtitles. This film depicts a story of passion and revolution in colonial Vietnam. Deneuve stars as Eliane Devries, the seemingly repressed owner of a prosperous rubber plantation in French Inochina. Her steely exterior, however, is only a mask intended to hide her torrid love affairs from upper class society. But when her adopted Indochinese daughter innocently falls in love with Eliane's secret lover, the scandalous lovers' triangle threatens to destroy their entire family. A sensual story of unbridled passion set against the violence of the bloody Communist uprising. Indochine is a historically accurate, emotionally wrenching epic of love and war. LLC - Library	FR 032
Ingrès, Portrait of an Artist	Vol 22: Slaves of Fashion An RM Arts/BBC Production 1981, 50 minutes. In his own day, Ingrès was admired by many for his scrupulous attention to detail, and won respect as a champion of neoclassicism against the rising Romantic tide. The film is enhanced by contemporary musical extracts. LLC - Library	FR 046
Invite René Levèsque	Les Lundis de Pierre Nadeau - Invite René Levèsque - Premier Ministre du Québec LLC Library	FR U12
Italian Straw Hat, The	- see Un Châpeau de paille d'Italie.
Jean de Florette	Director: Claude Berri With Gérard Depardieu, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Elisabeth Depardieu, and Ernestine Mazurowna. 1986, 122 minutes, French with English subtitles. The story of Jean Cadoret, a hunchback who inherits a farm from his mother and hopes to become a farmer. But even before he arrives, his powerful neighbor is plotting to steal his land. The ending is heartbreak and tragedy for Jean who is no match for his wily neighbor. JCJ Library -	PQ2631.A26J42 1988
Jean de Florette	DVD (PAL format - region 2 - copy 1, copy 2 DVD USA format, copy 3 VHS tape)	FR 127 3 copies
Jesus of Montreal	Director: Denys Arcand with Lothaire Bluteau, Remy Gierard. 1989, 119 minutes, French with English subtitles. Acclaimed Canadian comedy-drama that takes savage swipes at modern religious hypocracy and greed. An unemployed actor is hired by a Montreal priest to run a local Passion Play, but his attempts to re-create the Easter story place him into some antagonistic situations that strangely parallel the play's scenes. LLC Library	see Modern Languages
Jeux Interdits	see Forbidden Games
Josephine Baker	- see Princess Tam Tam - see Zou Zou
L'Age d'or	Directors: Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali With Lya Lys, Gason Modot and Max Ernst. 1930, 60 minutes, French with English subtitles. A series of bizarre, bewildering images that mock religious hypocrisy while framing a surprisingly sentimental love story. LLC Library	FR 002
L'Année dernière à Marienbad	Director: Alain Resnais With Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi 1962, 93 minutes, French with English subtitles A controversial, visually surreal study of two unwilling lovers who feel compelled by destiny to be together. LLC Library	FR 017
L'Argent de Poche	see Small Change.
l'auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)	2002 122 minutes Director: Cédric Klapisch Cast: Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kelly Reilly, Cristina Brondo, Federico D'Anna, Barnaby Metschurat, Christian Pagh, Kevin Bishop, Xavier De Guillebon, Wladimir Yordanoff, Irene Montalà, Javier Coromina, Iddo Goldberg, Martine Demaret, Olivier Raynal, Paulina Gálvez, Jacno, Sylvie Lachat, Magali Roze, Shilpa Baliga, Nadala Batiste, Pere Sagrista, Pere Abello, Babou Cham, Dani Grao, Iván Morales, Jacques Royer, Mira Wanting, Arsène Royer, Sophie Delin, Zinedine Soualem, Pablo Klapisch, Cédric Klapisch, Lise Lamétrie Xavier (Romain Duris) is a straight-laced French college senior who moves to Barcelona as part of a student exchange program, much to the dismay of his beautiful girfriend Martine (Audrey Tautou). But sharing cramped quarters with students from all over Europe quickly leads to muli-cultural chaos as Xavier gets a hilarious, eye-opening lesson on how to live, love, laugh ... and party! DVD French and Spanish audio options, subtitled in English or Spanish	FR 157
L'Enfant Sauvage	- see Wild Child, The
L'Enfer	1994 Claude Chabrol, director. Paul seems to have it all: a charming hotel on a serene lake, a beautiful wife Nelly and a new son. Forced to work extremely hard to keep things afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head questioning the choices he's made. He's convinced that Nelly has been unfaithful and starts to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind - hell is himself. French with English subtitles	FR 153
L'Or bleu du Québec	LLC Library	FR U14
La Cage aux folles	Part I [ English dubbed ] LLC Library	FR U01
La Cage aux folles	Part II LLC Library	FR U02
La Double Inconstance	Marivaux' own favorite among his plays, this comedy tells of two lovers separated by the prince both of whom fall in love with others at court.	FR 149 A/B VHS/DVD
La Femme du Boulanger	- see Baker's Wife, The
La Femme Nikita	Director: Luc Besson With Anne Parillaud, Jeanne Moreau. 1991, 117 minutes, French with English subtitles. Exciting, sexy and violent thriller about a beautiful junkie, condemned to die for murdering a policeman, who is given a second chance by becoming a secret political assassin for the government. She eventually falls in love with a grocery clerk who has no idea of her real identity. LLC Library	FR 097
La Fidélité	Format: COLOR, IMPORT, NTSC ALL REGION (Plays Worldwide), 4:3 AUDIO: DOLBY DIGITAL in Original Language FRENCH. SUBTITLE LANGUAGES: Chinese, ENGLISH. PRIMARY ACTOR: SOPHIE MARCEAU, Pascal Greggory, Guillaume Canet, Michel Subor DIRECTOR: ANDRZEJ ZULAWSKI PLOT SUMMARY: Zulawski film is an outburst of passion and violence from the heart in this poignant marital drama. Intriguing that Sophie Marceau should make a film about fidelity under the direction of Zulawski, her companion for more than fifteen years. But this is just one aspect of a baroque and flamboyant film which evokes the gutter press and organ trafficking to bring up to date a literary classic, "The princess of Cleves ". Torn between her oath not to deceive her husband and her desire for a suicidal young photographer, Sophie Marceau finds herself in one of her best roles! The film's exploration of faithful monogamy vs. sexual temptation is quite reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. With her ailing mother in tow, distinguished Canadian photographer Clelia (Sophie Marceau) journeys to Paris to work for press baron Rupert MacRoi's tabloid La Verite (The Truth). In Paris, she meets Cleve (Pascal Greggory). The two quickly let their attraction become physical, and eventually Clelia marries Cleve. Once married to Cleve, she draws the line -- she will remain faithful on principle, however much she aches to consummate her attraction to Nemo, a photographer she meets. DVD - two disk set	FR 161
La Gloire de mon Père	- see My Father's Glory.
La Haine	1995 97 minutes French with optional English subtitles Director: Mathieu Kassovitz Actors: Marc Duret, Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Lindon, Benoît Magimel, Joseph Momo When he was just twenty-nine years old, Mathieu Kassovitz took the international film world by storm with La haine (Hate), a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically in the low-income banlieue districts on Paris’s outskirts. Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd—a Jew, an African, and an Arab—give human faces to France’s immigrant populations, their bristling resentments at their social marginalization slowly simmering until they reach a climactic boiling point. A work of tough beauty, La haine is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country’s ongoing identity crisis. DVD	FR 165
La petit voleuse	Un film de Claude Miller Avec Charlotte Gaisnbourg, Simon de la Brosse, Didier Bezace, Chlothilde de Bayser, Raoul Billery, Chantal Banlier, Nathalie Cardone. 1988, 110 minutes, in French. Elle est prêre à tous les mensonges pour obtenir ce qu'elle veut: l'argent, l'affection, l'amour…en un mot, sa place au soleil. Énchappée de l'école de reform, Janine se retrouve à l'école de la vie, où elle apprendra que le chemin du bonheur n'a rien à voir avec la route sur laquelle elle s'est engagée. Elle n'a ni scrupules, ni pudeur, et tous les gens qui l'entourent deviendrong les victims de ses manigances. Mais comme Michel, Séverine et Raoul, vous aussi succomberez au charme innocent et irresistible de la petite voleuse. LLC Library	FR 040
Last Metro, The	Director: François Traffaut With Catherine Deneuve, Heinz Bennent, Gerard Depardieu, Jean Poiret. 1986, 135 minutes, color, dubbed in English. The Last metro is a poignant, compelling drama set in nazi-occupied Paris. It unfolds in the theatre Montmartre, as a group of actors rehearse a play. But almost everyone in this troupe is also harboring a crucial secret. Every night the star and company boss, Marion, visits her exiled Jewish husband, who is hiding in a secret apartment under the stage. The group's new leading man, Bernard, a compulsive womanizer, is a member of the Resistance. Marion must cope with a powerful, fanatically anti-Semitic critic who suspects her husband is still in Paris, as well as her growing attraction to Bernard. All of France hungers for liberation in this touching, tense, intelligent and insightful drama. LLC Library	FR 106
Last Métro, The	Part I LLC Library	FR U05
Last Métro, The	Part II LLC Library	FR U06
Last Year in Marienbad	- see L'année derniére à Marienbad
Le Bourgeios Gentilhomme	1997, 97 minutes, French with English subtitles. "A Comedie-Ballet in 5 acts in prose…for the entertainment of the king." Performed by the Comédie Français. An evening's combination of music, dance, and song. Written by Moliére, whose plays were often comedies about human personality traits satirized to excess. The "Would be Gentleman" in this case is adorned with an elegant dressing gown and an absurd chapeau, as he aspires to a higher station in life. The music is by Jean Baptiste Lully, a contemporary of Molière whose music set the pattern for French Opera, concert music and even the symphonic orchestra in years to come. Lully's melodies are lyrical and colorful; his settings featured lavish costumes, ballets and dances. Opulence to both ear and eye came from Molière and Lully in abundance. C'est Magnifique! LLC Library	FR 115
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme	1958, 97 minutes, French with English subtitles. A combination of comedy, dance and song - a French satire on human excesses. LLC Library	FR 006 (2 copies)
Le Cheval d'orgueil	- see Horse of Pride, The.
Le Château de ma mere	- see My Mother's Castle.
Le Crabe Tambour	Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer With Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Dufilho, and Jacques Perrin. 1977, 120 minutes, French with English subtitles. Three ex-soldiers reminisce about a colorful officer with whom each served in various parts of the world, their exploits being shown in flashback. LLC Library	FR 056
Le Genou de Claire	- see Claire's Knee
Le Grand Chemin	Director: Jean-Loup Hubert With Antoine Hubert, Anémone and Richard Bohringer. 1987, 104 minutes, French with English subtitles. This comedy depicts the adventures of a young boy who is sent to live with friends while his mother goes to the hospital to give birth. LLC Library	FR 063
Le Petit Prince	2004 Composer: Rachel Portman, Libretto: Nicolas Wright, Stage director: Francesca Zambello, Set and costume conception: Maria Bjornson The long-awaited new opera version of The Little Prince is set for its small screen debut and its release on Sony Classical this winter. Reaching our television sets on 27th November in the form of a BBC 2 screen adaptation, the opera was composed by the Oscar-winning musician Rachel Portman and directed by the renowned Francesca Zambello. The opera is based on the internationally-loved children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery which has been translated into over 20 languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. It tells the tale of an airman who after crashing in the Sahara desert is approached by The Little Prince, a child who asks him to draw a sheep for him. As their friendship grows, the airman learns more of the tiny planet from which the Prince comes, and of a beautiful rose who the Prince is in love with. It is an immensely touching story that has continued to strike a chord with children and adults alike since its publication in 1945. As well as starring familiar faces such as Willard White, Aled Jones and Lesley Garrett, The Little Prince also showcases a cast chosen by an extensive BBC talent search. Over 25,000 children applied to take part in the scheme with over 6,5000 turning up to auditions held all over the country. The BBC scheme was aimed at discovering talented singers aged 7-16 for the lead roles of the Rose and the Prince, as well as for a chorus of 36 vocalists. The singers were filmed by Blue Peter as they trained for their roles and prepared for their performances. The Little Prince will air on BBC 2 at 7.30pm, while the double CD and DVD of this beautiful production will be available on Sony Classical on the following Monday, 29th November. As well as the production itself, the DVD will also include the Blue Peter special as bonus footage. DVD (region 2 disk - won't play on standard American DVD player) and 2 disk CD set	FR 160
Le Retour de Martin Guerre	see Return of Martin Guerre, The.
Les 400 Coups	Director: François Truffaut With Jean-Pierre Leaud. 1959, 98 minutes, French with English subtitles. Leaud is the 12-year-old Doinel, who begins a life of petty crime in response to a troubled home life, until he uses his inner strength to overcome his situation. LLC Library	FR 018
Les Bas-fonds	Director: Jean Renoir With Louis Jouvet, Jean Gabin, Jany Holt and Suzy Prim. 1935, 91 minutes, French with English subtitles. A financially ruined nobleman learns about life from a street thief in the slums. LLC Library	FR 019
Les Compéres	Director: Francis Véber With Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, Anny Duperey. 1985, 92 minutes, French with English subtitles. When her teenage son runs away with a wanton girl and her husband refuses to search for him, a frantic mother calls on two old lovers to help. They join forces on the Riviera and in comedic fashion try to rescue the boy from gangsters. LLC Library	FR 042
Les Enfants du Paradis	See Children of Paradise
Les Misérables	With lesson plans Director: Claude Lelouch With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Giradot. 1995, 175 minutes, French with English subtitles. It comes like lightning. The Nazis overrun France and for its proud people, it begins the most miserable of times. Yet it's not so miserable that the goodness of one man cannot triumph. In Les Misérables, two-time Academy Award winner Claude Lelouch fashions a magnificent achievement that won the Golden Glove Award as 1995's best Foreign Language Film. Legendary Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as Henri Fortin, a true and simple man whose life parallels that of Jean Valjean, the hero of Victor Hugo's great novel. But those papllels do not mean a simple updating of Hugo's tale. Instead, Lelouch uses them to frame a towering cascade of events, traits, and emotions: nobility, suffering, persistence, joy, hate, longing, love, greed, betrayal, war, peace, and life-affirming joy and hope. "After 34 films, I am dedicated to filming hope," Lelouch states. Here he does it with exquisite power and grace. LLC Library	FR 117-1/2
Les Misérables (Les Régles du jeu)	Director: Jean Renoir With Roland Toutain, Nora Grégor, Marcel Dalio and Renoir. 1939, 110 minutes, French with English subtitles A witty, acerbic look at the jaded and amoral lifestyles of the aristocracy in the days before World War II. LLC Library	FR 005
Les Roseaux Sauvages	Director: Jean Renoir With Elodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphanie Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti. 1994, 110 minutes, in French. En France, dans un petit lycée du sud-ouest, débarque <>. Il s'appelle Henri et c'est l'année du premiere bac. C'est aussi le dernier trimestre et et la promesse de l'été. L'intrusion de ce garcon animé par la haine va bouleverser les petites habitudes de l'internat… Henri, le pied-noir exile, milite ouvertement pour la terre brûlée, considére tous les Français comme des trâitres et les communistes comme des bêtes à abattre…Avec lui, c'est la guerre civile qui va entrer dans un monde qui savait vivre a l'abri des vents du dehors…. Cet étranger va reveler à eux-mêmes tous les personages de notre histoire en les mettant au pied du mur, en les confrontant à leur proper désir…. LLC Library	FR 066
Les Troyens	with notes. Hector Berlioz Conductor: Levine, The Metropolitian Opera Orchestra and Chorus With Tatiana Troyanos, Jessye Norman, Placido Dominutesgo, Allan Monk, Paul Plishka. Performed October 8, 1983, 253 minutes, French with English subtitles. Story of the fall of Troy, the wooden horse and Cassandra's vision and suicide. Aeneas on his way to Italy stops in Carthage where Dido falls in love with him. But their happiness does not last. Aeneas sails to Italy to fulfill his destiny. Dido, betrayed, kills herself. LLC Library	FR 037-1/2
Les visiteurs du soir	-see Devils' Envoys, The. Director: Marcel Carné With Arletty, Jules Berry, Marie Dea, Alain Cuny, Frenand Ledoux. 1942, 120 minutes, French with English subtitles. Made during the German Occupation, this historical masterpiece explores the will of the individual pitted against the forces of evil. Marcel Carné and Jaques Prévert were forbidden to be witnesses of their time, so Carné reverted to the hope and beauty of the Middle Ages. In this romantic fantasy based on French legend, the Devil sends two emissaries to earth to create anarchy. But much to the Devil's dismay, the two eventually succumb to the powers of love. LLC Library - Call Number: Les visiteurs du soir - see Devils' Envoys, The. Director: Marcel Carné With Arletty, Jules Berry, Marie Dea, Alain Cuny, Frenand Ledoux. 1942, 120 minutes, French with English subtitles. Made during the German Occupation, this historical masterpiece explores the will of the individual pitted against the forces of evil. Marcel Carné and Jaques Prévert were forbidden to be witnesses of their time, so Carné reverted to the hope and beauty of the Middle Ages. In this romantic fantasy based on French legend, the Devil sends two emissaries to earth to create anarchy. But much to the Devil's dismay, the two eventually succumb to the powers of love. LLC Library	FR 088
Les Yeux sans visage	- See Eyes Without a Face.
Life and Nothing But		FR 131
Life is a Long Quiet River		FR 132
Linnea in Monet's Garden	DVD	FR 128
Madame Bovary	1999, run time 2 hours 23 minutes, French with optional English, French & Spanish subtitles Director: Claude Chabrol Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy, Jean Yanne, Lucas Belvaux Isabelle Huppert is "ravishingly erotic" (Newsday) as Madame Bovary in acclaimed director Claude Chabrol's masterful adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel. An uncompromising portrait of a woman desperate to escape her bourgeois life, Madame Bovary is a "triumphant [and] provocative" (Rolling Stone) tale of passion and destruction. The beautiful and fiercely sensual Emma Bovary (Huppert) is trapped in a loveless marriage with a small-town physician (Jean-François Balmer). Possessed by a burning hunger for life and love, Emma pursues scandalous affairs with passionate abandon. But when her equally reckless spending triggers a financial crisis, she must gain control over her behavior before she completely destroys the lives of those around her. DVD	FR 170
Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed	Director: Coline Serreau With Daniel Auteuil and Firmine Richard. 1989, 107 minutes, French with English subtitles. Wonderful Gallic comedy about a self-absorbed business man who is blind to his wife's affair and a plot to take over his company, and the no-nonsense cleaning woman who helps him plot his revenge while he stays with her family. LLC Library	FR 039
Manon des sources	- See Manon of the Springs
Manon of the Spring	DVD	FR 147 3 copies
Manon of the Springs	see Manon des sources. Director: Claude Berri With Emanuelle Béart, Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Hippolyte Girardot. 1986, 112 minutes, French with English subtitles. Ten years have passed since the tragic events of Jean de Florette. Jean's daughter, Manon, appears in town to accuse the Soubeyrans of killing her father. A tragedy results that nearly destroys César, the neighbor who destroyed Jean. JCU Library	PQ2631.A26M26 1988
Maria Chapdelaine	With Jean Gabin, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Madeleine Renaud. 1934, 75 minutes, French with English subtitles. Gabin is the trapper bying with jean-Pierre Aumont for Madeleine Renaud's affections. LLC Library	FR 045
Maria Chapdelaine	Director: Gilles Carle with Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Claude Rich, Oierre Curzi. 1984, 108 minutes, Color, French with English subtitles. The film illuminates with compassion the profound roles of nature and religion in shaping lives. What makes this film so extraordinary is the deeply spiritual acceptance of live in all its harshness. Flawless in its performances, impeccable in its sense, Maria Chapdelaine is a celebration of French-Canadian culture by one of its most esteemed filmmakers. LLC Library	MLCA 014
Marius	Directo: Alexander Korda With Jules Raimu, Orane Demazis, and Pierre Fresnay. 1931, 125 minutes, French with English subtitles. Part 1 of the "Marseilles Trilogy." An introduction to the many delightful and fascinating characters of the city's waterfront and their tangled relationships. LLC Library	FR 010
Marius and Jeannette	1997. 102 minutes French with English subtitles Director: Robert Guédiguian Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet, Frédérique Bonnal Marius is the keeper of an abandonned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won't be without trouble, since besides material difficulties, both of them are wounded by life. They have to learn how to be happy again. VHS	FR 159
Marivaux: La Double Inconstance	Films for the Humanities and Sciences. 1991, 135 minutes, color, in French. Marivaux's own favorite among his plays, this comedy tells of two lovers separated by the prince both of whom fall in love with others at court. LLC Library	FR 110-1/2
Milky Way	Milky Way LLC Library - call number FR 141	FR 141
Modernism: Matisse, Picasso & More 20th Century Painters	1992 Studio Quart, about 30 minutes. Masterpieces of the Hermitage - Museum of St. Petersburg. LLC Library - Call Number: MLGE[neral Purpose] 020	MLGP 020
Moliére	Ecrite et mise en scene par Ariane Mnouchkine Avec Phillippe Caubère, Josephine Derenne, Mari-Françoise Audollent, Jonathan Sutton, Nicole Félix et al. 1992, 280 minutes, in French. Ce film raconte l'histoire de Moliére. Comment un petit garcon né en 1622 d'un père tapissier et d'une tender mere qu'il perda trop tôt, deviendra-t-il cet acteur prodigieux, cet auteur universel que nous connaissons tous? Nous allons le suivre de son enfance à sa mort dans cetrte France du XVIIe siècle, sauvage et raffinée… LLC Library	FR 103-1/2
Moliére: L'oeil en coulisses	PICS, The University of Iowa. 56 minutes. Twenty-two excerpts from six Moliére plays plus interviews with five famous French actors and directors. The interviews include discussions of the six plays, Moliére's career, how to act and stage his plays, the importance of Moliére for today's audiences, and some of the issues raised by the plays. The plays excerpted are La Malade imaginaire, Le Misanthrope, Tartuffe, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, L'Ecole des femmes and Amphitryon. LLC Library	FR 082
Mon Oncle d'Amerique	Director: Alain Resnais With Gerard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre. 1980, 123 minutes, French with English subtitles. Three people seek success: Jean - a man who wants fame in politics or literature [it hardly matters as long as he achieves the desired end]; Janine - a woman who needs a complete and total change in her life and so becomes a starving actress; and René - a man who escapes the declining economy of agriculture to find his fortune [or misfortune] in the city. Three lives brought together by the hand of fate - together they discover the excitement and joy of their success and face the frustrations and hardships of the dream. The film is not a drama, it is a comedy about the drama of life, turning the struggles of everyday into a hilarious romp! LLC Library	FR 105
Monsieur Hire	Director: Patrice Leconte With Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire. 1990, 88 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. Gripping erotic French thriller about a reclusive tailor whose only human contact comes from his nightly peeping sessions on a beautiful neighbor. At first shocked, she begins to welcome his attention, but the murder of a local woman soon sends her relationship in an even more bizarre, and dangerous direction. LLC Library	FR 098
Mont St. Michel	56 minutes. Presents a tour of the cathedral of Mont St. Michel which reveals every aspect of this extraordinary structure and its unique surroundings. JCU Library	DC801.M66
Music of the Middle Ages		FR 140
My Father's Glory	Director: Yves Robert with Phillippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Thérèse Liotard, Didier Pain. 1991, 110 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. Author Marcel Pagnol's childhood reminiscences about life in the south of France at the turn of the century make up this bitter-sweet look at the joys and pains of growing up. The film focuses on the boy's relationship with his schoolteacher father and his adventures at the family's summer home in the mountains. LLC Library	FR 094
My Mother's Castle	Director: Yves Robert with Phillippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Thérèse Liotard, Didier Pain. 1991, 98 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. The continuation of Marcel Pagnol's adventures follows the young protagonist's experiences in a prestigious school, his Christmas in the country, and how his family trespasses on a private road en route to their holiday home. LLC Library	FR 093 2 copies
Napoléon	Director: Abel Gance. with Albert Dieudonne. 1927, silent with music score. Rediscovered and reconstructed by Francis Ford Coppola, music composed and conducted by Carmine Coppola. 1981, 235 minutes, tinted and toned, silent with music. This epic of the Little Colonel's youth and rise to power during the French Revolution is breathtaking in its scope and revolutionary use of split screen and camera effects, including the three-screen climax [preserved here in a special format]. LLC Library	FR 102 -½
Napoléon - Exclusively in Memphis.	Emperor and Empire. Legend and Man. 1993. See the most comprehensive exhibition on Napoléon Bonaparte ever assembled in one place, drawn from nearly 50 prestigious public and private collections from around the world. See his life shown in the things he wore, in the things and people he touched, used and loved. See his glory reflected in the art of the empire, his genius revealed in victory, his ultimate isolation in defeat. Napoléon…general, statesman, lover, emperor. All here, in this exclusive video presentation of this remarkable exhibition. LLC Library	FR 086
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud		FR 138
New Directions in Technology	Solutions for Language Learning and Teaching Heinle & Heinle Publishers LLC Library	Look in MLGE
New Orleans	1993, 55 minutes Explore this romantic gateway of the Mississippi! Meander along her famous bayous and relish her Cajun culture's cuisine and riveting rhythmic music. Tour the treasures of the French Quarter: enchanting Jackson Square, exquisite St. Louis Cathedral, and the French Market with its graceful arcades. Float up the Mississippi in the paddlewheeler Natchez. Stroll along Royal Street, where Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire ran! Visit the classic antebellum mansion of Rosewood Plantation. Sample the city's sparkling jazz music in nightclubs along Bourbon Street. Celebrate Mardi Gras - see legendary parades and enjoy this night of fantasy, pleasure and entertainment. No wonder they call this city the "Queen of the Mississippi!" LLC Library	FR 113
Noel en France	10 min	FR 155
Nun, The	Director: Jaques Rivette With Anna Karina, Lieselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Christine Lenier. 1966, 155 minutes, color, French with English subtitles. Originally banned by the French government, acclaimed French New Wave director J. Rivette's adaptation of Diderot's classic 18th century novel explores with poetic simplicity the moving tale of a 16-year-old girl who is forced by her mother to enter a convent. Suzanne, played by the exceptional Anna Karina, is persuaded by a kind Mother Superior to accept her vows. However, Mother Superior soon dies and Suzanne meets with the rigors and abuses of her harsh successor. Her desperate attempts at freedom land her first in another convent, and then finally, with tragic ends, in the outside world. Despite the controversy over its release, The Nun is less an indictment of a religious society - a society in which women had two choices as dictated by their families: marriage or the convent. LLC Library	FR 111
Orpheus	Director: Jean Cocteau With Jean Marais, Maria Cesares, Marie Dea. 1949, 86 minutes, Black and White, French with English subtitles. Modern story of Orpheus and Eurydice, the love of a poet for the Princess of Death, who travels constantly between this world and the next. LLC Library	FR 038
Pape Jean Paul II	1984, in French Documentary about Pope John Paul visiting Canada in 1984 with a lot of speeches, masses, pop kissing, babies crying, etc. LLC Library - Copy 1	FR 023 - Copy 1
Pape Jean Paul II	1984, in French Documentary about Pope John Paul visiting Canada in 1984 with a lot of speeches, masses, pope kissing, babies crying, etc. LLC Library-Copy 2	FR 023 - Copy 2
Paradise	Director: Mary Agnes Donoghue. With Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elija Woods, Thora Birch 1991, 111 minutes. Griffith and Johnson play a dispassionate couple whose lives were chattered when their young son died. They attempt to heal their marriage by caring for a 10-year-old boy whose mother is about to have her own baby. Based on the French film Le Grand Chemin. LLC Library	MLAM 041
Paris/Québec/Dakar; Naissance d'un communauté planéraire	with Trans- Transcript: Catalogue T-EF-I & T-EF J. PICS, The University of Iowa. 26 minutes. Following Paris [1986] and Québec [1987], Dakar hosted the third meeting of francophone countries in 1989. Interviews highlight the main concerns of la francophonie in 1989: third-world debt, environmental issues, the relationship of the French language to national language, telecommunication, and most importantly, the future of the francophone world. LLC Library	FR 078
Pas de Problème!	Houghton Mifflin Company: An Introductory French Video. This is a custom-designed video, shot in France. The 60 minutes of programming are divided into twelve convenient modules that can be used to accompany Houghton Mifflin's Introductory French programs. Each module focuses on everyday problem-solving situations, which are left open-ended to prompt student interaction Contents: Au tennis; Le coup de fil; Le metro; La boulangerie; Au café; Château Saint-Jean; La poste; En panne; Au Centre-Pompidou; Au march, rue Mouffetard; Le Papillion; La fête de la musique. LLC Library - Copy 1	FR 070 - copy 1
Pas de Problème!	Houghton Mifflin Company: An Introductory French Video. This is a custom-designed video, shot in France. The 60 minutes of programming are divided into twelve convenient modules that can be used to accompany Houghton Mifflin's Introductory French programs. Each module focuses on everyday problem-solving situations, which are left open-ended to prompt student interaction Contents: Au tennis; Le coup de fil; Le metro; La boulangerie; Au café; Château Saint-Jean; La poste; En panne; Au Centre-Pompidou; Au march, rue Mouffetard; Le Papillion; La fête de la musique. LLC Library - Copy 2	FR 070 - copy 2
Pas de Problème!	Houghton Mifflin Company: An Introductory French Video. This is a custom-designed video, shot in France. The 60 minutes of programming are divided into twelve convenient modules that can be used to accompany Houghton Mifflin's Introductory French programs. Each module focuses on everyday problem-solving situations, which are left open-ended to prompt student interaction Contents: Au tennis; Le coup de fil; Le metro; La boulangerie; Au café; Château Saint-Jean; La poste; En panne; Au Centre-Pompidou; Au march, rue Mouffetard; Le Papillion; La fête de la musique. LLC Library - Copy 3	FR 070 - copy 3
Pas de Problème!	Houghton Mifflin Company: An Introductory French Video. This is a custom-designed video, shot in France. The 60 minutes of programming are divided into twelve convenient modules that can be used to accompany Houghton Mifflin's Introductory French programs. Each module focuses on everyday problem-solving situations, which are left open-ended to prompt student interaction Contents: Au tennis; Le coup de fil; Le metro; La boulangerie; Au café; Château Saint-Jean; La poste; En panne; Au Centre-Pompidou; Au march, rue Mouffetard; Le Papillion; La fête de la musique. LLC Library - Copy 4	FR 070 - copy 4
Pas de Problème!	Houghton Mifflin Company: An Introductory French Video. This is a custom-designed video, shot in France. The 60 minutes of programming are divided into twelve convenient modules that can be used to accompany Houghton Mifflin's Introductory French programs. Each module focuses on everyday problem-solving situations, which are left open-ended to prompt student interaction Contents: Au tennis; Le coup de fil;Le metro; La boulangerie;Au café; Château Saint-Jean;La poste; En panne; Au Centre-Pompidou;Au march, rue Mouffetard; Papillion; La fête de la musique. LLC Library - Copy 5	FR 070 - copy 5
Pas de Problème!	Pas de Problème! Houghton Mifflin Company: An Introductory French Video. This is a custom-designed video, shot in France. The 60 minutes of programming are divided into twelve convenient modules that can be used to accompany Houghton Mifflin's Introductory French programs. Each module focuses on everyday problem-solving situations, which are left open-ended to prompt student interaction Contents: Au tennis; Le coup de fil; Le metro;La boulangerie;Au café;Château Saint-Jean;La poste;En panne; Au Centre-Pompidou;Au march, rue Mouffetard; Le Papillion;La fête de la musique. LLC Library - Copy 6	FR 070 - copy 6
Phédre	Tape I: 118 minutes, Tape II: 78 minutes This is the celebrated Jean Kerchbron version of Racine's famous play, with Silvia Montford as Phédre and Alain Cuny as Thésée. 136 minutes on two tapes. LLC Library	FR 083-1/2
Princess Tam Tam	Director: Edmond Greville With Josephone Baker, Albert Prejean, Germaine Aussey, Robert Arnoux. 1935, 80 minutes, French with English subtitles. Baker plays an African native brought to France by a writer and coached so she can be passed off as an Indian princess in this Pygmalion-like comedy that also showcases Baker in stunning musical sequences LLC Library	FR 099
Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces:	AAA LLC Library	FR 112
Rapports - Dossiers Authentiques:	Un programme video en neuf aprties; D.C. Heath and Company [c], 1990. LLC Library	FR 068
Red	- see: Trois Couleur
Red and the Black, The.	Director: Claude Autant-Lara With Gérard Philipe, Danielle Darrieux and Michelle Morgan 1954, 134 minutes, French with English subtitles. A 19th-century career opportunist's attempts to rise up the social ladder are altered when he falls fro a charming maiden. LLC Library	FR 050
Red Kiss		FR 123
Return of Martin Guerre, The	Direcotr: Daniel Vigne With Gérard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye. 1983, 123 minutes, French with English subtitles. Dramatization of an imposture that took place in the 16th century and became a legend; the husband leaves his family and years later, returns. He reintegrates himself into the family and community, but then serious doubts spring up about his identity. LLC Library	FR 022
Ridicule	1996, 103 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. In a desparate quest to save his home town, a young man quickly learns that a sharp wit is the key to open any door in the Versailles court of Louis XVI. But his mission is complicated when he finds himself locked in a dangerous triangle with two very seductive ladies: a sophisticated older woman who can help him... and an innocent young beauty with nothing to offer but her love. LLC Library	FR 133
Road to Impressionism, The: 19th Century France	1992 Studio Quart, about 30 minutes. Masterpieces of the Hermitage - Museum of St. Petersburg LLC Library - Call Number: MLGE[neral Prupose] 023	MLGP 023
Rouge	Rouge - see: Trois Couleur
Rouge (Trois Couleurs)	With Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder. 1994, 99 minutes, French with English subtitles. The film focuses on an elderly judge who becomes romantically involved with a beautiful model he's been eavesdropping on over the phone. LLC Library	FR 104-C
Rules of the game	- see Les Régles du jeu.
Sacred Waters of Lourdes, The, Ancient Mysteries Series	hosted by Leonard Nimoy A&E, 1997, 50 minutes, color. LLC Library	MLAM 051
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, 1639-1649	Walk where they walked… 1994. Here is the powerful story of Ontario's first European community, the French Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie in the heart of the Huron homeland. Sainte-Marie among the Hurons dramatizes the courage, inspiration, hope and heartbreak of Sainte-Marie, as revealed in the lore of the longhouse, the splash of the canoe paddle, the sounds of the forge and stable, and legends told around smoky fires. This is the story of a true historical place, a story you'll never forget, told by costumed historical interpreters at today's Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. LLC Library	see Mod. Languages
Sans Toit ni loi	- see Vagabond.
School of Flesh, The	1998 Benoit Jacquot, director. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez and Vincent Lindon. Dominique (Huppert) is an accomplished fashion executive bored with her mundane life, until she meets Quentin (Vincent Martinez), a much younger bisexual hustler/bartender. The pair enjoy a powerful chemistry despite their differences in age and background and enter into an arrangement where each gets what they desire most: Dominique, a bed partner, and Quentin, a home and financial security. But Quentin's mysterious air and vulnerable, yet violent nature force Dominique to look into his past. What Dominique learns could jeopardize everything she has come to believe. French with English subtitles	FR 154
Scola	7 minutes. Chreighton University. LLC Library	Look in MLGE
Shoot the Piano Player	- see Tirez sur le pianiste.
Situations 01-13	- see Video Program for French.
Situations 14-17	Situations 01-13 - see Video Program for French. - see Video Program for French.
Small Change	Director: François Traffaut With Nicole Felix, Chantal Mercier, Jean-François Stévenin, Virginie Thevenet, Tania Torrens. 1976, 105 minutes, French with English subtitles. A boy finds a few coins in an amusement park. A shy girl sneaks a glance at the even shyer boy she fancies. They're small events, but not for a child. "A child invents life," says Traffaut, who brilliantly captures the joys, yearnings, pain and wonder of childhood in Small Change. LLC Library	FR 085
Sol "Parlez-moi	Chez le Docteur - Buying a Washing Machine - Car Mechanic - Policeman - Ami Disparu - Fisherman and Sol - Sol and the Gambler LLC Library	FR U11
Sol "Parlez-moi"	Au Restaurant - Au Téléphone - Le Cambrioleur LLC Library	FR U08
Sol "Parlez-moi"	Sol at Hotel - Sol at Airport LLC Library	FR U09
Sol "Parlez-moi"	Garder les Enfants - La Douane - Fortune Teller - Weather -La Culture Physique LLC Library	FR U10
Spring (Year in Provence)	With the glorious spring comes a parade of visitors lured by the extravagant meals and the generous Mayles. LLC Library	FR 084 - B
Statue of Liberty, The	With Mario Cuomo, Ray Charles, Milos Forman, and Jerzy Kosinski 1985, 60 minutes. The definitive portrait of "the Lady" and those she has touched and inspired throughout the years. LLC Library	FR 034
Sugar Cane Alley	Director: Euzhan Palcy With Garry Cadenat, Darling Legitimus Douta Seck, Joby Bernabe. 1985, 107 minutes, French with yellow English subtitles. On a lush sugar cane plantations in Martinique lies a dirt road called Sugar Cane Alley, lined with the shacks of the poor black families who work in the cane fields. In one of these lives Jose, a bright mischievous 11-year-old orphan, and his grandmother, a tough, wise woman determined to save Jose from the hard life of the plantation. When Jose wins a partial scholarship at the school in the city, she is ready to sacrifice everything for his chance at education and an escape from the fields. LLC Library	FR 004
Summer (Year in Provence)	Summer is slow and savory, marked by leisurely games of boules - French bowling - in the town square. LLC Library	FR 084 - C
Sunday in the Country, A	Bertrand Tavernier with Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabina Azema, Genevieve Mnich. 1984, 94 minutes, French with English subtitles. This film is an exquisite acted portrait of French family life on the brink of WW I. Monsieur Ladmiral, an Impressionist painter by trade, awakes happily on Sunday to meet his son's family for their weekly visit to his Parisian country-side home. Before long, however, a sense of sadness and regret infects the day. Ladmiral is a widower in his twilight years, and the push of time is beginning to strain family relations. Though son Gonzague provides stability and grandchildren, it is his daughter Irene who inspires the old man in his meditations about life. Unexpected, Irene arrives at the gathering in her fast new car. By the time the afternoon is over, her vibrant spirit shakes the family to its core ... and Ladmiral discovers a side of himself he never knew. LLC Library	FR 134
Tartuffe	Mise en scene: Jacqueline Duc Avec Michel Feder, Christian Moro, Patrick Amar, Fabrice Chalot, Gérard Rauber et al. 1990, 110 minutes, French. LLC Library	FR 059
Tatie Danielle	Director: Etienne Chatiliez With Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Isabele Nanty, Neige Dolsky, Eric Prat, Laurence Février. 1991, 114 minutes, French with English subtitles. Hilarious Gallic farce about a nasty old woman who is taken in by her naïve relatives who hope she will be a nice old aunti to their children. Little do they realize how mean and miserable Tatie Danielle is! LLC Library	FR 096
Teacher's Discovery: French Commercials	Teacher's Discovery: French Commercials LLC Library	FR 028
The Elusive Corporal		FR 121
The Little Prince	1974. English with English subtitles. 88 minutes. Director: Stanley Donen Cast: Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Steven Warner and Gene Wilder. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's slender, beloved classic of innocence and discovery come to the screen with its feet firmly on the Saharan sand, its eyes tilted to the stars and its spirit brightly soaring to the songs of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. "The score of The Little Prince is a sheer delight," says The New york Times. Delightful, too, is the magical storyline about a desert-stranded pilot and a wandering child from a faraway place. Together, the two share encounters that amuse, charm and touch the heart. Have you ever acquired wisdom from a fox? Cared for a rose that was special beyond all other roses? Visited a far-off, far-out king? Witnessed the wily dance of a snake? The universe - no, life - is an enchanting place, even more so when it's shared with The Little Prince. DVD	FR 163
The Widow of Saint-Pierre	2000, Run Time: 108 minutes, French with English subtitles Director: Patrice Leconte Actors: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Magnan While a guillotine and an executioner are sent from France, a convict sentenced to death on the isolated island of Saint-Pierre strives to better himself in the eyes of the police chief's beautiful wife. But when an event takes place turning public opinion against his execution, the town's politicians become even more determined to carry it out - and teach the police chief and his wife a lesson they will never forget. DVD	FR 167
Three Men and a Cradle	With lesson plans Director: Coline Serreau With Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier. 1985, 106 minutes, French with English subtitles. A trio of swinging bachelors learn that life's biggest gifts come in small packages in this charming comedy sensation that inspired the hit film 3 Men and a Baby. Life will never be the same again for womanizing roommates Pierre, Jacques and Michel when a basket bearing a small infant - presumably the by-product of one of Jacques' passion plays - suddenly arrives on their doorstep. Now, three men whose entire lives revolve around wine, women and late night parties are about to discover the true meaning of rolling with the punches - and how changing diapers will change their lives forever - in this Academy Award nominated film that Leonard Maltin calls "A Delight!" LLC Library	FR 120
Three Men and a Cradle		FR 135
Théâtre noir francophone with Transcript:	with Transcript: Catalogue T-EF-G & T-EF-H PICS, The University of Iowa The African traditions of storytelling is alive and well and available for all to enjoy, thanks to the works of Francophone playwrights in Mali, Cameroon, and the Ivory Coast. Interviews with actors and writers stress the need for theater because of the immediacy of its message. From the more politically oriented protest theater of Cameroon to the educational children's plays of Mali, the vitality and the diversity of the stage testifies to the creativity of the writers and actors. This great oral tradition has also been the basis for Creole theater, as shown in an extract from a Haitian play. LLC Library	FR 077
Tirez sur le pianist	Director: François Traffaut With Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois. 1960, 84 minutes, French with English subtitles. A dark mystery with Aznavour as a concert pianist-turned-bar musician involved with the underworld. LLC Library	FR 015
Topaze	Director: Marcel Pagno With Fernandel and Hélène Prdrière. 1951, 90 minutes, French with English subtitles. For being "straight-as-an-arrow" a school teacher is fired from his job for being "too honest" and winds up finding satisfaction as an unscrupulous businessman. LLC Library	FR 047
Un Châpeau de paille d'Italie	Director: Rene Clair 1927, 101 minutes, French. A silent farce about a hilarious altercation between a soldier and a groom whose horse has chewed the soldier's girlfriend's hat. LLC Library	FR 007
Un Coeur En Hiver		FR 136
Underground or Lower Depths	- see Les Bas-fonds.
Uranus		FR 137
Vagabond	Director: Agnes Varda With Sandrinve Bonnaire. 1986, 105 minutes, French with English subtitles. This story of Mona, an aimless drifter whose only desire in life is to be truly free. On her wanderings she encounters violence, hunger, fear, and cold, She touches deeply the lives of all she encounters, confronting them with their own ideas of freedom. LLC Library	FR 062
Vagabond King, The	Part I LLC Library	FR U03
Vagabond King, The	Part II LLC Library	FR U04
Vatel	2000 Roland Joffé, director. Starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, and Tim Roth Vatel is based on the true story of an ordinary man, a decadent king and the woman caught between them! In the west of France, Prince de Condé has a scheme to save his bankrupt province: he'll regain the favor of King Louis XIV with a weekend of spectacle and merriment. The plan's success rests with Vatel (Depardieu), the one man who can deliver the sumptuous food, elaborate amusements and all-out decadence fit for this king! But in the midst of it all, Vatel catches the eye of the beautiful Anne (Thurman) ... and places himself in direct competition with the King! DVD special features: widescreen, English	FR 148
Video Program for French	- with booklet. Situations 01-13 Random House LLC Library	FR 031-A/B
Video Program for French	with booklet. Situations 14-17 Random House LLC Library	FR 032 - B
Vidéo Vérité	Demonstration Video. 1994, Houghton Mifflin Company. PICS The University of Iowa. Intermediate-level French video to accompany the text-book with the same title. Authentic footage from French television, divided into 9 modules on a variety of topics such as immigration, divorce, etc. LLC Library	FR 081
Vive le Québec	Québec: A Whole Different World Next Door LLC Library	FR U13
Vivre pour manger	Stephen Duplantier. 30 minutes, in Cajun French. Althought the title means <> the film is more than about the food in Louisiana; it is a questioning of the language, culture, and ecology of Cajun. There are three parts to this documentary. Part 1: two older men discuss food. Part 2: a description of Cajun life and customs. Part 3: 2 older Cajun coupes eat a meal and talk. LLC Library	MLAM 047
Voici Donald!	Vol. 2, 1987, 22 minutes. Unve merveilleuse collection de chefs-d'oeuvre du dessin animé créés par le grand maître Walt Disney. La joie et les rires qui ont rendu ces dessins animés éternels jaillissent de chaque volume de cette nouvelle série fantastique. Un plaisir qui ne vieillira jamais… L'inénarrable râleur professionnell, le seul, l'unique Donald Duck, en vedette dans un trio de dessins animés désopilants. à la loi [1947]: entre l'acariâtre gérant du motel et un matelas qui n'en fait qu'à sa tête, le pauvre Donald fait des cauchemars avant même de s'être endormi. L'autruche de Donald [1937]: le chef de gare Donald affronte Hortense, un "colis" égaré qui ne pense qu'à manger et faire des bêtises. Quelqu'un va y perdre ses plumes! Déboires sans boire [1947]: Donald, seigneur du désert, et son fidèle compagnon Dingo, traversent les sables brûlants du Sahara. LLC Library	MLAM 024
What Do Those Old Film Mean?	France 1904-1912 Vol. 4: The Enemy Below. As seen in such entries as Pour Me Some Brandy, Feting Josephine, Child of the Bamcade and Street-rough's Strike STRIKE, the new art form's appeal reached across class lines and gave the masses freedom from rigid social values. LLC Library	FR 052
White	see Blanc (TROIS COULEUR)
Wild Child, The	Director: Francois Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Cargol and Truffaut. 1970, 86 minutes, Black and White, French with English subtitles. Story of a young boy who is discovered living like an animal in the forest. When taken into a home to be transformed into a civilized being, the boy becomes increasingly divided between his longing for the wilderness and his new life. The method used to <> the boy, is similar to today's Montessori Method. The question raised, however, seems to be ambivalent: is the boy turning into a human being or into a semi-civilized idiot? LLC Library	FR 061
Wild Reeds	With lesson plans Director: André Téchiné with Elodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny. 1994, 110 minutes, Black and White, French with English subtitles. Set in southwest France in 1962, André Téchiné's award-winning film Wild Reeds is a poignant coming-of-age sotry about four young teenagers awakening to love in a nation torn apart by war. This bittersweet tale delves into the life of François, a sensitive young man uncertain of his sexuality as he finds himself more attracted to his classmate Serge, than his platonic girlfriend Maite. An older boy, Henri, finds himself drawn into the circle, further complicating relationships. Through their passage into adulthood, the four experience a series of sexual and political conflicts as they explore the mysteries of the human heart. LLC Library	FR 118
William the Conqueror: The Triumphant King		FR 139
Winter (Year in Provence)	The Mayles bid adieu to gloomy London and begin their new life in a cozy farmhouse in the Lubéron Valley. LLC Library	FR 084 - A
Wolf at the Door, The	with Donald Sutherland, Jean Yanne, Sofie Braboel and Max von Sydow. 1987, 90 minutes. A look at 19th century French painter Gaugin, as he returns to Paris after years in Tahiti. He faced critical revilement and several tumultuous relationships with women. JCU Library	PN1997.W65
Year in Provence, A	BBC TV, 1992, 90 minutes. The Mayles fulfill their cherished dream when they quit the London rat race and move to rustic Provence to savor the French way of life - good food, fine wines, and seductive climate. Ah, but the Provençal way of life is something quite different - even the French find it peculiar. Based on Peter Mayle's international bestseller by the same name, A Year in Provence is the hilarious first year account of the Mayles' adjusting to both the idiosyncrasies of the locals and the quaint traditions of the ancient and charming region. Vive la différence! SEE: Winter (Year in Provence) FR 084 - A Spring (Year in Provence) FR 084 - B Summer (Year in Provence) FR 084 - C
Year of the French: 1982, The	Parisian Singer Marie-Paule Belle - Skiing Patrolman LLC Library	FR U07
Yirikan: La Voix du bois with Transcript	Catalogue T-FC-A & T-MF-A. PICS, The University of Iowa. 30 minutes, native language with French subtitles. A father passes on to his son the skill he learned from his father: how to dry and carve and shape pieces of wood to evoke the tones referred to in the title. As this craft is revealed to us we also glimpse delightful images of village and family life in Burkina Fasso. LLC Library	FR 080
Zou Zou	Director: Marc Allegret with Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Yvette Lebon, Pierre Larquey. 1934, 92 minutes, French with English subtitles. Josephine Baker is featured in this backstage tale of a laundress who fills in for the leading lady on opening night and becomes a sensation. LLC Library	FR 100

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