Two-disc set includes: Bim (1951)The first family-friendly offering from "The Red Balloon" filmmaker Albert Lamorisse concerns the impoverished Tunisian boy Abdullah and his love for his donkey Bim.... more
Alain Delon, Mathalie Delon, Francois Perier. Despite deep misgivings, a calm, cool and collected hit man pulls off a perfect hit, only to be pressured by a relentless police officer and the mob boss... more
One of the most influential political films in history, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, by Gillo Pontecorvo, vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the... more
Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel. A tyrannical schoolmaster is murdered by his long-suffering wife and his mistress. When his body disappears, they are confronted by evidence of his... more
Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac, Gene Kelly. Twin sisters (played by real-life sisters Deneuve and Dorleac) living in a small French town, pine for the romance and excitement of Paris in this... more
Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet. This erotic screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's bestseller The Talented Mr. Ripley, retells the tale of Tom Ripley, hired by a wealthy industrialist to retrieve and... more
Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Jean Poiret. A French theater company hiding a Jewish theater manager under the Nazi occupation of Paris decides to continue putting on shows against all odds and... more
Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse. Uniquely told with music and no dialogue, this renowned children's film tells the story of a lonely French boy who befriends a wondrous red balloon which seems to... more
The closer we look, the less we know in Justine Triet's masterful Palme d'Or-winning Anatomy of a Fall, an eerily riveting courtroom thriller that examines the line where truth becomes fiction and... more
Acclaimed, no-holds-barred drama follows four troubled Paris youths through a 24-hour period. While one of the quartet of friends lies in a hospital after being beaten in a riot, his three... more
Senegalese-French academic Mara (Kayije Kagame) journeyed to Saint Omer for the trial of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda), an immigrant student accused of leaving her 15-month-old child in the Berck... more
Mathieu Kassovitz (THE CRIMSON RIVERS) took the film world by storm with LA HAINE (HATE), a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France,... more
Heist classic from Jean-Pierre Melville ("Le Samouraï") features Alain Delon as a crook just out of the slammer who joins forces with suspect-on-the-run Gian Maria Volonté and alcoholic ex-cop Yves... more
Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet. This erotic screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's bestseller The Talented Mr. Ripley, retells the tale of Tom Ripley, hired by a wealthy industrialist to retrieve and... more
Blacklisted American director Jules Dassin's groundbreaking French film noir-with a memorable music- and dialogue-free opening scene-follows four thieves who pull off a heist at a reputedly... more
A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow... more
A half dozen thought-provoking documentaries from this French filmmaking legend. Includes Vive Le Tour (1962/19 min.), his short but energetic look at the Tour de France; Humain, Trop Humain (1974/75... more
Features: 4K Mastering, With Blu-ray, Subtitled, Widescreen
Seminal early French New Wave film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible, small-time Marseilles crook, who goes on the run after killing a policeman. Fleeing to Paris, Michel... more
Two films are included. Wooden Crosses: In France's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, a World War I regiment trudges from patriotism to disillusionment.
Anna Karina, Sami Frey. A young woman enlists the aid of two bumbling burglars to steal her aunt's stash, but both fall for her and the plan goes haywire. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. In French with... more
Director François Truffaut's first feature film, THE 400 BLOWS, is a landmark in French cinema. Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is a 13-year-old boy who can't seem to do anything right. His... more