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The Lame Devil (UK: The Devil Who Limped; original title: Le Diable boiteux, French for "the devil with a limp") is a 1948 French black-and-white historical film written and directed by Sacha Guitry. A biography of the titular French diplomat Talleyrand (1754–1838), it stars Guitry in the lead role. Originally forbidden by the French censorship and turned into a play, the film went on to be released into six languages. The film is a 125-minute, black-and-white biography of French priest and diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who served for 50 years under five different French regimes: the Absolute Monarchy, the Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Constitutional Monarchy. Its title comes from one of the main historical nicknames for Talleyrand, that he shares with demon king Asmodeus and English poet Lord Byron.   The movie is often noted for its opening sequence: after showing the birthplace of Talleyrand as it became in then-contemporary 1948 Paris, it moves to a bookstore window showcasing his main biographies, including a copy of Guitry's own Le Diable boiteux that creates a mise en abyme.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00983 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

The Comte de Gonzague schemes against his cousin, the Duc de Nevers, even though he is the Duke's heir and will inherit his estates. The Count has kept secret the existence of the Duke's bastard, recently born. When the Duke learns of his child, he journeys to wed the mother, a baron's daughter, in her father's isolated chateau. The occupants of the castle are surprised and murdered by the Count and his men. The only ones to escape are the Duke's friend, the skilled swordsman Lagardère, and the infant, a girl, now the rightful heiress to the Duke's vast fortune. The Count believes the pair to have drowned, when in fact they have been concealed by a travelling troupe of Italian players. Twenty years pass. The Count has discovered that the two survive and seeks to have them slain. But Lagardère gains the confidence of the Count, and employment as his bookkeeper, through his clever disguise as a hunch-back. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00982 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Landscape in the Mist (Greek: Τοπίο στην ομίχλη, translit. Topio stin omichli) is a 1988 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. The movie portrays the journey of two children in search of their father, whom they believe lives in Germany. On the way they meet many people, including a troupe of actors (a reference to Angelopoulos' early movie The Travelling Players), and encounter dangers. Eventually, they cross a river thinking they have reached their hoped-for destination. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00613] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)  

La vie est un long fleuve tranquille est un film français réalisé par Étienne Chatiliez et sorti en 1988. Dans une ville du Nord de la France coexistent deux familles radicalement opposées et parodiant les stéréotypes locaux. D'un côté, les Groseille et leurs six enfants, aux revenus modestes, vivant d'aides sociales dans une HLM, dont l'existence est constituée de combines et de larcins. Parmi leurs enfants, Maurice, 12 ans, est sûrement le plus débrouillard et le plus intelligent.   De l'autre, les Le Quesnoy, famille aisée : Monsieur est directeur régional de l'EDF et Madame, outre ses actives participations aux kermesses de la paroisse, s'occupe de leurs cinq enfants. Les seuls tracas viennent de la part de Bernadette, 12 ans, qui agit de façon un peu erratique ces derniers temps.   Les deux familles qui vivent chacune de leur côté auraient pu ne jamais se rencontrer. Mais douze ans plus tôt, le soir de Noël, à la maternité, l'infirmière Josette, déprimée par l'attitude lâche et méprisante de son amant, le docteur Mavial, gynécologue, décide d’échanger au berceau deux nouveau-nés : le fils Le Quesnoy et la fille Groseille. Ainsi sont venus au monde, sur un coup de colère, Maurice Groseille et Bernadette Le Quesnoy.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00981 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)    

Loulou est un film français réalisé Maurice Pialat et sorti le 3 septembre 1980. Nelly had enough of his little life row with Andrew, her husband. Thus, it makes Loulou her lover, in order to become happy . Yet Nelly becomes pregnant and miscarrying . Dates: Genre: Comedy Duration : 100 minutes Director: Maurice Pialat , assisted by Patrick Grandperret Screenplay: Maurice Pialat Production: Yves Peyrot Music: Philippe Sarde   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00612] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Drôle de drame est un film français de Marcel Carné, réalisé et sorti en 1937. Adaptation, par Jacques Prévert qui en écrit scénario et dialogues, du roman His First Offence de l'auteur britannique Joseph Storer Clouston, cette comédie, où l'on peut entendre la célèbre réplique : « Bizarre, bizarre… », a pour interprètes principaux Michel Simon, Louis Jouvet, Françoise Rosay et Jean-Louis Barrault. À Londres, l'évêque Soper (Louis Jouvet) donne une conférence dénonçant la littérature licencieuse, dont il cite pour exemple le livre Le Crime modèle, écrit par un certain Félix Chapel. L'évêque affirme que les romans policiers pervertissent les hommes. Et ceux qui, dit-il, autrefois, ou ne savaient pas lire ou ne lisaient que la Bible, lisent aujourd'hui « les mauvais livres écrits avec la mauvaise encre du mauvais esprit ». Dans la grande salle, une assistance clairsemée composée de membres de ligues de vertu et de quelques autres. Parmi ceux-ci, arrivé en retard, le cousin de l'évêque, le botaniste Irwin Molyneux (Michel Simon), que l'évêque invite à s'exprimer concernant Chapel. Après avoir bredouillé quelques mots, le botaniste se met à parler des mimosas, qui sont sa passion, mais il est interrompu par l'évêque, puis par un jeune homme appuyé sur un vélo. Ce dernier raconte sa tragique histoire : assassin tranquille, après avoir lu Le Crime modèle pour se documenter, il a failli se faire prendre et est désormais traqué par la police. Considérant que Chapel est responsable de sa situation, il jure de le tuer. Ce jeune homme se révèle être l'ennemi public n° 1 du moment. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00980 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Germinal es una película francobelga de 1993 basada en la novela homónima de 1885, escrita por Émile Zola. La película fue dirigida por Claude Berri, y contó con Miou-Miou, Renaud y Gérard Depardieu como actores principales. La historia tiene lugar en Le Voreux, mina del norte de Francia, a finales del siglo XIX.   Étienne Lantier (Renaud Séchan), un maquinista que se ha quedado en paro, llega a una ciudad para ver si puede encontrar trabajo y encuentra un lugar para quedarse con la familia de Maheu (Gérard Depardieu). Él se enamora de la hija mayor de Maheu, Catherine (Judith Henry). En la mina de carbón de Le Voreux encuentra un puesto de trabajo. Pero pronto se encuentra en condiciones de trabajo tan inhumanas que propone a los mineros llevar a cabo una revuelta contra la burguesía que tiene el poder para aumentar el salario y la motivación.   La huelga, que propone Étiene, trae problemas a toda la industria del carbón de la región, y empeoran las condiciones de vida de las familias trabajadoras. como los obreros no acuden al trabajo, los burgueses contratan a mineros belgas y se despreocupan de los mineros franceses. Los trabajadores están indignados, y deciden ir todos juntos contra los militares que vigilan las minas. Podemos observar una escena que hace referencia al famoso cuadro El Cuarto Estado, de Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo. Hay un tiroteo en el que varios insurgentes, entre ellos Maheu, son asesinados.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00978 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Sophie's Choice is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who adapted William Styron's novel of the same name. Meryl Streep stars as Sophie, a Polish immigrant who shares a boarding house in Brooklyn with her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline), and a young writer, Stingo (Peter MacNicol).   Streep's performance was acclaimed, and she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography (Néstor Almendros), Costume Design (Albert Wolsky), Best Music (Marvin Hamlisch), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Alan J. Pakula).   British company ITC Entertainment produced the film, and Universal Pictures distributed and released it.   In 1947, Stingo relocates to Brooklyn in order to write a novel and is befriended by Sophie Zawistowski, a Polish immigrant, and her emotionally unstable lover, Nathan Landau.   One evening, Stingo learns from Sophie that she was married but her husband and her father were killed in a German work camp and that she was interned in the Auschwitz concentration camp.   Nathan is constantly jealous, and when he is in one of his violent mood swings he convinces himself that Sophie is unfaithful to him and he abuses and harasses her. There is a flashback showing Nathan with Sophie who is near death due to anemia shortly after her immigration to the U.S.   Sophie eventually reveals that her father was a Nazi sympathizer. Sophie's wartime lover, Józef, who lived with his half-sister, Wanda, was a leader in the Resistance. Wanda tried to convince Sophie to translate some stolen Gestapo documents, but Sophie declined, fearing she might endanger her children. Two weeks later, Józef was murdered by the Gestapo, and Sophie was arrested and sent to Auschwitz with her children.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00611] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence and featuring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company. The film won seven AACTA Awards including Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.   Lantana is set in suburban Sydney and focuses on the complex relationships between the characters in the film. The central event of the film is the disappearance and death of a woman whose body is shown at the start of the film, but whose identity is not revealed until later. The film's name derives from the plant Lantana, a weed prevalent in suburban Sydney.   An unknown woman's body is seen caught in the lantana bush, missing a shoe. Leon (Anthony LaPaglia), a police officer, and Jane (Rachael Blake) have sex in a motel room. They part ways, and we see that Leon and his wife Sonja (Kerry Armstrong) attend Latin dance classes that the recently separated Jane is also taking. Leon does not enjoy the classes, and is seen savagely beating a drug dealer during a bust. He has emotional issues, but won't confront or admit to them. Sonja sees a therapist, Valerie (Barbara Hershey) who has just published a book on her own daughter's murder 18 months ago. She and her husband, John, (Geoffrey Rush) are barely on speaking terms; he later refers to their marriage as held together by their grief. She feels threatened by another patient of hers, Patrick Phelan, who is having an affair with a married man and is forcing Valerie to confront her own issues in her marriage to John.   Hoping to see Leon again, Jane purposely bumps into him outside the police station, and they have sex again, despite Leon's reservations about taking it any further. Her next door neighbour, Nik, is upset that she is seeing someone because he is friends with her estranged husband Pete, who wants to return home. Jane pairs up with Sonja in the next salsa class, which angers Leon; he ends their arrangement, which upsets Jane. She invites Nik over for coffee at the behest of his wife, Paula, with whom she is friendly, and offers him money as they are struggling. Paula starts to dislike Jane because of it.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00610] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

North Country (En tierra de hombres en España y Tierra fría en Argentina y México),1 es una película estadounidense de la directora Niki Caro. Cuando su marido no para de maltratarla, Josey vuelve a su pueblo natal en el norte de Minnesota en busca de un buen trabajo. Madre soltera con dos niños a su cargo, busca trabajo en la fuente principal de empleo de la región: las minas de hierro. El trabajo es duro pero se paga bien y las amistades que se forman allí se extienden a la vida cotidiana, uniendo familias y vecinos en un hilo común. Es una industria dominada por los hombres desde siempre, en un lugar poco acostumbrado a los cambios. Animada por su vieja amiga Glory, una de las pocas mujeres mineras en el pueblo, Josey se une a aquellos trabajadores que perforan la roca para sacar el mineral en la cantera. Está mentalizada para el peligroso y duro trabajo pero no para aguantar el acoso que ella y las otras mineras sufren por parte de sus compañeros, lo cual es una prueba mucho más dura. Inspirada en un hecho real. Basado en el libro Class action de Clara Bingham y Laura Leedy Gansler. Habla sobre la discriminación sexual que causan los hombres, en muchos casos apoyada por mujeres porque no tienen más remedio… Clasificación [ CM DVD 00609] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)