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Dr. Genessier (Pierre Brasseur) is a brilliant and obsessive plastic surgeon driven by the need to restore his daughter's (Edith Scob) disfigured face. He is aided in this quest by his loyal assistant (Alida Valli) who lures unwitting young women to the secret surgery in his secluded chateau.

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The fifth and undeniably most accessible of French auteur Eric Rohmer's Moral Tales, Claire's Knee concerns Jerome (Jean-Claude Brialy), an affianced diplomat who bumps into successful novelist and old flame Aurora (Aurora Cornu) whilst holidaying by the picturesque Lac d'Annecy.

In search of inspiration, Aurora persuades Jerome to indulge in a little flirtation with Laura (Beatrice Romand), the sprightly teenage daughter of an acquaintance. However, events take a more serious turn when the diplomat finds himself falling for Laura's luminous half-sister Claire (Laurence de Managhan). Struggling to suppress his desires, Jerome decides to channel his energies into one simple act, a gentle caress of Claire's knee.

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Double bill of France comedies.

The New Testament

A perfect introduction to the work of Sacha Guitry, 'The New Testament' (Le Nouveau testament) encapsulates all of the Guitry hallmarks: sensational dialogue, chamber-comedy set-design a la scene and high-stakes lovers' aggression with a dash of righteous purpose. Husbands and wives, lovers and gigolos, each break a sweat when Dr. Marcelin's newly-revised last will and testament is prematurely revealed.
My Father Was Right
After being left for another man by his wife, Charles Bellanger raises his only son to fear and suspect women. Years later, such an education is bearing fruit.

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"A Rainy Day in New York" tells the story of college sweethearts, Gatsby (Timothée Chalamet) and Ashleigh (Elle Fanning), whose plans for a romantic weekend together in New York City are dashed as quickly as the sunlight turns into showers.

The two are soon parted, and each has a series of chance meetings and comical adventures they will discover that, while you only live once, once is enough if you find the right person.

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Set in Buenos Aires over the course of 24 hours, 'Nine Queens' is a taut, highly seductive heist thriller in which nothing is what it seems and where no one can be trusted.

A naive young con artist Juan (Gaston Pauls) teams up with an enigmatic, experienced master criminal Marcos (Ricardo Darin) for what could be the crime to end all crimes. But in a relationship propelled by brinkmanship and double-cross, corruption rarely has a happy ending.

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Double bill of France comedy.

Let's Make a Dream...(1936)

Kicking off with a brilliant prologue featuring cameos from some of the luminaries of the French stage and screen (Arletty, Michel Simon, and more), 'Let's Make a Dream'...(Faisons un reve...) shifts into exploring the manoeuvres of an inbetween-hours love-triangle played out by Guitry, his then-wife Jacqueline Delubac, and Pagnol's very own Cesar, the paragon Raimu.
Let's Go Up the Champs-Elysees (1938)
Let Guitry take you down cause he's going to...Elysées Fields .

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Following a prison term he served for manslaughter, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns to find his family homestead overwhelmed by the weather and the greed of the banking industry.

With little work potential on the horizon of Oklahoma dust bowls, the entire family packs up heads for the promised land - California. But the arduous trip and harsh living conditions they encounter offer little hope, and family unity proves as daunting a challenge as any other they face.

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Stan and Ollie Look and Sound Better Than Ever! New 2K and 4K digital restorations from original 35mm nitrate, Laurel and Hardy's classic comedies are here in the best quality since their first release! Two features and 17 shorts, including the legendary pie-fight silent film 'The Battle of the

Century', making its video debut and nearly complete for the first time in over 90 years! Restorations by Jeff Joseph/SabuCat in conjunction with the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Library of Congress. Using careful photochemical and digital techniques, these classic films are restored to pristine condition. In these stunning new transfers, they look and sound as beautiful as they did when they were first released.

Feature Films:
- Sons of the Desert (1933)
- Way Out West (1937)
Classic Short Films:
- Berth Marks (1929)
- The Battle of the Century (1927) - (with new music track by Donald Sosin and virtually complete and restored)
- Brats (1930)
- Busy Bodies (1933)
- The Chimp (1932)
- Come Clean (1931)
- County Hospital (1932)
- Helpmates (1932)
- Hog Wild (1930)
- Me and My Pal (1933)
- Midnight Patrol (1933)
- The Music Box (1932)
- One Good Turn (1931)
- Scram! (1932)
- Their First Mistake (1932)
- Towed in a Hole (1932)
- Twice Two (1933)
- That's That! (1938)
- The Tree in a Test Tube (1943)

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The film that propelled Rohmer to international acclaim remains one of the finest achievements of his career.

The fourth in the 'Moral Tales' series, it tells the story of a chaste and conservative thirty-something (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who sees a woman that he believes will be his perfect match whilst attending church. But when he unwittingly spends the night at the apartment of the worldly and spirited divorcee Maud (Francoise Fabian), he finds the moral certainties of his life are suddenly thrown into question.

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During a train journey from Switzerland to Sweden, through war-torn Germany, a married couple are intent on tearing each other apart. Their bitterness is not only the result of his love affairs, but also of her inability to conceive, due to the effects of a previous abortion.

Meanwhile, the husband's former mistress, a widow called Viola, wanders through the city at night. Having been cruelly diagnosed as insane by her psychiatrist, a man who tried but failed to seduce her, she is frightened and alone. By chance, she meets a girl she once knew and goes to her flat. It transpires that the girl is a lesbian and Viola once again becomes the focus of an unforeseen seduction. Intricate and intense, this powerful psychological drama is based on four short stories by Birgit Tengroth (who also plays Viola in the film) and stands as a true Bergman classic. Upon its original release in 1949, the lesbian relationship was cut by censors, but is presented here in a fully uncut version.

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As a wild party rages on, loner Dagmar Brink (Eva Henning) plays the piano. A reveller requests a specific song. She stops abruptly. The next morning, the housekeeper finds Dagmar's body hanging from the ceiling.

Hearing what has happened, a curious neighbour - writer Anders Wikner (Ulf Palme) - gets to work investigating what led to such an event. With pitch-perfect pacing, sharp dialogue and atmospheric cinematography, Hasse Ekman's masterful mystery was described by Ingmar Bergman as one of the greatest Swedish films of all-time.

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Strange metallic meteorites rain down over Winnerden Flats, an eerie new town in the vicinity of a highly guarded chemical plant.

Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) is intrigued to discover that contact with the meteorites causes an unusual infection, and is astonished to find that the chemical plant appears to be modelled after his own design for a moonbase - a design that enables life to thrive in an artificial atmosphere. Ouatermass's investigation uncovers a sinister conspiracy that extends from government level to the zombie-like workers who will stop at nothing to protect the plant. It soon becomes clear that they have all been enslaved by alien creatures who are using Winnerden Flats as the launching point for an invasion of Earth...

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Standing tall alongside Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin as pioneers of cinematic comedy, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are two of the most beloved comedians in the history of moving pictures.

Having acted alongside each other for the first time in 1921, they officially teamed up later in the decade in a series of shorts made for producer Hal Roach - launching a wildly successful partnership that would survive into the sound era and last for another quarter of a century. This collection captures the duo's earliest (mis)adventures on screen, chronicling their journey from their first films together - 'The Lucky Dog' and the aptly titled '45 Minutes to Hollywood' - to the dawn of their official partnership in thirteen shorts produced throughout 1927. From 'Duck Soup' and 'Sailors Beware!' to 'Do Detectives Think?', 'Putting Pants on Philip' and 'The Battle of the Century' (once available only in incomplete versions until its missing scenes were rediscovered in 2015), these films show the development of two independent comedians into the most influential and celebrated comedy duo of all time.

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One night, in a drunken stupor, doctor Michel Ancelin (Michel Simon) causes a tragic road accident in a small countryside town. Thanks to his brilliant mind and medical know-how, he expertly covers his own tracks.

Relishing in his new found self-confidence, Michel continues to weave a complex web of lies and cause havoc in the local community.

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Film recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis; and the sweetest confection of a love affair - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent.