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image not found Cell 211
produced by Álvaro Augustín ... [et al.] ; adaptation, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Daniel Monzón ; directed by Daniel Monzón.
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After a freak accident, a knocked-out prison guard wakes up in a high-security cellblock in the middle of a riot and tries to stay alive by pretending to be a prisoner.
2011; 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:6314350506

jacket/cover - click for larger view Danzón
a Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematografica, Television Española, Tabasco Films, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Macondo Cine Video presentan ; un pelicula de Maria Novaro ; guión, Beatriz Novaro, Maria Novaro ; producción, Jorge Sanchez ; dirección, Maria Novaro
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"Julia is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday Julia does the danzon with Carmelo in the old 'Salon Colonia'. They've danced for years but barely know each other. One night Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling ...
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:156580709X More Information

jacket/cover - click for larger view The girl at the Monceau bakery = La boulangere de Monceau ; Suzanne's career = carriere de Suzanne
Les Films du losange
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La boulangere de Monceau is the story of a young man who becomes infatuated with a woman he sees on the street, but after several days without seeing her again sets his sights on a girl in the local bakery, eventually having to choose between them. La carriere de Suzanne examines the relationship between two friends when they both become interested ...
1997; 1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., b&w ; isbn:1572528052 More Information

image not found The Hairdresser's husband = Le Mari de la coiffeuse
Thierry de Ganay presente Une Production Lambart ; screenplay, Claude Klotz, Patrice Leconte ; director, Patrice Leconte
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Ever since he was a boy, Antoine has wanted to be the hairdresser's husband, and when he marries a beautiful coiffeuse, the salon becomes their idyllic paradise. But how long can a perfect love last?
2009; 1 videodisc (ca. 82 min.) : sd., col. ;

image not found Kuroneko
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha haikyū ; Kindai Eiga Kyōkai, Nippon Eiga Shinsha teikei sakuhin ; seisaku, Noriba Nobuyo, Noto Setsuo, Kuwahara, Kazuo ; kantoku, Shindō Kaneto
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In medieval Japan, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently a ghost. He encounters the two beautiful ...
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., b&w ; + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.); isbn:9781604654929

jacket/cover - click for larger view Like water for chocolate = Como agua para chocolate
[presented by] Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes ... [et al.] ; en asociación con Cinevista Inc. ... [et al.] ; guion cinematografico, Laura Esquivel ; produccion y direccion, Alfonso Arau
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Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:0788816829 More Information

image not found Liliom
[produced by] 20th Century Fox ; c'est une production Erich Pommer de la Fox Europa ; un film de Fritz Lang ; adapté à écran d'après la pièce de Franz Molinar par Robert Liebmann ; dialogue de Bernard Zimmer
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Liliom is a carefree young man working as circus barker, until he falls in love with Julie and loses his job. When Julie becomes pregnant, Liliom turns to crime to make ends meet, only to be presented with a supernatural chance to make things right for his child
2004; 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., b&w ;

jacket/cover - click for larger view Love crime
produced by Saïd Ben Saïd ; written by Alain Corneau, Nathalie Carter ; directed by Alain Corneau.
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After a corporate executive uses one of her assistant's ideas as her own, the assistant sets out to destroy the executive's professional reputation and personal life.
2011; 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:078861438X More Information

image not found Mysteries of Lisbon
produced by Paulo Branco ; screenplay by Carlos Saboga ; directed by Raúl Ruiz.
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Set in nineteenth-century Portugal, the illegitimate son of two members of the aristocracy tries to discover the truth of his parentage.
2011; 3 videodiscs (257 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:6314528720

image not found Nora's will
produced by Mariana Chenillo, Laura Imperiale ; written and directed by Mariana Chenillo.
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After a woman dies, her ex-husband stays with the body for five days and the family gathers to celebrate a holiday together.
2011; 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:6314441439

jacket/cover - click for larger view Strawberry and chocolate = Fresa y chocolate
Miramax Films ; El Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica ; en coproducción con Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía ; Robert Redford and Miramax Films present ; guión, Senel Paz ; dirección, Tomas Gutíerrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío
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David, a student at Havana University, is devastated when his girlfriend marries someone else. When he meets a gay artist, Diego, he is drawn to his cultured lifestye and a friendship forms between them
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; isbn:0788850067 More Information

image not found Thieves = Les voleurs
une coproduction Les Films Alain Sarde, TF1 Films production, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, D.A. Films, with the particpation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, Canal+, Studio Images ; produced by Alain Sarde ; screenplay, André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand, in collaboration with Michel Alexandre ; a film by Andrew Techine
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A sophisticated professor falls in love with a young thief and falls into a world of murder and self-destruction
2010; 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ;

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