Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A marvellous rediscovery from the golden age of French cinema Jacques Feyder&s Le Grand jeu is a tragic doppelgänger romance steered by the fate of the tarot card & set against the dizzying exoticism of 1930s Morocco When scandalous Parisian playboy Pierre Martel is forced by his family to leave France & his adored lover Florence (Marie Bell) he begins a new life in the Foreign Legion as Pierre Muller Drowning his regrets in camaraderie whores & hell-raising he is astonished at meeting Irma (also Marie Bell) a prostitute with an uncanny resemblance to his beloved & begins a fitful scheme to allow her escape An early benchmark of poetic realism & a fascinating precursor to both Duvivier&s Pepe le Mokoand Hitchcock&s Vertigo Feyder&s fluid masterful storytelling make this a unique classic of the screen vividly forceful yet subtle acutely observed yet fantastic world-weary yet tender SPECIAL FEATURES
- Beautiful digital transfer officially licensed from Pathe s film restoration
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS A booklet featuring a new essay by French cinema scholar Ginette Vincendeau newly translated writings by Feyder reminiscences by his collaborators & production stills


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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Andre Wilms) a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner With innate optimism & the unwavering support of his community Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France & the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville & Marcel Carne Le Havre is a charming deadpan delight Actors Andre Wilms Kati Outinen Jean-Pierre Darroussin Blondin Miguel Elina Salo Evelyne Didi Quoc-Dung Nguyen Laika François Monnie Roberto Piazza Pierre etaix & Jean-Pierre Leaud Director Aki Kaurismäki Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Screen 1851 Languages French
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 33 minutes (approx)
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In Le Havre a players turn consists of two parts First distribute newly supplied goods onto the offer spaces; then take an action As an action players may choose either to take all goods of one type from an offer space or to use one of the available buildings Building actions allow players to upgrade goods sell them or use them to build their own buildings & ships Buildings are both an investment opportunity & a revenue stream as players must pay an entry fee to use buildings that they do not own Ships on the other hand are primarily used to provide the food that is needed to feed the workers After every seven turns the round ends players cattle & grain may multiply through a Harvest & players must feed their workers After a fixed number of rounds each player may carry out one final action & then the game ends Players add the value of their buildings & ships to their cash reserves The player who has amassed the largest fortune is the winner This edition

Includes:: the Le Grand Hameau expansion Age range 12 & up Number of players 1 to 5 Play time 150 minutes Manufacturer Z-Man Games

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Andre Wilms) a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner With innate optimism & the unwavering support of his community Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France & the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville & Marcel Carne Le Havre is a charming deadpan delight Actors Andre Wilms Kati Outinen Jean-Pierre Darroussin Blondin Miguel Elina Salo Evelyne Didi Quoc Dung Nguyen Laïka François Monnie Little Bob Pierre etaix Jean-Pierre Leaud Vincent Lebodo & Umban U&kset Director Aki Kaurismäki Certificate PGYear 2011 Screen 1781 Anamorphic Languages French
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 33 minutes (approx)
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A personal tour of Raymond Blanc's legendary restaurant-hotel through the four seasons with 120 recipes from his celebrated kitchens Set in the rolling Oxfordshire hills Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons is a bastion of haute cuisine & a beacon of l'art de vivre It is also the only country house hotel in Britain to have held two Michelin stars for more than three decades presided over by the great chef Raymond Blanc This book is Raymond's personal tour of Le Manoir through the four seasons; the ultimate host he lovingly reveals the stories behind rooms that are luxuriously appointed & gardens that are ravishingly beautiful But it is food that is at the heart of Le Manoir & here you will find the recipes for one hundred & twenty of its most celebrated dishes which range from those that can be recreated at home
- such as Soupe au pistou & Souffle de rhubarbe
- to the sensational creations
- including Theme sur la tomate & Cassolette d'abricot
- which have earned the restaurant its status as one of the world's legendary gastronomic destinations With spectacular photography of the luxurious rooms & the ravishing gardens as well as beautiful & witty illustrations the fairy tale of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons has been brought charmingly to life



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Forty-five international racing stars join Steve Mc Queen in this gritty nerve-shattering recreation of the toughest car race on earth
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An American driver returns to the sport after being injured a year earlier He finds himself attracted to the widow of a driver killed in the same accident Age Rating 12 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play When aspiring playwright Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is called in as script doctor on a film of & The Odyssey& he is caught between a director (Fritz Lang) who wants to capture the reality of Homer&s world & crass producer Prokosch (Jack Palance) who just wants more mermaids As his artistic integrity gradually succumbs to the power of Prokosch&s cheque book his wife Camille (Bardot) regards him with increasing contempt Actors Brigitte Bardot Jack Palance Michel Piccoli & Fritz Lang Director Jean-Luc Godard Certificate 15 years & over Year 1964 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages French
- DTS-HD Master Audio (20) Additional Languages English ; German ; Spanish Subtitles English ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Japanese ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx)
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Widely acknowledged as a classic LE MEPRIS is the story of Paul a writer & Camille a couple in a tempestuous marriage When Paul accepts a job to review a big screen version of Homer's Odyssey the arguments over how the script should turn out mirror the arguments in Paul's relationship ...

Le Morte D' Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's richly evocative & enthralling version of the Arthurian legend Recounting Arthur's birth his ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur his ill-fated marriage to Guenever the treachery of Morgan le Fay & the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table it magically weaves together adventure battle love & enchantment Le Morte D' Arthur looks back to an idealized Medieval world & is full of wistful elegiac regret for a vanished age of chivalry Edited & published by William Caxton in 1485 Malory's prose romance drew on French & English verse sources to give an epic unity to the Arthur myth & remains the most magnificent re-telling of the story in English ...