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Francois is a happily married fifty year old teacher. Concerned that rebellious student Mathilde is going to be expelled he sets out to help her but is soon drawn into a passionate relationship with the enigmatic teenager.

Realising it cannot go on he tries to end the affair with devastating consequences.

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Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams) suddenly defects from his touring troupe in that "temple of Western decadence" - Bloomingdale's. Fleeing the K.G.B., Vladimir wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of black security guard Lionel Witherspoon (Cleavant Derricks).

Soon he has found both a voluptuous Italian lover Lucia Lombardo (Maria Conchita Alonso), and a shrewd Cuban lawyer Orlando Ramirez (Alejandro Rey). Though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love this strange and wondrous new land.

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"All That Jazz" is actually a semi-autobiographical account of the life of its celebrated writer/director/choreographer, Bob Fosse. The multi-talented performer was an Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award winner who brought home a combined total of eight trophies.

Part tragic, part comic, this outrageous look at life in the fast lane is the Academy Award - winning musical about Bob Fosse's excessive life in show business, played by Roy Schneider. Dazzlingly presented, this electrifying story about the perils of pushing yourself too hard is filled with Fosse's legendary song-and-dance choreography.

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A satirical romantic comedy 'Picnic on the Grass' is a playful and visually beautiful film inspired by the paintings of Renoir's father Auguste.

Stuffy presidential candidate Etienne Alexis is a scientist who believes the passion should be eliminated and that artificial insemination will be the world's salvation. To celebrate his engagement to a German scout mistress he hosts a picnic in the countryside. But soon Alexis is thrown together with Nenette, a beautiful farm girl who shows him that science is no substitute for love.

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When a boy is abducted by a mother grizzly bear after hunters capture her cubs, boy and bear bond as she teaches him how to survive in the Canadian Rockies.

Following a series of rollicking death defying adventures - tracked by hunters, attacked by wolves, stampeding buffalo, raging rivers and rapacious hunters - the boy is reunited with his father who rescues the cubs, returning them to the wild and their mother. The story is played out in the turn-of-the-century Wild West where the father (Bryan Brown) takes his son, (Daniel Clark), on a grizzly bear hunt, with the intent to capture the beast alive. He hires a native tracker (Tom Jackson) who befriends the boy, and a rather nasty hunter (Oliver Tobias) who teams up with a group to help track the grizzly.

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Sir Robert Cargrave (Ronald Lewis) is an eminent surgeon who has developed a new technique for muscle relaxation. He is summoned by his one-time love, Maude (Audrey Dalton), who is now married to Baron Sardonicus (Guy Rolfe). When he arrives, he finds villagers who live in fear.

The Baron is strange man, not the least because he covers his face with a mask. Eventually, he tells Sir Robert the story of how he acquired his current affliction - his face is is frozen and hideously disfigured. Despite Sir Robert's best efforts, he can't return his face to normal. The Baron however forces him to keep trying, threatening to harm Maude if he refuses.

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On November 22, 1963, America lost a president... and a generation lost its innocence. Michelle Pfeiffer is superb in this thoroughly captivating film about an interracial friendship set against the backdrop of a nation both divided by prejudiced and united by sorrow.

Dallas housewife Lurene Hallet (Pfeiffer) feels such a strong personal connection to her idol Jackie Kennedy, that when JFK is assassinated, she defies her husband and takes an eastbound bus, determined 'to be there for Jackie' at the funeral. On board she meets a mysterious black man travelling with a sad, little girl. But when Lurene realises that he's given her a false name, she fears she's uncovered a kidnapping plot! As a result of her well-intentioned meddling, the trio end up on the run from the police and, ultimately, on the road to a deep friendship that defies racial boundaries and changes each of them forever.

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Cate Blanchett returns to her role as Queen Elizabeth I in the story of one woman's crusade to control love, defend her empire and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world.

Reunited with Geoffrey Rush and also starring Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh, a dashing seafarer in whom Elizabeth finds newfound temptation. Laced with passion, suspense and betrayal, Elizabeth - The Golden Age is an enthralling epic - complete with breathtaking scenery, sumptuous costumes and stunning performances.

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Alain Resnais' latest film was widely recognised as being one of the most enjoyable and audacious films at last year's Cannes Film Festival. The film playfully examines the complications that ensue from the discovery by Georges of Marguerite's stolen purse.

This opens up the possibility for both of them to just follow their impulses heedlessly, that eventually leads to the much-discussed surprise ending.

Plea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.

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Under Mann's superb direction, Stewart departs from his well-loved "ordinary hero" role and gives a riveting performance as a resolute vigilante obsessed with finding the man responsible for his brother's death.

Among the suspects are an arrogant cattle baron (Donald Crisp), his sadistic son (Alex Nicol) and his ranch foreman (Arthur Kennedy). One explosive confrontation, in which Stewart is dragged by a wild horse and shot in the hand at close range, is one of movie history's most memorable sequences.

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Later adapted as 'My Fair Lady' George Bernard Shaw's wonderful comedy of manners is given its finest screen outing in this 1938 production. Nominated for four Oscars, Shaw himself was one of the recipients of the award for best screenplay.

Snobbish Professor Higgins has a wager with his friend Colonel Pickering that with the right instruction he can pass off cockney 'gutter-snipe' Eliza Doolittle as a 'lady' among high society. Taken under his wing Eliza is given rigorous coaching in elocution and manners in preparation for the ultimate test, her appearance at an ambassador's reception.

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The Officer's Ward atmospherically creates the world of Adrien Fournier (Eric Caravaca), a handsome young French officer who returns from the front with hideous facial injuries.

After spending the remaining five years of the Great War convalescing in a military hospital, Adrien slowly learns to come to terms with his condition as, with the help of other patients and staff, his sense of identity and self-worth slowly returns.

Cisco (Kris Kristofferson) is an ex-rock star, famous in the 1960's, whose life and career has been a mess because of drugs. Now with a pregnant girlfriend he has a chance to start a new life. A corrupt cop, Leo Holland (Gene Hackman), blackmails Cisco to sell marijuana for him. Cisco has one weekend to sell it to his friends.

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Against her instincts, a woman, Saiva rescues a wounded stranger from the ice and nurses him back to health with the help of the young Anja and stunning. The two women compete for the man’s affection , only to become embroiled in a heated love triangle.

Shot with precision under treacherous conditions, the film shows the universal longing for love and connection, amid the hardships of arctic life.