jens-rentals's - Rented List

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Suzanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) and her husband Samuel (Yvan Attal) enjoy a pleasant, middle-class life with their two children.

When she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist, Suzanne is brought into contact with a builder called Ivan (Sergi Lopez), a tough yet down-to-earth odd-job man who has recently been released from prison. Their mutual attraction is sudden and violent, sending them on a whirlwind affair of the senses. As Suzanne's life spirals out of control, she must decide between her family and living this all-engulfing passion to the full.

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Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a charming, warm-hearted young woman, is dealing with the sudden death of her beloved husband, Jamie.

Just when she can no longer bear the pain of her loss, Jami (Alan Rickman) suddenly appears in her living room - back from the dead! At first his presence in her life seems too good to be true, but when Nina unexpectedly meets Mark (Michael Maloney), a part-time magician and full-time good guy who turns h world upside down, Nina is faced with the ultimate decision. Will she hold on to her past? Or let new love guide her into the future?

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The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. brought a best-selling spy novel to the screen with riveting results in this spellbinding espionage thriller.

John Forsythe stars as an American CIA agent who hires a French operative named Devereaux (Frederick Stafford) to go to Cuba and check out rumors of Russian missiles and a NATO spy called Topaz. In Havana, Devereaux's investigation becomes dangerous, leaving behind a wake of shaken governments, murder, betrayal and suicide. His mission complete, Devereaux returns to France but as he moved in to expose the double agent, the danger and the suspense builds to a heart-pounding conclusion in this lavish, globe-trotting thriller.

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The last thing expected of Bruno Dumont was a comedy, yet with this absurdist policier set in his usual Northern France, he has achieved just that. Originally conceived as a four-part serial for TV, P'tit Quinquin is simultaneously slapstick, metaphysical and at times genuinely disturbing.

Two spectacularly incompetent policemen investigate a series of grisly killings after the victims start to turn up stuffed inside farm animals. Observing their efforts is a band of young scamps, led by P'tit Quinquin, dedicated to causing havoc and generally making a nuisance of themselves. Dumont plays with the conventions of the genre - sensational death, red herrings, weird locals, and of course the two cops with their philosophical musings and catch phrases. The film has been much compared to Twin Peaks, though Dumont says he's never seen it, and to True Detective, but it is notwithstanding very much a work belonging to Dumont's unique universe.

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Harry Caine is a successful writer but a man who writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years ago Harry was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote, resulting in not only the loss of his sight, but of something much greater.

However Harry Caine is a pseudonym and only a few people know Harry's real identity, and of the life he led before the accident. Now Harry has decided to tell the moving and terrible story of his former self, a story of "amour foil*, dominated by love, jealously, treachery and fatality.

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Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss.

Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life altering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur. One story told from three different perspectives, 'Run Lola Run' is a veritable maze of intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense in a high-octane thrill ride about one woman's desperate attempt to save her lover.

An army officer (Anton Walbrook) has become obsessed with playing cards. Convinced that an elderly countess (Dame Edith Evans) possesses the secret of winning every game, the young officer's obsession leads him into a satanic world of madness, mayhem and murder where death is only the beginning.

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The award-winning comedy series 'Detectorists' returns for a second series as we follow the lives of Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones), two friends who share a passion for metal detecting.

Scouring the fields of the English countryside, they are burning for that one find which could change their lives forever. A year on from the last time we met them, Lance is still love-lorn after the departure of his ex-wife, but may be about to surprise everybody with a new and unexpected relationship. Andy and his wife Becky are now parents, but despite qualifying as an archaeologist Andy is still unemployed and their shared hopes for the future look further off than ever - but Becky has a dream... Meanwhile the Danebury Metal Detecting Club find themselves on a mission to track down a long-lost WW2 bomber on behalf of a young German man who suddenly arrives in their midst - followed closely by 'Simon and Garfunkel'. There may be new loves, new challenges and enemies old and new, but always there is the vision, always there is the dream of something that is waiting not too deep beneath the soil; something that will inspire the legendary Gold Dance.

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This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpieces is an exciting, mystical and magical fantasy with Helen Mirren leading a star-studded cast including Russell Brand and Alfred Molina.

Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unlashes her powers for revenge.

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Rebecca (Juliette Binoche) is one of the world's top war photographers. On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber group, she gets too near and is badly hurt in an explosion. Back home, another bomb drops.

Her husband, Marcus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and daughters can no longer bear the thought of her dying on assignment in some faraway land. Rebecca is given an ultimatum: choose between your work or your family. The choice seems obvious... 'A Thousand Times Good Night' was inspired by the director's own experiences as a war photographer in the 1980s.

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One wild, spontaneous night of fun and Ben Coulter's life is changed forever. 21-year-old Ben borrows his Dad's black cab for a night out. When a sexy young woman mistakenly climbs into the back, they set out on a night of adventure.

Ben wakes the following morning, unable to recall much of the night before, to find that his previously ordinary life is about to be torn apart. He is arrested, charged with murder and thrown headlong into the criminal justice system - a system where the truth is optional and what counts is how well you can play the game. Ben is desperate to tell his story but no-one wants to listen. Awaiting trial he must struggle to survive in prison while his world-weary solicitor Stone battles on his behalf.

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After a devastating riding accident, a young girl and her beloved horse are both left with serious physical and emotional scars. Determined to help, the girl's desperate mother (Thomas) puts her busy, big-city life on hold and travels west to seek out the Horse Whisperer.

When she meets this rugged, down-to-earth rancher (Redford), she discovers his extraordinary gift with animals also touches the lives of people around him!

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Every decade has its own kind of cop show, and in the 1960s and early 70s, following years of national love and acclaim for Dixon of Dock Green, it came time for a new breed of policeman to take to the screen.

Set in Newtown, a fictional setting to the North of Liverpool, it captures a time when coppers were leaving the beat for fast-paced response vehicles - the Z-Cars of the title. These colour episodes from 1972 make up our first collection, capturing some of the characters and crimes that shaped the long-ago decade of old-school policing, when the concept of a crime family was up to three generations of burglars, shoplifters and smash-and-grabbers. Z-Cars was also innovative in reflecting a changing and challenging time for the police men and women themselves, engaging with their own personal crises and their impact on the force. So sit back and buckle-up as we let the criminal underworld of Newtown know that Z-Cars are on the way.

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A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale set in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr.

Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

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A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, Bridge of Spies tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible mission to negotiate the release of a captured

American U-2 pilot. High stakes and suspense power a story that captures the essence of a man who risked everything, vividly bringing his personal journey to life.