Jean Pierre Jeunet Commentary

A ten year old girl is received by her aunt because of her mother's confinement to a mental hospital. But the aunt lives with a man, Jean-Pierre, who seems to be a little too nice with the girl…

Two young twins in the USA have invented their own shared language. Scientists are wanting to study the language but social workers are trying to get the twins to leave their secret language world and enter the mainstream. This means forcing them to speak normal English and lose their secret language. The filmmaker's own questions about this process run across as text at the bottom of the screen, a first use of that technique in documentary.

Two young men, one shy and one self-confident, spend a fast-paced night in Paris trying to pick up chicks. They confront every possible difficulty.

Une mine qui explose au coeur du désert marocain et, des années plus tard, une balle perdue qui vient se loger dans son cerveau… Bazil n'a pas beaucoup de chance avec les armes. La première l'a rendu orphelin, la deuxième peut le faire mourir subitement à tout instant. A sa sortie de l'hôpital, Bazil se retrouve à la rue. Par chance, ce doux rêveur, à l'inspiration débordante, est recueilli par une bande de truculents chiffonniers aux aspirations et aux talents aussi divers qu'inattendus…

This is the definitive documentary about Ray Harryhausen. Aside from interviews with the great man himself, shot over five years

En 1919, Mathilde a 19 ans. Deux ans plus tôt, son fiancé Manech est parti sur le front de la Somme. Comme des millions d'autres, il est "mort au champ d'honneur". C'est écrit noir sur blanc sur l'avis officiel. Pourtant, Mathilde refuse d'admettre cette évidence…

Krank, un vieil homme vit sur une île artificielle entouré de clones, tous identiques. Krank, hanté par de perpétuels cauchemars, fait enlever des enfants perdus pour leur prendre leurs rêves. Quand Denrée, un petit garçon boulimique, est enlevé, son « grand frère », One, se met en tête de le retrouver avec l'aide de Miette, une fillette débrouillarde, chef des enfants perdus.

Decadent, subversive, and bristling with artistic invention, the myth-born cinema of Jean Cocteau disturbs as much as it charms. Cocteau was the most versatile of artists in prewar Paris. Poet, novelist, playwright, painter, celebrity, and maker of cinema—his many talents converged in bold, dreamlike films that continue to enthrall audiences around the world. In The Blood of a Poet, Orpheus, and Testament of Orpheus, Cocteau utilizes the Orphic myth to explore the complex relationships between the artist and his creations, reality and the imagination. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the DVD premiere of the Orphic Trilogy in a special limited-edition three-disc box set.

David Thompson's beguiling documentary on Renoir's life and work, made for the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth. Born 100 years ago, Jean Renoir (1894-1979) is considered by many the greatest of film directors. Omnibus presents a two-part investigation of Renoir's life and career, coinciding with a short season of his films on BBC2.
The son of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jean's career began in the silent era but his most acclaimed films date from the 1930s. His films are said to reflect his father's love of nature and deep humanity, and have long been an inspiration to other directors as well as audiences.

Matthias Duval, joueur fauché, rencontre Liz Kerner, une belle américaine, et sa soeur jumelle. Il s'invente un frère jumeau pour se dédoubler et séduire les deux filles. Tout se complique lorsque les jumelles veulent épouser les deux frères pour pouvoir hériter de la fortune de leur père. Matthias va devoir alors se débarrasser de son faux frère pour régler cette affaire et toucher le gros lot.