Godard

The range and variety of French piano music in the 19th and 20th centuries is exemplifi ed in these critically acclaimed albums bringing together rarely encountered pieces, a number of which are performed on period instruments. Théodore Gouvy’s little-known sonatas and Benjamin Godard’s fragrant lyricism are part of a lineage that includes the masterful large-scale Piano Sonata of Vincent d’Indy, the virtuosic rarities – many in première recordings – of Saint-Saëns, Satie’s tenderness and wit, and unknown piano versions of some of Debussy’s greatest orchestral masterpieces.

Je suis né d'une cigogne (1999)
XVID 656x400 25.00fps | French Dolby AC3 384Kbps | link to English subs .txt | 01:14:58 | 700 MB
Drama/Comedy | Director: Tony Gatlif | aka "Children of the Stork" | Romain Duris, Rona Hartner

Je suis né d’une cigogne is both an insanely anarchic portrait of adolescent rebellion and an ingenious parable of social exclusion and immigration in an uncaring society. Social realism rapidly gives way to black comedy and madcap surrealism in a film which broaches some pressing social issues with precision and well-intended irony. From both its look and its content, Je suis né d’une cigogne feels like a blatant homage to the works of Jean-Luc Godard, one of the leading figures of the French New Wave. The plot looks like a crazy mélange of Godard’s À bout de souffle , Pierrot le fou and Weekend, whilst the manic use of jump cutting and over-exposure is Godard’s technique carried to an extreme which even Godard may have considered excessive. It may seem unlikely but this very unusual visual style works well and the result is something that is far more substantial and worthy than a shameless appropriation of another director’s technique.
Chaque matin Otto et Louna se croisent dans le RER. Otto vit dans une HLM avec sa mere. Il est chomeur et vend un journal pour SDF. Louna est coiffeuse et vit chez une vieille dame harcelee par les huissiers. Un jour ils decident de tout plaquer. Accompagnes d'Ali, un jeune immigre fugueur et spirituel, ils volent une voiture et partent au hasard des routes. Une cigogne blessee trouvee au bord du chemin va donner un sens a leur cavale. Ils l'adoptent, la baptisent Mohamed, decident de lui faire passer la frontiere allemande pour retrouver ses parents.