Titles in Genre French Language
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1981
Official Selection - Montreal World Film Festival
"This is a film that belongs on your 'Must-See' list if you were ever 11 years old and made it to adulthood!"
- Cynthia Corral, Cinequest
A SCREAMING MAN
Winner - Silver Hugo for Best Screenplay - Chicago Int'l Film Festival
"Beautifully composed...absorbing!"
- Todd McCarthy, indieWIRE
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AALTRA
"One of the wry pleasures of 2004, and certainly the year's most enjoyable Belgian disability road comedy."
--Jonathan Romney, Film Comment
ALI ZAOUA
Winner - Grand Prix - Buster Int'l Children's Film Festival
ALIYAH
Winner - Audience Award (Screenplay) - Angers Film Festival
"A subtly effective drama-cum-thriller from budding auteur Elie Wajeman!"
- Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
"Beautifully conceived and executed!"
- Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
"Cleverly cinematic! [An] intimate and dexterous debut feature."
- Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety
DREAMS OF DUST
".hypnotic widescreen photography.which is well written and directed. Salgues' screenplay is perfectly crafted."
-- Deborah Young, Variety
ELDORADO
"a small but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy. never puts a wrong foot forward in the direction of sentimentality or clich�." --Leslie Felperin, Variety
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FAMILIA
Nominated - Best Film - Canadian Oscars
"Familia is a refreshing and insightful look at the relationships of two sets of three generations of women that contemplates the question of whether or not women are genetically bound to be like their mothers."
- Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter
FREE MEN
Official Selection - Toronto Int'l Film Festival
"Both subtle and magnetic...Tahar Rahim [is] one of France's finest young actors...[FREE MEN] contributes a worthy and interesting chapter to the tradition of World War II dramas."
- A. O. Scott, The New York Times
"A testament to Rahim's screen presence...Free Men proves that the can't-take-your-eyes-off-him charisma the Franco-Algerian actor displayed in Jacques Audiard's A Prophet was no fluke."
- David Fear, Time Out New York
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FRENCH LANGUAGE - 3 PACK
Our French Language DVD pack contains three great award-winning films, DREAMS OF DUST from Burkina Faso, VIVA LALDJERIE from France, and HOP from Belgium.
DREAMS OF DUST
".hypnotic widescreen photography.which is well written and directed. Salgues' screenplay is perfectly crafted." -- Deborah Young, Variety
VIVA LALDJERIE
"Just another soap opera in less deft hands, Nadir Mokneche's Viva Laldjerie jumps off the screen with humor, poignancy and local color." --Lisa Nesselson, Variety
HOP
"Hop is an admirable and technically adept effort for Standaert, whose genuine compassionate for the plight of his characters and gentle humor pervade the film's well-intentioned soul." --Acquarello, Strictly Film School
HER NAME IS SABINE
"Let's say it out loud; Her Name is Sabine is the most beautiful film that Cannes has given us this year."
--FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics)
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HOP
"Hop is an admirable and technically adept effort for Standaert, whose genuine compassionate for the plight of his characters and gentle humor pervade the film's well-intentioned soul."
--Acquarello, Strictly Film School