World Language Resources

Through 5 films (and 2 decades), Antoine Doinel captivated audiences around the world with his exploits. Collected here are materials that illustrate foe Doinel came to be, from early theme-defining insights into the creative processes of the filmmakers. “Les Mistons (Mischief Makers)” is a 1957 short that depicts a group of pubescent boys whose admiration of a young girl takes on an edge of cruelty, with unforeseen results. “Working with François Truffaut” is a rare interview with co-writers Claude de Givray and Bernard Revon in 1986 conducted for a documentary.

He wrote me...." A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco

Jean-Pierre Léaud returns in the delightful “Stolen Kisses (Baiser Volés)”, the third installment in the Antoine Doinel series. It is now 1968 and the mischievous and perpetually love-struck Doinel has been dishonorably discharged from the army and released onto the streets of Paris, where he stumbles into the unlikely profession of private detective and embarks on a series of misadventures. Whimsical, nostalgic, and irrepressibly romantic, “Stolen Kisses” is Truffaut’s timeless ode to the passion and impetuosity of life.

From acclaimed director Claude Chabrol (La Cérémonie, Merci Pour Le Chocolat) comes the compelling true story of working-class housewife Marie (Isabelle Huppert- The Piano Player, 8 Women), who performs illegal abortions in France during World War II, evading the Nazis, and betraying those she loves. Brought to life by Chabrol on actual locations, The Story of Women is an honest, original, and utterly absorbing film, which won Isabelle Huppert Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.

Class, cultural and sexual differences are explored in this torridly romantic drama co-starring an Italian superstar from the past: Claudia Cardinale. Set in arid Tunisia, tall, quiet Malik (Antonin Stahly), a 30-year-old Parisian architect, returns to his homeland after the death of his father. He's greeted warmly by his over-bearing, petulant mother (Cardinale) and is immediately confronted with her expectation that he stay and get married. This now strange world of his youth, his mother's pressure and his barely hidden homosexuality set off anxiety attacks in Malik, who finally finds relief when he meets the darkly handsome handyman, Balil (Salim Kechiouche). They begin a tentative relationship, but Islamic mores, a still class conscience society, and the ever-presence of his mother threaten their young love. "Le Fil" is a forbidden love story as well as a character study of people lost in rapidly changing cultures. Don t miss this engaging, insightful and undeniably sexy drama.

Through "Murmur of the Heart"; "Lacombe, Lucien", and "Au Revoir les Enfants", Louis Malle Creates a protrait of youth on the brink. One that is rebellious, heartbreaking, funny, and brave. These intervies and documentaries provide new insight into the man who made, and mirrored, these films.

Based on Harlan Coben s International best selling novel, Tell No One tells the story of pediatrician Alexandre Beck who still grieves the murder of his beloved wife, Margot, eight years earlier. When two bodies are uncovered near where Margot's body was found, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot is somehow still alive and a message to Tell No One

“To Be and to Have”, France’s highest grossing documentary of all time is an intimate and touching portrait of life inside a one-room schoolhouse in a rural French village and one of the most emotionally gratifying films about teaching ever made. At the center of the story, and now an international celebrity is George Lopez- a remarkably devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11 in all the or school subjects and life lessons. Whether mediating fights, flipping omelets, or discussing a father’s illness with a troubled student, Lopez upholds a firm, but gentle paternal approach.

She came from the streets of Paris and survived using the only gift she had. In this masterful biopic, Marion Cotillard gives “one of the most devastating inspired and breath-taking performances in film history” (Rex Reed – New York Observer) as the immortal French singer Édith Piaf, whose legendary, Grammy-honored voice was remarked to be “the soul of Paris” and whose life was a perpetual battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, “La Vie en Rose” is the electrifying, unflinching true story of one of the most indelible icons of the 20th century, who embodied the voice of a nation and captivated the world.

Acclaimed director François Truffaut has created an absorbing (Leonard Maltin) film about the true-life tale of a young boy found living alone in the woods of France in the 1700s. Using actual journal entries, Truffaut not only directed and co-wrote the script with Jean Gruault, but also starred as the unflappable Doctor Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, the visionary who takes on the incredible task of civilizing The Wild Child. At The National Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Paris, a barely clothed and dirty young boy is admitted. Found in a forest, the child is unable to speak, communicate or function in society. Christened Victor by the hospital staff, his case is taken up by Doctor Itard (Truffaut), a lone physician who has an unyielding dedication to re-integrating the lad into society. But the road to tame the beast is a rocky one and Itard will have to work tirelessly to teach Victor how to re-claim his place in the world even if it means staking his reputation on it!

From the acclaimed political film maker Costa-Gavras (Amen, Missing, Music Box) comes Z, winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1969. Z's edge of your seat action closely parallels the real life assassination of Gregorios Lambrakis, a Greek doctor and humanist whose murder in 1963 led to an abortive public scandal. Hailed as one of the greatest political thrillers ever made with superb performances by a top international cast including Yves Montand (Jean de Florette), Jean-Louis Trintignant (Red) and Irene Papas (Zorba the Greek), Z is one movie "you can't afford to miss."

"A brash and precocious eleven-year-old (Catherine Demongeot) comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle (La Pointe Courte’s, Philippe Noiret); he and the viewer get more than they bargained for in this anarchic comedy from Louis Malle (Murmur of the Heart, My Dinner with André), which treats the City of Light as though it were a pleasure island just waiting to be destroyed." -- Amazon.com.