Summary: The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) - Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he always knew he would marry one, completing his idealised love fantasy. Yvonne's Perfume (1994) - How the life of Victor Chmara toppled during the course of a single day during the summer of 1958.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Having defined the espionage genre with Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, Fritz Lang returned to the genre with this surprisingly fast-paced and remarkably grim thriller. Rudolf Klein-Rogge starts as Haghi, the head of an elaborate criminal empire, and Willy Fritsch is the undercover agent assigned to topple the diabolical king from his throne. Filled with the sexual intrigue and high-tech gadgetry that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SPISummary: Orna is the mother of three children whose husband is struggling to open a restaurant. To help support her family, Orna lands a job with a former army superior who is now a successful real estate developer. While Orna tries to balance work and her home life, she experiences escalating sexual harassment from her boss. A pattern of predatory behavior ultimately brings her career and marital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WORSummary: Critically acclaimed alcoholic actress Thea Barfoed has gone through turmoil, resulting in a divorce and the loss of custody of her two boys. Eager to break with the past, regain control over her life, and get her children back, she uses charm and manipulation to persuade her ex-husband, Christian, that she is able to take back the mantle of motherhood. But ironically, she has not completely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN APPSummary: The year is 1984, and on the rural east coast of New Zealand Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' is changing kids' lives. 'Boy' is a dreamer who lives with his brother Rocky and his Nan. When Boy's father, Alamein, returns home after seven years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential, and learn to get along without the hero he had been looking for.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BOYSummary: In 1954 a reclusive ex-soldier is thrown into the woes of rebellion when he's ordered to escort a villager accused of murder to prison during the Algerian War. As their journey leads them through a deadly fire-fight between settlers and rebels, the two men on opposite sides of the conflict must join forces to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FARSummary: A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that's been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the origins of their darkest fears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY FORSummary: An absorbing drama based on the true account of 18th-century doctor Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, played by Truffaut himself in a memorable performance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FRASummary: Arrested for fatally beating an elderly widow, Barbara Graham at first goads the police, refusing to answer their questions. But when an alleged accomplice turns state's evidence, Graham insists that she is innocent. Condemned by the press and the public, Graham is found guilty of murder and sentenced to die in the gas chamber. With her execution date getting near, Graham desperately attempts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ISummary: Most commonly known as the principle screenwriter for director William Desmond Taylor, Julia Crawford Ivers was a filmmaker of diverse talents, working as director, scenarist, production supervisor, and editor at Paramount. This collection includes The Intrigue, directed by Frank Lloyd, screenplay by Ivers. The Majesty of the Law (reel 4 only), and A Son of Erin written and directed by Julia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INTSummary: "Michel Houellebecq, possibly the most widely read living French writer, was believed kidnapped on September 16, 2011. But was he really? After a flurry of media reports of his abduction, the story goes cold and Michel, famously reclusive, refuses to set the record straight."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KIDSummary: An accident paralyzed his legs, but not his will to live and love! TV-movie about the struggles of a paraplegic college athlete. Paul Stallings, a happy-go-lucky veterinary student, is paralyzed from the waist down during a polo match. Feeling despondent, he decides to go to his grandfather₂s ranch and meets a young horse trainer, Marnie Clarkson, who helps him overcome his handicap and learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves absconds to the ruins of a remote village perched on the cliffs of the Mediterranean. Home to a reclusive yet hypersexual artist and her motley crew of family and admirers, it seems like a perfect hideout. But when two cops roll up on motorcycles to investigate, the hamlet erupts into a hallucinatory battlefield as both sides engage in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN LETSummary: Follows the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy and her predatory instructor. In a breakthrough role, Noée Abita plays 15-year-old Lyz, a high school student in the French Alps who has been accepted to an elite ski club known for producing some of the country's top professional athletes. Taking a chance on his new recruit, ex-champion turned coach Fred decides to mold Lyz into his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SLASummary: Spin is a political thriller that takes us deep into the heart of an all-or-nothing campaign. Amid maneuverings of power, treason, love, and hate, these shadow men will stop at nothing to see their candidate victorious. The French president has been assassinated, sparking a tense campaign to elect a new leader. With the election only 25 days away a war begins between the country's top...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SPISummary: South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood₂s ruling gang, Kadir...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STOSummary: In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TEHSummary: Inspired by four shocking and true events, the film focuses on four characters who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TOUSummary: "In 1903, in Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures."-- IMDb
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI WARSummary: Leopold Kroner, formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby, claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan as a secret bodyguard. Sure enough, Kroner turns up in Colby's room with a gun, and Regan kills him. Then Regan, who sticks around to romance Colby's secretary Noel, begins to suspect he's been used.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Peters, Caroline
Summary: She may miss the big-city car chases, the pistol-gripping showdowns, and the thrill of nailing a wanted killer, but way down deep, Detective Sophie Haas has gotten used to life in the sticks, and even she will admit that solving little crimes and low-key murders can also have its rewards. Lord knows there are enough, um, ₃unusual₄ people living in this rural outpost of civilization to keep...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOMSummary: In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years. While he takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything they know, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to stay and maintain their traditional way of life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023