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Persepolis
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3 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in French and held by 1,801 libraries worldwide In 1970s Iran, Marjane "Marji" Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study. This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji as she finds herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.
Entre les murs The class
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4 editions published in 2009 in French and German and held by 1,117 libraries worldwide Based on Bégaudeau's semi-autographical book Entre Les Murs (Between the Walls) "The Class" dramatizes a year in the life of a middle school in an immigrant heavy, multiracial neighborhood in Paris. The students are also nonprofessionals, and classroom sessions were improvised from workshops around specific themes. The documentary-approach to the filming puts the lie to the one-teacher-can-make-a-difference myth propagated by so many other films about school. The shifting classroom dynamics emphasize how traditions, economics, and language hold these students back, not only in education, but also with forging any kind of unified French identity. Additionally, the film suggests it is not just racists or reactionaries that are worrisome; it is when genuine idealists are finally worn down, when the gulf between meaning well and doing well becomes unbridgable. Until the system can be changed, both battles and victories will be moment to moment.
Être et avoir To be and to have
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5 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in French and held by 881 libraries worldwide This film chronicles a year in the life of a one-room schoolhouse in rural France, presided over by Georges Lopez, a devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11. The film sees the teacher as artist, and presents teaching as a form of love. Because along with reading, writing, and arithmetic, the children learn about what we think of as the basic values of civilization: reason, tolerance, learning, cooperation, and comradeship. In one year, one dedicated teacher, sensitive to children's educational and emotional needs, exemplifies the importance of an abiding faith in children, and in education as a vocation.
Murder on a Sunday morning
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in English and held by 860 libraries worldwide When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him, except for his public defence lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A true tale of murder and injustice.
Un prophète
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2 editions published in 2010 in French and held by 839 libraries worldwide El Djebena, Malik. #35-114T. How a does a timid boy become a violent gangster? Like this. Sentenced to six years in prison, 19-year-old Malik has his sneakers stolen right off his feet during his first venture into the exercise yard. Caught between the Corsican and Arab-Muslim factions, Malik--a bilingual, French-born Arab and non-observant Muslim--winds up being seen by the Corsicans as an Arab and by the Arabs as a Corsican. To survive, Malik works as an errand boy for the sinister Corsican crime boss who dominates the prison, César Luciani. Malik's intelligence comes to his aid--before long, he can speak to (or eavesdrop on) everyone in the prison. He does what he must to survive, including studying his boss carefully, warily making and then implementing his own plans. When Malik emerges from prison he is a man of the new Europe--albeit a criminal--a polite, industrious, and thoroughly self-made man.
Mùi đu đu̓ xanh L'odeur de la papaye verte = The scent of green papaya
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11 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in Vietnamese and French and held by 802 libraries worldwide Set in 1950s and 1960s Saigon, a young country girl joins a family as their servant and develops an enduring but secret attachment to a friend of the eldest son.
8 femmes 8 women
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7 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in French and held by 691 libraries worldwide A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.
Les parapluies de Cherbourg The umbrellas of Cherbourg
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1 edition published in 2004 in French and held by 614 libraries worldwide Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve), a shop assistant, falls in love with Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a gas station mechanic. A tender, bittersweet love story, sung throughout in French.
Ponette
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4 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in French and held by 606 libraries worldwide Sent to live with her relatives, Ponette experiences the hopes, dreams and fears of a child following the loss of a parent. Ultimately, it is her faith, love and strength of character that enable Ponette to triumphantly overcome her tragedy.
Le grand voyage
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4 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in French and held by 600 libraries worldwide "A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Réda, a young man who lives in the south of France, finds himself obligated to drive his father to Mecca. The wide cultural and generational gap between the two is worsened by their lack of communication. Réda finds it hard to accommodate his father, who demands respect for himself and his pilgrimage. From France, through Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Saudi Arabia, the two embark on a road trip that will change their lives"--Container.
The wind will carry us Bad ma ra khahad bord
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1 edition published in 2002 in Persian and held by 573 libraries worldwide A group of men from the city traverse the rural Iranian countryside, looking for the village of Siah Dareh, following directions such as "turn left at the big tree on top of the hill," seemingly lost. The driver, respectfully called "Engineer" by the villagers, is in this remote location to record a funeral ritual that will follow the death of a woman reputed to be more than 100 years old. As he waits and she rallies, he becomes a figure of some amusement in the valley--whenever his cell phone beeps, he charges to higher ground in his Land Rover in order to get proper reception. And as he waits to complete his task, he is transformed from a nosy outsider into a reverent observer, seeing all the transient beauty and eternal wonder of the human experience in one poor, small, rural village.
The incredible journey of the butterflies
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3 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 544 libraries worldwide Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.
A collection of 2007 Academy Award nominated short films
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 527 libraries worldwide A collection of short films nominated for the 80th annual Academy Awards. Included are the winning live action short and the winning animated short.
William Joyce's Rolie polie olie. The baby bot chase
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 517 libraries worldwide For Family Frolic Day, Olie and Zowie want to give Mom and Dad a magical present, but when they set off to catch a shooting star, they come back with twin bouncing baby bots who are "lost" in space. That is until the Polies help them find their "forever family."
Ridicule
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1 edition published in 2003 in French and held by 487 libraries worldwide Fish-out-of-water drama has a minor country aristocrat enter the depraved world of the 18th century court at Versailles.
White material
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1 edition published in 2011 in French and held by 481 libraries worldwide In an unidentified French-speaking West African country, chaos reigns as civil war erupts. For the rebels, it's time to banish the 'white material' -- white folk and the trappings of white life. Among these is the Vial coffee plantation inhabited by Maria, her ex-husband Andre, their son Manuel, and his grandfather Bernard, a white family of French origin. Their terrified workers have fled, leaving the crop un-harvested, the front gate unlocked. Andre plots his escape with his second wife Lucie and their son Jose. Maria has vowed never to leave, and is neurotically fixated on getting the neglected crop harvested. Maria does not seem to realize, or perhaps wish to see, how she is perceived. Her sense of home, of belonging, and her feeling of being rooted to the plantation--to Africa--will have tragic consequences.
Mademoiselle Chambon
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3 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in French and held by 452 libraries worldwide Jean is a burly and happily married housing contractor. One fateful afternoon, he picks up his son from school and meets the teacher, a willowy beauty named Mademoiselle Chambon. Their flirtation slowly builds over lingering glances and an impromptu violin solo in Chambon's apartment. Jean soon comes to a crossroads, having to choose between the intensity of his bond with Chambon or the responsibility and care he feels for his wife and child.
Harry, un ami qui vous veut de bien With a friend like Harry
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5 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in French and English and held by 441 libraries worldwide Michel, who wrote poetry, and Harry, a rich spoiled brat, were school chums. Now twenty years later, Michel, who is married with three young girls, meets up with Harry on the way to Michel's summer home. Harry "forces" his way into their lives and nothing will be the same again. Trying to make Michel's life "easier", Harry embarks on a path that will become self-destructive.
Raja
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7 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in French and English and held by 441 libraries worldwide Raja is a nineteen year old orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush gardens and palm trees. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is a cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's complex relationship with local youth. Fred's attempts to seduce Raja, and their mutual attempt at manipulation, are fractured by their gross disparity of income, age and cultural sophistication.
Darwin's nightmare
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2 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 399 libraries worldwide The biggest tropical lake on earth, source of the river Nile, is Lake Victoria in western Tanzania. Deep in the heart of Africa--said to be the birthplace of humankind--is ground zero for the post-colonial exploitation of Africa by the developed world and the forces of globalization. Westerners introduced Nile perch into the lake in the 1960s. In the years since, it ate everything in sight, decimated 213 separate species, destroyed thousands of years of evolution, and turned the world's largest tropical lake into a barren sinkhole. This film examines the chilling chain of causality linking this catastrophe to the Tanzanian fish-processing industry, which relies on the wholesale netting, stripping, and shipping of these fish, while delivering few economic benefits to the Tanzanian people. more
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Animated films Autobiographical films Biography Children Comedy films Documentary films Documentary films Drama Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films Foreign films France France--Paris French language French literature Historical films History Interviews Iran Islamic fundamentalism Juvenile works Love Male friendship Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Middle school education Middle school students Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Murder Musical films Nonfiction films Operas Revolution (Iran : 1979) Revolutionaries Romance films Satrapi, Marjane,--1969- Short films Short films Social history Teachers Teenagers Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Young women
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Alternative Names
C.N.C.
Centre national de la cinématographie française
CNC.
France. Centre national de la cinématographie
France. Ministère de la culture, de la communication, des grands travaux et du Bicentenaire. Centre national de la cinématographie
France. Ministère de la culture et de la communication. Centre national de la cinématographie
France Ministère de l'Industrie Centre National de la Cinématographie
France. Ministère de l'industrie et du commerce. Centre national de la cinématographie
France Ministère de l'Information Centre National de la Cinématographie
France Ministère des Affaires Culturelles Centre National de la Cinématographie
Frankrike Ministère de la culture et de la communication. Centre n ational de la cinématographie
French National Cinema Center
National Cinema Center (France)
Paris (France). Centre national de la cinématographie
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